camcas
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Post by camcas on Sept 11, 2019 6:17:31 GMT
What am I missing about these notebook...they look like....notebooks....like you can get from any dollar store or newsagent.....are they printed inside or something? Also - either that piano of hers desperately needs a tune since the move or she need to stick some egg cartons on her walls- all those hard surfaces in her McMansion mess up the acoustics.......
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gradymama
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Sept 11, 2019 9:48:15 GMT
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Post by gradymama on Sept 11, 2019 9:57:10 GMT
Becky is going to “clarify everything in her newsletter” now. Oh, goody. Another 5000 words where she clarifies nothing, babbles about everything *but* scrapbooking, and annoys the crap out of her customers. Wow, her attitude in that last reply pictured is SO wrong! Here's a poor loyal customer panicking to see that the product she loves and needs might not be available and BH is all "I already told you I'll tell you when I'm ready!" Obviously this customer didn't see that previous post, or didn't find that very reassuring (just tell us already, is this it for PL or not). And then she sticks a smiley on it as if that's going to change the bitchy tone of the words! Her interpersonal skills SUCK. She can't explain the situation in a few sentences in an IG comment? at least enough to let this customer know either: buy now while you can, existing stock is all we have left, or don't worry, we're not bringing out new products but we're still making and selling pocket pages. Even if she had to add an "it's complicated" caveat. Maybe try "More details will be in my next newsletter, are you signed up?" She really needs someone else to handle this stuff if she can't hide how annoyed she gets when her customers want the products she no longer wants to sell.
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gradymama
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Sept 11, 2019 9:48:15 GMT
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Post by gradymama on Sept 11, 2019 10:03:55 GMT
New poster (but not new to SB or BH or 2Peas which I adored back in the day. But I’m incredibly disappointed in BH over the last decade when PL came out actually. Sort of lost my love of SB and who knew I wasn’t alone had I only looked here to Becky Bash Yes I hate the word Evolve and Cultivate, always did think HUH? like a vegetable garden. Wtf has that got to do w SB. Had I only known there were so many like minded ppl like me.
Btw. Re the dress...don’t forget the tidy little Mormon undergarments worn underneath and 2 as a medical professional did you know that LDS women are the biggest user of Antidepressants/anxiety drugs in the nation. Yeppers. Look it up Utah #1 (although we do know BH has branched our to AZ). So much for keeping up w the Jones.
Just bring back the old Becky with sketches and lettering and creativity. I’ve moved on ....
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Post by infochick on Sept 11, 2019 15:31:54 GMT
I'm really disappointed about the lack of page protectors. In Canada the selection of page protectors on Amazon is less than stellar, and my LSS sells out of them very quickly. At least Stampin' Up separated from the PL brand, and are offering some. I really hope that WRMK, or even Simple Stories, get back into mass producing 12x12 divided page protectors. I can make my own cards, but I really like the ready made page protectors.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 16:12:43 GMT
New poster (but not new to SB or BH or 2Peas which I adored back in the day. But I’m incredibly disappointed in BH over the last decade when PL came out actually. Sort of lost my love of SB and who knew I wasn’t alone had I only looked here to Becky Bash Yes I hate the word Evolve and Cultivate, always did think HUH? like a vegetable garden. Wtf has that got to do w SB. Had I only known there were so many like minded ppl like me. Btw. Re the dress...don’t forget the tidy little Mormon undergarments worn underneath and 2 as a medical professional did you know that LDS women are the biggest user of Antidepressants/anxiety drugs in the nation. Yeppers. Look it up Utah #1 (although we do know BH has branched our to AZ). So much for keeping up w the Jones. Just bring back the old Becky with sketches and lettering and creativity. I’ve moved on ....I don't think she needs to stay "old Becky". Change is great. I just need her to not be "guru" Becky - always proselytizing about how to "cultivate" our lives. You do you, Becky. And stop w/the obfuscation of the one product line people cared about. At least she's mostly come clean about PL now - months and months after making the decision to can it but never wanting to own up to that decision.
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Post by joblackford on Sept 11, 2019 16:57:05 GMT
Clear as mud. Also, passive voice much? Who pushed that pause button? New products? What does that mean? What new products have there been? Why can't she just address the situation clearly, since 90% of people are worried about albums and page protectors? Also, to me it sounds like maybe they actually have warehouses full of some crap, so who knows? Just buy it all, just in case. A lifetime supply of everything. Such an easy solution. Or, you know, tell her to fuck off and buy nothing, which is what I would do.
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auntmimi
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Jun 22, 2018 18:55:37 GMT
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Post by auntmimi on Sept 11, 2019 17:20:47 GMT
I'm really disappointed about the lack of page protectors. In Canada the selection of page protectors on Amazon is less than stellar, and my LSS sells out of them very quickly. At least Stampin' Up separated from the PL brand, and are offering some. I really hope that WRMK, or even Simple Stories, get back into mass producing 12x12 divided page protectors. I can make my own cards, but I really like the ready made page protectors. The page protectors and envelopes would be the only thing I would miss from her. I keep snatching up those packs whenever I find them at TM. Otherwise, there are so many other sources to get insert cards and embellishments, in the quantities I need (not 4-8 multiples of the same card), with square corners, and in a large variety of colors/themes.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 11, 2019 18:49:47 GMT
I buy up all the WRMK pocket pages when I find them. They are the only ones I find retail other than BH and are better with the sealed outside edge. If they end up going the way of the dodo I do have a fuse, but I’ll probably just use a grid pattern on a 12x12 sheet of cardstock.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 11, 2019 19:07:09 GMT
New poster (but not new to SB or BH or 2Peas which I adored back in the day. But I’m incredibly disappointed in BH over the last decade when PL came out actually. Sort of lost my love of SB and who knew I wasn’t alone had I only looked here to Becky Bash Yes I hate the word Evolve and Cultivate, always did think HUH? like a vegetable garden. Wtf has that got to do w SB. Had I only known there were so many like minded ppl like me. Btw. Re the dress...don’t forget the tidy little Mormon undergarments worn underneath and 2 as a medical professional did you know that LDS women are the biggest user of Antidepressants/anxiety drugs in the nation. Yeppers. Look it up Utah #1 (although we do know BH has branched our to AZ). So much for keeping up w the Jones. Just bring back the old Becky with sketches and lettering and creativity. I’ve moved on ....I don't think she needs to stay "old Becky". Change is great. I just need her to not be "guru" Becky - always proselytizing about how to "cultivate" our lives. You do you, Becky. And stop w/the obfuscation of the one product line people cared about. At least she's mostly come clean about PL now - months and months after making the decision to can it but never wanting to own up to that decision. I don’t need *her* to be anything except business savvy enough to either run her business in a business like manner, hire someone to run her business in a business like manner, OR sell her business so it can be run in a businesslike manner. I don’t GAF if she herself scraps at all or in what format or anything really. Becky the person does not interest me, she is none of my business. Her supposed business is a different story. But, whatever, it’s ok Becky, I’ll spend my money elsewhere. It seems to me like the other companies in the industry are snapping up the customers Becky refuses to acknowledge exist. Square corners anyone? Her square cornered kits flew off the shelves at JoAnns ( & TM ) but no one can seem to discount the rounded corner ones enough. Now if only someone would listen re 9x12 albums . . .
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 11, 2019 19:32:57 GMT
I just checked on Becky’s IG stories and she’s showing a new notebook. Is this the much teased new product that’s coming for us? Another notebook?? Did anyone else find it underwhelming that the new product was shown in the back of her vehicle? I mean coming out of a warehouse or packed on a semi would be better.
That “new” notebook is just a leftover from the live event she had. They were supposed to be an exclusive for the participants of that day only!! Welcome to the board!
As far as Mormon women having a higher percentage of taking anti depressants and anxiety medication, good for them! At least they are able to acknowledge they need help. The religion has absolutely pushed perfection, but they constantly change their doctrine when they start to become more irrelevant. And sometimes it's in their DNA. I tried doing some searching, but can't find the article. My aunt said a recent article came out with a picture of the Relief Society presidency with questions like how many of these women have suffered depression, have a loved one with addiction, have been affected by divorce.... Finally, they realize that women need to know they are not alone and perfection is never possible.
<<------ No longer practicing and takes anxiety and depression meds.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Sept 12, 2019 3:57:51 GMT
Ah, the usual Becky babble. Blah blah notebooks, ‘anxiety’ episode, big ass new house, blah blah. Oh, and she has some gray albums for sale. That’s new. And of course she’s still stringing her customers along. She never actually came out and said no more physical PL, that she’s just pushed a pause button. If only she had one of those on her mouth along with a filter. She goes on and on vaguely about nothing and some of her replies to her fans are just plain rude.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 12, 2019 11:00:02 GMT
some of her replies to her fans are just plain rude. That’s not new! She’s frequently rude to commenters. That is what she did before the big ‘anxiety attack’ and she couldn’t handle the truth she was served from pretty much the entire industry.
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cbscrapper
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Post by cbscrapper on Sept 12, 2019 12:14:22 GMT
Ah, the usual Becky babble. Blah blah notebooks, ‘anxiety’ episode, big ass new house, blah blah. Oh, and she has some gray albums for sale. That’s new. And of course she’s still stringing her customers along. She never actually came out and said no more physical PL, that she’s just pushed a pause button. If only she had one of those on her mouth along with a filter. She goes on and on vaguely about nothing and some of her replies to her fans are just plain rude. Heh. Becky babble. Love it!
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Post by needtime2scrap on Sept 12, 2019 12:51:05 GMT
Someone posted on AEs FB page about what to do now that physical pl is not being produced, basically asking if AE would take it on. There are some who are "oh poor Becky, business is a lonely thing, don't be so hard on her" "demand was down so no supply" I responded with the simple fact that she was asked to make some smart changes and refused so yes she was dropped from the big stores. Customers demanded product and she refused to supply it. I wonder how long to that thread being locked?
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Sept 12, 2019 14:07:15 GMT
The writing has been on the wall re: physical PL so it shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone that it's toast. I stopped following BH on social media a while ago, but did start to follow her new home Instagram account. Now she has turned that one into the endless stories and lots of promotions/giveaways. It's just too much for me. Like I don't need a preachy lesson on how to properly hang a wall collage, but to each their own right?!?!
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prettypaper
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Sept 12, 2019 19:04:18 GMT
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Post by prettypaper on Sept 12, 2019 19:25:45 GMT
Hi new here. I was on 2 Peas and just found this one- so excited to have found it. I NEVER read promotional emails unless I'm looking for a coupon code or something, and I opened her email when it came through. I hadn't been keeping up and was surprised- although I guess I shouldn't have been. I haven't seen her stuff in stores in a long time. I have read through so much of this thread. I always look at Tuesday Morning, and just yesterday popped in one and saw several kits I'd like. I was planning on going to another on my lunch break today and after reading this thread, I knew of some kits to look for- specifically the Click kit. I picked up another kit and they didn't have Click. I walked through the store and did a second pass, and they had just put one Click kit out. I snagged it! V excited. I plan on stocking up now since it looks like there will be no more production from her. I tried to go through all the thread and see where others buy their journaling/pocket cards- I saw Studio Calico and some others. I don't want digital. Where do y'all buy yours? And are there any kits I should be looking for?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 20:06:19 GMT
F8 update (for those, like me, who saw the posts about the F8 family "traveling all 50 states w/8 people in an RV" from Becky's IG):
Day 107, less than 1/3 of the way through their "year in an RV" visiting "all 50 states", the Movara folks ill-f8'ed (see what I did there) trip is over. They're on their way home. They've been down one kid since the start of the school year so their son could do his senior year at home (good call). Now the rest are headed home too.
Hope the kids had a blast (I'm sure they did sometimes), but really, school is important, so is community, so is stability and feeling unstressed about countless breakdowns, where to sleep, where to shower, and not always being on top of each other, etc.
Who could have foreseen that 8 humans living for a year in an RV visiting all 50 states would be an enormous challenge? Oh, right, most of us who saw it for the PR stunt it was.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Sept 12, 2019 20:35:02 GMT
Hi new here. I was on 2 Peas and just found this one- so excited to have found it. I NEVER read promotional emails unless I'm looking for a coupon code or something, and I opened her email when it came through. I hadn't been keeping up and was surprised- although I guess I shouldn't have been. I haven't seen her stuff in stores in a long time. I have read through so much of this thread. I always look at Tuesday Morning, and just yesterday popped in one and saw several kits I'd like. I was planning on going to another on my lunch break today and after reading this thread, I knew of some kits to look for- specifically the Click kit. I picked up another kit and they didn't have Click. I walked through the store and did a second pass, and they had just put one Click kit out. I snagged it! V excited. I plan on stocking up now since it looks like there will be no more production from her. I tried to go through all the thread and see where others buy their journaling/pocket cards- I saw Studio Calico and some others. I don't want digital. Where do y'all buy yours? And are there any kits I should be looking for? Welcome. So glad we could help enable you.
I don't have any suggestions because I really have a solid stockpile these days, so I haven't been picking up many. Hopefully there are some other people here who can be of help.
I do subscribe to the Stories by the Month from Ali Edwards and the monthly kit from Elle's Studio, but both are smaller kits that won't fill up a stash if that's the size of kits you're looking to get your hands on.
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prettypaper
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Sept 12, 2019 19:04:18 GMT
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Post by prettypaper on Sept 12, 2019 20:54:37 GMT
Hi new here. I was on 2 Peas and just found this one- so excited to have found it. I NEVER read promotional emails unless I'm looking for a coupon code or something, and I opened her email when it came through. I hadn't been keeping up and was surprised- although I guess I shouldn't have been. I haven't seen her stuff in stores in a long time. I have read through so much of this thread. I always look at Tuesday Morning, and just yesterday popped in one and saw several kits I'd like. I was planning on going to another on my lunch break today and after reading this thread, I knew of some kits to look for- specifically the Click kit. I picked up another kit and they didn't have Click. I walked through the store and did a second pass, and they had just put one Click kit out. I snagged it! V excited. I plan on stocking up now since it looks like there will be no more production from her. I tried to go through all the thread and see where others buy their journaling/pocket cards- I saw Studio Calico and some others. I don't want digital. Where do y'all buy yours? And are there any kits I should be looking for? Welcome. So glad we could help enable you.
I don't have any suggestions because I really have a solid stockpile these days, so I haven't been picking up many. Hopefully there are some other people here who can be of help.
I do subscribe to the Stories by the Month from Ali Edwards and the monthly kit from Elle's Studio, but both are smaller kits that won't fill up a stash if that's the size of kits you're looking to get your hands on.
Ha! Yes, enable. Thank you! I don't care about the size of the offerings- I never use the whole core kit anyway because I like variety. I'll buy any size so long as I like it! In fact, like others here, I tend to agree that most don't need the massive core kits, since we tend to like variety. Thanks for the suggestions. I found out about the Elle's Studio just today and loved them. I'm glad to hear good feedback on them.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 12, 2019 21:58:13 GMT
Welcome, glad you found us!
I picked up 2 main kits at various places on sale & 2 of the 130 card kits also on clearance. I’m new to pocket scrapping & I mix the pocket pages into my regular albums so I don’t need so many. I clearly do not need 8 or so of the same card!
I’m not much help with where to get cards as I’m new to it. I have made my own with pattern papers & my cameo. I did pick up a couple of SC kits & I’m going to try to pick up the FYC kit at the end of this month. I guess it will depend on your aesthetic
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cbscrapper
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Post by cbscrapper on Sept 13, 2019 0:10:32 GMT
Welcome. So glad we could help enable you.
I don't have any suggestions because I really have a solid stockpile these days, so I haven't been picking up many. Hopefully there are some other people here who can be of help.
I do subscribe to the Stories by the Month from Ali Edwards and the monthly kit from Elle's Studio, but both are smaller kits that won't fill up a stash if that's the size of kits you're looking to get your hands on.
Ha! Yes, enable. Thank you! I don't care about the size of the offerings- I never use the whole core kit anyway because I like variety. I'll buy any size so long as I like it! In fact, like others here, I tend to agree that most don't need the massive core kits, since we tend to like variety. Thanks for the suggestions. I found out about the Elle's Studio just today and loved them. I'm glad to hear good feedback on them. I really like Elle’s Studio. Kelly Purkey also has a nice monthly kit. Feed Your Craft is another option as well as Felicity Jane.
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Post by artisticscrapper on Sept 13, 2019 2:31:02 GMT
prettypaper welcome to the board. A lot of companies sell sheets of pocket cards to go with their collections. You can buy them at one of the online stores and pick and choose what you like.
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camcas
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Post by camcas on Sept 13, 2019 8:44:08 GMT
Sooooooo- I asked what makes her notebook special on her insta and was told-so hard to get “ the quality”so made her own.... That still doesn’t the help me understand why they are any different from an everyday “ quality” notebook for 1/2 the price..... Sigh......
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 9:25:51 GMT
With so many "you guys just don't understand the situation" comments coming from BH, I really really wish that someone from AC would just come out with a statement about what has really happened. I know it won't happen, but a girl can dream.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Sept 13, 2019 12:36:15 GMT
With so many "you guys just don't understand the situation" comments coming from BH, I really really wish that someone from AC would just come out with a statement about what has really happened. I know it won't happen, but a girl can dream. The best we can hope for is for AC to cut ties with this never-ending hawt mess. They could relaunch a limited amount of albums via WRMK as well as page protectors or create a basic album supply brand from scratch, make some pocket page card sets for each collection they launch from under the umbrella and finally hand over AC Digitals to a competent company who'll update the interface and keep the newest lines gone digital in store as soon as they're available. Becky's team is doing a horrendous job with AC Digitals.
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Post by baylorgrad on Sept 13, 2019 14:07:57 GMT
Sooooooo- I asked what makes her notebook special on her insta and was told-so hard to get “ the quality”so made her own.... That still doesn’t the help me understand why they are any different from an everyday “ quality” notebook for 1/2 the price..... Sigh...... I bought two notebooks a few years ago when she had some cover designs I really liked. However, I wouldn't have bought the notebooks had I known or realized that on every page or every other page the words "cultivate a good life and record it" would be at the bottom!
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prettypaper
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Post by prettypaper on Sept 13, 2019 14:18:54 GMT
Ha! Yes, enable. Thank you! I don't care about the size of the offerings- I never use the whole core kit anyway because I like variety. I'll buy any size so long as I like it! In fact, like others here, I tend to agree that most don't need the massive core kits, since we tend to like variety. Thanks for the suggestions. I found out about the Elle's Studio just today and loved them. I'm glad to hear good feedback on them. I really like Elle’s Studio. Kelly Purkey also has a nice monthly kit. Feed Your Craft is another option as well as Felicity Jane. Thanks so much! I'll check all of those out as well. I really appreciate the suggestions. I did traditional scrapbooking for most of my life, then in 2012 found project life and loved it (although I don't do a weekly or monthly, I still kind of do whatever I want like events or around photos) and did that consistently until my son was born, and then life took over. He's 4.5 now and I've been working my way back into it but clearly I've missed so much and don't even know what's out there anymore! Also- I agree about the core kits- but at $6.99 at TM I can easily pay that for 7 12x12 sheets- so even if I just use a bit of it it's worth it to me.
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prettypaper
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Post by prettypaper on Sept 13, 2019 14:20:54 GMT
prettypaper welcome to the board. A lot of companies sell sheets of pocket cards to go with their collections. You can buy them at one of the online stores and pick and choose what you like. Thank you!
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prettypaper
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Post by prettypaper on Sept 13, 2019 14:23:24 GMT
Welcome, glad you found us! I picked up 2 main kits at various places on sale & 2 of the 130 card kits also on clearance. I’m new to pocket scrapping & I mix the pocket pages into my regular albums so I don’t need so many. I clearly do not need 8 or so of the same card! I’m not much help with where to get cards as I’m new to it. I have made my own with pattern papers & my cameo. I did pick up a couple of SC kits & I’m going to try to pick up the FYC kit at the end of this month. I guess it will depend on your aesthetic Thank you! I kind of do the same. I like traditional layout scrapbooking and pocket scrapbooking- so I tend to mix too depending on my mood/how excited I am about the supplies, haha. I've never heard of FYC (I had to google it to see what it was) and I love their kits! Thanks!
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Sept 13, 2019 14:23:33 GMT
So the BIG surprise is actually leftover notebooks from a failed women's retreat now for sale? What am I not getting?
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