Off to Texas!

I left for Texas early, early, early Friday morning on November 2. I was so genuinely excited about going to Texas, that I kept forgetting that it was my birthday. I received my first "birthday call" from my good friend, Sandy. My first thought was, "Oh no! What's wrong?". I was surprised to hear, "Happy Birthday!". My kids called me throughout the day, and once again I forgot. Instead I was thinking, "What do these guys want?", LOL!

I met my fellow Fiskateer, Hisaho, at the Oakland airport just prior to boarding the plane. We traveled together, connecting in Dallas. Dallas is a HUGE airport. I guess what they say about Texas (everything is big) is true.

We arrived in San Antonio many, many, many clock hours later. It took us only a few minutes to find other Fiskateers in the hotel lobby, as we recognized each other by our avitars. Upon check-in, we were given a cute orange & green (Fiskars colors) gift bag filled with bottled waters, snacks, some ribbon and ribbon-stiff from Stano Designs (as seen on Fiskars TV), and a beautiful pair of Fiskar scissors with our names engraved on them! Very awesome!

I'll blog later about the rest of the evening, which was fantastic. While I was impressed with the orange and green goody bag, it was nothing compared to what was to come. The evening also held a wonderful birthday surprise for me, but more on that later!

In The Beginning........

Hello to All! I've blogged a few times, mostly at Scrapbook.com. My favorite things to blog about are life's everyday moments, especially the funny ones (even if I'm not laughing when the moment occurs!).

Until now, I haven't had anything too exciting to blog about; however, this last weekend was anything but ordinary, and certainly deserves some blogging!

It all started this last May. I spent National Scrapbooking Day hanging out at Scrapbook.com. While there, I came across a post from May Flaum, encouraging sb.c members to check out Fiskateers.com. I did, and and I have been grateful and astounded many times over since that day. I received beautiful Fiskars scissors engraved with my Fiskateer number, #1626. I received wonderful RAKs, I attended a super-fun gathering at May's house, and I met lots of genuinely nice cyber-friends.

Then, I received a phone call. A HUGE phone call. May called me in September to let me know that I was one of 49 other Fiskateers who would be attending an all-expenses paid weekend in San Antonio, Texas from Nov 2 to Nov 4. I was floored!

The next weekend I attended a crop at Suzy West's store, Picture Me Perfect, in Fremont, CA. As I sat cropping with my fellow Fiskateer, Erin Yamabe, another San Antonio-destined friend, we couldn't help but wonder, "is this for real?"

Well, it certainly was. Last week was the magical weekend, and I can honestly say that it is a highlight in my life. Not as important as my wedding, births, or graduations, but definitely one for the Jennifer Nenni history books.

Over the next few days, I'll fill you in on all the wonderful moments from my magical weekend.