The Back Page – Little Monkeys

It’s going to be a while before we find out the winners for the PaperCrafts Stamping Royalty contest.  I got word today that the winners will be released in the Nov/Dec 2008 issue which comes out on newstands in early October.  They’ll post the announcement on the website around the same time.  Oh, the torture!!!

So, settle in and enjoy the rest of Wimbledon, the Tour, the Olympics, beginning of school again, US Open, and the Vuelta (Tour of Spain – the 3rd grand tour in cycling), the beginning of football season, too.  Oh, and don’t forget another color set release in August and the design team call coming soon.  Sounds like plenty to keep us all busy, right? 

July means it’s time for our lives to shift into “Tour Schedule.”  Tour de France, that is.  Starting this Saturday and through the following three weeks, our attention turns to the Tour.  Live coverage in the mornings (especially those early mornings for the longer, more grueling mountain stages!), repeats in the afternoon, wrapped up each night with another viewing.  Ah, good times!    I generally only get to see the evening shows or the early morning stages, but thank goodness for that much!!!  It wasn’t so long ago that all we got here in the US was a 30 minute wrap-up on Saturday afternoons.  So, are you getting ready?  hehehe