Great Friends

I have recently really enjoyed some great times with friends and family recently! A couple of weeks ago, I experienced the Wine Loft with some of my coworkers/friends... very nice place and very good time! I also was invited to a friend's lakehouse to scrapbook (2 weekends in a row)! Karen was such a great hostess... she opened up the lakehouse to all of us girls and even provided tons of delicious treats/food. I slept comfy in the bunkbed room with the nice toasty heater, and enjoyed the smell of the nice clean woods. Not to mention the great people I've met and some I've gotten to know even better... Heather, Annette, Lisa, Denise, and Kristy. Hanging out with Connie is always a pleasure. Of course the girls night out with Brooklyn, Brandi, Jamie, Jamie's Mom, and Mom Barbara. The out-of-this-world surprise birthday party where I got to see tons of family and friends including neighbor friends Stacy and Jen. What a great time where special memories were made. WD and I have even enjoyed each others company in the last week or so... maybe it's actually helping us to like each other even more by hanging out with other people too! I am truly blessed to be surrounded with such special friends and family!

Gearing Up for Scrapfest Again

My dear friend, Shontel, called me today. I am going to room with her and a few of her friends for this Feb's Scrapfest in Mandeville. In the past, I've seen Shon and her buddies, but was always trying to organize my stuff to be with another group from Baton Rouge (great group of women, too... it's always so hard to decide who to hang out with). This time will be different! I am getting my photos printed and pulling supplies together so that I will be prepared. I guess I should set my goal to be about 10 double page layouts, but it will all depend on how much gabbing and giggling we get done, too!

Happy Birthday Stacie!

Joined my friend, Stacie, to celebrate her birthday at Starbucks today. Got a cute little e-mail invitation to join her and her "peeps" at the coffeehouse to hang out. I don't even drink coffee, but I couldn't wait to get there. We sat around (they drank various coffees while I sipped a lemon tea) and chatted for over 4 hours! It was so nice to sit and chit chat without interruptions or disturbances with chicks that "get" me. Thanks Stac for being born ;-) It gave us a reason to celebrate today (even though it's not yet the 10th)!

I Be Scrappin'!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days... I've escaped work and other responsibilities to go to Scrapfest Sept 2007. It's been fun. No huge group this time... just me and Connie working on layouts in Mandeville, LA.

In a room full of sleep-deprived, paper addicted women, you know there's going to be gossip. We met up with a couple of girls we had scrapped with before and started "talking". Conversation moved to the topic of "school". One girl, Amy (married young and mother of 3 boys), says, "I went to college for six years and I got two degrees... the "M-R-S" and "P-R-E-G"!" We cracked up laughing ;-)