The Memory Bee

Work, then PLAY!

Before I get to play, I have to work and this week has been crammed with it. I leave very early!!! on Sunday morning for New York City where I'll be going to the National Stationary Show and doing some shopping and a little work, too.
I worked at the Stationary Show one year but haven't had the chance to walk and "shop" it, so I'm so excited about that. I love paper and office stuff and all, so I can't wait to see all they have to offer. I'm hoping to find some cool things for my fall classes. I'm looking forward to seeing my buddy, Suzi Finer, at MY end of the country. We have tickets to see Mandy Patinkin on Broadway Monday night, and I'll be seeing Young Frankenstein on Broadway Wednesday night with my husband who unexpectedly is going there on business, too.
Besides the Stationary Show, I'm going to be hitting all my favorite places in NYC to gather business cards. I'm thinking of self-publishing (unless someone else wants to publish it) a little guide/journal/scrapbook called "My NYC" with lots of guidance for seeing the NY I love. I get so many emails from people asking for advise, so I think this might be something that people would like.
So here's what I've gotten done this week...

• Totally filled my fall teaching schedule with new classes from one end the country to the other! I'm looking forward to returning to some stores and going to new ones! I'm especially excited about the classes on December 6! :)
• Worked like crazy on samples for Anna Griffin to use on QVC in the UK. Here's some little peeks at what I did...some totally different looks! And a picture of the cat because I can't have an empty space there!

• Finished my projects as guest designer for June for Cocoa Daisy. The June kit is packed with fabulous products. I love playing with different things...it really revs up my creativity. I'll post peeks of what I did next week.
• Worked on my class kits for the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Buffalo at the end of May. I only have to assemble 200 kits! I will have some extra kits at the Convention, so you can sign up that day if you want.

I keep reminding myself to breathe...it's all good!

A happy Mother's day!

I hope everyone had a good mother's day! I think it's a really good day to honor moms but a really hard day for many. My thoughts and prayers were with them, too. I'm so thankful for my mom, even though we weren't together to celebrate, and for my boys. I love being their mother! I tried to cherish every moment as much as possible when they were little and now enjoy our time together as adults. My husband does a really good job of making me feel very appreciated as mom, too, so that's nice!
I loved having the boys home from college for the weekend for me. After church we went out to dinner, then to the art gallery to take pictures, and then to Starbucks with Brandon for our traditional time together.
The only bummer...actually big BUMMER...is that I dropped my Canon G9 on the cement at the art gallery. Thankfully the screen or lens didn't break but the front of the camera is bent and needs to be repaired before I take it anywhere. I'm going to NYC this weekend, and now I won't have a small camera to take and will have to lug around my big Nikon. Oh well...an expensive mistake!
 

Is this normal?

There has been an outcry for another cat picture so here's the latest. Do you think it's normal for a cat to sit like a person? It just cracks me up when he does this! He's squinting from the flash going off.

I finished a mini album for my pictures from Scrap Etc. and thought I'd share it. I took the pages I did as the guest designer for Jenni Bowlin Studio and revamped them with these pictures and added stuff from the event. I used a chipboard page as a template to cut a Hambly Clear Heavy Overlay to use as the cover. The first picture is the before and then the afters. (You can click on any picture to make it bigger to see detail.)

Happy news! I'm finally going to be teaching classes in NORTHERN California!!! I've taught several times in Southern California and now I'll be teaching at Picture Me Perfect in Fremont in October! It seems like a long time away but I know the time will fly by. I can't wait to meet the Bay Area Scrappers!

Who is this man?

I still have a hard time wrapping around the idea that I am the mother of a man. How weird does that sound! Yesterday we went to Rochester to celebrate Jeremy's 22nd birthday. I'm so proud of him for all he's accomplished and for the good head he has on his shoulders. It's hard to believe that 22 years ago he weighed 9lbs 3oz and now he towers over me.

Everytime we're all together it's a battle of the cameras. Brandon's great with the camera as a photography major and Jeremy's great as a hobbyist and I want to get in on the action, too, so it's crazy to see us together. Brandon thinks that I tilt my camera way too much, so these pictures are for him!

We had too much to eat at Dinosaur Barbeque and then stocked them up with groceries. I hope I get to see them for Mother's Day!
A little enabler alert...Michaels has the new Alix collection from Anna Griffin Inc. for a limited time. I love the blues and white. I can imagine pictures from the beach or any tropical or pool setting. Pictures from Greece would be gorgeous with these products! It should be at the front of the store on a display that changes out every three months.
I'm adding my fall teaching dates to the sidebar...it's going to be crazy and fun again! Sorry about the TBAs (to be announced) in the list. It's the only way I know of for Typepad to save the spot for me to add when the date is finalized. And they have to be in order! :) The only open dates I have are a couple for the summer and maybe December 6, so if your store is interested in having my new classes, let me know!

Pink paradise!

By Design Scrapbook Boutique is heaven for anyone who loves pink like I do! What a busy and fun day they had planned for their customers! After teaching three classes, I even made it until almost 11:30pm at the crop that ended National Scrapbook Day. I just about finished my little mini album for my pictures of Scrap Etc. I'll post pictures when it's done.
I had a great day in my classes...it's great to to see so many students who are now friends, too! And I'll get to see many of them at CKU next month in Houston again, so that's fun to look forward to. I so appreciate the Texas welcome that makes me feel so at home. Thanks to all...the gals at the store...the hard-working students...to Tracy for setting the pace at the store to make it a special place.

A little head's up...

This is a busy time in the scrapbook world! Last night registration opened for CKU Provo (Creating Keepsakes University) which will take place August 6-9 in Provo, Utah. The CKUs in Provo are always special because that is the home of Creating Keepsakes and the setting is just gorgeous. I can't wait to return! They added a couple new classes to the line up along with the same album tracks (including my Anna Griffin album track.) This will be the last CKU of this year, so don't miss it!
Tomorrow, May 2, Anna Griffin will be on QVC from 11am to noon EST with several new kits. I love the new clear stamps she will be offering. Getting the product bundled into a kit is a great way to get a sample of a product line and then you can add more of what you like from your local scrapbook store. Watch for the samples I did for the show...you never know whose picture will pop up on a project!
I'll be TIVOing it because I'll be on my way to Houston to teach at By Design Scrapbook Boutique on Saturday. What a day they have planned! You Houston gals are so lucky to have such a fabulous store to shop in. Can't wait to see everyone again!
Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Overflowing...

I had an amazing time in Virginia visiting with Pam Keravuori and friends and teaching at Scrapbooks Plus. Pam and her husband Jouni were fabulous hosts and made me feel so welcome...they're lucky I left!
Our weekend started last Friday with a day of shopping in Leesburg with Kitty Gallanis, celebrating her birthday, and enabling each other to find lots of treasures. If any one of us saw something we liked, we learned to pick it up right away because it was sure to be nabbed by the next one of us that came along. We had a blast!
The Cottage is a darling store that I'd read about on Amy Power's blog. It was wonderful to meet Ann and shop up a storm. As we entered, we unexpectedly saw a familiar face...Karla Nathan from Kansas City, who we met at Silver Bella last year was visiting the area and happened to be in the store right then. What a small world! She joined us for lunch and shopping and came to my class on Saturday. How fun!

After a to-die-for grilled cheese sandwich (grilled cinnamon raisin bread with cheddar cheese and apple butter...yes, I'm still thinking about it!) at Lightfoot Restaurant, we were off to Lucketts to go to On a Whim Antiques with their fabulous pink polka dotted silo and then to Luckett's Store which is part of a complex overflowing with antiques. We barely made a dent in the buildings before they closed. I loved the Beekeeper's Cottage. From the stairway to the shabby chic rooms, it was heavenly.

We shopped till we dropped...literally! The next day was a day of classes at Scrapbooks Plus in Chantilly. It was wonderful to meet everyone and see some familiar faces. The photos will be in an album in the sidebar soon. Pam was so helpful with the large group we had. Debbie and Mark have a great store! Thank you so everyone being so kind and welcoming to me.

Sunday brought more adventures as Pam and I headed off to Maryland to visit The Queen's Ink and spend some delightful time with Patti Euler, the owner. This store just makes you want to create something special. I'm soo excited to be returning for classes at the store in November!

We met the lovely Amy Powers for dinner back in Virginia. We talked and laughed so long that even Starbucks kicked us out when they closed, and we had to continue our conversating in Pam's car. Amy is such a sweet soul and I loved being able to spend some time together.

Yesterday I sadly had to pack up and leave the "Hotel Keravuouri" where the guests are treated like royalty in a luscious bed that you have to step up into and custom made French-pressed Finnish coffee. Much longer and they might have put me out with the squirrels! I can't wait to return.

This Saturday I'll be teaching three classes at By Design Scrapbook Boutique in Houston. They have a fun-filled day planned for National Scrapbook Day with lots of make and takes and prizes and sales and my classes. I'm not sure if the classes are filled yet, but give them a call at 281-488-9100 for more information. This is the last time the Anthropologie Album will be taught and I don't have any more kits, so you can contact them to see if there's room in the class.

Nashville...Part 2

I took photos of the projects we did at Scrap Etc. Each one was unique and fun to put together. My favorite was Heidi Swapp's class because of the different techniques and product placed together. I LOVED the butterfly in the center of the mirror album.


Next favorite was a tie between Wilna Furstenberg and Jenni Bowlin. I loved Wilna's album in a Starbuck's cup. Very cute and clever! And I love Jenni's bingo cards and learned a couple new tricks with paper folds.

I also enjoyed Danelle Johnson, Gretchen, Vanessa, and Angelia's classes. I really liked the concept of Danelle's class...just scrapping something regularly. Gretchen's album was cute and something I want to complete with the ten top people that have been influential in my life. I like the way the elements were repeated for a uniform look.


Vanessa's album was cute...using a two-up album with scrapped dividers in between the  photos. I really liked the Basic Grey paper we used in Angelia's class. I want to add more embellishments to the album along with my photos.

Sunday, Sally and I made a trip to the country to Scrappuccino. Many of the students were also students at Scrap Etc, and I was honored that they still had energy to spend the day with me! A big thank you to Lola and Kathy for a warm welcome and lots of fun! This group picture is just a few of the students...the others were hiding!

Sunday night we went to downtown Nashville for the first time. I also tried line dancing at the Wildhorse Saloon for the first time! I am just not coordinated enough but Sally did great! After some good barbeque and a little souvenir shopping, we headed back to the hotel.


Now I'm off to Virginia and looking forward to seeing everyone at Scrapbooks Plus! Miss Pamela Jane has some adventures planned for us! Can't wait!
Be back next week!

So much fun!

I'm still in Nashville, getting some work done online (thank God for Wifi), and getting home late tonight.
It was so much fun to see so many friends and get to spend all this time together! It was wonderful to relax and just be with the other 600 students at Scrap Etc. I'll share some photos and thoughts about the last few days

• Sally, Pam, and I had a great time playing in our classes and eating too much food at the Scrap Etc. event.
• My husband got big brownie points with the flowers that he sent to my hotel room!
• Amy Tangerine and I share many friends like Suzi and Kim, so it was fun to see her here and get to visit a little bit.
• I've known Deb Mitchell who owns Scraptalk since my first CKU in Disney World many years ago. I loved having the time to sit and talk and catch up on everything!
• I had to come all the way to Nashville to get to see Sharon, who owns Buffalo Stamps and Stuff where I scrapbook when I can, and Joanne. I haven't seen them in a while because my work and travel schedule hasn't left time to get into the store lately, but that's my local store where I love to shop.
• The sunshine felt so good and the azaleas were gorgeous. I'll see Pam again in a few days when I go to Virginia to teach at Scrapbooks Plus. Looking forward to that!
• We had a delicious but quick dinner with Debbie and Tracy, who owns the fabulous By Design Scrapbook Boutique in Houston. I can't wait to return to the store for classes in May!
• One of my favorite people is Kristi Sikora-Blankenship. She was my buddy at CKU for years and we always had so much fun! She teaches classes with Danelle Johnson now using the Creative Cafe products. I really enjoyed their class here at the event.
• I have admired Wilna as a reader of her blog, and it was a pleasure to meet her in person. I love the things she shares on her blog about her faith and her love of God's Word. It was so nice to see Angelia, too.
• I loved the project we did in Heidi Swapp's class. I'll post pictures of it another day.

It's time to pack and head out to the airport, so I'll share about my classes at Scrappuccino and our evening in downtown Nashville later...

Like Mother, Like Son

Well, Brandon and I both lost our cell phones this week, so we used my new favorite thing...Skype...to talk to each other. It's free to talk to someone else over the internet and see them live. I know everybody else probably knew about this, but I think it's amazing! I actually get to see my kid at school!
Tonight he called to show me that he cut his hair at 4am last night. I think it looks pretty good for someone who doesn't know how to cut hair, and I'm sooo happy to see his eyes and face again! I had to take pictures of the computer screen to show my mom.


This is a crazy, busy time! Is that something new? Tomorrow morning I'm off to Nashville to be a student at Scrap Etc. I am so looking forward to sitting back and relaxing and make some things. Hoping for a creative jolt and happy to spend time with lots of friends from around the country. Love the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. I call it a human terrarium.
Sunday I'm teaching two classes at Scrappuccino in nearby Greenbrier. Looking forward to meeting everyone there, too! I'll be back next Tuesday...

Playtime!

I was honored to be the guest designer for Jenni Bowlin's kit club for April. It wasn't intentionally a month that featured Anna Griffin products...just worked out that way! I had fun mixing the other product that came in the kit in with the AG product since I usually have to use only what she makes when I'm doing my work. Here's one of the pages I did. You can see my other projects HERE.

Look what I got in the mail Friday from Epson! At CHA I told them how much I enjoy printing my mini photos on my Epson Picturemate Printer, and they sent me the newer Dash version with improved color and features. (Perhaps I should have said that I needed a wide format printer!)
Because I love to make mini albums, I like to have my pictures printed in a small size. If you crop at 4x6" photo, you lose a lot of detail, but if you print the photo in a smaller size, you retain all the detail of the original. I use Photoshop Elements 3 to resize my photos so that I fit four 2x3" or two 3x4" photos in a 4x6" space. Then I print them out as one 4x6" photo and cut them apart.
Here's a how-to...how I do it anyway...

1. File: Open new…blank file. Size to 4x6”, 300 dpi, RGB color
    Image: rotate, rotate to horizontal
3. Open...photo from wherever you keep it on your computer.
4. Image... Rotate photo to horizontal.
     Image: resize…image size (I don't adjust the pixel dimensions)
    Document size
        Width 3”
        Height 2"
    Resolution 300 pixels/inch
or if you want to do two pictures on a 4x6" space, rotate the pictures to vertical and change document size to Width 3" and height 4", and move them to the blank new file.
5. Click on move tool at the top of the left hand sidebar. Drag the small resized photo to the blank file in the photo bin. When it pops up in the center, move it to a corner of the blank file and repeat the steps with the next photo.
6. When all 4 photos have been resized, go to layers…more…flatten image (on the right side of screen.)
7. File…Save as jpeg.

I'm so not an expert on these things, but this works for me. Here's an example of a couple photos I printed:

Little Distractions

To help keep sane and distract myself from work a little I've been puttering around with a little redecorating. A few posts ago I showed a picture I liked of pitchers and books on a shelf and tried to replicate the look on my mantle. After much rearranging, I finally am happy with the result for now. I also got a new lamp (Target), floral frogs and vintage scripture cards, (antique shop), and a new iron bee (thank you again, Cricket!) I love my old books and my collection of Hull pottery. One of my favorite books is The Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary. I read it every summer for many years.

We've noticed lately that the cat's whiskers are growing like crazy! They are twice as wide as his face! Is this normal?

Texas Whirlwind!

It was a quick but wonderful weekend in Texas! I started with a visit to Emily Adams at the offices of Luxe Designs.It was fun to see all the yummy product, see Pam Lambie, and get myself some of the new Simply Luxe goodies. Of course the pink is my favorite and I'm imagining the possibilities. I like the way it will mix in as a "basic" with other brands of paper. Emily introduced me to beignets at Grand Lux Cafe. Wow! Next time that will be my meal!

Saturday I had a full day of classes at Gotta Scrap. I can't say enough about how sweet everyone was, how welcoming, so helpful! What a great store...the whole store is full of new product from the CHA...I did some damage myself! D'Uan and Patty have done a great job making it a fantastic store. We're working on a date for more classes in the fall. I can't wait to return! My trip ended with dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse with Emily, Ashley, Virginia, and her sister Debbie. Nothing like Texas steak with butter on it!! Time to diet!!

Then I was up at 3:30am to head to the airport to fly home for my husband's birthday. I surprised him with a special dinner and stay at a local hotel last night. Now I'm wiped out but have lots to do! I'm the guest designer for Jenni Bowlin's kit club and am going to the Scrap Etc. event in Nashville next week! Yikes...there aren't enough hours in the day!

Dallas...here I come!

Did anyone see Oprah yesterday? She had on the two families that were involved in the misidentification of their daughters in the horrible accident two years ago in Indiana. The story always strikes a chord in me as a mom, as someone who shares and admires their faith, and as a fellow student at the same college, Taylor University, for my freshman year of college.
A little story from my Taylor days...one foggy night I was in a car full of students going from Upland to Muncie for pizza. On those country roads, the railroad crossings aren't marked with lights or anything. There were about 6 of us piled in the back seat, and we got so hot that we decided to open the back window a little bit. Just at that moment we heard a train and slammed on the brakes. In the fog, just a couple feet ahead of us, we could see the train racing by. If we hadn't opened the window at just that moment, we would have all been killed, I'm sure. I knew that God spared our lives for a purpose.
On another subject, I was so surprised when I went into Michaels last week to see that they've discontinued their whole education program (except for Wilton classes.) Wow! It's been over a year and a half since I stopped teaching weekly classes there. I don't miss the hassle of a retail chain like that but I really miss my students! I thought they might increase their education program when they closed the Recollections chain, but I guess not. It's a shame!
Today I'm getting things together for my classes this weekend in Dallas (Rockwall) at Gotta Scrap. I can't wait to meet D'Uan and Kristie and all the students and see Emily, Ashley, and Virginia. We're going to have a great time! I'll share pictures when I return!
Have a great weekend!

Winter wonderland

It is a perfect winter wonderland outside...freshly fallen snow coating every branch, serene and lovely.The view from my office window is beautiful. The problem is, it's almost APRIL! Come on!

I am so excited to add two stores to my teaching schedule for the fall...Melrose Vintage in Phoenix and Reminisce in Iowa. Melrose Vintage is one of those stores that makes me melt...it looks fabulous, just to take in the beauty of the displays and all the goodies they carry. They don't have a website, but you can see pictures of the store here on Candice Carpenter's blog. We're either going to have two classes, one Friday night and one Saturday night, or a party Friday night and class Saturday. If anyone has any input with their preference, you can email me. Diane is so sweet...I can't wait to get to know her better!
I've always wanted to visit Reminisce in Iowa and now I'll get to when I'm there for a University of Iowa football game to see Chelsea twirl. Her mom and aunt, Kelli and Kris, are my good friends (and faux cousins.)
Registration opened today for my classes at By Design Scrapbook Boutique on May 3 in Houston. I'm really looking forward to returning to this fabulous store and seeing everyone again! Come celebrate National Scrapbook Day with us!

I've worked like crazy to finish my scrapbook from spring break last year because the cousin that we visited is here for a couple days and I wanted to be able to show the album to him. I used the Kit of the Month from September. I love using a kit like this sometimes. It gives you everything you need and I kind of like the challenge of using the given products but putting my own twist on it to make it special to me. Here's some pictures of the album:

I used my Bind-it=all to add envelopes and pictures, made fold-ups and fold-outs with paper, used envelopes to make flaps to put pictures under and in, added in the maps and cards I collected, used my $1 Autumn Leaves stamp to add journaling, and love getting it done!

Our Easter Story

This was the first Easter we were home since the boys were little! Like many good New Yorkers, we have usually headed to Florida for spring break, but now that they are in college, they don't have any extra days off for Easter, so home we were. I mentioned in my last post our tradition of hunting for the Nerd boxes. I only find them at Target now before Easter, but we've done this corny thing since they were young. I assign a color box to each boy (nobody wants to be assigned the pink boxes) and then hide them in nooks and crannies in the living room. We've done this at home, in hotel rooms, while camping, at relatives', and wherever we've been on Easter morning. Once they find their boxes, they can hunt for their hidden Easter basket. They mock my traditions but sure seemed to have fun doing it again this year!
(By the way, if you enlarge the first picture to look at it more closely, I just wanted to give the disclaimer that no, I don't leave the plastic on my lampshades! That is a new one I bought the day before and hadn't taken the wrapping off the shade yet!)

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They found the cat in this drawer when they were hunting. The drawer is three drawers up from the floor..we can't imagine how he found this little place to curl up!
We had a fabulous service at church and then a nice dinner at Bravo.

They look so sweet here, don't they? I decided not to post the pictures I took between this one and when they left in Jeremy's car! The scuffling doesn't stop when they're little! Never a dull moment!

Now I'm in full kit packing mode for my upcoming classes in Dallas, Nashville, Virginia, and Houston. (Some of the classes are sold out or just about sold out, so if you're thinking of coming, call soon!) Once again my dining room is taken over by boxes. I love seeing it all come together though...actually I love every step of what I do, from designing the project, to trying to think of every detail so the project is easy to do and well-planned, to putting the kits together, to traveling, to meeting the students at each store. I am so blessed to be able to do what I love and blessed to love what I do!

Easter blessings to you!

How about this "vintage" picture of me all dressed up for Easter? One of my favorites! Easter is one of the only times I feel sentimental about not having a girl...I love the little purses and outfits and all. Hopefully I will have a girly grand-daughter someday!
Instead I have two young men home for the holiday. Tomorrow they'll search for their Nerd boxes (an ancient tradition around here) and then hunt for their Easter baskets. As much as they say it's dumb, I tell myself that they like it anyway! Then we'll go to church and celebrate the Resurrection and say a big thank you for all God has done for us before they head back to school again.
Have a blessed day!

Happy Spring?

I see the flowers that are blooming in Arizona on Carol Wingert's blog or read that Heather Bullard is having Easter dinner on her patio in California and I can't hardly bear to look out the window today and see this...

Spring seems a long way off! Anyway...
When I was in Chicago, I went to Posh on State St. I love their displays and the mixture of vintage and reproduction goodies they carry. I had to buy one of those cute little bluebirds!


I liked the display of the pitchers and books in the store and was inspired to try the idea on my living room mantle. I'm the type that makes little vignettes around the house and then leaves it that way for years. All of a sudden I am tired of them and ready for a change. I'm tempted to pull down every single piece of china, pottery, books, and all my treasures and start from scratch, but I don't have time to undertake such a huge job right now, so I'm just messing around with the mantle. I'm not completely happy with it. It needs height at the ends but I'm not sure what to use for that. I think it's time to look through some magazines for ideas.

Seeing green!

I'm still here in Chicago, so today I went downtown and got to see the river green and even this fountain that was gurgling green! I browsed my way through the stores down Michigan Avenue and got to see the "Bean" for the first time. I kind of like the picture I snapped of myself up against the Bean.

The first CKU of 2008 is over and I think it was one of the best ever! I usually have had just 90 minutes with a class, but this year we get to spend the day together, and it was wonderful! Everyone worked so hard and was so kind and appreciative. I got all teary-eyed at the end of class on Saturday...it means so much to me that all these lovely ladies chose to make this album with me. I hope they each add photos to their albums to make it an album they will always treasure!

This year everyone, the staff and teachers, are doing all we can to make CKU a really special experience for every person. Ali Edwards gave a little talk on opening night and inspired us to "embrace" all aspects of the weekend. She had us send pictures of ourselves as children. My favorite was Tim Holtz's! Next time I'll have to have someone take a picture of mine when it comes on the screen.


I love seeing Jane at CKUs...she lives near me but we only see each other at CKU...that has to change!
We had a blast...now looking forward to CKU in Houston in June!

CKU time again!

Tomorrow morning I leave for Chicago for CKU (Creating Keepsakes University) for about the 25th time! This is my sixth year teaching at CKU and I love it! I love the people, the friends old and new, teaching, the enthusiasm, a lot of laughing, and just good times! I'm beyond excited to be teaching an album track this year! I think the best thing will be having the time to connect with people, see their pictures of their travels, and hear their stories. I've got a huge suitcase full of tools and some of my albums...I hope it doesn't weigh over 50 pounds!
Jetlag, having both boys at home for the week, the time change, and getting ready for another trip has knocked me out this time! I love going to Europe but the jetlag is a bear! They say it takes one day to recover for everyday of time change and I believe it. I even bought some vitamins!
I'm looking forward to taking the train downtown and doing a little shopping on the Magnificent Mile! I'll have pictures and a CKU report when I return...or maybe even from there!