TNNA-Baltimore Bound

 

Sent many of you this by group e-mail but for those not in my group mail yet. I thought I would post this to the blog as well!

Gals,

Hope everyone is having a great summer and enjoying the sunny and hot days!!!

The fall retreat is fast approaching and we are putting everything together. Several of you have already sent in your registrations, thanks! Plenty of time yet to get your registration into us!

I am off to Baltimore for the TNNA show this Wednesday where the fall wholesale show is being held. Plan to spend a day or so touring and sightseeing in Washington, D.C. since its only a 1/2 hour train ride from Baltimore.

Thought I would drop you all a line to see if there is anything you may want that I can pick up at the show for you. Plan to have my i-phone with me so you can e-mail all week long as the show runs Friday August 13th until Sunday August14th. Sending along the link to the TNNA website that shows the exhibitors should you want to know who is attending,

http://www.e-offinger.net/assn_search/tnna/FallExhibitors.cfm

I will do my best to get everything that is requested, also going to look for neat and new things to bring along as well for the fall retreat!

Well off to believe it or not stitching, since I have been busy all week dying fabric for the show!

Laura

Invites to the Fall Retreat

Well since the mail strike is now over the invites to the fall retreat have been sent out.  Am starting to get the ball rolling for the Fall Retreat and hope to have lots of fun and revelry for the weekend. Registrations have already started coming in …..

Amanda is busy putting together the photos in a grouping so that i can make the booklets for each of you that attended the Spring Retreat.  The class for the fall that I will be offering I hope to have the picture up sometime in the first of August, once it’s finished.

There will be another survey in the next week or so as mentioned previously.  I am looking to get your thoughts on some new things we would like to implement at the Fall retreat. 

During the summer the court jester and his court are gathering things for us this fall… plenty of fun filled items shall be had for all!  Will be off to Baltimore in August to attend the TNNA show and will also be looking for lots of new designs and fibres that i can bring as well to the fall retreat. 

Well back to the designing board for now!

Fall Registration and News

Presently I am in the process of hopefully setting up the website so that you can do a PDF registration form on line since it looks like this strike is going to be going on for a while.  Mail here is only coming in every couple of days and when I went to send out some letters was advised that not to get worried if they took quite a while to get to their destination.  So instead of worrying about mailing, once I have it up  on the web I will send out a mass e-mail to everyone advising that the form is up to fill out.

Working right now with the Inn and setting up the fall retreat and hope to spice it up a little more from the Spring 2011 retreat and do some things again you would not be expecting.  Want to thank everyone for their comments and feedback forms that you filled out on the final day.  I have taken the time to look closely at everyone’s thoughts and concerns, and am considering implementing some of your ideas.

Will be posting on the blog and the website next week a little of what we will be doing this fall. Hoping to see many of you again as Erica, Amanda and myself will be there with bells on.  Okay, maybe not literally but we will be there ready to have a great time!

Laura

Update

Hope everyone is well.

Finally getting back to normal at home. Though my husband is now on disability until we can get him in for surgery.  Having him around the house is a little difficult at times but working it out.

Since May is almost over its time to get to work on the fall retreat, plenty to prepare and do. Amanda, Erica and myself are putting together our ideas and are hoping to create a fun time for all.

Had hoped to get out letters to each of you this week, but am not sure that I will send them just yet as I heard there may be a postal strike. If the strikes does not happen little packages will be arriving next week to you. Will post once they have been mailed.

Have been working on the website and will be updating the blog as well over the next several days. Amanda is bringing the pictures of the retreat this weekend and hope to post just a few on the web and the blog. want to get them all together so I can create your little books for the fall.

Back to paperwork and organizing!!!

Update

Hope everyone is well.

Finally getting back to normal at home. Though my husband is now on disability until we can get him in for surgery.  Having him around the house is a little difficult at times but working it out.

Since May is almost over its time to get to work on the fall retreat, plenty to prepare and do. Amanda, Erica and myself are putting together our ideas and are hoping to create a fun time for all.

Had hoped to get out letters to each of you this week, but am not sure that I will send them just yet as I heard there may be a postal strike. If the strikes does not happen little packages will be arriving next week to you. Will post once they have been mailed.

Have been working on the website and will be updating the blog as well over the next several days. Amanda is bringing the pictures of the retreat this weekend and hope to post just a few on the web and the blog. want to get them all together so I can create your little books for the fall.

Back to paperwork and organizing!!!

Updates

Just a quick note to everyone to say that I had a wonderful time with you all at the Spring retreat!

For those who stayed over on Monday you know that my husband was rushed to the hospital with a seized back.  I can say that he is now home and recovering and we are now waiting on getting him in for surgery in Toronto.

The website is slowly being changed and the new website address will www.enchanting-escapes.com the old website address will be not exist as it was up for renewal and since we were doing a name change I did it all at the same time.

Watch for many small and neat changes to the website and the blog over the next several weeks.  with trying to get my husband organized and set up at home it will be taking me a little longer to get everything changed completely over but it will be done.

Talk to you all soon!

Laura

11 days to go!

Well I am busy working away at getting the retreat information together and packing what we need.  It 3:30 in the morning and I seem to have more to do each time I turn around.  Cannot wait to see everyone and your projects you will all be working on.  I even have a few that I will be bringing to stitch on!

Sorry that the letters I sent you will be coming out later than I expected, but we have been dealing  with a very sick dog.  Our companion and best friend

“Peanut” my Bull Mastiff/Rottweiller has been diagnosed with bone cancer and we are trying to deal with having to put her down over the next weeks or so.  She is on so much medication that she is either very tired or very sore, but its hard letting go.  Though it will not be fair to make her suffer too much more, as she is having a hard time walking for very long and that was what we did a lot of over the last 8 years.

Then too add to this dilemma and make my life even busier one of the young ladies I work with lost her mother suddenly and there was a puppy that needed a home the same day we found out Peanut was sick.  So whether it be fate or kismet we decided to take the puppy…..

 

but though the puppy is only 18 months he weighs 151 pounds already and going to grow some more.  He is a cute English Mastiff who we just fell in love with and Peanut even gets along with him and they are walking together for the time she has left with us.

So again my apologies for not getting out your letters earlier they are on there way today and I should be completely organized and prepared for the retreat!  So I am back to work on the stuff and more stuff!!!!!

See you all soon!