John and Sara's Blog: My trip to the Shack

I spent this past weekend at a wonderful bed & breakfast called the Shack for a scrapbooking retreat. It was wonderful. I went with several ladies that I met through John at the store and their friends and relatives. We arrived at the Shack around 3 on Friday, settled into our rooms and waited to get access to the conference room. We had a little time so we went and sat by the lake and just enjoyed the wonderful weather. By 4 we could get into the room and we began organizing tables for everyone. After that the tiring task of hauling all our scrapbooking supplies down the stairs to the conference room began. I think I got all of my stuff down in about 8 trips!! The look on the faces of some of the other guests was great. I think they were stunned by the amount of stuff we dragged in! Then the fun began. All of our toys came out and the scrapping began. We scrapped until dinner at 5:45 (Chicken breasts, fish, roast beef, potatoes, veggies, and rolls). Then back to scrapping until banana splits at 8:45. YUM!! This is one of the best parts of staying at the shack. I had Mackinaw Island Fudge & Cherry Chocolate Ice cream on mine. Back to scrapping. I worked on a couple different pages and also finished all the iris folding on some Christmas cards for a swap I'm doing. Went to bed about 1 am. Breakfast the next morning was at 8 and then more scrapping, until lunch which was very disappointing (turkey and mayo sandwiches..yuck!), moere scrapping until dinner at 5:45 (Coleslaw salad, fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, several veggies and rolls...yum!) followed by more scrapping until banana splits at 8:30. This time I had two scoops of Cherry Chocolate...YUMM!! I worked on a bunch of different pages, and while each page seemed to take awhile, they all came together really well. I never felt like I had scrapper's block. I did take a short break Sat. afternoon to go sit by the lake, with my feet in the water and to make some phone calls. I also had a small break later that night to talk to John for awhile...even though he said he was on vaction from me. :-) Kathy, Angie, Mindi, Nancy and I all scrapped until almost 3 in the morning. Angie left to go get pizza sometime after 1 only to return with a box of pizza rolls they had got at the gas station as this was the only thing that was open. You had to be there but it was hilarious!! Anyways a little bit before 3 we all headed to our rooms to crash. We woke up around 8, had breakfast and then the laborious task of packing everything up, carrying it all up the stairs and back out to our cars began. I was surprised that it didn't take as long as I thought it would and I was packed up a little after 9. The 5 of us sat and talked for awhile, figuring out the details of our Passport Weekend coming up this Saturday and then I was off. The trip home was uneventful and I was back in GR a little after 11. It took me much of the day, with a long nap in the middle to unpack everything and get it back organized in the scrapbook room. The trip was wonderful and so relaxing. I can't wait until March when we go again!!!

Here are my three favorite LO's from the trip:

These are my tulips at my house from this Spring. The spot on the left will be for journalling.