Jul 17 2008
No Stamping for me today.
Sadly, there is no time for stamping today. A quick ditty this morning is all I have time for. . . .. . .
A lady and her co-workers go to a bar after a hard days work to unwind. As she is sitting there the most gorgeous man she has ever seen walked in. She couldn’t help but take little glances at him out of the corner of her eye. Much to her disbelief he walked over to her and said “for twenty dollars I’ll do any thing you ask me to do”. She thought for a moment, reached down and got a twenty out of her purse and said “Clean my house”, lol.
That’s how I’m feeling today. Much to do in way of housework. We are having a birthday party for my Grand Daughter this weekend and I have a messy house to get ready for company.
There are so many comments on yesterday’s post, I’m so very amazed! I would love to know where everyone is from. Give me a shout out today by commenting on this post telling me were you live. I’ll start by telling you I’m from West Alexandria, Ohio.
If you are getting my blog updates by e-mail and you want to comment, please click this link to take you to my blog: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/17/no-stamping-for-me-today/
Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow, Friday, I will be announcing the winner of yesterday’s blog candy.
May your day be a peaceful and relaxing one.
Until my next post.. . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
Thanks for the morning chuckle!. I check your blog everyday from Shark River Hills NJ, on the Jersey Shore. Just seven miles south of the Michael’s located in Ocean Township.
I read your blog everyday from Sydney, Australia. I love your work and look forward to my daily inspiration
I live in Sydney Australia.
I LOVE your blog.
Deanne
xxx
I hate it when housework gets in the way of stamping! I too read your blog everyday. I love the work you do. You are very inspiring to the rest of us. I tune in from near Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Cheers! ~Debie
I live in the Netherlands, Europe. I don’t even know how I got to your blog but I love it. I like the way you explain everything you do. It makes it very clear.
Eveline.
Boucherville near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Thank you for sharing…
i live in perth, australia - sounds like you’ve got a good following from oz! he he…
i love looking at the cards you create - i love how you can use stamps unexpectedly and in ways that i’d never think of… i’ve been getting more inventive since i found your blog! just gotta work on my collection of inks now…
~anna
Housework? Oh, I’m supposed to do that? Ha! I heard about you on SCS and have been learning ever since. Thanks for your great lessons and inspirations. I’m from Fenton, Missouri. About 20 minutes from the St. Louis Arch.
I’m on the cleaning train today too. Loved your joke! I’m checking in from Oak Hill, VA (near Washington DC)!
Reading from Tampa, Florida!
Enjoying your blog from Oklahoma City, Ok.
Wichita , kansas here and I hope your weekend ends up lovely I know what you mean about the above statement.. If i were closer I would send my kids to clean for you =) they are quite adept at it now *giggles*
Hello Michelle~ I boarded the Zindorf wagon train from Bridgton, Maine! We always seem like the last State to hear about anything and everything and the last to receive the same, so it’s sweet to follow you and be inspired by your work and pass on techniques to others here, from your part of the world..lol! Oh, BTW, I used to live in Ohio–Akron, to be exact! I worked at a Bob Evans while living there! It changed my life, well, their Biscuits and Gravy DID!!! LOL–I tried and tried for years to master their gravy AND the biscuits! Finally, I did it!! I now can sit back and make cards inspired by you and have Bob Evans’ bisuits and gravy! NICE!!!
Housework? What’s that? I visit you daily from Grandville, Michigan. Thanks for your continued inspiration!
I am from Charlotte, North Carolina… I will share with the others a story I shared with you a while ago…
I was in my LSS and I was looking at some stamps and this lady says,”Look a brayer… I need that!!” and her friend says… “You can buy one… but good luck making it look like Zindorf’s!”
HAA!!! I told them I am a die hard fan as well and we had a good chat about your amazing talents and told a few others about your bolg as well…Thanks for sharing your tutorials and keeping the local brayer sellers in business!!!
I’m a big fan from Forest Hill, Maryland!
Mary
http://www.primitiveseasons.blogspot.com
Oh, wouldn’t it be great to live closer and we all could help each other with the housework! LOL I read your blog daily and so enjoy your creations!
I hail from Kewaunee, WI (30 miles east of Green Bay, on Lake Michigan)
Big fan from Bristol RI
Hi, I love your tutorials & want to thank you for sharing them with us. I am from Oberlin, OH (New Russia Twp.)
Heather B.
The secret to a clean house is ………do all your stamping in a studio with a door. Someone comes……shut the door and pretend there’s nothing behind it. I’m in the heart of Central Texas, San Marcos/Wimberely area. Commute to New Braunfels to work three days a week. If y’all are ever in the neighborhood, stop by or at least give us a holler (phone call for you non-Texans).
Happy Birthday to your Granddaughter. Is she the one who will receive the beautiful dress card?
Always check your blog every morning if possible. I am from Calgary, Alberta Canada.
Peaceful and restful.. hmmm more like busy and fast with fun in the mix! lol I am a SAHM from Long Island,NY who LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES your blog
I’d come all the way from Austin, TX to help with the housework for one of your tutes! You are a fabulous teacher!
I’ve been babysitting this past week for a friend (at her house) and my own house is a mess! I sure would pay that guy to clean my house too!
I have stacks of stuff everywhere getting ready for your workshop out here in California in a few weeks. Just waiting for the rubber stamps to arrive, which is the last thing on the supply list.
Lisa
http://flatfishpaperarts.blogspot.com/
Hello Michelle, I’m from Wilmington, N. C. Following your blog for months now and havin a great time stamping. Thank you for such detailed tutorials and gorgeous cards. Have a wonderful time with your granddaughter.
Blessings…
I’m from Staples, Minnesota. More or less the center of the state.
The secret to cleaning is put it on your desk top a folder saying cleaning. Next right click on it and delete it. You just cleaned.
Angel hugs
Debby
Hi Michelle,
Down here in beautiful deep southwest Virginia on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, I am trying to learn to use my brayer, sponges and Versamark the way you do, but it never quite looks as good….either too much or not enough!
Happy birthday to your granddaughter!
Michelle,
I’m reading and enjoying your blog from Broomfield, CO, a Denver suburb. I’m learning so much from your fantastic tutorials. Thanks so much,
Niki
I’m from the NW Suburbs of Chicago, Des Plaines
Twin Citites area.
Laurie<…waving hi to fellow MN in Staples and wishing everyone from around the world a wonderful weekend.
Happy Birthday to Grandma’s sweet little girl. May all your dreams come true.
I’m originally from Arkansas, but live near Wichita Falls, Texas. (Where it’s VERY, VERY hot!)
Hi Michelle,
I am enjoying seeing that you have fans from all over the world! I am checking in from Grand Rapids, in northern Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes. This morning I snapped pictures of a pair of loons with two downy babies. Thanks for all you do for us!
Hi Michelle,
I live in Boston. Love your blog. Thanks for all the time and energy you put into your tutorials. No one would want to see what I’d create at 4am!
The best thing we ever did when we bought our house was to hire a cleaning person. We love her. We tend to have dinner parties on Friday because we know the house is clean
I’m in Woodstock, GA.
Hi, Michelle! I’m from NE Ohio, where it’s going to be hot and muggy today while we make hay! I realy appreciate the time and effort you put into your tutorials. THANK YOU!
Good morning Michelle and happy housecleaning! Mine is messy,too! I am from Glasgow, Montana and your blog is the first one I go to on my Google REader everyday! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us.
Ugh! Feeling your pain. Hang in there and have a lot of fun at the party. I live on Camp Pendleton, California (US Marine Corps). We just moved out here from the East coast, so it is an adjustment. Not a negative one, just a different pace of life. I’m not complaining. Have a great day!
Hi Michelle,
I am in sunny southern california,, covina to be exact,,, hot hot hot,, as usual,,
Off to clean my house too,,,,
Hi Michelle,
STAMPING EVER, HOUSEWORK NEVER! Don’t you know that?!? LOL!
I’m your biggest German fan and live in Nordhorn in the very Northwest of Germany, pretty close to the Netherlands.
I’m eagerly waiting for a new tutorial (but not about housework, hopefully about some wonderful card again!). But thank you for making me smile with your little story today.
Christiane
I hate when house cleaning interferes with my creativity!*L* I’m enjoying your blog every day from Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Have a wonderful birthday party with your little one. I love Dawn Knight’s story above and I also want to see the pictures Jenny took of the loons. I’m a real loon fan. Hmmmm, does that make me looney???*LOL*
Trish
House cleaning? What’s that? LOL!
Sonia from Waukesha, Wisconsin.
I love stampers…what a fun group. I’m from Norfolk, Nebraska.
I found these blog today by chance!
I`m from germany
Gisela
Montclair VA, just south of the nation’s capital.
Your house can’t be too bad. People with terribly messy houses take their kids to Chuck E Cheese’s for birthday parties.
A messy house is the sign of a creative mind. I like the close the door option. I’m from sunny and hot Mesa, Arizona. These are the days where we crank the AC, stay inside and play away in the studio.
Good Morning, I live in the Northwest. Pinehurst, Idaho. We are just a few miles from Kellogg, Silver Mountain and the longes gondola live there! Have a Great and creative day!
I’m in Melbourne, Australia and the last thing I do at night is check your blog. You have the ability to put many of my thoughts and feelings into art form so I find looking at your tutes very ….er…cathartic. I go to sleep dreaming that one day I might be able to do the same.
….sigh…in my dreams.
Loving your tutorials from Wichita Falls, Texas and yes, it is VERY HOT and humid here! LOL!
Read your blog every day - your tutorials are great. Hope you and your family have a lovely time celebrating your Grand Daughter’s birthday. I am from Falkirk in Scotland.
Hi Michelle
I stop by every day from Portsmouth in the UK
Love your tutorials. I read them in from Salisbury, MD
Hey Michelle,
Grandkids are so much fun, I have 5 of them and they keep me busy. I go to there house to visit so I don’t have to clean mine! I love reading your blog daily. Well clean if you must…. sadly I miss your art work today. I am living in Sunny Florida in Inverness. Just a stones throw from Crystal River where the manatees play. We love to canoe there and see the friendly creatures. It stays 70degrees cold there year round in the water because of the nearby springs. Nice on a hot day!
Debi Pippin
Hi Ohio, I’m in San Jose (California, not Puerto Rico)!
I check out your blog every day from Chapel Hill, NC! I am supposed to be cleaning today, too, but so far, all I’ve done is stamp and look at stamp stuff on the computer! LOL!
Just saying ‘hi’ from Georgetown Kentucky!
I cant wait to see what your up to next!
Hugs,
Joani
I read your blog everyday via email. It is what I refer to as my “HAPPY EMAIL!” You are so creative, talented and entertaining too! I loved today’s joke. I feel the same way!!
I live in a small village just east of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Canada’s National Capital!)
Cheers!
Housework!!! Well my friend and I have been talking about the neglect that seems to occur when something as fun as cards gets in the way! Just love your tutorials!! Happy Birthday to your Granddaughter from Lancaster, CA. Have a wonderful weekend!
I’m in Topsham, Maine, but am looking to move back to Toledo, OH! Can’t wait to see where everyone is from!
Macedonia, Ohio here. And I’m having the same problem with my house..lol!
Hey! Waving to you from James Island (near Charleston), SC. Love your blog and tutorials–Thank you!!!
Teresa
Hi Michelle- I live West of Chicago Illinois in a suburb called Wheaton. I do not know where your town in, but have q daughter in Columbus at Ohio State and my Mom lives West of Cinci- maybe when I am down your way I will have the opportunity to meet you in person one day!!! Have a great party this weekend.
Love your blog. If you find that man, I’d like a clean house for $20! I live in a lovely seaside town called Half Moon Bay, CA.
The train pulled in to Colorado Springs and I jumped on! I AM expaining Cuttlebug and nestabilities to a friend this morning. THEN I begin housecleaning! You are not alone. I love your blog….such an inspiration….you are like visiting a best friend every morning. I truly enjoy having my first cup of coffee with you! Thanks for all you do!
Donna
Colorado SPrings CO
You’re not all that far from Chicago! If you ever get near the Windy City, let us know! I’m from a NW suburb - Algonquin. Would love to meet you/have a class with you. You are so inspiring!! Thanks so much for your blog - couldn’t start my day without seeing what you were up to the night/early morning before!!
Read your blog daily! Love it! I’m currently in Raleigh, North Carolina, but I’m a midwestern girl by birth (Oklahoma).
shawn K.
I look forward to your Blog every day. I am from Indianapolis, IN. Have a great day. Glinda
Hi Michelle, I’m in Ohio also, but the NE part. Specifically, Cortland, OH! I look forward to your blog everyday! You also reminded me that I have to get my house ready for company NEXT weekend. I better start now to get it all done!!
Kathy
I grew up in Canada, but I’ve been a Texas transplant for the past 23 years. I live in the famous WACO! Glad you’re taking some time for the house today. I am too, but I’m still spending too much time online! SHEESH!!! Have a fabulous birthday party this weekend. Can’t wait for your next wonderful creation…
Hi Michelle,
The same good-looking guy was at my house in Milledgeville, GA last week helping me get ready for my daughter-in-law and 3 grandsons to fly in from Korea. They are here for a month. Sadly, their Daddy couldn’t come — Uncle Sam said no.
Love your work - thanks for sharing! I’m from Rosemount, MN - suburb of the twin cities.
I get your emails every day in Madison, Wisconsin. Love them! As one of my stamps says: Housework is such a drag. You mop, you dust, you vacuum, and then three months later you have to do it all over again. (At least that’s MY motto!) I’d rather be stamping! Thanks, Michelle.
Hi! I am from Garner, North Carolina. I get so excited to receive your daily emails….I want to stay home everyday instead of going to work just to try all your techniques!!
I’m in Sebastian, Florida
Cute joke, btw
I am a stalker of yours from Windsor, Colorado just North of Denver. Love all your work! :o)
Hi, I am outside Rapid City, South Dakota. Love your techniques!!
Thanks so much for your turorials. I am amazed at your ability to do all of this. Thanks for sharing with us from Chillicothe, Ohio
Hi Michelle, I’m from Bloomington, IN but originally from Cincinnati, OH. Lived in Columbus, OH for about 8 years while my husband was getting his Ph.D. so I know a little bit about Ohio. I too need to house clean. Working full time doesn’t help you get the house work done! Cheers! Donna
I am from the the hottest part around - Mesa AZ - was born and raise in Colorado/Wyoming - moved to the east coast Philadelphia for 16 years then moved here - love the heat just love it - no humidity big difference
have a great day looking forward to tomorrow
Hello Michelle,
Happy house cleaning… the feeling is mutual, love your updates…. I am from Goa, India and live in Cambridgeshire, England with my husband. We moved here March 2007 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates….. nice joke, for a moment I thought she would ask him to clean her shoes… as I have done that once!!LOL
Hi Michelle,
I’m from Ottawa Ontario Canada. Housework, what’s that, I try to avoid it like the plague.
I like to spend my prioritytime checking out your tutorials faithfully for the last couple of months and I can’t say enough of your beautiul work. I have learned so much from them. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
Thank you for including me in your tutorials.
Rae
Hi Michelle,
Originally from NYC, I been an Alaskan for about 11 years. I live in Chugiak, which is about 20 miles north of Anchorage. I found your blog via a post in the TJ Yahoo Group. Your work is beautiful and very unique!
Vicki
I’m in Johnstown, CO
Hello from Franklin, KY (an itty bitty town just north of Nashville, TN). Thanks for all that you share with us! Now back to cleaning my house…ugh!
I wish someone would clean my house. Thanks for the laugh today. I’m from where the desert meet the mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hi, I’m from Québec, Québec, Canada. Good luck with your cleaning!
I subscribe to your blog and look forward to your updates everyday! I live in Hagerstown, Maryland… Happy Stampin!
I am from Wadsworth Ohio and just started getting your blog recently and I love it!! Kris from Wadsworth forwarded one of your fabulous tutorials to me and I fell in love with it and now I am hooked! See you in August!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
Lana
Hi, Michelle: I’m an email subscriber from West Palm Beach, Florida … and, ummm, where’s the house-cleaning guy?!?
Thanks for all the inspiration!
~Hugs, Deb
Hi Michelle,
I am from Jacksonville, FL and have been tuning into you daily blog for about a month now and I am so inspired. I had gotten away from daily inking when a client of my lSS, posted your blog on her blog and that’s when I stopped housework altogether and started inking daily again. Guess I better get caught up today to.
Michelle
Hi Michelle,
I love reading your blog from Elgin Illinois, about an hour NW of Chicago, and am really enjoying reading all of the comments. I am amazed at all of the people from all over the country and world who are loyal fans like me. You are a truly talented woman. Thanks for all of the inspiration.
Good morning, from used to be sunny Northern California. We only seen the sun twice in the last 25 days due to all the smoke from the 2000 fires that have been burning since June 21st. Yesterday was beautiful, so there was hope for total clearing, but today is very smoky again. I don’t know why that happens.
I’m originally from Anaheim, CA (Disneyland), but have lived in Oroville California for the better part of my life.
Anyway, Thanks for the daily (almost ; - ) tutorials. They have helped me immensly in my creativity (which does not come naturally!).
Lauri
I’m from North Dakota!
What I hate most about housework, once you get it done, you have to do again in 3 months.
good morning house cleaning lady!! happy birthday to your grand daughter…i live in apple valley california - a small desert town..but getting bigger each day boo hoo!! and a town without a stamp store!
our claim to fame is that roy rogers and dale evans lived here for a long time - and are buried here…they were a real asset to our town and really to the lives of all Americans.
have a great party!!
wow, I love your blog. I check it out every day and usually go back and read them again, when I have more time. I am down here in the Sunshine State. Plant City, Florida. Thanks for sharing your amazing art with us.
I enjoy your postings from Sycamore, IL. That’s about an hour west of Chicago!
Wishing your granddaughter a very Happy Birthday from the great state of NC..
This is great I love seeing that there are people everywhere that love stamping and the creative process. I live in a small town north of Wilmington, Nc. saw you had another fan from Wilmington, we should start a fan club
Happy Cleaning : ) - from Norfolk,VA
A big fan from Canton, MI.
Ugh, cleaning? Stamping is so much more fun. I am from Redding, California. Have a great day!
Michelle,
Wow, I read above that you have 99 responses today! Do I get a prize for being #100? haha. I am a huge fan of yours, and I am living in the Northern suburbs of
Cincinnati, Ohio (Springdale). Originally, I am from Newark, Ohio which is where most of my family still lives. I gotta go clean as well. Loved your cute little story.
Take care,
Lisa
just moved to granite falls, NC (it in the foothills of the Applachians)
love your blog !!
Good morning from Kent, Ohio. I look forward to your daily e-mails. I love your work. Your tutorials are easy to follow and very informative. Thanks for the inspiration.
Enjoy your granddaughter’s birthday this weekend. Good luck with the cleaning. I have the same task ahead of me today. It’s just no fun.
Greetings from Walla Walla, WA (ever heard of it?) …Hope you day is great. I need to clean house a little myself. Hugs, Ida
Good luck on the house cleaning! I am from Temperance, Michigan, but I work at the University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio!!!!
I’m from Lebanon, IN. Your work is awesome! I understand about the housework.
Hi Michelle…..
Receiving your updates via email is a daily treat. Thanks so much for sharing your art with us AND for taking the time to SHOW us how you get your results.
Happy Birthday to your granddaughter…..enjoy her big day!
I’m saying hello from Jewett City in eastern Connecticut.
I just found your blog which is marvelous. What a talent you are. I am from Webster, FL .
Hi Michelle! Can you send that guy here to Mesa, AZ for $20 bucks to clean my house?!! LOL I also love visiting everytime you update, your cards are actual works of art. Keep up the tutorials we all love them. Happy birthday to your Granddaughter.
Hi Michelle, I am enjoying your blog from Stopover, KY. A very small town in the farthest eastern tip of the state. A post office, elementary school, and 4 churches. No craft stores. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Mary
I’m in West Vancouver, British Columbia Canada!
I’ve got guests coming tonight too and no time to clean - I guess I’ll be putting up the Get Well cards so they’ll think I’ve been too sick to clean and understand why the house is a mess! LOL!
Thanks for all the inspiration and laughs along the way!
Naperville Illinois. It’s cool to see that some of your fans are very close neighbors of mine.
Hello Michelle from Charlestown, RI…..I understand about having to clean….this weekend is a stamp studio tour in Southern RI…Our stamping friends from South Eastern CT will be coming to check out our studios and we will be visiting their’s in Sept. So today is my day to neaten my home…Have fun…Lisa
I know how you feel about the housework!! I am from Camby, Indiana
Checking in from Kissimmee, Fl. I’m not cleaning today, I’m grocery shopping later, the ads came out in yesterdays paper. Thank God we have houses to clean and at least a little $ to buy groceries; but I don’t know which job I dislike the most.
Michelle,
I too am a Midwesterner, originally from Upper Michigan and now from Madison, WI.
I heard that “joke” before and thought it was the most sensible response ever! I too am needing to clean today. I have guests arriving tomorrow for a week stay so no stamping for me til next week. I will take the time to check for your inspirational posts though. I just learn sooo much from your posts.
Have fun at the birthday party for your Grand Girl. That’s how I refer to mine, 5 grand girls and two grand boys.
I’m reading your blog in sunny and hot Simi Valley, CA.
Isn’t the internet amazing? Just imagine the creative link between you and the rest of the world - literally. And the best part - I get to be an almost neighbor - coming to you from Dayton, OH
Cleaning - never much fun but when it’s for a GD birthday party - it’s worth it. Happy Birthday wishes to your granddaughter.
My goodness Michelle, are you one popular lady! Good morning I am from the land of oz……. I live in a small town of around 6000 people. Colby Ks.
Kansas this time of year is hot and windy. I just love getting your tutorials, first thing I do every morning is check and see what you have given us that day. I am a huge fan and I thank you for your very informative tutorials, I have learned so much, thanks to you. Happy Birthday to your GD. How old is she? Have a great party and weekend. Looking forward to your next tutorial.
Evelynn
I’m a fan too! I check your new tutorials every day… it feels great to learn from you. I’m from Crystal Lake, IL….. western sub-burb end of the train line to Chicago!
Hi Michelle,
Thanks for the great joke - that’s how I have been feeling today - like I need someone to help me clean up this place - esp the bathrooms -ugh! I love your blog - you AMAZE! me! I was born in Bangalore, India - then was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, then went to college in Richmond Indiana and now we live in Fairfield, Iowa! I feel like I have been progressively moving west since I was born! (LOL!)
Our town is a small cute little Iowa town that is very progressive with a huge focus on sustainability and organic foods. Our doors are always open to you if you are ever in Iowa!
Best wishes,
Sankari
Hi Michelle
I hail from Mackenzie, BC, Canada, just 2 hours west of Mile zero on the Alaskan hwy. I recieve your blog daily via email and it is a true addiction. You know it is hard to keep talent a secret! Thanks for sharing
Sandra
I love your creativity and look forward to your blog each day. I am in Wilmington, North Carolina, on the coast. And thank you for the chuckle of the day- I have already shared it with my co-workers…
Hello Michelle,
I hate housework with a passion, but when it is done, it makes it worth every minute I spent on it. I also have not been able to stamp or craft for a couple of days. I had items in a living room, a bedroom and a basement. I now have a great room for all my supplies with the exception of a 8 foot x 4 foot peg board that holds all my paper. I have been arranging and organizing my GREAT new room.
I check your blog every single day and sometimes, 2 or 3 times a day. I get your emails when they are sent out.
I am from Denver, Colo. I am married with 3 children (12, 9 & 5 yrs). 2 boys and 1 girl.
Thank you for everything that you share. God Bless you and have a wonderful day.
Hi! I am from Hilliard OH, a suburb of Columbus. I’m not sure where West Alexandria is but close enough to be neighbors!!!
Great tutorials and blog. Discovered it on Beate’s Yahoo board and subscribed right away. Thanks for all your inspirations.
Candy Koch
I’m checking out your blog from the BIG state of Texas. Mckinney to be exact not far from Dallas.
Love your blog, Michelle! Your work is so creative, and I love that you post tutorials, too! I’m from London, Ontario, Canada!
Boo. Stamping should always trump housework!
I’m from a smaller city near Vancouver, BC.
Hi there Michelle,
I live in Caledonia N.Y.
Sounds like your day will not be restful…so I wish you this…
a day filled with happiness ,joy and housework complete!
SUCCESS!
Hugs,
Barb
Hi, Michelle!
Yuck, nasty housework, but someone has to do it, right? Love your blog.
I am from Knoxville, Tennessee.
I read your lovely tutorials in Dover, PA.
Hey! Does this guy do floors and windows! Enjoy your granddaugher and family! Do the floors after! I grew up in Seattle, and now I live 20 minutes away from my mom who has the best view of downtown Seattle and Lake Washington. I’ll bet you would be inspired here and put some rhododendrons by Lake Washington in your fabulous creations!
I’m from sunny Phoenix, AZ. KellyRae introduced me to your blog in one of her classes.
Michelle
I absolutely love all your projects-wait anxiously each day. I too am a city girl (Chicago) and give you lots of credit living in a rural area. Perhaps that’s what keeps you inspired? We’re also celebrating my son’s 12th birthday - lots of fun to be had. Thanks.
I am getting my house ready for company, so I can relate :D! Columbia, Missouri here :).
I love being connected to blogs around the world because I read from an isolated part of the interior Alaska. I grew up in the Akron, OH area and still have family there.
I check your blog daily from Amasa, Michigan. That’s in the Upper Peninsula
I receive your e-mail everyday and can’t wait to see what new inspiration you send!!! I live in St. Louis, MO!!
I live in Victoria, BC, Canada on the West Coast. It’s a beautiful place to live and I know I’m very fortunate. I’ve done a lot of travelling but I’m always very happy to come back home.
I live in Madison Heights Virginia (suburb of Lynchburg)! I follow you faithfully and am always amazed at your beautiful creations (suitable for framing) Keep ‘em coming’
Love your blog,
Hugs,
Michele from New Jersey
Don’t you just hate it when the dust bunnies take over!!! You don’t know if someone is coming or going!!! I learned of your work on SCS and have been a faithful follower ever since and look forward to your daily updates! Your work is great and a real inspiration! I tune in from Iron River, MI … found in the Upper Peninsula, close to the WI border!!!!
I solved that clean house problem by have the parties at my kids homes.
Love your work.
Gernir in Columbus, Ohio
GO BUCKS!!!
I follow you regularly from Rutland, Vermont. Enjoy the birthday and the granddaughter. The cleaning will always be there!
I am from Connecticut! StamPford, to be exact, part of the *tristate* area. Have a wonderful time celebrating your GD’s BD, I would come help you clean if I lived closer. Hugs to you!
Colorado Springs, CO-just across from the Air Force Academy. We get the plane fly overs, football games and Thunderbird exhibits. In addition, there are deer, coyotes, foxes and occasionally a bear roaming around the area.
Hello, Michelle,
I would also give the guy a 20 to clean my messy house, especially today.
Thanks for the detailed tutorials, and all the time you spend explaining every step. You are such a great artist, and I look forward to your blogs from Wakefield, NH.
From beautiful Southern Ontario, Canada - 30 miles north of Buffalo, NY.
If I can’t get to your blog/site everyday I go into some sort of withdrawal.
Not painful, but it makes me dizzy.
With that, I think I’ll do the bathrooms. NOW, right NOW.
White Bear Lake, MN—is as cute as it sounds!!! When my sister was a single mom living in an apt bldg, she got to be friends w/three other singles moms. Every Friday night they would take turns cleaning each others apt. It’s always more fun cleaning for someone else. I always thought they had a great ideas. Happy thoughts to you.
whenever we clean at our house my kids want to know who’s coming to visit! I receive inspiration from your blog on our family farm in Lorain County, Ohio - 30 miles west of Cleveland!
thank you so much
Roberta T.
Hi Michelle,Although I grew up in Boardman, Ohio I have lived in Salem, Oregon for the past 28 years. Follow the Oregon Trail and stop by for a visit!
Happy Stamping
Karen McManus-Young
Nice joke! I’m from West Central Wisconsin.
Lisa
I can sooooooooooo relate!!!
I live in beautiful Calgary, Alberta in Canada.
I have been reading and enjoying your turorials for some time now. they are truly inspiring! I’m in Virginia Beach, VA.
Another Ohioan here! I’m in Medina, Ohio… 30 minutes South of Cleveland. Love your creations! You are truly talented. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with everyone!
I live in St. Louis, MO but lived in Youngstown, Cleveland and Cincinnati, OH when I was younger
Not sure exactly where West Alexandria but Ohio is beautiful. BTW, I’d give that guy $50 for cleaning my house!
Good luck cleaning today, Michelle. Know that you are missed but time with family (and a clean house to do so) should trump stamping anyday!
I’m currently reading your blog from Mililani, Hawaii. Originially I’m from Southeast MO (and just spend a month there helping my mom organize her stamping space!). Thanks for all that you do! Aloha, Kim
PS Hau’oli La Hanau (Happy Birthday) to your granddaughter
Your an amazing lady. Love your creations and tutorials. I am from Dresden, Ontario Canada.
Well, I am not originally ‘from’ anywhere!!! My father was in the Air Force and then so was I!!! Working on putting down some roots on the Space Coast of Florida for the past several years!!! Thanks for all you do!!
Love your work and tutorials! I live near Buffalo, NY!
Am a great fan of your artwork. Wish I had such creative ideas. Am going through withdrawal at the moment. Just returned from NY where my mom & sis live. Had them here for 2 wks - loved every min but one is elderly & the other handicapped so no time to stamp. BTW I live in Virginia Beach, VA Have 2 days to play & 2 to clean house before grandson & 2 granddaughters arrive for 3 wks, niece & her friend arrive during that time as well. Will lock myself in my craft room after everyone is gone & try to do something of my own using all your wonderful tutorials. Today & tomorow are dedicated DH days!!!!! Have a great BDay party but remember everyone is there for the fun & togetherness not a house inspection! LOL………………
When you’re done with your house, can you come do mine in Laurel, Maryland?
Hi Michelle!!
I have enjoyed reading all the comments left today…it’s so cool to see where everyone who reads your blog is from! I was born and raised in NE Ohio, specifically, the tiny township of Vienna, near Youngstown. Actually just a township over from Kathy from Cortland! I have been happily transplanted to Florida since 1982.
I have learned so much from your blog! No stamping for me today either….my 5 month old granddaughter is helping me read your blog today!!!
Hugs,
Lynnor
Yeah, housework does bite when you want to play!
Stay in the A/C!!
I am from Mt. Vernon Ohio!
Go Buckeyes!
HI - I am from New Haven, Indiana and I love your blog.
Ahh housework! I have the day off work today and am suppose to be doing housework. I’d rather be stamping.
I am from Kenora, Ontario in Canada.
I have lived in the Akron, OH area most of my life. Wish I could get someone to clean my house for $20. lol
Hi Michelle! Send that cleaning guy to my house when you’re finished with him — I’d gladly pay $20 for a good housecleaning and I don’t live that far from you! I’m in West Harrison, Indiana (just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio). I just recently found your blog and am totally awed by the stamping you do — your creations are beautiful pieces of artwork. Thanks for the tutorials you provide. I hope to find the time soon to attempt some of the tutorials and see what I come up with.
It must be house cleaning day because that is all I have done since I woke up. I am in not so sunny Jacksonville, FL. Its raining today.
I read and enjoy your blog every day. I am from Tulsa, OK!
Hi Michelle - I enjoy your tutorials from a tiny resort village on the lake at Harrison Hot Springs, B.C., Canada. Its been fun seeing where your other fans are from. Thanks so much Michelle, for sharing your talent and inspiration!!
Jenny, I’d love to see your loon pictures……I just took pictures of a Merganzter mom with her sweet babies swimming along beside, then they climbed up on her back….wanna swap?? rayandannw@yahoo.com
Michelle! I read almost every day from Spokane, Washington USA. I don’t bother with feeds…they don’t come fast enough, lol! You are a must-see stop for me while I’m drinking my coffee…appropriate since I don’t know that I could start the day without either one!
Love your tutorials and reading every day in
Concord, California.
How exciting - Australia, The Netherlands ….. that makes your blog pretty international! Me, not so much - Charlotte, North Carolina. But in the little time I’ve been sub’d, I sure have enjoyed reading and learning.
Michelle, I am from a tiny town on the western slope of Colorado. My mailing adress is Austin but I live in Orchard City. Orchard City includes 3 different post offices; Austin, Eckert and Cory. The government hard at work! Kathleen
Michelle I am from New Plymouth, New Zealand.I am new to stamping and very envious of the stamps you have at your disposal. With the exchange rate it makes it just a little out of my price range to order stamps from the states. I am a hobby demo for stampin up though, I has been in New Zealand for 15months.
Needless to say your cards are completely wonderful - your blog is first on the list when the computer is turned on. But in addition to all that - I’ve had a kick reading where everyone is from - WOW. About half way through, I realized it was a lot like a beauty contest - “Hi, I’m Jane Doe from Dallas, TX and I want world peace (so I can have more time to stamp)” LOL - Oh guess I should say “Hi, I’m Elaine from Vancouver, WA”
Thx for all you do - you’ve taught me so much!
Smart lady ! I love the “come clean my house” comeback.
Don’t use up all your energy cleaning house. You need to have the energy to enjoy your grandchild birthday party. There’s nothing so special. And I expect to see the birthday card you create for it ! I know it will be very special.
I look forward to your emails every day to see your wonderful creations. I live in a rural area in Ohio by the Ohio River. My family consists of no children, 1 house dog, 4 wild rabbits living in my yard, 3 squirrels living in my walnut tree, 1-3 deer that come and go through the corn field, 1 wonderful husband who lives on the golf course :D, and lots of birds. Happy House Cleaning to you !!!!! Becky
I live in Hawaii. I would LOVE to see more pictures of your stamping space. You are such and inspiration to all of us. I want to be you when I grow up.
Aloha-
Michelle,
I don’t normally comment much on blogs but I so enjoy your blog. I’m from SF, CA.
Thanks for sharing all your awesome creations with us! You’re the greatest! I know you’re having a class CA, I wish I could attend but have previous engagements. Maybe next time.
WOW, you have readers from ALL over! How cool is that! Even New Zealand! Hey, I noticed a couple of people live in Staples, MN. I was just wondering - do they get free “EASY” buttons?! LOL Sorry, I couldn’t resist that one. I live in Northville, MI which is close to your reader Dawn who lives in Canton. They are both suburbs of Detroit. I have also lived in Stroudsburg PA, Morristown TN, Anderson SC, Hendersonville TN, Madison WI, and Davenport IA. I just felt like saying that since it sounds more exotic than just saying Northville MI. ROFL I say forget the house cleaning - stamping and blog surfing is WAY more fun!
I have been visiting your site for the last month or so and really enjoy your work. I’m from Parksville, B.C. Canada on beautiful Vancouver Island but I’m currently in the Northwest Territories working at a fishing lodge for the summer as the resident massage therapist. And even out here we have web access. Ain’t technology grand.
HI Michelle, Cleaning house is never fun BUT the party for the your grandaughter will ease the pain right??
I love to check out the lastest creation each today. I live in the Mohave Desert in a place many times tagged as the hottest spot in the nation, Needles, Ca. Have a great day!! davi
Hi Michelle,
I’m all the way down-under in New Plymouth, New Zealand too (Hi Judy - she is one of my team). Michelle, I got hooked on you when I lived in the US - love your blog! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into each post - I don’t know how you find the time, but thanks heaps!! Sharlene
Love to ready your blog daily from Waterford Michigan!!!! So much inspiration here!!!!! Thanks for all your hard work!
Man would I love to meet that guy!!!! I’ll start bidding for $25.00 to clean my house!!!! hehe
Love your site. Just a few weeks ago, I moved from just north of Detroit, Michigan to Porter Ranch, California.
Hi Michelle,
I’m a Kiwi (like the new card colour) so that’s why my spelling is strange! I live in Invercargill New Zealand (which I understand is the southernmost city in the world), and visit your blog every day. It’s winter here just now, and where I live, in the south, it only gets up to a maximum of about 10 degress Celcius each day, and maybe down to minus 2 or 3 degrees Celcius over night. We’re in a time zone ahead of most of your other fans - so it’s 7.30 on Friday morning for me as I’m sending this comment your way. I’ve been stamping for quite a few years now, and enjoying learning to stamp ‘the Zindorff way’. Thank you for all your tutorials Michelle, as you can see, there are a lot of us who really appreciate what you do. Happy Birthday to your grand-daughter and enjoy the party.
Anne
I just hate it when work gets in the way of “playing”. I just had one glorious week of vacation in which I stayed home, got up when I wanted to, went to bed when I wanted to and did whatevery I wanted in-between (translate…..creating cards and paper crafting). What fun! I hope you have many days/weeks like the one I just enjoyed.
Teresa - Indianapolis, IN (home town is Kingsport, TN)
Hey Michelle…..thanks for the funny!!! Hope you got your house clean. I’m preparing for my son’s birthday tomorrow….I still haven’t made a card for him!!! I guess I’ll be doing that tonight.
I’m from Virginia Beach and I LOVE checking out your artwork!!! I visit almost every day!!!!! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
I’m from Joliet, Ill about 35 miles south of Chicago.
Reba
I love that joke! Sounds like a great idea to me!
I’m living in Nova Scotia, Canada right now, but we are very soon packing up and returning to my homeland of New Zealand. After 14 years we are going back…can’t wait!
Our house is for sale now(which is why that joke appealed to me so much!), and once that sells (anyone wanna make an offer?! LOL!), we’ll be off, hopefully no later than September. I have my school reunion to go to at the end of October, so I have to be there for that!
Kia ora to Judy and Sharlene in New Plymouth, and Anne in Invercargill! I’m going to live in Dunedin (next city up from Invercargill). We’ll be neighbours!
Hi Michele,
I am from Sturgis, Mi. a very small town right next to In. line.I have injoyed your art work and great tutorials. Thanks so much! Have fun with family!
I’m from northern Michigan. I don’t leave comments very often, but I LOVE your work and tutorials!
I love the post. I wish someone (husband) would say that to me. Of course with that response I may just get a laugh back LOL! I am here is hot & humid Concord, NH.
Couldn’t let this post go by without a comment…had to tell you that I read your blog..its on bloglines..so no fear of missing anything…
And I’m from India…how’s that for almost the end of the horizon
Love your work ..God bless you..
Hi Michelle,
I read your blog everyday from central Illinois, but today I am visiting my daughter in California, so I am reading from there. Love the far out stuff you do and envy your knowledge. Keep up the great work and don’t let housework get in your way too often!!
Betty Sue
I’m from Cardiff, Wales, UK and just love getting your emails
Have a great time at the party and hope it all goes well for you
Hugs
Jenny
Winthrop, Maine USA! I get your blog on auto feed via e-mail and read it daily! What a treat for you to read where everyone is from after your cleaning! LOL
I know how it is when you finally just have to buckle down and get off the computer and do housework, as much as I try putting it off
I am currently living in Belleville, Illinois, originally from Michigan
Bethel Connecticut !
enjoy your party!
Sandra
I’m from West Milford, NJ.
Michelle, I love your work, you are such an inspiration! THANK YOU for sharing yourself, your time, your talents with us!
All the best,
Adriene
Hi Michelle. I live in Murray Bridge, South Australia. I am absolutely inspired by your creative talent. I look forward to receiving your tutorial every morning. I don’t know how you do it.
I am from Alton, IL which is about 30 miles east of downtown St. Louis, MO. Home of Fast Eddie’s (cheap food, cold beer) and the great River Road. Thanks for all the beautiful artwork you create!
Hi i am a su demo from New Zealand A couple of my downline and I read your blog daily keep up the fantastic work and enjoy your grandbabies birthday!
I get your blog via email and I love all the great work you do and have tried a few myself. I live in the foot hills of the Dandenong Ranges which is in Victoria Australia.
Jackson, Tennessee USA is my home, nearly half way between Nashville and Memphis in Western TN. I look forward to your blog and tutorials every day; have tried a few and intend to try more; am in totally awe of your artistic talents! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Michelle! I stalk you on a regular basis! Your tutorials are great, and your one of the most helpful artists out there!!!
If you are ever in Jacksonville Vermont, stop in for a cup of coffee, or the weekend!
Love your tutorials. Only wish I had more time to try them. Very frustrating. If only I didn’t need to sleep.
Reading from a very hot and humid Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Hi Michelle. I’m another admirer of your wonderful work from Auckland, New Zealand. I look forward to getting your email updates each day. You have got your brayering and sponging techniques down to an art form and wish I could get such beautiful results. Keep up the good work. Regards Judy
I am in Melbourne Australia and I never miss your emails
Checking in from St. Peters, Missouri just 30 minutes from downtown St. Louis. Wow, are you popular or what? You attract stampers like bees attract honey. Women from all over the world. See, you really are appreciated. You’re Good! Have a great birthday party for your Granddaughter. I don’t like housecleaning either. I hire it done every other week because I can. When I retire or if gas keeps going up, I guess that will stop. Hugs
Looking at the responses already, you have opened an avalanche inviting us all to respond. I am another fan from Melbourne, Australia. Looks the Aussies could start a fan club themselves.
I’m in Fairview Heights, IL. Just 20 minutes from down town St. Louis, MO. Love seeing everything you do!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who aspires to copy your lovely cards but fails, miserably. It has been fascinating reading these comments from so many places. I come to you from Oswego, NY, across Lake Ontario from Canada. We are famous for our Winter Snow. Thanks for all of your tutorials.
Hey Michelle! Wow that is so cool seeing where all your fans are from! I just found your blog recently and made sure my friend saw it too (hi Sue)!
Admiring your work daily from Toronto, Ontario (eh!)
Diane
Hi - I’m from Bartlett IL and love love love getting your emails - you are such an inspiration to me! Thanks, and keep up your very talented work!!!!!
Michelle,
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent. I have been in awe of your artwork since I first saw it on SCS. IAnd thanks for the opportunitys to snag some great goodies. check in every morning from Columbia, SC.
I get your daily email and really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing. I am from Stillwater MN.
Loving your blog here in Gainesville, FL …”Title Town” since Univ of FL won the NCAA basketball and football championships in 06, and the QB won the Heisman trophy in 07…brag, brag! Soon moving to Panama City, FL. I see your very popular here in the Sunshine State
Michelle, I look forward to your blog each day. I will certainly miss you at Gina K! I’m from Madison, Wisconsin (I think the 3rd or 4th reader from Madison on your blog). I’m so happy that your blog is so popular and glad for whoever it was that encouraged you to start it. Thanks for all the tutorials! You are the BESTEST!!!!
Karen3000
Hi, I’m from Australia and I think I mentioned in my yesterday’s post, that I live on 130 acres with NO visible neighbours = yippee! I love the absolute peace and quiet we have. We used to run sheep but now only have Clydesdale harness horses and Belgians.
I don’t see anyone from one day to the next (other than my husband!) and it can be two weeks before I go into town, which is about 30 minutes away.
We are about 1-1/2 hours from Melbourne.
We see many kangaroos and where we lived before, quite a few wombats and echidnas.
Cheers for now, Valda
Michelle: I live in Surprise, Arizona. Every day I look forward to seeing your email of the day. Your use of color and techniques makes me want to stop everything and try one of your projects. You give so much of yourself in your works of art.
Thanks for sharing all your creative pieces.
Ashley Anderson
Michelle,
I live in Pickerington, Ohio - just Southeast of Columbus. If you ever do a class in the area I would love to attend!
I look forward to your tutorials and try to check daily if possible but with a 15 month old in the house sometimes I “save up” and look at several posts at a time.
Michelle I LOVE receiving each of your wonderful tuts and always amazed how prolific you work with each new card. It’s not at all surprising that you should need a little time out to attend to other things that happen in your life/household too. I’m from Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia. It is indeed interesting to know where each of your commentors/subscribers live. Enjoy your day ….
I’m “blurfing” and collecting dust bunnies in Minneapolis, MN. Love your stuff! You are my heor!
Golly, I was so excited I could not spell “hero”! Sheesh- must need to make dinner!
I am an American Expat living in Hong Kong with my husband, 13 years now. Love your blog
How excited you are taking off for your grand daughter birthday have a wonderful time and take plenty of pictures of the of the little one and family cannot wait Michelle to see what you will have for us on friday Earline in Yuma Arizona where it can get to be 118 to 120 degree pretty Hot you think?
I look forward to all your tutorials Michelle. Isn’t it fun seeing where are your fans live! I’m from Deer Park, WA.
Michelle,
I check your blog every morning from the Hog Capital of the world, Kewanee, Illinois. I feel like I have traveled around the world today reading all of the above. You truly are an amazing talented artist! I want to be just like you when I grow up!
Admire your blog each day. I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Your work is simply amazing. Your tutorials are wonderful too. thank you
I check your wonderful blog every day. I’m originally form Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and am currently living in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada on beautiful Vancouver Island
Hi! michelle, I’m calling you ” My daily happiness ” as you can read, you have friends from all over the world. I have a good suggestion to avoid cleaning for a while. Holidays all over the location from this post…lol lol you can go for a ride for almost a year.
Welcome home to Montreal, Quebec Canada, you have a lot of friends here in Quebec
Louise
Giving you a shout out from Hot Los Angeles, California!!!!
I just LOVE EVERYTHING that I see you do on your site and I am so glad someone ontroduced me to it!!!! KEEP UP THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT YOU DO!!!!
Hi Michelle, I’m from Hamilton, New Zealand. Your emails are a real highlight in my day. Thank you for all the wonderful tutorials, I don’t know how you find time to do those let alone any housework!!
Waving from Ypsilanti, MI. Had to defrost 2 freezers today in 90 degree weather. Linda Grady
Checking in from Mason, MI (just south of Lansing).
How exciting to read where everyone is from—makes world feel just little bit smaller.
Hi, I currently reside in Minot, North Dakota. We moved here 2 1/2 years ago from Okinawa, Japan. My husband is in the Air Force that is why we’re here. We’re both originally from Kentucky. I have alot of family in Ohio (Parma, Cleveland, Wadsworth areas). I have 2 boys one almost 8 years old in 2 weeks and one that is 8 months old.
Anyway, I think you’re very creative and talented love seeing your art creations!
Love your tutorials, and check out your blog daily. I’m reading from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Enjoying your blog from Rocky Mount, NC
Newer faithful friend in Des Moines IA—Love your work and hope to meet you someday!
I love your blog and check it dailey. I am from Deweys,
Oklahoma. I can’t wait to retire so I can have more time to
try all your neat tutorials.
I greet you from sunny Puerto Rico!
Hello from Bellbrook, Ohio and Happy Birthday to your Granddaughter! I love your art and look forward to all the tutorials. You are a wonderful artist and teacher!
Hello from Little Rock, Arkansas ….
When I was old enough to share the heavy duty housework chores in my pre-teens and teens .. my Mom and I would write all our chores on pieces of paper and then we would each draw them one at a time. Sort of like a suprise to see what you got! Of course, some chores had to be done before others .. so we would just fold them back up and draw again …
I am now in my late 40’s and to this day I hate housework! As I look across the room .. I see a little pile of folded pieces of paper with chores …. not quite as fun when it is just you do the chores .. but it is a little suprise on what you are going to do next …
Just thought I would share ….
Absolutely LOVE your blog!
Hugs,
Kimberly
Hi Michelle,
After spending all my life in Ohio, for the last four years, Rio Rancho New Mexico is the place I call home. Don’t miss the humidity at all!!! Love your blog, it’s the first thing I check everyday.
Happy Birthday to your grand daughter and thanks for sharing all your beautiful work!
Guess I’m the only one that has posted from way down south in Alabama, love the tutorials, I’m more of a visual person….you do AWESOME work….maybe someday I can do one like the work you do…just maybe…
Wonderful Michelle,
Just a short note to thank you for your inspirational tutorials. They are just amazing and you are so terrific to go to the trouble of posting them. Just wanted to let you know how much you are appreciated.
Very best wishes
Rochelle
Thanks Michelle for an awesome blog that I watch every day. Thanks for the laugh today - really needed that!
Tampa, Florida is where I have lived for the past 9 years. Before that - East London, South Africa.
Love your tutorials Michelle, I’m from Melbourne, Australia.
Hi.. I live near Grand Rapids, MI and my house is a mess.