Welcome back to designing Brook!
 

I am excited to see you back to designing and chatting in the forum.

I'm glad life has settled down and you are able to join us again. I look forward to seeing your new goodness in the Shoppe.

And someday I am going to meet you! I don't live too far away.

Yessss!!! Thank you for the welcome back, Melinda! :wub: I am so excited to be back. Life is certainly not much slower or settled, though. :) The kids and I just started our 7th year homeschooling! It’s a lot more work now than it was when they were little. Algebra is killing my creativity :D LOL I just realized this was something that I couldn’t let go of, and the longer I went without designing the harder it was to create something new. It’s encouraging to know there are people excited to see me back... that’s a great motivator to keep going, so thanks for that. :)

Where do you live? Do you follow me on Instagram? I’m a south fl beach bum.

Homeschooling is a job in itself! Not sure if there's homeschool co-ops there, but they saved me with homeschooling high school so I didn't have to teach chemistry and physics! And teaching textbooks has video instruction for math, also wonderful, in our experience. I just graduated from homeschooling - my youngest son just graduated!

Here's to jumping back in designing - yay!

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Yes, it’s a full time job! We have a ton of co-ops in the area. My son did a science class in a co-op last year which was awesome because I’m terrible at setting aside time for science experiments and hands-on activities. And this year he’s doing a few more classes at that co-op, I’m hoping it teaches him more independence so I can focus more on my 5th grader. Our science teacher at the co-op is amazing... she is amazingly smart and engaging.

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You're doing amazing. Thank you for new templates. Snatched them right up. <3

I don't think I need to say how much I love you. I think you know already. :wub:

Excited that you are designing again!

I LOVE sneaking a peek at your life via Instagram, and that's why I don't complain TOO much about your design break. You spend a lot of time designing a beautiful life, and I fully support that. BUT I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DESIGNING BEAUTIFUL DIGI PRODUCTS AGAIN, TOO!!

Welcome back! It's amazing that you can home school AND design such great stuff.

So glad to have you back Brook!

And kudos to you for homeschooling! I could never do that even if I wanted to. I can barely plan a birthday party... let alone school work! lol

Yay! Can't wait to add even more Brook to my stash!

Welcome back, Brook!! Homeschooling is definitely a full-time job. I homeschooled all 3 of ours at one point or another. Our youngest decided he wanted to go to public school for high school, which was a really good thing because he LOVES math, and it is not my forte! When our daughter was in junior high, I actually told my her algebra teacher that I didn't believe numbers & letters should go together. He wasn't sure how to take that! :p
Good luck & hang in there!! There are days where just hanging out together is an accomplishment!

Yey! All good news!!

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Awww!!! You guys seriously make a girl feel special! Haha :o :wub:

Ditto :D:wub:

you know that we love you and miss you Brook :wub: :hugs:

When she posted her new templates for the babes behind the scenes...this was me...
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