Do you get mail on Saturday's Penny???

NO, we dont!!!
Do you? So i guess Jade's parcel didnt come then?

Yes, we do get mail only on Saturdays. No nothing came maybe tomorrow.

What about UPS/FedEx? Cindy, do you get UPS/FedEx on Saturdays & Sundays?

Anybody get there box today??

I need a box fix

no

Sheesh, I need some box action from you guys!!
check your mail...lol

FedEx comes on Saturday.
UPS doesn't.

Is it coming UPS, Triss?

Me too Wrennie!

I have a new vacuum coming by UPS today if that gives anyone a small thrill!

I will live through you getting a new vaccum Loz!!

but the question is...is it bagless?

Yep, and it's a light one that is only 8 pounds....... Geez, I am getting old to get this excited over a vac.

I have a Hoover and its bagless, its so great, you just dump right into the garbage,,,hey i am excited for you!

Oh, Penny...it might be the same one I have. If it is, you can throw it off a very high deck (twice!) and not break it!
If I threw my dyson off the deck I'm sure it would break into a million pieces.

My moms Hoover that is only a few years old starting falling apart really bad....bits and pieces started breaking....and NO she didn't throw it from anywhere.......

I have a Hoover that has a bag right now. My old bagless Eureka ended up dying on me, so this is a replacement.....When you have 3 levels to vac you need at least 2 vacs to do it with.

I just got this one about 2 months ago, i had a dirt devil with the bag, and it started to smoke one day, so i thought i had better get rid of it!!

No kidding! It costs a fortune to smoke these days.
I'm definitely not going keep a vacuum cleaner in cigarettes, too!

It had that lovely smell of burning grease...and i work in a machine shop everyday and i couldnt stand the smell!!!!

I took some pics of the shop too, have to load them, i am coming in again in the morning, so probably then.

No, she still has to operate it...

Hey i thought you were in the shower

Sawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwyyyyyyyy,
could resist that..

Nope, out of the shower and about to put my eyes in and paint them on...

So i am guessing you wear contacts...i hope!

This is so off our garden exchange now isnt it! , should start a topic about our vaccums.

I just realized (because I just got the vacuum cleaner out to vacuum up Lola's mess) that the vacuum I have been throwing off the deck is a Bissell.
...actually I did break one thing on it so far...the little catch that holds it upright...you know, that thing you push down with your foot when you start to use it.

I could write a book about me and my vacuum cleaners!

Vaccums must scream when you take them home...much like house plants do when i buy them to take home

I hope that only happens when you run out of meds Cindy!!

My daughter called...no mail today

Mine may be going UPS or FedEx or mail. Of course whichever way it is going it is going SLOW!

Wish I could send everyone a gift!!!

Me too!

My package has moved. It is 280 miles away now.

This is such fun I've already begun shopping for the next time around,, There are sooo many things on sale getting rid of spring and preparing for fall 75%off a lot of gardening art, bird houses, feeders etc...

Jenn got her box from Jiffy!

She had to go somewhere after she opened it and didn't have time to post it and take pictures.
But, she will!

YEAH!!!! Very exciting!

Wooohoo!

Sheri, Cindy, Penny, Cookinmom, Fernie and Jayhawk

Wow it's getting close to being over now!!!!

That means we can start another one soon!

Yep! Maybe starting Monday I will start taking names. Sound good? Of course I will not start another until everyone gets their gift from this one.

That leaves SHERI. I can't stand it much longer.

It will be there soon Sheri,,

waiting is awful I know

I need a pick me up right now and my mail won't come again until in the morning.

A ton of teens ate me out of house and home and all are down at the old swimming hole at the moment. No package for me today......

Here is what has been recieved
(From -> To)

Wrennie -> Loz
Diane -> Wrennie
Rita -> Angie
Sheri -> Rita
Angie -> Lisa
Loz -> Triss
Cindy -> Christina
Jenn -> G-Mom
Fernie -> Dusty
Dusty -> Jiffymouse
G-Mom -> Angelblossom
Jiffy -> Jenn
Lisa -> Cindy


and the unknowns

Triss ->
Penny ->
Cookinmom ->
Christina ->
Jayhawk ->

So whattya think Cindy....shall we place bets on who is going to be last to receive her package??????

You already know I will be last!

That's what I said from the beginning!

But think of all the excitement and anticipation you've got to have Cindy!

Stay positive! Everyone left will get their package tomorrow! ...right?...

We'll see.......but I won't be home tomorrow. It is my 35th highschool reunion weekend. I won't be home until Sunday afternoon. So if the package comes...I won't be able to get it until Monday.....

I know!
I still get to get excited everyday!

I love it!

And I'm excited for you!

Cindy, I think whoever has you is holding their package just to drive you nuts!

Man, I really WISH that I would've had Cindy's name!

I could've had so much fun with that! SO much!

maybe next game, ehhh?

I hope so!!!!! I know just what I'd send her........

...and I know just what you would send me!

if i got Jify, I'd send her rocks! hear she loves them!

i would LOVE that wrennie i do love rocks, there aren't any here!

Jiff, we have all kinds of rocks here. I have the big, white, shiney ones all around my yard.

cool. does that mean when i come up that way, i can load up the car? you know, i do make it to charlotte about once every 2 years, i'm past due right now...

You bet. We've got them everywhere.

Watch out Jiffy!!! Wrennie has some NICE SIZED ROCKS in her neck of the woods!!!
Especially the ones in the stream (river?) there in town -
I just loved the scenery there!

Sheri - are you talking about the white quartz rocks?
My dad got me some of those from the golf course he plays at - they are in my gardens and look sooooo good!

Cindy, I seen this graphic and thought of you. Sorry just had to post this as you were talking about hoovers.

Thankyou so much Servantheart and Bestofour. I love my package.

It must have come in yesterday. But with the temperatures in the high 90's I don't leave my apartment by noon when the postman comes.

I tried to take pictures but without a flash I couldn't get anything. So here is a list of my goodies.

First of all was the homemade card and I just love it.

It a reproduction of an Orange crate label called Homer Brand and it has a homming pigeon in full flight on the front. I'm going to keep it forever. The colors are so sharp and clear.

Then I received a baby pregnant onion. I really love the onion family and immediately potted this up. I used some of the orchid bark and stones to add drainage to the pot. I'm so excited about this plant. Thankyou so very very much.

Then there are a bunch of really cool seeds. I can't wait to look them all up.

They are:

Sunflower 'sunrise sunset mix'
Columbine 'Purple Granny' (I love columbine)
Laurentia axillaris, blue 'shooting stars' (I bet this is super pretty)
Obedient Plant (I've heard about these but I've never had one. I'm looking forward to it.)
Malva 'zebrina' (Thankyou for sending me these. I'm having a really difficult time harvesting mine.)
Amaryllis seeds (these look way cool)
Tanerfle (I may have misspelled this, my eyesight isn't as good as it once was)
Bush Basil ( I do love the basils. That what originially brought me to the forum. I was looking for information on my sweet basil.)
Cirtoria 'white pea vine' (I can't wait to see about this one. I had rather poor luck with my vines this year, but I just know I'll do better next year.)
Lychnis Flos-jovis 'campion/catchfly'
Mandrumlia lava (these are interesting looking seeds. I can't wait to find out more about them.)
Kalidascope 4 o'clocks
Blue Bonnets, pink
s. compacta 'Tapestry'
Chinese Lanterns (Thankyou for sending these. I only have one green pod so far and I've got my fingers crossed that it produces mature seeds.)
Stawberry Popcorn (This just sounds so fun. I can't wait to try it.)

So thankyou again you two for the suprise package. I really love all the goodies. Of course I now am having a sever attack of planting fever. I wonder how many things I'll have to plant before I can calm down lol.

You all may not see me until Monday lol.

We wanted you to get a surprise too! Although "too" isn't the appropriate word right now because my head is about to explode from the suspense of waiting for my surprise.

I sure hope the rest of you all get your surprises today!!!

Someone has too!!

TK, sounds wonderful!
So who is next?

Another package today from ServantHeart and Bestofour and guess what it is.

It's a Dahlia rhyzome. I can't wait until this evening to plant it. I think these are the most gorgeous flowers and I love the idea that I'm going to have one of my vary own. Thank both of you very very much.

I got a package, too!

I'm trying to find some AA batteries for my camera!

My package came from "over the pond"!

I got my box yesterday, but didn't have time to post. My box came from Jiffy and was loaded with lots of neat-o stuff! I love everything! I am going to try my best to post some pictures of everything, but we're leaving soon to take a buddy of ours out to dinner. He leaves tomorrow to go back to Ft. Hood, TX and we won't see him for 15 months because he's being sent to Iraq. But, I will try my best to get some pics up.

And????? who and what, my dear????

Something to taunt and tease Loz with!



Garden incense.....

...it smells so GOOD!


Super NICE gardening gloves!

Wow..cool, never heard of garden incense?

Check this out!
An air freshener just like this guy ----->
How cool is that?



This thing is awesome!
A neat book with notes, calendar and planner.
I wish I could have gotten a picture of it where the flash from the camera didn't reflect...but I ran out of battery power and couldn't take another one. It is so pretty.



A cooler bag for Pepsi and Jim Beam!

So Neat!!! Great Gifts...How fun...That little smiley guy is great!

A scarecrow!
It will go into one of my houseplants.
That's where I put all my stuff like that so Freckles and Hungry Brown Pup don't destroy them.



OK...a much needed item here.....
You made my day!

I cracked up when I saw the first aid kit!

Lisa, Such a good idea...first aid kit...lol All the gifts were so cool...I had as much fun hearing and seeing everyones as I did my own..So fun!

Here's the Willy that arrived safe and sound.


A quilt address book and "How to Toilet Train Your Cat".


And here is everything else. A little box that is a picture frame. Really pretty doilies that were inside of it, a really cute wind chime, and another small Willy....and a cat photo album.

Oh, that Willy is SO cute!

Jenn....that cat toilet training works!
I had a toilet trained cat once.

This is so much FUN!

Awsome CINDY was not last Love the 1st aid kit hahaha !!


Jenn what an adorable willy!!!

yeah Cindy got a first aid kit,, Be sure to carry that around with you maybe need to put it in the cooler bag with the JB and Pepsi then you'd have a full pledged 1st aid kit!! Nice stationary and the Angel of course is divine! I've never seen a smiley airfreshner like that ---cooool!


Jen.. That willy is nice, he looks pleased as punch standing there with his flowers> nice gift everyone!

Angie, the Bandaid kit was Angelblossom Idea. She begged the person who had Cindy to get her one or a suit of Armour.

I am so glad you like them Cindy. I am sorry it was not a box. And I was getting worried you was not going to get it at one point. At least it went by Air and not by boat, you would of seen this in about 11 weeks.
And you are not the last!!


Laura, I said there was something in there that you would like!

Sheri see the boys love their gloves!!

They think they are for boxing though

YEAH Cindy got her package! Beautiful stuff!

And Jenn, your stuff is great too.

And Tammy, so nice that you got a surprise gift!

Loz, I got the package in the mail today and the sign they sent is perfect. Just wanted to let you know. And thanks!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by princessazlea:
[QB] Angie, the Bandaid kit was Angelblossom Idea. She begged the person who had Cindy to get her one or a suit of Armour.



Hey Lisa it's a start now if we can keep her from reaching for saws and knife's and falling in ponds !! The suit of armor was probably not a good Idea seeings how falling in the pond with it on wouldn't be good

Maybe if I can think of a way to bribe Cindy she'll send me one! That was a LOT faster than the first package huh?

They sent it priority and my PO called me to tell me I could come and get it this morning even though they do not usually open the window on Saturday. Pretty nice of them, I thought.

That's good, I told them that you'd never ordered from them before and it was a gift...and told them I'm sure it didn't leave a good impression of them for your first time receiving things from them. They responded in a hurry to that. But I did tell them that I'd never had a problem with them myself and I've always had good quality stuff, just that I was disappointed in them this time. That was nice of your PO to do that.

Well I will be ordering from them in the future and will make sure I let them know that it was their fast service in replacing the item that helped me make that decision. I was very impressed with how fast it got here.

For those of us still waiting...Monday is the day!!

someone open a new one