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Happy Sunday!

Hey there....

How is your day going???  It's a glorious day here!  My sweet hubby has been out of town this weekend and will be home this evening - YAY!  So, I went to church this morning and then opened the sun roof and bee-bopped all over town for a bit before picking up some lunch and heading home!  

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed worshipping at church this morning.  There is something so uplifting about spending time 'at the feet of our Savior'.  I realize that might sound a bit cliche or 'churchy' but it's the truth.  I love that time each week when we gather together with our church family and spend time worshipping our Heavenly Father and being taught from His Word.  It's just an hour out of our week, but it sure goes a long way to encourage us and lift us up.  Obviously a relationship with God isn't just one day a week.....it needs to happen everyday, but there's just something special about coming together for corporate worship.  KWIM?  Such a blessing.  

Anywho, after I left church, I.....

• bopped over to Borders (had a coupon to use)
• ran thru the drive thru at Starbucks for a venti, decaf, soy, 3-raw sugar latte (had a gift card to use)
• stopped in Michael's (cause it's RIGHT by Starbucks) and found some handy storage baskets (on sale) to help me get my cards organized & picked up the latest issue of Creating Keepsakes (with a coupon, of course!) 
• went to Archivers (because my hubby will shop ANYwhere with me and actually enjoys it EXCEPT when we go to Archivers!!!  LOL!!!  So, since I love him so much, I spared him the agony of going to Archivers with me and went today, while he is out of town!  I'm so loving that way....   :)     (plus I had a coupon!) 
• stopped at Standard to see if they have any Havaiana flip-flops these days, but they weren't open yet 
• Went to Dean & Deluca for some yummo soup for lunch  

AND, I did all of this before noon!!  :)  So, now I'm settled into the studio for an afternoon of paper crafting.  

Bliss......

OH, and I might just take a nap too.  There's nothing like a Sunday afternoon nap!  And before I know it, my sweet hubs will be home!  Yay!

Enjoy your day, Girlies!  I'll chat with ya tomorrow!

{Birthday Wishes Ingredients}

Paper: cool caribbean, whisper white, Scenic Route-background white lined paper & loveland ruby ave.

Stamps: elegant cheer, always

Ink: tempting turquoise, real red

Accessories: American Crafts felt flower, Making Memories rhinestone brad, SU! real red wide grosgrain ribbon, spiral punch, sewing machine/thread

We're Home! Whoohoo!

Hi All!  We made it!!!  Feels good to be home and getting back into the swing of things but it'll take a bit for us to get caught up.  I had over 400 emails in my inbox alone!  Ha!  So if you're waiting to hear from me....have patience!  Hee!

Just wanted to say thank you so much to each of you for your sweet comments and for praying for us while we were away.  We had a GREAT trip and everything went pretty smoothly, travel wise for which we were VERY thankful!  Can't WAIT to share pictures with you but I took a TON - over 1,500 I think, so bear with me as it'll take me some time to get them ready to share!!  (NO, I won't make you look at all of them!!!  LOL!) 

OH.....and remember how our computer was down so we put it in the shop before we left on vacation???  Uh yeah....still not fixed.  There seems to be some question as to whether it's the mother board or the hard drive and who should cover the warranty.  Grrrrr.......I just want my computer back!  Hahaha!!  So this may delay my photo sharing for just a bit.  But hang in there....I won't forget!

Just wanted to point you in the direction of a few fun things that happened while we were away...

Check out the A Muse blog for Episode #3 & Episode #4 of my Guest Designer Series!  It looks like there have been a ton of comments left over there already, which I will thoroughly enjoy reading!  Thank you all SOOO much!  I feel loved!  :)    A Muse was so great to work with!  I hope I can do it again sometime!

Also, you're gonna want to pop over to Splitcoast and read the most recent Product Review we did of a new stamp storage system!  Fun!

For those of you that missed it, right before I left town I was selected as the Featured Stamper of the week over at SCS.  Thank you so much to each of you that played along and created cards for the Featured Stamper challenge!  I had so much fun going thru the gallery and seeing your work!  I haven't gotten thru the whole thread yet, but it's been so fun, so far!  Check out the FS thread if you want to see everyone's creations too!

You should have seen our baby Riley (dog)....he was so glad to see us get home last night!  He's so sweet!  We missed him and it was obvious that the feeling was mutual!  Hahaha! 

After only about 3 hours of sleep in our own bed last night, I can't wait to get to bed early tonight!!!  :)  Chat atchya tomorrow!

Hugs Girlies!!