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Meet Sjoera. Super hip, super cool Dutch girl. My constant companion during my stay in The Netherlands. An instant friend. She is mama to Spike, ye...

Wonderful : waking up in my own bed with Simon on one side and Chris on the other. Have some work to do this morning and will post photos and stori...

Checking in from Pien's - it has been a fun day of classes so far - one more to go this evening. Lots of happy faces and lots of tea and coffee (be...

Just checking in from Florence's house. Got to spend the day with her in Amsterdam. Heading to dinner with her and her husband in just a bit. We we...

Doing all the last minute stuff that goes into getting ready to leave home : including finishing up a column and putting together a new Scrapbook o...

Cleaning up around here. Going to Target in a bit. Getting ready to leave on Sunday morning for the Netherlands. EXCITED. Totally looking forward t...

Up very early this morning. The clock just turned over to 5:00am and I am sitting at the coffee shop in the airport waiting for my flight to Salt L...

I have always wanted to visit Washington, DC. Most of the time when I travel to teach all over the place, there is just not enough time for me to g...

I had the absolute BEST time this past weekend in Virginia and DC. It was so, so great. I have to get some things settled and organized around here...

I just have to share this sweet photo taken by my friend Jason Locken when we were in Hawaii last September. See anything cool in there? Heading ou...

Didn't have a chance to take photos of Chris yesterday - no crisp white shirts available. But he did turn the camera on Simon and me last night. I ...

Here's a little sneak peek at my March 2006 Studio A column in Creating Keepsakes - this month it is all about my Scrapbook On The Road concept. An...

I keep a pretty crazy schedule. Weekends don't really mean break time for me. Most weekends I am teaching. If I am not teaching I am probably worki...

Has anyone else noticed this awesome new ad campaign from Fiskars? Ads have been appearing in scrapbooking magazines lately and they have totally c...

Just a couple of crazy ladies chilling in Vegas! Being silly and checking out all the amazing stuff out there...and having coffee of course. Made i...

Here's a little sneak peek at my album for CKU-A. First one is coming up in March in the lovely city of Chicago. Totally had fun choosing new produ...

We met with Simon's main teacher and his autism coordinator this morning for his IFSP (Individual Family Service Plan). I love meeting with these w...

Ventured out to do some errands this afternoon. Lovely Oregon weather. Hit Target and Costco for some essentials: pull-ups, OJ, socks & undersh...