Bits for Sunday, March 7

Talk about a FABULOUS weekend!

You all know my addiction to scrapping and card making. I just had a healthy dose of both. So rather than trying to inspire you this week, I'm going to give you my school-esque report of "What I did this weekend."

Friday morning, I packed up the car (and I do mean packed)....
...and drove over to the Cherished Moments Craft Hideaway. I'd been there once before, last fall, for a day of crafting, but this time I went for the entire weekend. Did you hear that? The entire weekend.
I chose my table...not surprising to most of you, it's the same one I used last time. Such a creature of habit, I am. I spread out the supplies, opened up the suitcase (which spread over into a laundry basket) and got to work.


The weekend was certainly a crafting success...I completed a mini scrapbook, finished my Brown County vacation book, and made about 50 cards. But it was so much more than just hard core crafting.

I shared the weekend with two great friends, and we had a blast telling stories, laughing until we cried, sharing a cry or two, and of course, oohing and aahing over all our hard work.

And the house where we stayed was just so cozy.

I had breakfast with one of the owners this morning before I left, and I told her that normally, when I stay away from home, I have a good time, but I know I'm not at home. There's that element of tip-toeing around. Not there. Last night as I stayed up by myself, at the craft table, journaling before bed, I realized how very much like home it felt. That is rare.

A mother and daughter duo run the establishment...

...and this weekend the mother took care of us. And I do mean she took care of us. She brought us tea and diet coke to drink, made me some hot chocolate last night, emptied our little table-side trash cans, turned down our beds at night, made them in the morning, pulled out towels and bathrobes for us when we wanted to take a bath in the gigantic whirlpool tub...

...and then cleaned it out so the next person could go.

She brought us snacks so we didn't even have to get up from the table while we worked...

...put our food on our plates for us...

...and brought us dessert and coffee when our plates were empty.

She met us at our cars with a cart to carry in all our supplies and rolled it back out for us when we left.

She even joined us on our Skype call to friends in Hong Kong - just to say hi! (oh yes - did I mention we had internet there too? Nothing like being able to chat and scrap at the same time.)

The house has four gorgeous bedrooms...

...each with a different decor theme...

We stayed in the Three Queens Room, I think it was called. Three little twin beds all lined up in a row...

...with mints on the pillows...

...and bathrobes with a gift set on them at the end of the beds.

Besides the gigantic tub, there was also a bathroom that sported a fancy new shower - complete with a seat and extra jets that did a back massage pulse. Are you kidding me? How do I bring that home with me?

I hated saying goodbye this morning. She got up extra early to cook my breakfast (of scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, biscuits and fruit...and coffee-to-go). I left in time to make it to church.

Yes it was, indeed, a fantastic weekend. Loved every minute of it.

But you know what else I loved? Coming home to some cuteness that missed me more than I thought she would.

Can't beat that!