The Workshop is On!

Well, I am happy to announce that my surgery went well and they were able to do laproscopy! Yea! That means we are on for Friday night and Saturday! I'm still moving a little slow, but was able to stamp over the weekend and get some kits ready and some cutting done for this weekend.

Overall, Thursday was a great day -- except for the surgery part -- but a couple of really great things happened. First, the nurse AND the doctor said I was skinny! That's right -- SKINNY! When I got there, I asked the nurse if she thought they would have to do "real" surgery. She looked me up and down and said "No, I think you'll be fine because you are skinny." After a little more conversation, she said it again -- "you're skinny". So I looked at her and said, "If you feel the need to say that several more times, go ahead, that will be fine!" Then, after I woke up, my husband told me that the doctor came in after the surgery and told him that everything went great because I was skinny! Can you believe that?!? Now, I know I'm not extremely large or anything, but skinny is a word reserved for people who have no fat between their skin and their bones. That is NOT me! So it is not a word I have thought of using for myself since I was about 20 years old (back then, I was skinny). So that was the first thing that made Thursday a good day. And don't think this is the last you will hear of it!

The other thing that made Thursday a good day was all of the prayers and thoughtfulness from my many wonderful friends. I know the surgery went well because God got an earful at 2:00 pm on Thursday! I had SO many people pulling for me that there was no way it could go bad! And even my Wednesday girls who left for West Virginia on Thursday, left someone in charge of bringing me flowers!! So thanks to all of you who thought about me, prayed for me, sent me cards and brought me flowers to brighten my day!

So now, I must go stamp! Have a great day!

What Season Is It?

I'm so confused! For the past week I have been frantically working on Christmas cards and projects for the upcoming workshops. But then I look at the calendar and it's early October and I realize that I need to think about halloween treats for my kids to take to school! Yikes!

Here is a picture of the table favors from my last workshop. They have candy corn inside. This may end up being what my kids take for Halloween treats. They are quick and easy and terribly cute! I can say that because they are not my own creation! Some very creative person who posts on Splitcoaststampers.com came up with the idea and I just adapted it for Halloween. It's good to have creative people out there sharing, isn't it?!

On a personal note, the reason I have been frantic about Christmas cards and projects is because I am having gall bladder surgery on October 16. Yes, that is one week and one day away -- and counting. That is only two weeks before my card workshop and three weeks before the gift workshop. I know it should be pretty easy IF they do it laparoscopically, but he's not sure that's going to work since I have had so many previous surgeries (4 c-sections and an appendectomy). So I won't know how long to expect to recover until I wake up. So I am trying to get everything planned and maybe even som cutting done before Thursday.

With that said, here are some of the things I've been working on. The book in the back of the picture is sort of a portfolio I put together with page protectors inside to take orders to sell some Christmas cards. (More on that later in the week.) Some version of the book may show up either at the Christmas gift workshop or at the SISF retreat class I am teaching at the Fall Retreat. I just haven't finalized those projects, yet. The cards are sort of a mixture of new things I have come up with and some old things I have updated with different colors and stamp sets. I am sure that some of them will make an appearance at the October workshop. But, again, I'm just not sure which ones. I will post some individual pictures later in the week and it will be easier to see. I apologize for my lack of photography skills, but the more time I take photographing, the less time I have to stamp!

Have a great day!