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CookieCrazie Chatter......Friday, June 22, 2012



It's Friday again......where did the week go?!

It's been a really productive week for me.
I hope it has been for you too. :)

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Ocala Cake Club, Inc.
presents
September 29-30, 2012 
Courtyard by Marriott 3712 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34474

Presenters include:
PH Delites, Melanie Judge  
Cookie artist "Linedancer", Carole Firstenberger
Lisa Menz  
Special Presentation from Photofrost 
Jane Koon   
I have the honor and privilege to present workshops at this event.
 Check out all the information HERE.


And don't forget, even though CookieCon is sold out,
you can still get on the waiting list.


There is a Facebook group specifically for CookieCon attendees.
If you have your CookieCon ticket and use FB
but aren't in the group yet,
contact me and I'll make sure you find the group.

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CookieCrazie Fave Pics/Tutos of the Week



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CookieCrazie's Week in Review


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Personal Side

I've been doing the happy dance this week.
I got the three Bible study sessions completed for
the Ukraine women's retreat we'll do in July.
That's been weighing kind of heavy on me these last few weeks.
I knew I needed to get it done in time for my interpreter
to be able to look it over and prepare to translate it when I teach.
Things kept getting in the way.
But I spent two days focusing on it this week.......and it is DONE.
Hallelujah!! :)


We leave for Ukraine on July 19.....
that's just four weeks from yesterday.
It is rapidly approaching.
And now that I have the Bible study finished,
I've started getting super excited about the trip.

I've always said that the anticipation of something is the best part.
The actual event comes and goes so quickly that it's a big blur.
So you've got to savor the anticipation.

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This week has been weird at our house.
My son and daughter that normally live at home were gone.
One went on vacation with friends.
The other was a counselor at a youth camp.
So most of the time this week, it was just Keith (ROTC college son) and me.
But then he left for a weekend Army drill this morning.

So guess what?
I had a whole day all by myself.
Pure quiet.
And it was PURE BLISS.
Best of all......I got to decorate cookies all day. HURRAY!

Can you tell I like to be by myself? :)
I think that comes from having five kids in 6 1/2 years
and homeschooling all of them through high school. lol

Another week.......flown by.
Gotta savor those memories and treasure them in our hearts...

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CookieCrazie Chatter......Friday, June 15, 2012



Time to chat some more......

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Another exciting event is happening this fall. 

Ocala Cake Club, Inc.
presents
September 29-30, 2012 
Courtyard by Marriott 3712 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34474

Presenters include:
PH Delites, Melanie Judge  
Cookie artist "Linedancer", Carole Firstenberger
Lisa Menz  
Special Presentation from Photofrost 
Jane Koon   
I have the honor and privilege to present workshops at this event.
 Check out all the information HERE.


And don't forget, even though CookieCon is sold out,
you can still get on the waiting list.


There is a Facebook group specifically for CookieCon attendees.
If you have your CookieCon ticket and use FB
but aren't in the group yet,
contact me and I'll make sure you find the group.

_____________________________________________________

CookieCrazie Fave Pics/Tutos of the Week



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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

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Personal Side
I had planned to share about my "day job"
(actually just Saturday job)
earlier this week when I was planning this CCChatter.
Funny thing is.....that my "Saturday job" unexpectedly took over
part of my weekdays this week and I've been paddling upstream ever since.
I had to go into work twice this week for various
activities and training and it dipped into my "cookie time". ;)
And now, I'm sitting here in at the computer finding it humorous that
I'd planned to tell you a little about my Saturday job before I
knew what this week would look like.

So my life looks very different on Saturdays compared to the
rest of the week when I'm just Mom or CookieCrazie. :)
I am a Laboratory Medical Technologist......
or the new name for my profession is
Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
I like the new name the best.
It just sounds so much more intelligent and important. ;)

I perform testing of blood, urine, body fluids, etc
in the hospital laboratory setting
 to help clinicians diagnose and treat their patients.
It is a pretty exciting job (re: stressful!).
There's no end to the things needing to be done
and when it gets CRAZIE......it is REALLY crazie!

Last weekend I worked on the Blood Bank side
so I took some pics to give you a little glimpse into my "other life".


The Blood Bank provides blood products
including Red Blood Cells, Platelets, and Fresh Frozen Plasma.
In most ways......you don't want to be needing such products.
If you do, you're pretty sick.

And that's my Saturdays in a very small nut shell.

I still have Ukraine work hanging over my head.
I couldn't touch it this week.
This next week I have plans to set aside at least
two whole days to work on it.
Since we leave in about a month.......
I need to get cracking and have things ready SOON.

A couple of crisis in the household this week......
but I think we're surviving.
It's funny.....now that my kids are grown,
most of the time it is fairly calm and easy going here.
But when the issues arise,
they are usually much bigger issues than
when my kids were small.
I guess it is just all part of parenting.

Most days I'm thrilled to be a mom. :)
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I received lots of great reviews about CookieCrazie Chatter last week, 
so it's going to hang around for a while. :)


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