RETREAT AGENDA.

it all sounds exciting. i can't wait. im gonna try dto do as much as possible.

i'll start getting things together for the challenges early and not wait until the last minute like i tend to do. queen of procrastination (sp) i am.

i can't wait.

Please don't put me down for the scrap swap, it really is not my thing.

supergran wrote:Please don't put me down for the scrap swap, it really is not my thing.

Don't worry Billie, we only do the things we want to, and there is at least one other person who doesn't want to do that swap

maybe we could do a card swap challenge thing as well just for the card only ppl ,id probably join in both

jane its best you get ready asap anyway if you dont know when you are having your surgery ,it will at least make sure you are ready

kimb wrote:maybe we could do a card swap challenge thing as well just for the card only ppl ,id probably join in both

There is a card swap, Kim.

dah, i never thought of that kim. i am dingy sometimes. i will do.

Thanks Tina that's what I was worried over that someone would be let down.

Lorraine wrote:

kimb wrote:maybe we could do a card swap challenge thing as well just for the card only ppl ,id probably join in both

There is a card swap, Kim.

LOL I think kim meant doing a card then swapping the bits, this is just a card kit swap isn't it. Oh heck just realised I might be the one not reading right. Gonna go check straight away.

Lorraine wrote:

kimb wrote:maybe we could do a card swap challenge thing as well just for the card only ppl ,id probably join in both

There is a card swap, Kim.

oh yeah !!!!

Hmm - you've made me wonder now - better go and check.

it says put a kit together. so I see that as meaning put together the bits for a card, swap with someone else and make a card with theirs. You don't make a card from the kit you put together first.

just ignore billie, i will bring an extra pic and twist her arm to do layout for me lol

or...she can help me....or she will be making tea and washing up....

karinlouise wrote:
LOL I think kim meant doing a card then swapping the bits, this is just a card kit swap isn't it.

Ummmmm, isn't that the same thing? lol. Karin, you do make things complicated, hun.

As you sussed though. Put a kit together and that is swapped for the other person to make the card with. I've tried to do things so that there is something for scrappers and cardies too. The b/w challenge can also be a card or a LO.

Quote,,,{you do make things complicated} ....i was thinking the same thing ...karin stop panicking .you will have us all in a tizzy .

Lorraine wrote:

karinlouise wrote:
LOL I think kim meant doing a card then swapping the bits, this is just a card kit swap isn't it.

Ummmmm, isn't that the same thing? lol. Karin, you do make things complicated, hun.

Thanks We've done a card swap before where we actually made the first card and then sent the exact same bits as a kit to a swap. My reading of this one is that we aren't making the card first we are only putting the bits together as the kit. So its different to what we did before. Wasn't meaning to complicate and def not worried about this one as its a good one for me. Thats all I was meaning.

I'd rather make the tea and wash up Sue, really and truly.

For goodness' sake you lot - do stop all this worrying and questioning. It's making me tired out!!! The time to think of this is about a week beforehand. I am going to two other retreats before the Canny one, incidentally - lucky devil, aren't I?

Patty wrote:For goodness' sake you lot - do stop all this worrying and questioning. It's making me tired out!!! The time to think of this is about a week beforehand. I am going to two other retreats before the Canny one, incidentally - lucky devil, aren't I?

Ooo yes you lucky thing. Hope you enjoy both.

Thing is for me I have always been a worrier, again stems from childhood and up bringing. As I've done retreats twice now its not actually a panic at all, I'm obviously not typing my words properly for it to seem as though I'm in a tizz. Another failing of mine, oh so many, that I can't express myself properly. I type something out and it reads perfect for me and I'm positive others will understand what I've said, I read every thing back twice and then send. Like the card thing, I knew exactly what I wanted to say and typed it out, but it obviously didn't come out right. Hence the typing of it twice more.

thatb happens to me sometimes but its when i speak not type , you ask dawn ,im always putting my foot in it or speaking before ive thought things through .

I do it then too !!! Especially when tired, sometimes its total gobbledegook. Can remember doing that in front of friends and I felt a complete idiot and very embarrassed. I hate that.

B&W swap is like the cj I did,lol.

Patty wrote:For goodness' sake you lot - do stop all this worrying and questioning. It's making me tired out!!! The time to think of this is about a week beforehand. I am going to two other retreats before the Canny one, incidentally - lucky devil, aren't I?

You are lucky. Our retreat will be my first and I'm like a child
waiting for Christmas.

its my second and I am like a child waiting for christmas too

Don't think I don't realise how very, very lucky I am. Kenny always encouraged me to go and will be pleased I am doing as he said (as if I dared ever do otherwise!!! LOL) This next one in Feb is rather busy and is also in Chester, so I have a very long drive (about four hours). It looks very good though from the agenda, etc. and is a wonderful hotel complex too, with all meals, etc. and even a late evening break for hot chocolate and cake!!!!! Only hope I can stay awake long enough.

that sounds fab patty ,id love to go on one of those sort but they are so expensive

Well this one was paid for from Kenny's railway stuff, bless his heart.

Patty wrote:Well this one was paid for from Kenny's railway stuff, bless his heart.

It couldn't be for a better cause Patty. exactly what Ken would
have wanted.

It really is lovely, too, that everyone tells me I am doing the right thing. Sometimes it feels as if I am all at sea over all sorts of things, but then I see a message like yours Steph and I feel far better! Silly old fool, or what?

Patty wrote:It really is lovely, too, that everyone tells me I am doing the right thing. Sometimes it feels as if I am all at sea over all sorts of things, but then I see a message like yours Steph and I feel far better! Silly old fool, or what?

Not a silly old fool at all. Not that it's likely, but if I have to deal with
what you have, I hope I can be as brave as you. You have done so right
by keeping busy and visiting and Ken would be chuffed that you have
done everything you have. You're an inspiration PB.