For Helen

So, by Wed. afternoon my jeep was heading South and I had plans of being in Binghamton, NY before it was dark. I managed to work just about the entire way. The best part of the trip was dropping the phone between the seat and the door giving me a whole half hour of peace. Hands free, no worries there!

Well, mostly. Had to use my finger to push the photo button on the 'droid.

Got there at 4:45 and by 5:00 had the laptop booted and was answering my first skype!

Those are days on the road. Thankfully few and far between. Lots of work, a smidge of play, less sleep, lots of talking....

It's always good to get there and see the people you talk to daily eye to eye.

Sorry for the blurry shot of the road, but Helen asked how our roads are here.

Due to our tax payer dollars, of which we give quite a few, we have nice highways that are pretty easy to navigate, provided it's not snowing!

SORRY for all the bugs! Spring is here and it seemed like every few minutes I had a splat on the windshield!

Can you see the hills? Those rolling hills are pretty much the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania into the Southern Tier of New York.

So, in times past, when travelling, I look forward to a nice meal someplace different.

This time, with the shopping opportunities here being SLIM and NONE (LOL), I decided to hit a craft store.

I had two to choose from.

Choose AC Moore since I had been in Michael's recently.

Helen asked for some photos of our craft stores. They are pretty amazing. I mean, when I was there I didn't feel like WOW, I have a huge selection....but when I look at the photos, I realize how awesome they are.

Here is a shot from the front door. Yes, I am sure they thought I was a freak taking photos. When you have been up since 5:30am, drove 5 hours while working, you really don't care!!!! :-) And did I mentioned I hadn't really grabbed supper yet?

The Jolees WALL of stickers. Would like to trade wall of Jolees for wall of Prima, which was LACKING!!!

And where would we be without some good Martha punches?

And a huge ole wall of adhesives. I always get too confused. Many to choose from. 

And some Tim. Never enough Tim. 

And what did I buy, you ask with all my many choices?

Giggle.

NOTHING EXCITING. 

I am VERY excited about my wood molding. And those cool flowers are that are new to me. Made by Mark Richards....oh!!! Little fluffy balls of flowers. 

And I got a new Tim Holtz Rosette die, the smallish one. I cannot wait to play with that!

So, anyhow, here is your informal tour of a typical US Craft Store, but I'd much rather show you in person, Helen!!! When are you visiting?