Scrap Your Trip Adds 267 Items + 267 S*A*L*E Items
Sometimes when you are younger, you make decisions that have far-reaching, unintended consequences. But hey, you’re young, so you don’t think about these things, right? I am living one of those consequences right now.
When I was 20, I was to college in Missouri, where I went to high school. I was about an hour away from home…just far enough to be on my own, but still close enough for when I needed Mom and Dad. One day, Walt Disney World was on campus, interviewing for the Disney College Program. Let’s see…spring semester in Missouri in the cold and snow, or in Florida, where it’s warm and there’s a beach? It was a no-brainer.
My mom drove down from Missouri to Florida with me and flew back. She got a round-trip ticket because she was going to fly back at the end of the semester and drive back to Missouri with me. At the end of the semester, I decided to stay for the summer. At the end of the summer, I decided to stay, period. It took my Mom years to forgive me.
At the time, I was 20, so thinking long-term about moving 1500 miles away from home never crossed my mind. I was just young and free and loving being out on my own.
Well, this week, one of the unintended consequences of that decision is front and center. My Mom and Dad are here visiting from Missouri. It’s been three years since they were here and two years since we were there. Within about five minutes, Logan attached himself to "Grandpa Bob" and hasn’t wanted to let go since. The first night, Logan came out after we put him to bed and went up to my husband Tony and whispered in his ear, "I love Grandpa Bob!" Tony said "Why don’t you tell him?" "No!" Logan said, all embarrassed. "You tell him!"
After my parents went back to their timeshare, I was commenting to Tony on how quickly Logan attached himself to Grandpa Bob. Then it hit me. Logan has no grandpa in his life. He sees Grandma Fran, Tony’s mom, all the time, since she lives here and works with us. Tony’s dad lives in Wisconsin and my dad lives in Missouri. So there is this really big hole for my kids that I didn’t even realize was there.
Overall, I don’t regret moving to Florida. I love my husband, my kids and my life…none of which would be the same if I had stayed in Missouri. My parents are some of the rare people nearing retirement age who don’t like Florida, so no chance of them coming here. Since we’re not going anywhere either, we have this "unintended consequence" of grandparents and grandkids not getting to spend a lot of time together. My Mom said it’s hard for her when all her friends talk about all the things they do with their grandkids, since hers are so far away.
Anybody in the same situation? How do you stay involved in the lives of people that are far away? If you have any suggestions for me, please leave me a comment below.
We have 267 great new products this week. It’s warm and sunny here in Orlando, Florida, so we thought we’d share some of sunshine with the new Snorkel collection from Cosmo Cricket. It’s so bright and cheery it makes me happy just looking at it! We have lots of beach and spring embellishments from EK Success and more St. Patrick’s Day (the leprachaun’s are coming!) We have 20 new sport papers from Scrappin’ Sports & More, three new collections from Creative Imaginations (Ooh La La, Arizona and Northeast), along with two more collections from Die Cuts with a View (Citrus and Garden Party).
We are also the first to get the new Wild Raspberry collection from K&Co. (They accidentally sent it to us earlier than they were supposed to..sshhh…don’t tell anyone!) We’ve posted some additional layouts in the
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The SYT designers were working on the following themes this week: Ireland, Cuba, Europe, Nevada, South Dakota, badminton, bowling, music, softball, white water rafting, Civil War, great outdoors, honeymoon, police, kids. and more. We also have two custom die cuts: a "Orlando or Bust" and "Honeymooning in Orlando". Of course, you can change the city name to your choice. Click here to see all the new items: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/31109.html.
We also have a promotion on SYT products until Friday, March 13. For every $100 of stuff you pick out, you can add $15 of SYT products for free! Just put the $115 worth in your cart and apply coupon code 15FREE100 at checkout and it will take $15 off your order total.
We have several different promotions going on right now (15FREE100, free shipping over $59, 10% customer apprecation discount for orders 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, etc.). We are offering different choices so that you can choose the one that is the best deal for you. However, the offers cannot be combined, so make sure you pick the best one! (As much as I would love to give you all the discounts, there are silly things I have to worry about, like rent and payroll. 
We also have 261 items on sale this week and over 125 items left on 50% clearance. Click here to see all the bargains: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/clearance.html.
And remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we can always make it custom just for you! Click here to see all our custom options: http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/custom.html.
As always, thanks for your business.
Logan and Grandpa Bob
Lauren and Logan with Grandma and Granpa (with Tony’s head reflected in the mirror!)
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