Thank you thread!

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WOW! What a weekend! I just wanted to thank everyone who played a part in making this such a fun/wonderful weekend. I'm not a regular to Mouse Scrappers - though I would like to be, a silly thing called a job usually gets in my way. Last year was my first Marathon and I love every page that I created so this year I for sure wanted to play again. Thanks for all the wonderful challenges. It really changed how I scrapped (made me be faster!) and opened my creativity in a new way. This is awesome and I want to scrap this way more!

As a newbie to this site, some things really helped me. Cynthia Young's "MouseScrappers Speed Scrap Checklist and Credits", couldn't have done the marathon as efficiently without this. A suggestion, maybe to add for next time, a line at the top to say how many hours until the next speed scrap and a line for "finished", "Posted", "Updated Master Thread" and "downloaded PP". I was scribbling notes all over the form and it so helped to keep me on track and all my info in one place. Thank you Cynthia!!!

The other thing I had a hard time with was, where to post everything and which links to use. I kept looking for some sort of instructions and wasn't quite sure if I was doing it right. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I did!
It took me about 15 minutes to post each layout.

A Huge thank you to all of the Hostess' who gave extra time! Last year I was so exhausted at the end of the Marathon that I didn't touch my computer for days. This year, due to the extra time, I feel like I was able to take a little extra time on my pages and manage my time better and I'm not exhausted! So THANK YOU!

The PPs are wonderful and I would like to thank all the designers who gave so freely. You guys are awesome! Due to some of the prizes last year, I found new designers that I didn't know about before . . . and I love finding new scrapping goodies so thank you designers!