so i never quite got around to filling you in on gasc and the week between that and cha. well, so goes my life these days.

suffice it to day, spending a week in chicago and michigan with catherine ranks in my top five things to do. we had a blast ... laughed all day every day. such a great break for normal life.

thanks, catherine!! meeting you and bonding as we have has been the greatest gift this year as a master has given me!!

pix, of course, are here ---> pix

gasc was, in a word, amazing. cath and i had a blast wandering around the crop on the first night, meeting scrappers and seeing what they were creating. such nice women! and teaching the next two days was an experience i'm so grateful to have had.

i used to work for a scrapbook store and always sort of avoided teaching classes. i'm so not a teacher type. but when the opportunity arose to do stuff for gasc, i jumped (why, i have no idea). as the weekend approached i was sick with nerves. what if people hate the classes? what if i suck as a teacher? what if i forget stuff? what if what if what if? well, turns out nothing bad happened. the students were totally receptive to the projects and playing. and the journaling classes, which were created from the premise of the book i'm currently writing for memory makers, went so well. better than i anticipated. the class was so open and sharing about their writing. it was a pleasure. and my TAs were all the best!!

and now my life revolves around getting back into the normalcy of the school year, marc traveling non-stop, the probability of moving to indiana next year, and writing the aforementioned book.

i'm so sad to see our year as master end, but i'm so excited to hand over the reigns to such an amazing new group! i can't wait to meet you guys at cha in january!!! wear the crown well and do us proud!

i'll leave you with two recent favorite photos ... just because i can! ha ha

i've had a few people ask me if i'm going to write a photography article. if anyone still reads this and wants to see something like that, let me know. i'll see what i can do. until then, though, enjoy my kids! (hey ... it's still my blog. i can brag on them all i want! ;o) )