Woman's Intuition

Where does it come from? How does it work?

Quick story...Shari and her car.

My car was due for an oil change, not an urgency.....just due...also over the last week I had noticed a bit of a whirl noise when accelerating. Being the daughter of a mechanic, I did my own diagnostics to determine that it was not the transmission, nor engine....but more like when I'm rolling along.

I had allowed Scooter to borrow it for a few days while he was getting his car fixed....but this last day when he wanted to use it, I said "NO!", "I'm thinking I need to get it in to the mechanic". That day, my car went in for it's oil change and check-up. Mechanic calls me...."When I put it up on the rack to have a look underneath, the noise you've been hearing is your wheel hub assembly starting to wear, doesn't need to be replaced yet, can do it when you get new tires".

"BUT", "I'm so glad you brought this in TODAY!", "As I was doing my inspection, the left front tie rod broke right in my hand". "I'm so glad you weren't driving when this happened!!!"

Is it Karma? Intuition? Regardless, getting my car in that day at that time was key. Had the tie rod broke while driving, it could have caused me (or Scooter) to have an accident and/or major suspension repairs. Instead....all was safe and my repairs were short of $100.

I guess the moral of this story is to listen to your inner voice. I'm glad I did.

Cheers!
:o)

ok....enough

It's time to give you all an update. Thanks for your patience, as most of you know when I'm quiet, I'm usually working.....and working hard is what I've been doing.

Since coming back from Scrapfest, the next day I jumped right into the Hero Blog with my Shabby Chic projects using Tinkering Ink papers. What a fun week that was! Here's a couple shots of my favorite cards.


This is a combination of cards including a little scrapling.


And mini cards and tag.


Then it was back to work on the 2009 Catalog.....All I can say, in my 19 years with Hero Arts, these are some of the best stamps to land on my desk. WOW. So beautiful. Sorry to tease, I guess this is a warning for you to save your penny's and pence cuz you're gonna want some.

As part of my monthly duties, I do the Hero Arts technique article and what we call Product of the Month with four project cards. The end of the month is usually killer for me, late nights of sleep deprived creativity (when I usually make my best stuff). Somehow, I always get my work done, amazing!

Here's one of my technique cards....I wanted to do a fresh and funky Christmas card, I love non traditional colors! :o)



Fun ahe?

Here's a quick UK update. I will not be going over this month, looks like it will be February instead, just after the Hobby Stitches show. It works out better for me anyways with the catalog deadlines.

I'll be going out to California next month for a couple days of focus meetings at Hero. This is a great time to get together with the other artists and discuss our agendas and ideas.

On the Home Front:
I'm starting to see changes in the leaves, it's still a bit too early to get good photographs but fall is upon us. Our nights are getting much cooler (hoodies)... it seems like summer went by me so fast. I put the top down on the car any day I can now because soon the days of wind blowing through my hair will be replaced with shoveling snow.

I've got everyone working, the kids (actually adults) are employees of Pizza Hut, Target DC, Buffalo Wild Wings, and UPS. Oh, are you confused...thinking but Shari you only have two kids? HA! Yep, plus two that needed homes equals four. :o) And if everyone is available, we'll be renting a van to head up to Minnesota for Thanksgiving. Gotta love it!

Thanks for hanging in there with me. I hope this finds everyone well.

Enjoy!