LOL I've been working on some articles today, and I keep taking breaks to browse the forum threads! I need to do more writing, less (figurative) leaping about.
Cottage Garden Seed Swap & Chat #23
LOL - you're just taking an occasional recess!
So glad to hear that Star's Dad came through the surgery all right! : )
Critter, I don't know how you do it either! : )
But, I'm glad you do!
WIB,
SW
Since I make you all laugh all the time, thought I'd share my funny of the day. I've been busy cooking and cleaning all day - it's a snowy day and I decided to build a fire, bake some bread and homemade soup for when the girls get home......then we can play board games in front of the fire. Well, I enjoy cooking and my favorite cooking website is allrecipes.com. Well, I went on their website to browse around and when the website comes up I'm looking at myself. So I log out and then log back in - I'm still there. Check it out http://allrecipes.com/ yep, that's me. I had no idea! LOL!
Edited to say favorite "cooking" website. ^_^
This message was edited Jan 14, 2009 6:16 PM
OK all ya piggies. If ya can hold off postign for a abotu five or ten minutes, I got dial up so it gonna take me a little. I wil posting about 17 pics in a row.
Well today was the day! What day ya say. Piggies flyign day!!!!!!!!!
Here we are all boxed up and ready to go.
Packagaes al in th eback of the car. yes somebody needs to write wahs me on the windows.
Can't forget the most important item. Would be tragic.
Well time to get show on the road and get out the driveway
On the road again. Just can't wait to get on the road again. This piggie sneed a home and so I on the Alabama back road again.
Railroad tracks and stop sign, wonder how many days I can sit here before somebody tell sme go. Oh look somebody was nice enough to spray paint a smiley for me. : )
Dead end. At least the car aint dead yet, but which way do I go. Left to town or right to back home.
As Snaglepuss says I guess I better exit stage left.
Forty mile into town so giving ya few scenic spots on the way.
Local volunteer fire house. Hope I never need em they;d never make in time.
But I better get on down the road further before need to cal them for the fire ya set unde rmy rump to get to po.
Gotta stop for gas and potty break from coffee. : )
Oh look. FOOD!!!!!!! Wonder if anybody would mind if I stoppe doff for a bite to eat? better not chance it. Got refil on coffee. I good to go.
Getting closer. Into town. Phenix City but more famously known as sin city. Wonder what kind a trouble I can get into.
Yes, Piggies, there really is a post office. Now for the fun of unloading and carryign in. Was lucky got the nice post guy and we only took three hours to get everybody tagged and stamped and confirmed.
While the post guy didn't get fazed and we got everythign done. The folks in the post office was another story. I tryign to grab the right boxes to the right tags and folks wanna know why I have packages and boxes line sup on all the tables and on the floor.
But all the Piggie s are flying.
Whoooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo
Look what I get to finally get to sleep in again!
Good night folks: )
Oh Star what fun! Not only do we now have the anticipation of goodies, but we got to follow their route too. You did put little mini cameras in each package so we could watch their trip from your PO to ours didn't you? LOL!
Thanks a million girl. You are...well...one in a million!
(Now how about a report on dad?)
Hope ya enjoyed the tour. : )
Ok, We had 7 Surviors and two communities that all benefited from ya all. Postage for them all came to almost $70.00. Then we had one piggy that folks hit hard that had to travel halfway back aroudn the world.
I wanna tel ya what I did, so ya al don't freak when ya get some of your boxes back with all all them bits and piece sof stamps ya sent. This why it was so long in post office.
I wasn't gonan send the one flyign abroad back with all kind sof stamps on it. Would look very tacky. So yu got the stamps and the amoutn of the stamps ya sent was traded back for change for the longhaul flying piggy. Wante d that piggy flyign nice neat and clean. That box flying back was $30.50 abotu what it cost for that piggy to get here.
So for all thos e who sent extra money. Thank you. Without your help all them surviors would not have gotten anythign cuz no way could I take it on myself. Wen they all get their stuff and start showign ya pictures ya can get a warm fuzzy feeling and know ya just spread some love and beauty into a world of depression and heartbreak adn sorrow.
Now I don't know who did it, and happened to find a note or would never have known about those of you that sent an extra buck for me. Appreciated it. Thank you!
For all the letters, cards and gifts that came in the packages. Thank you very much. Gonna enjopy relaxing with the candle in a hot tub of water in just a little bit.
Til I was boxing some of ya had a little bit of change left and ya didn't say what to do with it, so when i regroup will dmail ya and ask. I sealed everythign before I left so no seeds would be fallign out along the way.
Didn't know til I got to po that some of ya the envelopes was over the limit for an envie and so ya ended up going priority too.
Will try either later or tommorrow and start dmailign everybody with their confirmation numbers.
Those who sent checks. They wil be goign into bank sometime at beginign of next week, wanted to get back home before I broke down in cold again.
I knwo there somethig I forgot and if ya have any questions or wonder why I did something, feel free to ask.
Did the best I could and hope everybody is happy when they get their boxes. Please open carefully. : )
WOW -- who gets that pretty gold bubble envie??
and you literally drive 40 miles to the PO?!! Do we owe you gas money??
Dad is still in hospital. Things not going to good. They need to do some mroe tests and he unable to tak ethe medicine for those tests, so they gonna talk to doc in the morign and see what else they can do, so prayers are still needed.
had hopd to go to po early this morning, but just couldn't leave hous etil I knew he was out of first surgery.
Wow Star, what a job !!! Thanks so much! ^_^
Saying a prayer for your Dad. I hope he is doing better.
Chele, that is so neat about you being "Cook of the Week"! That's a great photo too. You are sooo pretty. :)
>>That box flying back was $30.50
WOW .... that's a lot for shipping, but i guess over seas....
>>Now I don't know who did it, and happened to find a note or would never have known about those of you that sent an extra buck for me. Appreciated it. Thank you!
I know I added a note ... something about spending the extra on a nice cup of gourmet coffee .. something like that.
You certainly did A LOT of work ... and i feel bad that i didnt send more... or maybe some bath salts for relaxation...
Oh forgot KL... Dang if I stil didn't forget to put your littl eoink envie from me in a bubbelr to mail seperate, will put it in the mail in the morning.
Oh and if I messededdddd somethign up don't be afraid to dmail me. I can oink , but don't bite. LOL
Oh I was into packign, grabbign paperwork and buckets almost boxe dmyself up. Had thorwn stuff ito box then was lookig to se who it was and LOL it was myself. : )
I haven't looke din my piggy box yet from ya all, waitign til the first person gets their's. Anticipation...... what the rest of the words to that song. I forget. heheheheh
Ella -- your dad will be in my thoughts and prayers.
tcs. I live for coffee and will be havign me a nice cup on you when I go to town next and can sit and enjoy it. : )
I don't know who gona be the first piggy to get their's but sure hope they say something. I wanna winter sow, not ice sow, which hopefully by the time the ice freeze ends wil be good enough weather to sow.
Phenix City, AL is only about 2 hours from here, so it might be me!!!
Cordele isn't too far either so maybe Deborah.
Wow Star that was so cool! I love all the pictures! : ) Thank you so much for being such a great Piggy Hostess : ) I hope everything is well with your dad, I know it will take time but hopefully soon he will be his old self again. Hugs
Cheles - that is awesome! That must have been so funny happening upon your picture on there. : )
Had to go se what I missed. We playing in the dirt with a celebraty. : ) Way to go Cheles! Since ya so famous, wanna make dinner for all of us tonight. hehehehe
Ella, thank you for doing all of this, you have put a lot of stars in your crown, as my granny used to say.
Please tell me if the postage that I sent was enough. I was one huge piggy pig.
And if perchance I sent too much, have another cuppa joe on me or give your poor car a toot of gas.
will let you know when the trough arrives!
oinky oink oink baa (oops, how did that sheep get in here?!)
Lorie in SC
Thank you Ella! And yes I'll cook dinner - soups on with homemade bread too! :-) Yummy! We just got about a foot of snow, it's all soft and fluffy.......BEAUTIFUL!!
Loved the pics Star..seeing the ground made me smile:)
We just got some of that same snow, and I'm already chomping at the bit for sping to get here.
Ella,
Hope your dad is doing better. Thank you for taking the time to not only bring our packages to the post office, but also giving us a fun tour of your trip. You're the greatest! Did you have enough money from all of us to pay for the shipping, or should we all send you another dollar or two? I think everyone would be happy to pitch in.
Chele, wow a celebrity! That is way cool.
Please, no, Nope nobody needs to send anymore money in. Thanks all for letting me do it. Was fun. And we all ade this journey together so it was fittign ya all ride with me to po. : )
Yeah Ella! What a massive project you undertook and did it with such grace, love and humor! I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to the PO. I kept imagining you driving with a camera up to your face. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of your hard work and how much I have enjoyed making so many new friends. I can't wait to see pics of all the pretty stuff everyone is going to grow this year. Your Dad is still in my prayers.
Yeah Chele! Congrats, and enjoyed another good laugh as I pictured you catching site of yourself on the website. Bet your girls got a kick out of that, too.
Ella! How funny. I loved the photos! I can't believe you have such a journey to town. No rush on the other envie... enjoy a little relaxing.
Thanks so much for taking this all on!
Star,
Thanks for the Update on your Dad. You are all still in my heart and prayers. : )
In answer to your question, I believe the song goes,
"We, can never know about the days to come,
But, we think about them anywaaaay,
And I wonder, if I'm really with you now,
Or just chasing after some fiiiner day.
Anticipation, anticipaation, is making me late,
Is keeping me waaaaaiting,
And I tell you, how easy it feels to be with you,
How right, your arms feel around meeeee,
Oh I, I rehearsed those words, just late last night,
When I was thinking about how right, tonight might be.
Anticipation, anticipaation, is making me late,
Is keeping me waaaaiting,
And tomorrow, we might not be together,
I'm no prophet, and Lord, I don't know natures waaays,
So I'll try, to see into your eyes right now,
And stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days,
Stay right here, 'cause, these are the good the old days,
These are the good old days,
These are the good old days,
These are the good old days,
These aaaare, the good old days!"
Carly Simon
You know, these really are the good old days! Yes, we do have some problems and concerns, but really when you count the friendships and laughter formed from this piggy seed swap, not to mention the seeds we are anticipating, these really are the good old days! : )
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and the photo trip to the PO in town, Star. The postal worker must have been wondering about all those piggy packages! OH, Anticipaaation! : )
'Chele, I'm so proud of you! What a nice surprise! Yes, I'm drooling over homemade bread! Snowing again? Does that mean snow flowers will soon be ablooming? Keep us posted.
WIB,
SW
Ella-wow-what a trip!! Thanks so much for doing this!! And I will keep you and your dad in my thoughts!!
Chele-that is way cool!!