I have spent a lot of the past two days getting flyers into the store to keep our customers up-to-date with the new items that our suppliers were introducing at CHA in Anaheim over the weekend (no, I wasn't there -- I was freezing in Ohio as usual). Seems a shame not...

Donna Weibel was holding another of her Tim Holtz classes when I was at the store on Saturday. Donna likes to use the tables back in the prep area -- she has room to spread out and lots of privacy.She also has plenty of room to move around and give individualized...

Some of you know Michelle Zindorf. Some of you wish you knew Michelle Zindorf. Some of you are envious because we do and you don't. And some of you have no idea what I'm talking about . . .I have told this story before, but it's worth retelling. In July 2008, I got an...

Zoe and I went to the store on Saturday looking for "blog fodder" -- I figured that with two classes and a make it/take it going on, there would be more than enough for a good story. I underestimated -- there was enough for two or three good stories. And the best one...

It is Wednesday morning in Ohio, and finally the temperature is higher than it was all weekend while we were in Texas. Of course, that isn't saying much -- the whole country has been in the deep freeze, with the possible exception of my parents in Tucson, where it has...

When we are on the road, our days are very full. Let's face it -- these are business trips, not vacations. And by the end of the day on Friday or Saturday, often we barely have enough energy to get something to eat and then collapse in a hotel room.But when I can, I...

I have had a lot of fun on my trip to Grapevine this weekend, even without the usual warmth of Texas in January. The show on Saturday was great, and I got to go to the first playoff game at the new Cowboys' Stadium on Saturday night. More on those later. There is one...

No, I didn't disappear. But it seems like it, at least to me. The last couple of weeks have been a little hectic -- "good hectic," but hectic nonetheless. Let's catch up a little . . .Patti and Debbie were on vacation through the holidays. They are the ladies you talk...

The rush of the holiday season is mostly past. With a 21-year-old still asleep upstairs at 11:00 in the morning, the mad dash downstairs on Christmas morning is a faint memory. These days, I enjoy the quiet. I have read the whole paper, baked a sausage and egg...

Yesterday was one of those "WOW!" occasions you get from time to time. Something really good happens, and all you can do is take it all in and say "Wow!"This is what the "Wow!" was all about -- Pat Hobson treated us to lunch. All by herself. Gary told me Monday that I...