Sunday afternoon, I returned from 5 days in St. George, Utah as the guest of Stampin’ Up! in recognition of my top demonstrator standing. The top 1% of demonstrators receive awards at convention (sales, recruiting, etc…) and the 140+ of us get a personal invite for this private party with our company’s CEO, Shelli Gardner. It was amazing and I felt SO privileged!

Much is going on today. We bought a new house and we took ownership this past Friday. I am spending the morning there today with much to do before we move in in two weeks (painting, flooring, yard work). Meeting all the people we hired to help us there in a couple hours to get started turning our 1970s house (inside) into a 2008 home. It’s gonna be fun!!!

Throughout the next few days, I’ll share pieces of Founder’s. I have photos as well. To start with my story, here’s a photo taken by the amazing candy area they set up in a few spots in our "Gathering Place". There was a huge room full of about 6-8 sofas and huge armchairs where we could "hang out". In 2-3 places we had these candy carts full of candy that we could have to our heart’s content! There were tiny tin buckets to fill with candy.

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Then I was able to go to my hotel room. They hand-made name plaques that were hanging on our respective rooms. Gorgeous! And, yes, we take all the gifts home!
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There’s MUCH much more to tell… so hang tight and visit me again tomorrow!