Trivia Game - LAST Crop Cash Opportunity!

Ok.  This is the last one... on the blog and/or by email, anyway.  There will be tons of opportunity at the retreat to earn more CROP CASH, so don't worry!  Answer these 7 trivia questions by sending me an email with the answers.  This time, you DON'T post them here.  You just email me the answers at jmpurves@mchsi.com.  I'll be sending this out by email, too and you can simply reply to that email!  To answer some of the questions, you may need to refer back to emails I've sent or blog entries I've made.  Some, you may have to dig for!  Some you may have to guess!

1.  How many people are signed up for this retreat?
2.  How many items will be up for auction at the infamous CROP CASH AUCTION?
3.  What is the name of the hotel where this retreat is being held?
4.  How much in CROP CASH is a homemade snack worth?
5  What direct market scrapbook company am I a consultant for?
6.  How many people who have responded to me are attending this retreat as their very FIRST retreat? 
7.  How much CROP CASH do you think you have earned SO FAR?

You will earn $100 for EACH correct ANSWER!!!

Get that response to me quickly!  Remember CROP CASH earning on this blog or by email will close at 5:00pm Monday, April 12th.  Don't be late!

Drop and Swap Table

Cherry has asked for more information about the Drop and Swap Table!  This is a place where you can bring your scrapbook supplies that you no longer want.  You just leave them on the table.  And while you're there, take a look around and see if there's anything that you want!  And if there is, you just take it!  And keep checking back and people arrive and add to the Drop and Swap Table, the selection gets greater and greater!  Sometimes, as people are actually scrapbooking, they find things they just don't want anymore and they take them to the Drop and Swap Table!

It's really fun to keep checking back from time to time.

Then, at the end of the retreat, whatever is left over is packed up by one of our retreat goers (Debbie) and she takes it all to a local women's shelter.

So if you decide to drop something off at the table, come to me at the retreat and I will give you $100 in Crop Cash for doing so!  (This is a one-time Crop Cash payment!  I have to be clear about this stuff because SOME people will try to get more CROP CASH than they know what to do with!)

That's it!  Just an added little thing at our retreats!

One Week from Tonight!!!

Exactly ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT, I start (or maybe I should say FINISH) packing.  I have a lot done already, but I have a lot left to do!  And get this, I still have to finish my TAXES!  And we all know when THAT deadline is!!!

And then... ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW, we head down to Branson to start setting the room up!  WOOHOO!  When I hit that ONE WEEK mark, I really start getting excited, freaking out, going crazy... and any combination of the 3.  At any given time, I could just be laughing or crying!  But you know what.  This is the absolute best time!  I love this week.  I love the anticipation of seeing everyone.  I love the idea of getting the room ready.  And I get so excited at just getting there.  I hope you are getting excited, too! 

Be watching tomorrow night... I'm conjuring up another CROP CASH OPPORTUNITY.  Sadly, it will be the last one... on the blog at least!  So, get ready and be sure and check the blog tomorrow night!

Blog Comments and Earning Crop Cash!

We are getting SO close now!  SO CLOSE I CAN HARDLY STAND IT!

SO.... just FYI... there will be probably ONE more CROP CASH OPPORTUNITY and then... we must stop!  For the BLOG anyway...

All blogs and comments will remain open until Monday April 12th night at 5pm at which time they will CLOSE and you can no longer earn CROP CASH (we have to have time to calculate the millions of dollars of CROP CASH being earned!!!)  Ok, maybe not millions of dollars!!!  BUT A LOT!

So, mark your calendar for Monday, April 12th and be sure you get comments on all of the CROP CASH OPPORTUNITIES you can!!!

A Couple More Pieces of Information!

Suzy and Beth asked me this question and I think it's important enough to tell everyone the answer!!!  They are coming in on Friday and wanted to know how early they can arrive. 

Here's the deal... I don't really care how early you arrive, but if you want breakfast (served at 9) or lunch (served at noon), just let me know and you can pay when you arrive.  You can have breakfast with us for $5 and lunch for $6.  You can even bring your own food in if you want!

The reason you can't arrive earlier than 1 on Thursday is so I (and my team) have time to get the room set up!  Plus we don't have food being catered in. 

A couple more things I've thought about.

1. Bring an extension cord (or power strip) if you will have power items at your work area.  I've tried to set the tables up to optimize the outlets, but it would just be a sad day if there weren't enough places for you to plug in your Cricut, your computer, your printer, your light source, your craft gun or whatever else you may be bringing!
2. There will be a Drop and Swap table.  This will earn you $100 in CROP CASH to leave whatever you are going to leave.  This is too hard to keep track of, so it's a one amount deal.  So you know... feel free to leave and pick up whatever you like.  Whatever is leftover at the end of the retreat was taken by Debbie last year and donated to a woman's shelter... I hope she will do that for us again this year!
3. Last year, everyone got one of those pop-up trash cans.  Not doing that this year!  So, don't forget to bring some type of trash receptacle for your area if you want to have one there.  There are big trash cans throughout the room that they pick up for us, but sometimes it's just more convenient to have a small receptacle at your own space.
4. If you have ANY questions for me, don't hesitate to ask!  Or send me an email!  This is YOUR Retreat and I want you to enjoy it as much as possible and I want to help any way I can!

Back to organizing and packing!

Happy Easter, Everyone

Just a quick note... no CROP CASH!...

Happy Easter, EVERYONE!!!

Let's Get to Know Each Other - AND earn CROP CASH!

Ok... In less than 2 weeks, we are going to be spending 3 days together!  Can you believe it's getting that close!!!  I can't, but I am SO ready.  I really am!

So, it's time for more CROP CASH!!! - Leave a comment, answering these questions and you will earn $200 in CROP CASH!!!

1. Is this your first retreat or have you attended others?  If you've attended others, how many?
2. If you've attended a retreat before this one, what words of wisdom do you have for our "newbies".  I'm sure they would appreciate any thoughts.
3. Are you one who will be up early having coffee with me at 6:30 or 7 in the morning or will you be closing the room down at night?
4. Are you a coffee drinker?  If so, when?
5. Are you planning on getting a ton done or are you going to be happy completing a couple of pages or cards?

Remember, leaving a comment with your answers will earn you $200 in CROP CASH.

Just an update on my planning... Prizes are done.  CTMH orders are in.  Tombow orders are in.  Name tags done. Goody bags DONE!  Food ordered.  Rooms reserved AND paid for.  Room layout and seating chart done.  Signing in stuff done.  Stuff being gathered in my living room room is growing.  Arrangements made to haul stuff to Branson. 

Still to do... Print more CROP CASH! Shopping for last minute stuff (list continues to grow!)  Organize what I am going to take and work on (organize?  what's that?).  Finish Crazy Cropper Pass or Play game envelopes.  PACK, PACK, PACK!

I love it when the done list gets bigger than the TO DO list!!!  I am getting SO excited.  When I have to sit and think about what still needs to be done, that means it's getting SO CLOSE!

Ok... it's time to leave your comments and earn your CROP CASH!