Excited...

Four days and counting...Heidi Swapp will be at She Scrapbooks for a fun-filled weekend of classes!!! Can't wait!!! I think I am even going to get to take a couple of her classes myself!!! Lovin that...I don't know which one I am more excited over the House of 3 heart box or the Energy Journal. I am thrilled about both. I have been wanting to do the Energy Journal since the first time I read about it online, I have high hopes of it helping me harness my personal energy and focus better, from the reviews I have heard just taking the class has made a difference in the way you look at things. Then there is that adorable heat shadow box. I think I will get a couple extra and some family members will be getting these little beauties as Christmas gifts this year. And if all this is not enough excitement there is next week...

NEW MOON is coming out...we have been counting down the days since seeing Twilight and it is finally almost here. We have plans to go at least three times over the weekend!!! Friday the 20th and then on to Saturday and Sunday!

She Scrapbooks is doing great...love going to work! Bre is doing fantastic at The Villages High School! We have the house up for sale so we can move a little closer to work and school.

So all in all we are pretty good. I will be posting pictures from the coming weekends asap. Hopefully I will be posting a little more frequently...can't believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Hope you all have a great week!

Happy Halloween...

In honor of Halloween what could be better then a little vampire/werewolf love...Getting so excited about New Moon...only 21 more days...can't wait!!!
Hope everyone has a safe Halloween!!! Me I will be spending my afternoon at She Scrapbooks doing tool demos, taking Bre and her friend Rebecca to spend Halloween with some of their friends from school and staying out too late. I am sure we will have fun though.

busy...

No excuse for the blog slacking, just lots going on...

She Scrapbooks is opened and doing really well...we are so excited that we have finally made it to this point...I keep pinching myself because it is hard to believe "SHE" is open...
We had our grand opening on Saturday and it was a huge success...saw so many people in the last week I haven't seen in years and some I say at our soft opening, wink...really nice to reconnect with them!
Now we are working on our Heidi Swapp event...we are almost full...haven't even been taking sign- ups for a week...lots of excited women!!!
Working on some more surprises for "She"...stay tuned...more announcements you won't want to miss!!!
Bre is doing really good in high school...I am so proud of her and the young woman that she is...I feel totally blessed to be her mom and get to share her life...she is the best!!!
My mom, step-dad, sister and brother in law all came over this week and surprised me by walking into the store with no notice. I almost couldn't believe my eyes, because that just doesn't happen...So nice to see them and we even got to sneak out and have a little treat at Urban Flats:)...Thanks for coming over family, it meant the world to me!!!
Mother-in-law and father-in-law came over and spent the weekend at the Waterfront in...nice to spend some time with them too...Went to RJ Gators for dinner (dh's favorite) and Nan and Bre got to spend some quality time together shopping around Sumter Landing.
Roxie turned four and the tenth...can't believe she has been with us that long...seems like just yesterday she was so tiny I could hold her in the palm of my hand...but also feels like she has been with us forever.
I have to BFF's who are having Birthday's this month...Happy Birthday to Kristy and Stephanie...I know it is little early...but I wanted to get it out here.
Can't believe it is the middle of October...Bre is going to another Homecoming dance on Halloween...she is excited to see her friends from her old school.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner...and I fear Christmas...not quite ready to have the holidays upon us...whether I like it or not here it comes...I think I need to start some shopping...I would like to be done by December 1...maybe then I can relax and enjoy the month of December!
Think I babbled enough now...off to eat dinner with the family.

Exciting news...

Have you been to the SHE blog??? We have quite a few pictures up of the remodeling as well as a few sneak peeks of what has been going on the shelves!!! We also have finally been able to announce that Heidi will be coming to the store in about a month and a half!!! Go on over and take a peek, pretty exciting stuff going on at She Scrapbooks!!!

Homecoming...

I didn't share any pictures of Breanna's first homecoming dance so I wanted to at least get one on the blog. I still cannot believe she is in high school, but as much as I try not to admit it she is growing up. Here she is with Andrea and Rachel. They looked beautiful and said they had a great time and danced all night.

two posts-one day...

Just wanted to give a quick update on She Scrapbooks...
We are moving right along, all the construction issues will be wrapped up tomorrow.
Product has started to arrive.
Checking in and pricing said product.
Painting some more fixtures this weekend.
Getting the store ready to set next week.
Opening still set for first week on October.
Can't wait, we are so excited and ready for She to make her debut!

Bre is moving right along with her first year of High School.
It is Homecoming this week and she is very excited about this, can't wait to go the dance, and loves her new dress.
Progress reports come home Friday (hard to believe).
She is starting her community service this week or next with a reading program to help out the elementary kids who need a little extra attention. So proud of her for choosing this.

Other than that, life seems to be ticking by pretty fast right now. I can't believe we are getting into the holiday months. Halloween, Thanksgiving and ugh, Christmas are right around the corner. I am so hoping that I will be able to find a little Christmas love this year. Working in retail for the last 12 years has just sucked it out of me. We will see. Keeping fingers crossed.

Life is exciting right now and I absolutely love it.

words...

I found this on Lindsay's blog (love her blog by the way) and had to share it with you. I think these are some very powerful words and definitely gives something to think about.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"

~Marianne Williamson

busy, busy...

Time seems to be flying by at an accelerated rate...
-we going into our fourth week of school, hard to believe a month has already gone by.
-homecoming is in 2 weeks, and Bre is going with some of her friends.
-walls torn down in store, wall repaired in store, walls being primed and painted, floor being painted this week.
-deliveries already coming in to the store
-scheduling move in dates of fixtures
-read three books
-haven't taken nearly enough pictures
-shopping with Stephanie to get odds and ends we need for the store
-lunch everyday with Stephanie this last week, discussing ideas and things to accomplish for the store.
-continuing with plans for the big surprise in November. Almost ready to spill the beans.
-planning our grand opening.
-not to mention just the everyday stuff that life brings.

Will try to do better about blogging, been pretty bad about it lately.
Will have pictures to share this week of the store's before and after.

Amazing...

Amazing...that is the first word that came to me as I read about what happened last night at Creative Escape!!! Teachers from past Creative Escapes were given a $15.oo lamp to alter for an auction that would benefit the Leukemia Society. 100% going to the charity. Tim Holtz and Heidi each decorated one and theirs was auctioned off live last night at their closing dinner. Heidi's went for an amazing $8200 and Tim's went for...sit down...$29,000!!! Yes you read that right twenty-nine thousand dollars!!! Still gives me goose-bumps just thinking about it. I read that this totally overwhelmed Tim with emotion, I can only imagine. This was the woman who won the bid. It looks like Heidi was very touched as well!!! I found this picture online to share!
I loved my experience at CE last year and only hope that I get to attend next year.

WOW...

It's almost here...I am so excited...I still can't believe it...a dream come true...I am having a hard time waiting...but the wait is almost over...pictures to come this week!!!