SOLVED…The case of the missing TP!
September 29, 2008
So this isn’t stamping related but it is Mom related and I’m a MOM! I have to share because so many of you who know my children will laugh and laugh at this, maybe I will tomorrow. Today though my arms are still tingly from the up to the elbow scrubbing they received (imagine a doc prepping for surgery) just moments ago. Read more
Day 2 Founder’s Circle - The Jeep Tour
September 25, 2008
Our day time was free on day 2 with a meeting and swap scheduled for the evening. Prior to arriving in St. George Julie had booked a desert tour for us in an “open air” jeep. It sounded like fun and a great way to see up close all the beautiful scenery so I was in. We walked out of the hotel to see this…
Ummmmm, I don’t know what I expected (maybe a cute little Hummer?) but this wasn’t it. So we all climbed in and off we went. I laughed when I saw the lap belts but I diligently put mine on and soon we were zooming down the highway to our destination.
It was a little chilly to say the least going down the highway at normal speed. Those gals in the group with long hair were struggling but we all managed. I guess I should add here (in case you haven’t realized already) that I didn’t ask questions about this trip. Julie said it would be fun so I said okay, the end. Looking back do I regret it now? Nope, it was a fabulous trip.
I’ll only hit some highlights so you won’t be bored senseless.
Here’s a photo of three “generations” of SU!
My fearless leader would be the lovely lady with the fabulous red bandanna - Julie Salva. Julie’s fearless leader, whom she affectionately calls “Boss”, Joann Weimers sporting a lovely hat which I think she called her safari hat. I’m in the back standing very close to the edge (by choice - I loved the heights).
Of course the obligatory group shot
(Amy Celona, Me, Michelle Weinmann, Michelle Rahal, Julie Salva, Joann Wiemers, Dawn Raspas, Josee Smuck and Georgia Giguere)
The views were incredible and the ride was, well, let’s just say bumpy. At some points we were climbing rock going straight up and trying desperately not to slide down and squish the person beside us. I don’t think anyone was successful in this as I quickly decided the lapbelts were only to keep us INSIDE the jeep not from scooting around all over. I don’t know that you can see it in this picture but we were going straight down and so everyone came scooting to the front of the jeep. Even though I was at the end of that line so ultimately being squished I managed to hang out of the jeep (something we were told not to do of course) and snap this shot…
We had a great time and even managed to see a little wildlife…
a horned toad according to our driver/guide (who was quite a hottie). I don’t know how he managed it but we were driving along and all the sudden we stop and Todd is out of the jeep before the vehicle has completely stopped. How he spotted this tiny little guy from the jeep I’ll never know but it was fun to be able to watch Julie scream when Todd showed up at the back of the jeep with his treasure.
Here’s just one great view we were blessed to see and be amazed at God’s work…
In closing of course we all had a great time. While I was studying bug tracks that I was convinced were animal tracks, hahahaha, several of the gals were having a great laugh with me, Dawn Raspas shared her artwork in the desert…
But of course she could not stop there, not with that kind of talent!
I have to tell you I love this last image. I guess because it’s just a little validation that I was there and all my hard work paid off to earn this wonderful trip. I was so blessed to be a part of Founder’s Circle 2008!
Day 1 evening - Founder’s Circle
September 24, 2008
At the end of check in day (Wed) we had a lovely dinner…
After dinner we had a Rising Star - Present and Past meeting which was very interesting. It was actually open to everyone so it was neat to sit in this big room and hear all these great ideas being shared. Since this was my first Founder’s it was also very cool to be able to meet and put faces with the names of so many. We were up so late and I had not slept at all the night before, no nap during the day, so I was ready to fall over once I made it to my room.
I don’t know think I showed you the name plates on our doors - too cool
I thought it was really cool but I didn’t study it closely. I guess I was too overwhelmed by everything else. Anyway I get home and Patrick says “Isn’t this that um, what do you call them, stickum things?” Laughing, I looked more closely and indeed it does look like Decor Elements. It isn’t something that’s offered now - I’m not starting any rumors either - but it was pretty cool. Maybe we’ll see them in the catalog before long?
Anyway, came into the room went straight for the pj’s and then to take out my contacts which felt as if they were glued to my eyeballs. When what to my eyes does appear on the shower curtain rod? A GIFT….
I was amazed. I really just stared at it for a bit as if it were from another world. I know that sounds really stupid but I was just stunned that this was only the first night and WOW it had been an awesome ride so far. And of course I was sleep deprived 
But wait, it wasn’t empty, oh no my friends it contained 3 Classic stamp pads, a roll of double stitched ribbon and a stamp set. TWO STAMP SETS IN ONE DAY!
I slept like the dead after fondling my new goodies - hahahaha - but who doesn’t like free stuff? Okay the truth, I fell into bed and never remembered hitting the pillow. But I really loved my gift Shelli, honest 
Day 1 at Founder’s Circle
September 23, 2008
I was so excited about Founder’s Circle that I didn’t sleep a wink the night before leaving. So with an early morning flight, once it was about 3 a.m. and I had planned to get up about 4, it just wasn’t worth sleeping. Now mind you I wasn’t just sitting around, I was packing and still trying to work out my swap. Yes, you read that right. 145 swaps to make and the night before leaving I still couldn’t get the design right. ARGH. I think the design finally came together about 2 a.m., then I cut all the paper (stamping nothing) and packed it all up to head to Utah. I did have a couple of steps that I could do on the plane so I kept those in my carryon.
Once I was at the airport, I was early since Audrey had to be at school before 7:15, so I had some breakfast and just chilled out. Julie Salva, my upline, arrived not too much later. To our surprise it turned out that we had FIVE of us on the same plane. Five gals from TN going to Founder’s Circle - that’s awesome!
Anyway, the flight was fine. We arrived in Las Vegas and made it through the throng of people. Rene Watson and I were almost squished by some automatic doors at the top of the escalator but we powered through. (Those doors were crazy, no warning and they just slammed shut! Very weird.) We had a little confusion getting our bags since they changed the carousel on us but it wasn’t a huge delay. Once we had our bags we went and hung out with the other stampin gals who were there and waited to have enough to get a bus going to St. George, Utah. We didn’t wait very long at all and we were herded to a tour bus and on our way. I have to say that Stampin’ Up! didn’t let us down, they had a service picking us up and those people were on the ball! I had been told that this trip would be five star all the way and it was nice not to have to worry about lugging that baggage around, finding a cab, shuttle, bus, etc. So I was a happy camper at this point.
We settled in on the bus for the 2 hour ride easily enough. Julie knows everyone so she was chatting away and always introducing me which was cool. Now remembering the names was another story. But we all had a good time. My first views of Arizona and Utah were great. It was so interesting to see just how different the terrain is from TN.
Here are just two of the many pictures I took through the bus window while in motion ha! You can see the guardrail in each one….
The only thing wrong with the bus ride is that none of us had eaten lunch. So were starving! But of course SU! was on the ball. We had a buffet lunch waiting on us. So do not pass go, EAT LUNCH! It was so nice to not have to worry about baggage again - they delivered it to our rooms for us.
Here’s the nice banner the hotel had to welcome us.
Did I mention that we had the whole hotel? Everyone had their own room and it was so nice not to have to worry about other guests. Just crazy stamp women in the halls all the time
The remainder of the day we just hung out and took it easy. We had a group dinner scheduled later that night but I think I’ll do it another post.
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