Hi Stampers We got to sleep in a little today. After a leisurely breakfast we met in the lobby of the hotel at 9:30am to meeting our guide Christine for a trip to Grasse – the capital of French Perfume making. Destination – Parfumerie Fragonard to learn the techniques involved in creating… Read More »
Hi Stampers Some of you know that a dear friend and colleague has been battling cancer for the past few years. On Thursday evening he lost his fight. Up until the day before I went on vacation he was positive and optimistic. In hindsight I think he was protecting his family and friends. He… Read More »
Hi Stampers Today was a free day – kind of. We started the morning off meeting Ted Jones, author of “The French Riviera, A Literary Guide for Travellers”. We gathered at 9:00 am in the bar of the Hotel and listened while he told tales of the many writers that have lived and been… Read More »
Hi Stampers This was the only day I blogged about during the trip but am adding a bit more. We started at 9:30 in the morning and met our guide Christine. First stop was Eze where we climbed to the top of the hill to see the cactus gardens and an amazing view… Read More »
Hi Stampers In the past I blogged as I travelled. I found it very helpful when I pulled together my scrapbooks. I am now playing catch-up (before I forget the details). I found a great group to travel with, The Women’s Travel Network. This is my third trip with them. When… Read More »
Today started out with a visit to Eze. We climbed to the top to see the cactus gardens and were treated to an amazing view of the Riviera. We then headed over to Monaco. We visited the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco where Princess Grace is buried and took a tour of… Read More »
Hi Stampers While on May 9th I celebrated 7 years with Stampin’ Up!, I am very proud and honoured to say that on May 28th, I will be celebrating 25 years of service in my “real job”. Despite what people think… I am pretty quiet, don’t like to be the centre of… Read More »
Hi Stampers If you have come to my blog looking for inspiration / updates, I have been making changes to the Blog trying to control SPAM (don’t people have better things to do!). I started off by deleting the ability to leave comments but that only controlled the SPAM comments. Now it is SPAM… Read More »
Hello Stampers I took a few days off and escaped to the countryside for some R&R and pampering – The Spa at Ste. Anne was the destination. The stars were aligned: I have amazing bosses and they gave me a gift certificate at Christmas (they know me!). I also won a… Read More »
Hi stampers The last part of the tree fell down last night… off my roof. Luckily it didn’t go through either window on the way down. Now that it is off my roof… insurance won’t pay to have it removed. That is up to me 🙂 I have… Read More »