We Will Always Have Paris

Today's The Day!

Regardless of your political leanings, today's the big day.  Get out there & vote!

This is my daughter's first presidential election.  She's completely enthralled.  We talk about the candidates and I took her down to the polls for early voting a couple of weeks ago.  She proudly wore her own "I voted" sticker.  It's very important to me that she use her hard-fought-for right to vote when she gets older.  Regardless of how she votes, I'll be thrilled if she participates.

But right now, she's happy to wear her "My Mama Loves Obama" shirt.  And she's looking forward to staying up tonight to watch the results roll in.  We're making homemade pizzas and popping popcorn. 

Happy election day to you!

Lots of News...

I just returned from a two day scrapbooking retreat with 11 girlfriends.  What a fantastic getaway!  I'll be sure to post some pics later.  I'm busy weeding through an e-mail box that is absolutely stuffed to the gills.  I've received a number of e-mails about the following bits of news:

• Scrapbook Answers Magazine To Cease Publication.  Bummer!!  This is one of my favorite scrapbooking magazines.  To refresh your memory, Scrapbook Answers is the shiny magazine that comes with a CD-Rom chock full of ideas & fonts.  Apparently, it was too expensive to publish with the CD-Rom & it was not profitable.  For more information, see here.  Subscribers will receive refunds on their remaining subscriptions.
• Lasting Impressions Guru Lorie Jacobs Passed Away on October 3rd.  If you've ever been to a scrapbook expo, you've seen Lorie Jacobs.  Her booth would always draw crowds of ooh-ers & aah-ers as she dazzled us with her brass stencil skills.  Years ago at a scrapbook expo in Southern California she wowed me enough to convince me to drop some serious cash on over twenty stencils that I JUST HAD TO HAVE.  I even bought her video.  She really knew her stuff.  Lorie will be sorely missed in the rubber stamping/scrapbooking community.
• Cami's Paperie now at 70% off!  According to their e-mail, this is their last week.  They still have a ton of paper & ink pads.  At 70% off, you just can't pass it up!  If you have reserved/paid for any of the furnishings, they must be picked up by this Wednesday, October 11th, at 4:00 p.m.  The store doors will be forever closed by the end of this week.  It is a sad week for the D.C. area.