Cyber Crop April 22 from 12-8pm & 23 12-5pm www.thescrapbookstand.com!

Here is the latest information on the Cyber Crop this weekend! This is SOME of the prizes that will be given away! There is a FULL kit, paper packs, mat stacks, card stacks, photo turns, metal embellishments, tags, mini albums, tons of stuff from Chatterbox, Making Memories, pressed Petals, Paper Salon, Crate Paper, Nunn Design, DCWV, EK, Creative Impressions, K&Company...loads of stuff! OMG and Kathleen donated a FREE one year subscription to Scrapbook Answers Magazine & Disc...a SBA Babe Shirt of which I will say is totally rawkn'..so comfy and you just gotta have! See photo on previous post for a peeksy at what they look like;)

So come on ladies. Come and join us this weekend from 12-8 on saturday and 12-5 on Sunday central times. There will be challenges, games and lots of fun, loads of gifts/prizes. So go tell your friends about it...email them, call them, post about it on your blog or MB's?@! Up to you but spread the word. We hope to see you there!!!!
You don't want to miss out on our first Cyber Crop as new owners of The Scrapbookstand!

Sisters......I love this photo of me and Missy...the OLDER sister,lol! Inside thing between us :)...I posted this photo because it is a clue of what Kathleen Reilly has donated for the April 23 & 23 Cyber Crop at The Scrapbook Stand.com. You see the awesome shirt I am sporting? The SBA Booth Babe shirts.....well she donated 2 and also She has also generously donated FREE One Year Subscription to the Scrapbook Answers Magazine and disc!!! Can you believe that! Ladies I am tell you that you do not want to miss out on this crop that is for sure!!!!!

We have lots of other prizes to offer...such a FULL TSS kit, paper packs, card packs, mat stacks, OMG lots of items...from some of the following companies......Pressed Petals, Nunn Design, Creative Impressions, Making Memories, Paper Salon, Crate Paper, Chatterbox, Wild Asparagus & Kaleidoscope papers,etc... there is SO much its hard to name them all ladies you just have to come and play with us at the cyber crop on April 22 12-8pm and April 23 12-5pm! See you there!

THENA you are the bomb! OMG girl you know how to brighten someones day with your friendship!!!!! I *heart* Thena!

Ladies you can check out her digi blog to see what I am talking about. And OMG Thena I love the poem to! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! HUGS!

As all of you{lurkers} know, Thena is a wonderfully talented person. An amazing Author, beautiful scrapbooker, Very talented and well rounded kinda gal who is always there to give hugs, prayers and poems for all her friends and fellow scrapbookers!

Thena you are such an inspiring person to all of us! Thank you!

As I mentioned yesterday I was going to look for a new vehicle. Well I did. ALL day long! I got home about midnight! long day. But I think I found the vehicle for me! Not as new as I wanted but had everything I was looking for.
I was going to get a 07 Chrysler 300C and was going to close the deal until I talked to the "main" guy and got the price with new wheels....he was about 10yrs younger than I, seemed nice at first, then he stopped talking to me and spoke to others 6x while trying to close the deal with me. Insert very annoyed face here! Then he proceeds to tell me that the car wouldn't look good with the new wheels that 3 other people said they were the exact wheels the "main" guy had on it until last week ...was his demo car.
Then he tells me he won't sell me the car with those tires put on it.....um WHAT?!?!?! I was ready to hand over a check for $38,000 right there and go home with it...and he is telling me that he won't sell it to me with these tires....uh, ok?! So insert ticked face here! Then he is interupted but yet again!
He comes back and says why don't you just buy this....(another one I was looking at but didn't have the options I wanted) and I said NO I want this one! Then guess what.....HE IGNORED ME TO TALK WITH SOMEONE ELSE AGAIN!!!!!!!!
If it were my DH there......and not me......this NEVER would have happened! I told the salesman working with me I was ticked about how I was being treated and he was a dear! He tried and tried to get whats his name to focus. Finally I said I am done. I am going to go and continue my search for a new vehicle.....and I will be paying for it & driving it home today as I look at the main guy. And if he's not willing to sell me WHAT I WANT! I will go elsewhere. Salesman says we will take care of it....I left saying I will maybe be back but wasn't sure about due to the "main" guy!
So off I went to the dealership next door...and guess what I didn't go back to the "main" guy and also find out that he is the owners son...and has pretty much had everything handed to him...your typical "spoiled rotten kid"....well guess what! It is one spoiled rotten kid I am not giving my money!!!!!!! Show respect to get it buddy!
Am I the only one who has had to deal with this crap just because you want a {hot} car and you have more to your chest than them? It is crazy that this goes on! He made me feel that I was not WORTHY of anything there just because I was female! Oh and did I tell you all the other people he helped out were MALE! Oh and ya that he closed a deal with a male during one of those times he was closing the deal with me?! OMG!!!!

What a day!

Well I am having a crapola day! This is an email I sent to a friend a little bit ago. Needing a little bit of a boost if you will! LOL

Man what a day….woke up late like uh 7:30 and I normally leave at 7:45 Argh!! So had to take boys in to school…go tan then go home shower,etc and head to work….So I get out to the vehicle to go to work..and I have a FLAT TIRE! So I air it up thinking it is just low…noticed it had been lacking a bit anyhow.

Good right! NOT now I am on my way to work and I notice it is going low again. So pull in to gas station on outskirt of town. Make it 3blocks and guess what. Flippen flat again! By this time I was just beside myself! LOL.

So make it to the repair shop. They can fix it, YES! But I can’t get to work without a vehicle. So the owner says he’ll give me ride. I say thanks but it’s a beautiful day and I could use the fresh air to clear my thoughts. He smiles and says I understand.


So off I go walking to work…..2blocks away I see a “loose” dog! I think oh frick I am gonna get eaten alive! Thank goodness it didn’t see me and went on its way all the while my heart is a pounding,lol! Surprised it didn’t hear my heart it was so loud,hehehe!

OK so I continue on my walk to work when I just about got HIT by a passer by’er who was NO DOUBT watching my a@$! MEN! Oy Vey!! LOL….yes it was a younger man in a big truck. Sheesh!

Finally make it to work ALIVE! Which is a miracle in itself. So I get in to my door and sit at my desk, listen to my voice mail…OMG and there is like 10+ voice mail. Another strike against me….should go on a home visit due to one of the voicemails…but NO VEHICLE! Uhhhh!

Then I cannot get my computer to work,lol! So I finally get it after 30 minutes of screwing around with it..don’t know how I fixed it but it worked. Had some issues with the fax machine…..and finally cancelled my fax because it wouldn’t go through.

By this time I figure I need a break,lol! So I decided it was LUNCH time. Sure if I had money! OMG remember I don’t have my vehicle…it is in the shop. Well my money and cards,etc are in the vehicle. So I scrounge my desk drawers for some change….and came up with $2.23. So off to the cafeteria. And of course all the good stuff is more than what I have,lol. So I settle for a “processed” ham patty on a bun, can I just say Eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Really it isn’t good! So I could only afford a ham patty on bun, and a cola. Well guess what? I spilled my freakin cola on my freakin WHITE pants! OMG can I scream yet?!?!?! And all this is before 11:30!

So of course I cannot go home to change without a vehicle…and work with a bunch of teeny boppers who are of course fashionistic and socially unforgiving of such a thing. So I may have to hide out in my office sitting behind my desk for the entire day,lol!

And HEY..what else can go wrong?! PLEASE tell me nothing? Cause at this point I am thinking it is now only 12 and I have 3 hrs to go and that is just as much time as it took for all of the above mentioned things to happen!


OK sorry this is such a LONG email! But having a bad day I guess and had to get it off my big ol’ chest!

I hope you are having a better day than I am!!!!!!!

Anyone else have days like this?! LOL

We are currently searching for 5 new Design Editors at www.thescrapbookstand.com Do you think you have what it takes to be a designer? Are you a scrap addict? Do you love scrapbooking and have a passion for creating new layouts and projects? Then this is the place for you!

To be considered you must
A) Create 2 layouts, 1 altered item of your choice and 1 card then upload into the “Design Team Contest Gallery” on our site by midnight May 3. Anything submitted after will not be entered.

B) Be an active member on our message board

C) Email the following information to rori@thescrapbookstand.com
1. Name, shipping addy, email addy.
2. Please list any current design teams. Along with any galleries and message boards you are active on. Please provide a link and username(s) when possible.
3. As a member of the design team what do you feel you can contribute?
4. Tell us about your style?
5. What do you want us to know about you?
6. Why do you want to be on our DT?

DT Requirements:
Create 4 items each month with the featured kit. The items can be layouts, altered items and cards/tags. Each new member must be active on our message board and gallery. Help with contests, weekly or monthly challenges, cyber crops and celebrity chats. Promote TSS whenever possible. We don’t mind if you are on other DT’s but we do ask that you have loyalty to our site and not serve on any other kit club DT’s during your TSS DT reign.

Benefits:
A free monthly kit shipped to your door, discount on products while on the DT, recognition, prestige, use DT reign to build your scrap resume. DT will be offered first chance on new products for purchase.
This is a 6 month commitment. We will announce the 5 new members May 5 on the message board. So remember to check it often. You never know it could be YOU

OK ladies we are going to be holding a DT contest at www.thescrapbookstand.com for 5 new DT'ers. The details will be up tomorrow some time on the site. We are very excited and cannot wait to see the submissions. I am sure you will all make it very tough to decide.

Don't forget that we are also holding a cyber crop on the 22nd of April and the 23rd of April. We have lots of prizes and challenges in store. I hope to have some photos of some of the prizes up in the next week.

Also Leslie Ayers, Editor in Chief of Scrapbook Answers Magazine will be chatting live with us on Thursday April 27 at 6pm California time. This should be an amazing chat. Leslie is as much of a beautiful person inside as she is outside! Mark your calendar and stop in for the chat!

OK I am feeling so good about things lately! I started to work out again. I have been toooo flippen lazy FAR toooooo long!!!! So along with a few friends we are beginning work outs. Lots of cardio and then weight training for body definition. But of course I can never just go easy on it,lol!

I push my self to work out to much and then my knee acts up and then I am down and out of the workouts. I know I will never be normal again. But I would love to be able to run again! I so miss it! After 3 specialists telling me there is nothing they can do. Honestly it has been devastating on me. It has been almost 3 years since my accident. It has been hell! I weigh more than I have in my entire life time!!!

I used to work out 1-3hrs a day. And girlllll let me tell you I felt GOOOOOD! I am so lucky that one of my dear friends is a trainer. She is setting up some excersises for me to do and try to get the knee working a little bit so I can at least do stairs and simple things without feeling like a knife is in there. So we will see?! I started walking for some cardio...lol. And well it bothers the knee. So dont do as much. But walked tonight..only a mile and a half in your eyes but 10 miles in mine!!

Also got the boys into the mood to work out! So that will be fun to work out with them in the evenings a few nights a week! Love to spend time with my boys...and what a great way to do that! Keep eachother healthy and look good to. Plus summer is coming and we are major outdoors people. We live on a lake and have a cabin on a lake. So we are always in the water it seems....so they can get in shape for the summer of swimming, skiing, tubing, boating and jet skiing, biking, rollerblading, to name a few!

Such a summer person it is amazing I do not live in CA or FL or better yet Hawaii!

http://blogshares.com/blogs.php?blog=http%3A%2F%2Frorikoch.blogspot.com%2F&PHPSESSID=7b3788c4d8056586e728964cf823c744 Weird huh!

Work...work... work, Oy Vey! I'm into Court reports up to my eyeballs it seems. Doesn't leave much time to visit with my clients. And I hate that. I will handle the kids in crisis asap. But the others have to wait. I hate not having enough time to do all the work I must do...and unfortunately with the state making cuts I know I cannot hire someone to assist me. That sucks! But I will handle it.
MY weekend goals. Get my weekend goals by Sunday night I want to have 2LO's, 1card and 1tag done. I have 11 rolodex cards to finish though...and then have to get them packaged and in the mail for a swap I am in. Fun. Fun.
I have to also get 2 LO's done with the All About Me personal challenge I am holding on The Scrapbook Stand. Based on the {self centered} book by Pamela Lambi and Jennifer Lynn Moody. On Mondays I post. This Monday I will post the week #3 topic. I know we could do more than one LO a week. But I also know that there are others out there that work outside of the home (like me) and don't have much time to scrap. So should be a few month process to finish the album. But will be SO worth it in the end!
We are going to be holding a Design Team contest for www.thescrapbookstand.com and are just ironing out the details before we post. So if you are reading this. You are the first to know of it!! And may have a personal advantage ahead of the other scrappers out there! We will have a gallery set up for the contest. And everyone must upload LO's to it in order to be considered. We will prolly be chosing 5 new DT'ers. And have them start with the May Kit.
We hope to have the new April Kit and add on items soon! We had hoped the webmaster would have had them up 2wks ago. But did not foresee certain bumps. They are worked out now I think. And should be good to go soon :) Finally!!!
Well I am going out this evening with a friend. It will feel good to get away from the stress of work, scrappin, fighting kids, blah, blah, blah! Nice! We will go out to eat at the Goose Crossing in Park Rapids....Mmmmm love me some Outdoor Rotiseri Prime Rib...and the Rice Pilaf and bernat sauce Mmmmm good! Love it! Will go well with some drinks and freshly steamed veggies! LOVE it! Then we'll go to Zorbaz. Very neat place. My sisters friend owns it. I worked there years ago when it was called Chateau Paulette. Robb is a good {hot} looking single young man if any of you ladies are ever in the area;) He celebrated his 1yr anniversary in business on Saturday night. We won't go for that but will get to see some of the neat festivities that will take place. The dance floor is built up and was filled about a foot deep with beach sand. The life guard stands,etc all beach related of course to fit the theme of all the Zorbaz. Which are all on beaches. As is this one but Robb decided to bring the beach inside! He has a bikini contest on Saturday and tons more. Hmmm the bikini contest could be scarry,lol! I heard rumors of one gal who entered who really shouldn't have. I guess if you don't look good in it, don't wear it I say! Takes one {sexy} body to look good in a bikini.
What else will I do this weekend? Hmmm OH I will be going to a celebration for Bryan Dyrdahl at his Mothers home. What a great family! His Mother has attended every race he has been in. Bryan won his 3rd I-500 race. Bryan has been racing since he was a little boy. He is an amazing racer! Bryan had NO idea this celebration was taking place...it was a total surprise to him! TONS of people showed up for it. He took 1st place in points this season. My husband was in 2nd place for a long time...then well if you read my blog you would have read about him hitting another racer broad side going 100+mph in the I-500. He overcame that but ran into engine problems later and then lost points. Bummer! Bryan sits at the top again! So happy for him. Jon has been friends with him for some time now and he to is VERY happy for his wins! Bryan took home a $10,000 purse for the I-500. Nice huh! LO: but OMG the terrain you race in,OMG not this chick! LOL!!
OK well I have to get finished with work I only have a few hours to go. Ciao BeBe!

It seems like it has been forever since I have written anything in my journal! Time is just not my friend lately that is for sure!
Work has been so busy. This is the busiest time of year. And most days it seems I can barely remember my own name!
The website isn't ready to go and that is very frustrating! We wish we could do so much of the work ourselves but that isn't possible. And maybe that can change in time?
Scrapbook Answers Magazine....well what can I say I LOVE IT!! I am greatly honored to work with such amazing ladies. I am part of a flower feature coming up in the next months issue. That should be available April 25 on newstands across the US...some over seas but not sure how much?
Maybe Ana can help out on that one? Are you there girl?! Give a shout out...and I do hope you are feeling well. I haven't heard back from you in a while...wazzzzz up chicky?! Miss ya :) I know you to are swamped! And I hope you have had some time to get back to your healthy self.
My oldest is home today ill. Poor thing. Came upstairs this am as I am ready to walk out the door and says "I just threw up, Mom".....Uh, Eeewwwwww! I am so glad that he is a teen and can take care of himself when he is sick like that! LOL I am not good at handling that type of stuff! There is a reason I am NOT a nurse or doctor!!!! Either way. I am at home today working on court reports for next week.
I cannot wait for summer time! It is not certain what I will be doing? I haven't fully decided? My cousin has a little restraunt in Dorset. La Pasta....she makes some out of this world manicotti, chicken fettucini, chicken genovese! Oh and the jambalaya (sp)! I may work for her a few days a week again this summer. I did last year and what a blast! But of course I have to MAKE time to enjoy and relax in the summer! Thats one great thing about living on a lake that I love....I don't have to travel to enjoy it!
Its great having summers off! What a perfect time to rejuvenate the soul after a LONG hard winter in my job I need it!
Work has been so stressful lately I am to the point that I have been thinking of resigning?! But I won't. Its funny how everytime I feel like throwing in the towel with this job I have some former or current client come to me and thank me for helping them, or caring for them and that I am the only one they feel has ever cared for them and truly wanted to help them. A small bit of thanks for caring about me.....gets me along in my job in a BIG way! Keeps me plugging away. Thinking THAT is why I keep on going, no matter the emotional stress it puts on me. Its worth it! Even if its just one persons life that I help change for the better out of 50. I will do it! I will be there for them! I will be there for you!
I will post later a story about my non-winning CBX MIM album. See how you could save a life by reading it. I hope it has a HUGE impact on your life as it has had a life changing impact on mine.
Gotta get back to work for now........

The announcement has been made!

And the buzz is starting to be heard ! And the excitement has begun.......

My sister Missy and I will be taking over ownership of The Scrapook Stand in March. Our first kit will be April!!! We are super duper excited!! And cannot wait. We have many great plans in store for TSS. We hope to take TSS to the next level.

I have been with TSS since the beginning. And am the last remaining "original" DT member. So in a way it feels like my baby too. Although it will be hard to not have Shirley as the Editor in Chief any more. I am at ease that she will still be around TSS. This business was her baby! And we are excited to watch it grow into something bigger. And make her proud :)

There is alot of support from the current members. And we thank you all for the HUGE show of support and faith in us! We will NOT let you down!!!! We may make you happier but not let you down :)

If you have any ideas and or suggestions on the sites improvements, or what you feel would be an improvement let me know! And they will be taken into consideration.

We look forward to our new venture and hope that you do too! See you on the boards :)

More CHA photos!!!

Here is a phot of JQ (Justin) from Chatterbox. He is such a funny person! Absolutely love this photo. LOL. JQ, Ryan, Nichole, Missy and I had such a great time at the Chatterbox booth! They are all so wonderful. Thanks CBX Team!

Here is another photo. This one is of Rachel Boll and I....I cannot get the photo to turn the rightway!

OK ladies I have been super lazy for the last 2weeks!

Sorry!! I am posting some of my CHA photos. And SBA photos. The first batch of pics are from the SBA breakfast in the booth.......First photo is of me and Leslie Ayers, Chief Editor of SBA...and super sweet. Big hugs girl!

This is my dear friend Ana Cabrera, Associate Editor of SBA and I. Luv ya girl!!!! Can't wait for Chi town!!!

This is the oh so famous Ms Cheryl Manz....OMG girl you are so amazing I just love you to pieces! You are as beautiful in person as you are online! Inside and out!!! And look at those eyes, OMG! Gotta love those baby blues :)

Here is Kathleen, Cheryl, Nichole and May....love this photo I took of them. Aren't they all just absolutely gorgeous! SBA totally rocks with beautifulness (LOL if thats even a word).

This is Miss May and I....another beautiful gal! You so rock!!! Can't wait to see what you came up with for the flower assignment!!!

Hope you like all the photos!!

OMG I am so excited for the Celebrity Chat tonight at7pm CA time www.thescrapbookstand.com with Ana Cabrera Editor of Scrapbook Answers magazine.


Come and join us! You must be registered as a member but it only takes a couple minutes to register ;)

This pics above are Missys car (sister). Her DH hit a semi on friday morning. The roads will pretty bad here. It had snowed for about 2days and we had about 5" of new snow. With icy roads. He is ok, sort of. He has some head trauma. And has thought it was feb 2005. He doesn't remember anything that day. And is slowly remembering little things. He doesn't realize he has been layed off from work for 3wks. Things like that.

He is home. And its a little scary. You can have a conversation with him and by the time your at the end of the conversation he doesn't remember the beginning. And you repeat things to him like 30x and still doesn't get it?! The DR says its ok. OMG well its scary!!!!!

DS hasn't slept. In fear he will get up find the keys and take off. And not know where or what he is doing? Or that he could get up and walk around the house. Black out and hit his head again and well be worse in many ways. So if there are any Dr or nurses out there that can shout out that this IS normal? LMK!!

My DH called friday night to tell me that he had an accident on THURSDAY night...ya the day B4!!!!! Sheesh! I said well beings your ok would I have expected a call a week later if you would have friggin died?! Somedays chickies, somedays! Anyhow he hit another racer going over 100mph during a race. The other racer took a turn too hard. Went up and over and inot my DH race course path. And the guy just sat there dumbfounded. Didn't move and looked at DH and sat. Jon couldn't do anything but hit the guy broadside...omg I am imagining MANY other things much worse that could have been. They are lucky to be alive. And they are both walking. OMG miracles do happen in this situation and BIL.
So for me staying home for the weekend was a perfect stress reducer,LOL! DH stayed in TFR to help his buddies in the pit area with their sleds.
Kids have been snowmobiling since friday night seems like. Till 11:30 friday night. All day yesterday until last night when they all (2DS + buddy) and say something is wrong with the sleds? They were sure it was something serious with the motors!!! I said did they run out of gas? NO the say. We put gas in them earlier. I said but they could still be run out of gas are you SURE!!! Yes they say. LOL.
Well my DS and her DS came over lastnight. He went to check out the sleds with the boys around 9pm (pitch dark out). LOL they came back in about a20 min later. Nephew said the sleds were down the driveway. One at the end and the other about half way. OUT OF GAS!!!!!! ROFLOL!!!! My silly boys.
The boys said the first snowmobile quit at the end of the driveway (14.5 acres to the end of the driveway). So they tried to pile 3 kids on the other one,LOL. Well didn't work too well and one constantly kept falling off the back. So it was a constant stop and go. Then when they finally got halfway back to the house. That one quit. And after "working" on it for quite some time they decided to come in and warm up.

OK so all in all........I am so friggin glad that it is the weekend!!! OMG does it ever slow down? Prolly when I am like 80 yrs old, sheesh. At this rate I don't think I will make it that long,LOL!

OK gals off to check out 2ps and the scrapbook stand :) Have a great day!!!

My name is Sarah
I am but three
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see
I must be stupid
I must be bad
What else could have made
My daddy so mad?
I wish I were better
I wish I weren't ugly
Then maybe my Mommy
Would still want to hug me.
I can't speak at all,
I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up
All day long.
When I awake I'm all alone
The house is dark
My folks aren't home.
When my Mommy does come
I'll try and be nice
So maybe I'll get just
One whipping tonight.
Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
My daddy is back
From Charlie's Bar.
I hear him curse
My name he calls
I press myself
Against the wall.
I try and hide
From his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.
He finds me weeping
He shouts ugly words,
He says its my fault
That he suffers at work.
He slaps me and hits me
And yells at me more,
I finally get free
And I run for the door.
He's already locked it
And I start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me
Against the hard wall.
I fall to the floor
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues
With more bad words spoken.
"I'm sorry", I scream
But its now much too late
His face has been twisted
Into unimaginable hate.
The hurt and pain
Again and again
Oh please God, have mercy!
Oh please let it end!
And he finally stops
And heads for the door,
While I lay there motionless
Sprawled on the floor.
My name is Sarah
And I am but three
Tonight my daddy
Murdered me.

There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah. And you can help. It sickens me to my soul, and if you just read this and don't pass it on I pray for your forgiveness, because you would have to be one heartless person to not be affected by this email. And because you are affected,do something about it!! So all I am asking you to do is take some time to send this on and acknowledge that this stuff does happen, and that people like her dad do live in our society, and pray for child abuse to wither out and die, but also pray for the safety of our youth. Please pass this poem on as a Blue Ribbon Against Child Abuse because as crazy as it might sound, it might just indirectly change a life. Hey, you NEVER know. **Please help end the violence help AGAINST CHILD ABUSE *

I am POTD 02/09/06
OMG what a great surprise to see ME as the POTD in the pub today! Thank you all so much for this amazing and most honorable opportunity.
Make sure you check out the Pub for some challenges and RAK's today :)

I will write more later ;)

The Associate Editor of Scrapbook Answers Magazine Ana Cabrera will be here for a Celebrity Chat February 16th at 7pm

This chat will be exciting! Make sure you all stop by www.thescrapbookstand.com register (takes like 1min) and post your questions in the chat forum...simple!

You will not want to miss your opportunity to to chat with Ana. She is so EXCITED for the chat. I will add more later......

You can also check the previous chats for some insider tips on alot of things :)

Hope to see you there!!

Back from CHA in Las Vegas.......Whew!

Wowswers CHA was ALOT to take in,LOL!!!! I loved being able to see so many of the gal pals I talk with online IRL!! You all rock, chickies :)

What a blast we all had....aside from a few mishaps,LOL! OMG all you ladies who didn't get to go you all are in for a big surprise when all the new products hit the stores. WoW! It was all amazing.........a few of my favs were...

Chatterbox and the 3 new rooms, transparencies all in all the entire booth!
Crate Paper girls this paper is awesome and love the pottery barn style booth kudos girl for the awesome design...and kudos to your DH for making it!
Bazzills new colors and way cool magnets, photo frames and more
Prima...WOW cool stuff there
Ranger....Tims full new inks in a multitude of colors WOW!! Gotta have them all,LOL!
Heidi Grace BTW do you all know she has teamed up with Fiskars Kudos girl
OMG I could go on and on....but I won't

I loved the Fastest Crop in the West...Crop Scrapbook Answer had. So much fun. And some great work that all the gals did to create some awesome LO's.

I won a FREE Digi Kodak Camera from Lasting Impressions booth @ CHA! Thanks!!!

There is so much more...so I will go for now. I will write more another time. I need to get caught up on my emails and such,LOL! Being gone for a week isn't always what its cracked up to be,hehehe! Ya right, its great!!

I left you with a few pics from CHA....
Top: is a pic of My sister Missy, Heidi & I.
Middle: Cheryl Manz and I....LOL if I would have just stopped talking long enough for the pic
Bottom: Me, Dayami & oh so sweet Pink Martini owner....BTW girl LOVE the concept, style & designs, Kudos to you and your DT :)

MS Cabrera tagged me as well as the entire SBA DT....gotta love ya gal!

1. First time you got kissed: ROFLOL....it was the summer of 6th grade. My first kiss was with Scott Ball. OMG he was sooooo dreamy! LOL! We were boyfriend and girlfriend you know the silly age! It was not a kiss that was slightly gross and little bit of...."OMG is this really what a french kiss is?" and I thought EWWWWWWW!!!!! LOL. To say the least he needed to REALLY practice,ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! Although I was so infatuated with him I thought maybe if we kiss more it would help him,hehehheeh! Uh, no go! Didn't get all that better! Oh well....he has had many years to practice now...hmmm wonder, nah just kidding,hehe!

2. First time you drove a car: Another funny one! Chad Norenburg was teaching me how to drive a stick shift. I was 15. I was driving down a straight stretch and knew that there was a SHARP corner coming up. I asked him how slow should I slow down? He said nahhh you don't have to slow down! I said yes I need to! But I didn't know how to slow down with a stick shift!!! Needless to say that when I rounded the corner...I skid into a snow pile that was about 10ft high....and up the pile,LOL!! We spent the next hour or more trying to get it unstuck! We went to a nearby house that had a light on. No one was home so we "borrowed" their shovel..yes we took it back when we got out!! LOL but that was my first time driving...and how great to get stuck with a little hottie like Chad was!

3. First time you scrapbooked: Hmmm was about 6 years ago or so. My sister was invited to a Creative Memories party. She was told to bring a friend and get a free gift. So she brought me. We scrapped at the party I think like 2 pages. BUT I knew immediately that the CM style was SOOOO not me! I also knew that I would be scrapping more...just alot more creative! And that day was the beginning of my addiction! LOL!

4. First time you went on a date: OMG I don't even know! How sad! LOL. My older sister and I were not really allowed to go out per say! We could go out 1x a month and most of the time that 1x was cancelled and we would have to stay home and watch the younger sisters and brother. So I guess I would prolly have to say maybe 10th grade?

5. First time you fell in love: Well I was prolly in the 9th grade. I dated Bruce Weaver. We dated for like hmmm 4 almost 5 years. He was my love! He had proposed a few times. But for HUGE reasons I ended the relationship...and haven't looked back since! Although we did introduce his brother to my sister and well lets just say that they are still together and have 3 kids! At least someone lived happily ever after!

6. First time you cooked for someone: Wow that is a tough one! I grew up in the restraunt business so I have cooked for as long as I can remember! So I don't have an exact date?

7. First time you got on a plane: You will laugh at this! Umm like 2 years ago! LOL! Yes you read that right 2 yrs ago! Vegas bound I was!

8. First time you shaved your legs: OMG Hmmm prolly in the 7th grade? Good question!

9. First time you put on make up: I think I was in the 5th or 6th grade when I started to wear make up. Back in the day when we were to stupid to know that if we shared make up...such as eyeliner ummmm well we would spread pink eye like wild fire,LOL!!!

10. First time you moved out of your home: I was 18...the day of actually! I moved in with my sister and her husband. I basically slept there and nothing else...well except to house my personal belongings,LOL! I was running my parents ice cream parlor and a restraunt in another town about 20 min away from their main restraunt. I did that for the summer and then moved down to New Hope, MN.

I will tag.................Hmmmmmm...................lets see?!
I will tag Jlyne H http://msretro.typepad.com/cornerofinsanity/
Also tagging Marie C http://justmariec.typepad.com/my_everyday_thoughts/
And Jen W http://justbeachy.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Later!