extreme hotel makeover?

What do you get when you stick two scrappy girls in a hotel room overnight? Extreme Hotel Makeover, Sheraton Edition.

Let me explain:

I joined my bff at the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham on Sunday afternoon. She had been chillin' with Jayne at the Sue Gillman buying show for the past few days, and we were meeting up to get some major RANGER education from Mr. Holtz. <<insert crazy ramble here>>We did encounter Mr. T (p.s. I totally  think we should call him that when he comes to the store in June!!!!!) in the elevator on the way to procure some delish chinese food on Sunday evening, but he was in a hurry to be somewhere fabulous, I'm sure. I was able to bask in the glory of his Tim-ness for about .3 seconds before he whisked himself away to go be important. Which he is. I'm just sayin'.<<end crazy ramble>>

ANYWAY. Back to the story. Shurkus and I holed up in the hotel room all night and got our scrap on. I decided it would be a fantastical idea to display our works of art over the extremely comfy beds in the room. Game on. It was quite a sight, and we both decided that if we were to ever rearrange the studio at the store, it would have to include the Sheraton beds and a wall for displaying our most recent creations. Good idea, huh?

Important side note: In the picture above, you will notice the nightstand holds TWO dasani bottles and a box o' CheezIts.  I believe theis is the *official* scrapping snack that Shurkus and I share. I recall several scrappy dates at 284 where we were munching on the CheezIts. In the picture of scrubby-lookin' moi standing on the bed, you will note a **coughcough** poland springs **coughcough** bottle. This was NOT my water. This was surely left over from Jayne the night before. Once the offending bottle was discovered, I immediately removed it from the premesis and called the HASMAT team to dispose of it properly. ;)

question: If I slept in the same bed that Jayne had previously slept in several nights in a row before me, does that *technically* mean I slept with my boss? Just wondering.....

OH! I almost forgot to tell you the amazing thing I found out about Shurkus this weekend!!

She can read CHINESE!!

Really, she can! I discovered this while we were waiting for 700 pounds of takeout from the nice restaurant down the road from the hotel. See, we ordered the food (which was deeeeeeelish) then had to wait a while for it to be all cooked up for our enjoyment. While we were wasting time looking through the menu and commenting on how I would never put Sushi in my mouth EVER, she pipes up and says "I can read Chinese". I told her "No you can't". She said "YES I CAN... see? zskldfhaerk;heirughdfk;jghad". I said "and WHAT is that supposed to mean?". "Wonton Soup" she replies. I *think* there was a bit of trickery/complete bull$hit involved in that little display of culture. I'm not completely sure, having NEVER read and/or spoken a word of Chinese in my life. If you do indeed know how to pronounce "wonton soup" in chinese, will you please let me know if "zskldfhaerk;heirughdfk;jghad" is indeed the correct pronunciation? Thanks. ;)

Ok, onto the story about the whole reason I actually went to Framingham in the first place. Tim Holtz heard that I was ill-informed in the way of Ranger products/fabulous Tim-techniques, so he decided to fly to Massachusetts, in March, from Arizona to help me out. Yes, ME.

I learned oooooooooooooodles from Him and Robin. I was even a little bit inspired.

I KNOW!!!! Me, the hater-of-alcohol-inks. The one who prefers to doodle and draw and spend her dollars on black glaze pens. I think I have a few ideas up my sleeves. I'm a little sad that I didn't save the plastic lobster bib/craft apron that I was given to protect my *I ROCK* t-shirt that Erin gave me for the "patty-splat" technique. It was pretty hawt.

Alrighty, friends. I'm off to spend more quality time with my bff at our place of employment. HAve a fab day.

Comments

[jenn shurkus]

ha ha ha we rock.

[janet m]

you are the BEST storyteller!!!

[erin]

1. I had no idea Jenn was bilingual.
2. I totally I-spied a layout of my butt. Check it out!
3. I'm glad you used a prophylactic, uhhhhh, an apron to cover your shirt.
4. You may have slept in a bed that your boss had slept in the night before....
5. But I've totally slept with my manager. Like 3 times.

[meliser]

you two are freeking craaazyyy and I love it!!! So glad that you and your stories are a part of my every day. xoxoxo

[kristi]

oh
my
goh.

i love it.
miss you girls.