Adventures from the road.
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Chris and Simon had their first taste of a scrapbook convention Friday and Saturday in Portland. Simon ran around and around during the crop Friday night and attempted to escape any time he could from Chris' clutches on Saturday during the vendor faire. Cool to have them there but not so easy logistically.
And of course no out of town adventure is complete without a midnight trip to the Emergency room.
Friday night we went back to the hotel and were getting ready for bed. Simon kept putting his hand on his ear. He finally fell asleep but then kept waking up and crying - hard enough that we knew something was obviously up. So we call the front desk, find out where the nearest hospital was located, and off we went into the night. Luckily Legacy Emmanuel was super close to the hotel - and come to find out they have a children's emergency room = great, kind, kid-friendly docs. Let me preface all this by saying that Simon is not fond of doctor's offices - he can smell them a mile away. That certain look of fear comes over him as soon as we are in the vincinity. Whenever we find a doctor or a facility like the one we visited we are so very thankful.
Come to find out, Simon has an ear infection. His first one in three years of life. A bit of anti-biotics, some ear drops, and a little tylenol with codine and we were on our way back to the motel. He slept awesome the rest of the night...from about 2am (when we got back) to 9am.
At 10am I was due back at the CK booth for my second round of signings. I signed books on Friday as well - always fun to chat with other scrapbookers. Love hearing their stories. Love just talking about scrapbooking. And love seeing people I have met in the past. Just such a great network of creative women.
And of course, I had to do a bit of shopping while I was there. Here are some of the cool things I picked up:
• Wild Asparagus by My Mind's Eye : so, so cool
• Crossed Paths : faith-based papers with a more sophisticated look
• Scrapworks Tailored Essentials : yumma yumma
• and some cool things from The Weathered Door
I know there is more to tell - need to get back in the groove around here first. Happy Sunday!
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ALL things that I have been wanting, especially the Wild Asparagus and the SW stuff!!! Actually, I already got the Crossed Paths stuff. Isn't it cool?
Glad you are back.
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Aww poor Simon! Mack her first ear infection about a month ago- not fun for the kiddos. Hope he is feeling better soon!
Very cool new goodies!
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I'm so happy I had a chance to catch up with you again! I always walk away inspired and went to work Saturday afternoon creating. Love the goodies... spent way too much moolah!
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i just had to go hunt down some of those tabs. HOW COOL ARE THEY???? i have an ear infection too. glad you are back. cool that you took the boys with you. what did chris think?
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So cool to get a chance to see you again and chat a bit. Love all the cool stuff you found, the Wild Asparagus papers are so cool! Missed the Scrapworks tabs---bummer! Will have to go looking for those very soon! Glad to hear Simon is doing better, hope they had fun on Saturday. Welcome home and hope to chat with you again soon. T
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Great shot of {S}. The look of simple happiness and freedom. I was so impressed with the intensity of all those involved in your picture.
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Poor SImon.. hey you are doing good if that is his first ear infection..and yes those little buggers really hurt..
So green about those new goodies, but you know , i so cant wait to see them used "Ali style"
joy
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Glad you are back. Poor Simon. He looks totally in his element in that pic though. Can't wait to see what you do with your new stuff. Happy Sunday right back at you :).
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How fun! Obviously not the ear infection-I am WAY too familiar w/ those! Can't wait to see what you do with your new stuff.
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Hope Simon's feeling better soon! I had missed the Wild Asparagus stuff until you pointed it out to me... thanks for enabling me to spend a bunch more money LOL!!! I also got my mitts on more of the new Scrapworks and a couple more sets of Technique Tuesday stamps. It's an addiction, I swear.
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glad to have you back! :) how cute that the boys came along!!! sorry about the infection- it will be gone before you know it. thank God for antibiotics!
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So glad you're back! Can't wait to hear more about the convention!
Sorry about Simon's ear...we took Ryan to the emergi-center THIS morning because he was complaining about his ear hurting...sure enough, ear infection. (He didn't have any his first three years and now he's had four in the past year, oy!) Antibiotics...gotta love 'em.
FUN on all the new schtuff!!
d :)
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It's always so tough on the kiddos when they have something like that. Hope the little guy feels better soon. I was so glad to meet you in person at the convention. Glad to hear you got your hands on some of those new goodies. I was not able to find the wild asparagus stuff, and lots of the scrapworks was sold out (bummer). But I did get a ton of their awesome new papers. dropped lots of $ @ technique tuesday's booth. LOVE their stamps. Anyway glad to meet ya, next time you travel up the 5 take a stop in Albany @ the Scrap Yard and visit :) ~Michelle~
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Poor Simon! Ear infections suck!! LOL My son had seven ear infections over the course of 6 months (starting when he was 3 months old). We had to get tubes in those tiny little ears and luckily he's only had three infections since they were put in a year and half ago. I sure hope he's feeling better! And thanks for the tips on the new products - I always like to find new "treasures!" Have a great night!
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Looks like simon is having a rocking good time there. Sorry to hear about his little ears. Luckily Aiden has never had an ear infection (knocking on wood).
Hope you all had a great time nonethless :)
nia
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So glad your back home safe and sound. Sorry to hear about Simon, hope he is feeling better. Glad you had fun shopping! Lovely things!! Take care!
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Fun shopping! I picked up some scrapworks too!!! LOVE those tabs!
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Hey Ali! So cool to see you again! It's always a pleasure hanging with you! I bought some of those same goodies. Way too much fun! Hope Simon's doing better now.
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That is the cutest picture of Simon. Love the picture in your new page banner too. Off to check out some of the goodies you shared links to.
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Sorry about Simon's ear- hope he feels better!
Love, love, love the new banner pic!!! Thanks to your inspiration in the book I'm going to make a LO with the blurry pictures.
Jane
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