In the beginning...

Hello all -

At the nagging of my buddy Kara I have finally put together my own blog. I am still baffled as to what I'm going to put on here but at least it's out here for when I am so motivated.

For those of you who don't know me...here's my story and the main reasons why a blog about myself seems silly.

1. I have been a full time Mom of Grant - 8 and Justin - 5 since Grant was born....so no great office stories or gossip about co-workers. OK except for the crazy things our dalmatian Hailey Bop and cats Stubarella (unfortunate tail amputation), Maestro (get it?) and Melody do (or drag in from outside).

2. I have just started working for 2 Scrappy Sisters in KCK. I'm sure you think "Great...lots to talk about for your blog!" - not really. I am the one who does their website and most of their email blasts so it's already out there at www.scrappysisterskc.com.

3. Probably my most exciting claim to fame (if you can call it that) is that I have recently become a "Creative Alliance" for the scrapbooking manufacturer "EK Success". This should be it, right? The motherlode of blog fodder. BUT NO! The biggest portion of my job with them is TOP SECRET! I can't tell nobody nothing! My first product is finally on the market though so I can tell you about that. They are called "CutterBee Piercing Bugs". I invented the little spikey wheel in the middle that pierces the holes. If you see them in a store right now you will not see my name. The packaging is supposed to say "Designed by Susanne Bergman for EK Success"...but OOPS!...went to press without that on there. It should be there on future runs but we'll see. I was joking with my husband that I should sneak a pen into stores and sign all of the packaging. He suggested getting a stamp made - more efficient. That would make the ones that were not signed a more valuable collector's item...ha ha ha. All of my other stuff is in limbo until Martha Stewart's line is out. (EK is the manufacturer for Martha Stewart Crafts too...who'd have thunk I'd ever have anything in common with Martha???!!!) Her stuff is supposed to be in Michael's in May so if you could send subliminal messages to the powers that be at EK and the factories in Asia to do my stuff next...that would be AWESOME! LOL

Anyhoooo...I've got to get back to my "real" job. (Husband should get a kick out of the term "real" as because all of my jobs revolve around scrapbooking I doubt he'll ever consider any of them "real") I'm teaching "A Year In The Life" book at 2 Scrappy Sisters on Sunday. Paper to cut, stuff to print, embellishments to package....on....and....on...and...on.

Happy Thursday!