I fell off the blog wagon!

Please forgive me fellow scrappers it has been 15 days since my last blog. Yes, I do feel like I am confessing a sin. I have these great plans to post to my blog on a regular basis. You know keep you all up to date on what's going on and what coming up. So here goes my update for you all...

It's already mid-July and I have my kits ready for the month. August and September are figured out, on order and good to go... I hope. I'm already planning for September and October. I can't believe I admitted that out loud. And coming up later this month I get to scrapbook. Yup, I actually get to enjoy the hobby that I promote so enthusiastically. I have found that since I started my business ( a mere 18 months ago) that I spend more time researching products and techniques for my business than I do actually scrapbooking. Not that I mind. I really love to share scrapbooking and card design with others. There is nothing better than helping someone who says "I can't do that. I'm not creative."

And tomorrow is an exciting day for me. Some of you know that I have been on Insulin Pump Therapy for about seven years and that I have been a diabetic since I was sixteen. I won't tell you how many years that has been. A girl has to keep some secrets to her self. Anyways, tomorrow I get my new pump. And the improvements and new features on this machine make my current archaic. Well, I guess by computer standards seven years is pretty much the dinosaur era. Well, my new pump is purple. I figure give me a few more years and I can join the red hat society and my purple and red will be in place.

I really wish that every diabetic had the opportunity to use pump therapy. Yes it does take a bit of work to get it set up and to understand how it works and how your body uses each unit of insulin, but the advantages are amazing. And I'm not just talking about glucose control and future health issues. I am talking about real life- having the flexibility to enjoy your children's birthday cake with them, having a late dinner with your husband, sleeping in on a Sunday morning. If you are a diabetic or there is a diabetic in your life who uses insulin injections then you may want to research pump therapy. www.minimed.ca

Enjoy the summer weather and I promise it won't take me 2 weeks to do my next post. After all I have to update you on my new insulin pump and how I'm doing with it.

Sales and Kit Clubs - two of my favorite things!

One of my favorite events is a great sale. Come on admit it, everyone loves a good sale and a garage sale is one of the expected events of summer. In fact, there are people who plan their entire weekend around them. So I figured it was time for everyone to plan their weekend around my sale. Remember This! Scrapbooking is having a garage sale. And this is sale not to be missed. New items for a dollar. Items a 30-50% off. Stock up on cardstock, pattern papers, embellishments and even Memory Club kits.

My second favorite thing for scrapbooking is a great kit. They make it so incredibly easy to put together a great page, card or altered item with little or no stress. I love kit because when I scrapbook the pick out of the paper is the hardest and most time consuming part. Once I get past the paper selection getting creative is the easy part. So pick out a kit club and join. Preferably mine. I have added pictures of my kit for July and a sample of an altered notebook using it. It was quick and easy and truly enjoyable because the hard work of paper selection was already done. Your scrapbook time is precious, so if you need help making the most of your time consider a kit club to help you make better use of it.

Tracey

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