I'll try to be brief....

I'm so SO very grateful for having you.
I spent the whole day trying to make another page and coming back to check the challenge as there are still pages coming to be checked, so you can always sleep tight tonight...and it is now 05:10 am of my Saturday, so I will leave this to be answered one by one (you make me tearful smiley, laughing with joy, and then emotionally tearful again......)
but mainly THANK YOU-
I will be back tomorrow to answer properly. Love YOU!!!!!!

 

Oh Angela..... you know you are gaining a special place in my heart, thank you....but I'm far of So gar from being so awesome..... there are many of the girls that have known me for almost 10 years.... and can tell you I moan, quiet a lot as a matter of fact!!! you only see the best side of me here...... I do try. I try to give love.. I think it was Martin Luther King that said that darkness can be only be driven away by light, and hate with love.... it took some falls in life and a LOT of patience from my dad to educate me to grow into knowing this... and there are days in which I fall into negative...but the whole thing I was trying to say in the initial post...there are so many OH SO MANY of you who have helped me get through the day..... I try to treasure that and pass it on, kind of thing...
So so glad we have another British sister at The Pad!!!!!! wonderful to get to know you more in these past few months!!!!!

You know how special you are to me!!!!!!! Thank you, thank YOU!!!!!
and yes YES! I will be coming to Tangie's class...but I think there is more than one this month?

to read that you called me friend a few times during this month.... #treasurethis

like I said to Angela.... not all that, I'm afraid, I'm not, but I keep learning with all of you and treasuring my time here so so very much! So happy to see you scrapping MoC , not sure if it was me not being much around or you not being much around during last year...but it made/makes me so happy you are here!!!!!!

again, not all that, I swear... you will discover my bad hair days and horrible moods when you come visit, because you WILL!!!!!!!!!!! I have you with me every time I go out with my key ring.....which I have turned now into my good luck thing I keep with me close when I go out (superstitious/agoraphobic!!! )
LOVE YOU!!!

Oh.... I do KNOW!!!!!! actually, I get back to read your messages, our conversations, in days when I feel sliding down..... and I wish I could express myself as great as you do...every word is true from my side too..... the intensity of the encounter has made us knowing each other faster than we would have if we met in a pub or through friends of friends.... and this is something I treasure HUGELY!!!!!!! Hey , you can harass all you want!!!!!!!! and we have a song, a bit of a classic, called Explode, heart! and I LOVE IT!!! so hey, bring it on!!!!! and OHHHHHHHH soooo laughing like this guttural laughter that fills me with joy!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Thank You , thank YOU. You know how much I love you .... I am trying to remain positive so we cam travel soon, trying not to think too much about him, or more like remain positive...as very little I can change from here. Thanks for being one of the friends who keeps me that way

Thanks so so much for the prayers, really really appreciate t.Oh I am so happy you are making the Pad your home!!! we'll need to catch up properly now MOC is done.... look forward to sharing our memory keeping and great times this year!!!

Heather.... not sure you have idea of the magnitude of the love and admiration I have for you..... since the old extinct CatScrap, always in awe of your pages and the inspiration you have always been....and the huge support!!!! With my dad... I am prepared for what will be the bets for him, which not always is what we would love.... but another lesson here I am learning... thank you thank you for all, the love, the listening, and the pages that keep always teaching me & inspiring me!!!!!

Love you. Thank you, for the presence, the pages, for always surprising me (in the best way possible!!!!)
Looking forward to another year!!!!!!

Thank You , so so much, I treasure our friendship, meeting you & CJ in person last year was amazing, and you know how much you mean to me. , I talk much as my brain starts to slow down with little sleep, but I wouldn't have survived last year without you & the Jenns!!!!

I feel my heart full of love with you all here...it is in you, your pages, the little chats that we had, getting to know each other and sharing thoughts and pages....hoping my health will continue to improve so we can share more amazing times!!!!!

treasuring your prayers as always... and, as I said above and many times...I'm not all that awesome.... trust me... but I think there is something here, like this theory of mine that the Pad has a life if it's own, and chooses people, makes us all interact and become not just better scrappers/artists but also better people and make that love grow with each of us!!!!

oh, once again, not so sure about being all that awesome but you know, all the same , love you with all my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!

from that Mad Hatter page I "met you" with at The Project Mouse event, to this Art Doll page you made for this MOC.... you have been in my heart always!!!! and will stay here !!!!!!!

so many years being alongside... Love YOU!!!!!

many have done so much for me.... it makes my heart grow knowing I can pass it forward!!!!

and you do know by now, I'm already tearful and almost not able to type!!!!!!!!!!!

I wont say much because you are one of those that makes me cry rivers of joy.... but you know, bed, breakfast and laundry service are waiting for you!!!!

thanks so so much Anne Marie.... you gave me one of the most beautiful moments when you wrote to me (i think just as MOC was starting?) It is a delight to have you here... and I am still amazed by yopur doll !!! first one and hyper creative!!!!!!!!!!! look forward to a year full of scrappy awesome moments!

Oh Desi!!!! as I said, not all that here.... your pages are amazing, the way you tell us the stories, the history and your ways which I have been slowly getting to know (and hope to carry on!) bring all the words and you deserve every word of praise..... Thanks so much for the prayers... looking forward to a year less heavy than last... Huge huggzzz!!!!!

back at you!!!!!!! so many years, so much shared and known and treasured..... I would need to be here until tomorrow at least to express how much you mean to me, and the way you are in my heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh you are most certainly one of the high lights of this year, my friend...... I'm so glad you arrived at The Pad, that we get to know you by the pages and your presence .....like I was saying above I repeat...The Pad has a life of it's own and put is together and something amazing happens!!!!!!! sometimes my biggest complain is to not live closer to most of you.... I still hope to get well enough to make a round trip to meet all the awesome scrappers friends!!!

LO mismo digo!!!!!!!!!!
This is what I kept thinking when talking about the rules and all that stuff.... if I didn't need to contact you for the page..... we would probably not discovered each other for quiet a while, and now, just in less than a month we get to know we have so much in common, so many projects for scrap pages we can have too!!!!!!!!
So happy you are here with us, looking forward to this year and many more!!!!!!!!!

I'll say this again: the fact that we are here, so many of us who had this amazing friendship and family feel , and that it has not only placed us together in the same place, but have made our friendships grow even more, this is music to my heart. You in particular. And, you know.... you LITERALLY saved my life. No kidding. Thanks so so much for being here for us. Love You!!!!!!!!!

oh Ona... I'm not all that...like I said before... I try being better, but I am only human ... like I was saying above... the Pad has a life of it's own and keeps bringing us together , so our friendships and our art grow, I'm honored to be creating along with you!!!!!!!

as I said in the beginning of MOC...so so HAPPY you came to scrap with us!!!!!!! you know we may not talk that much, but I love that I know you through your awesome pages and delight our eyes with them, and our heart with your presence !!!!!!! hope you ll stick around!!!!!

I did say I would TRY


I can't talk much with you because I will end up crying even more and then will have to stop writing.....but you were one of the reasons I got so excited and wanting to participate in every event, and how I have seen you grown and turn into a better artist even though I thought then you were awesome!!!!!!

all points debatable... I'm very imperfect..... but in meeting people like you and getting to communicate in such a way..... to words to explain. I still can't believe that you only started last year and are now of the most amazing family members!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love You!!!!!!!!

Thank You so so much Molly!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so so much!!!!! your words in turn make my day, my week too!!!! Love your pages and it makes me hugely happy to know that I can help make a better day!!!!!!!!!!!

ahhh not sure about being so amazing.... I have my days.... bad ones....really bad ones.... but thanks to you all here I am able to have less and less od those!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!

back at you...and THANK YOU< THANK YOU for that message you sent me...... no words or I would start crying sooo much my keyboard wont work anymore!!!!!!

isn't it incredible? 22 years old? I[m so so happy you came here to scrap with us, look forward to get into the routine we had years ago and getting back to scrap and share our days!!!!!!!!!

you know how much I love your pages and the way you share with us stories, hope the new job is treating you well!!!! we will catch up soon, I have tons of pages of yours I need to see!!!!!!

and here again, years of this amazing thing that is knowing you are there and being part of the fun, games , chats and pages.... and the more we have the chance to talk, the more I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my treasured friend!!!!!!!!! You have made my fun and my ability to feel better so often, and here again.....you bring happiness to me!!! Yes!!!! I will be doing the classes!!!!! we talk soon to catch up Love YOY!!!!!

you and your incredible energy are also part of me being better !!!!!!!!!Thank you so so much!!!!!!!

y tu tambien!!!!!!!!!

Same here Margaret.... I knew from day one you would be this driving force , and every day discovered more and love you more..... lets hope one day , in a not too distant future, we can sit at Regents park having cream tea, and taking photos to be scrapped!!!!!!!!! Your messages have always been so important, so so happy to have gained a friend like you!!!!!!!!!!

same here!!!!! and your doll rocks!!!!!!! you were so worried I think I never expected it to be so amazing

And to you all: you guys rock!!!!!! takes me lots of time to read and write, so now I will leave you alone for a while .
Thanks so so much for all the support

 

thank you, HUGELY.
In case you don't see the status updates, my dad passed this morning , around 3am Saturday their time, which was more or less 7am for us here in London...
My mum and Christa @cfile (who has been nursing my moaning and hurting as usual!!!) insist it is better that we weren't there, that we didn't see him so weak, fragile and on so much pain.
He was a great man, most honest man I have met in my entire life, a great gather, a great grandfather, an amazing husband, a wonderful friend. I owe him so much of who I am, I think it still hasn't "clicked" that now he wont be there on Sundays when we call them, that I wont be able to call him to ask him about some medical th9ing or another, or to show him some music for him to listen on YouTube..... but he is without physical pain now. Thank you to all of you who have reached out to me privately, facebook and in the status updates.
THank you.

yup, that one of course I am not scared either, but I think it will be a great experience for us who do CTs...I think I will be able to explain better...and therefore maybe give others the enjoyment we already get

I din;t know her, LOve her, will go search for more from her. And yes, Google translated well. I wish I could give you a hugg right now

I have learned by now, that from every sad or bad experience there is a good side, even of we don't see it straight away..... things are getting better, I keep faithful and hopeful....so great to see you around again Linda, huge huge huggzzz

I did too, shopped for years until I decided to come talk..... So glad you are finding your way....this is really a jewel in the industry....let us know if we can help you in any way

So so glad to hear!!!!!!! super huge huggz

 

you can expect a few pages about him from e soon.... he was really an amazing man, hyper intelligent, until he was 60, he was still called by his University to hand the gold medals to new graduates, he had 5 gold, 3 silver, graduated with honors in the 60s and until the early 90s , he was still the higher qualifications graduate, so he would be called to talk to the people who were graduating and hand medals every year
thank you Michele

Love you

Lea, thank you....