All kinds of new things going on!

So i bet you're wondering if i just dropped off the blog-earth, or what. Well, i do have a semi-good excuse for my frequent absence...i have some happy news! They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here goes:
Obviously, this is not exactly NEW news (a belly like that doesn't usually show up overnight!), but it'll be new to most of you, so there ya go! I'm due in April, and needless to say being pregnant has kind of consumed my world for awhile now. I've managed to (on top of you know, teaching full time) keep up with some stamping, for fun and for business, but haven't had much leftover time and energy to document my efforts here.

The other new things are not quite as exciting as the baby news, but i still want to keep my stampin' people posted. First of all, there are all kinds of things happening at Stampin' Up! these days. Here are the highlights:

1. Retiring stamp set list is up: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/itemlist.aspx?categoryID=381

2. Retiring accessories list is up, but i am WAY too tired right now to paste it in here. Hopefully my friend and fellow demonstrator Kristin won't mind if i send you over to her blog to see it: http://kristinstamps.typepad.com/elmerstamper/2009/01/retired-accessories-list.html
(these items will only be available as long as supplies last, and some items are already sold out!)

3. Inventory Blowout sale: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/itemlist.aspx?categoryID=385
Includes some In-Color items from the last catalog!

4. Love You Much Bundle is 20% off: http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/itemlist.aspx?categoryID=383

5. Sampler Promotion is still going on: http://www.stampinup.com/us/enu/11743.asp

You can also just go to my Stampin' Up! site and navigate around the promotions page to check out whatever you might be interested in. http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/melissav/promotions

You can see all the above specials and even order directly through my site (http://melissav.stampinup.net) by clicking the "order now" button on the top right corner of the page. (Of course you can always give me a call or email to place an order directly through me.)

And lastly, i can't neglect to mention that i have just finished putting some stamping events on my calendar. You can check out my January/February calendar by going to my Stampin' Up! website "Event" page at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/melissav/events.

Oh, and feel free to participate in my boy-or-girl poll over to the left there. :)

Happy stamping!