Mary -- ROFL! "Back when I was a kid we had to walk 50 miles, uphill, through the snow just to get our 100lb dime bags."

BFF has a magnet on her fridge "When I was a kid, we had to walk a mile to have sex and do drugs". She's a grandmother.

Whaaaat?!!!! I didn't read that, did I?

"in the snow"

Mary -- Ha! That's great!

OMG!!!! Sex in the snow!? Sounds like a liquer drink. Anyhow, doesn't sound comfortable. Sounds like it could have been a form of birth control...hehehe

Good one, Joyful!

Jeanne, just wanted to let you know that I sent my seeds out today, should be with you by Thursday or Friday. Hope I did everything right!

Gloomy, rainy day here today, but that's okay, ya never expect much from Mondays anyway! Good day at work tho.
Talk to ya all later,
Shirley!

The first seeds arrived today and they are from Joyfulflowers - perfectly packaged I might add. I am busy sorting through my own.
I'll keep posting as more arrive. Such fun!
Jeanne

I hit the one week old Walmart, and scored another TWO bags of little ziplocks, plus one of the slightly bigger ones for beans.

Mary E.

This post was edited by cottonwood468 on Mon, Oct 6, 14 at 19:58

Oh this post took an unexpected but fun turn lol. Teen of the 90s here and our dime bags were packaged in seed style bags but tiny ones, like 1"x1".

yotetrapper -- Thank god I'm not the only one who remembers them like that!

What is up with each Walmart only having two packages of seed size? Is it a loss leader to get you in the store?

Are we sending 6 x 9 bubble mailers to receive back, or bigger?

primrose 1x3 I love your Shadowlands description "Shade tolerant, livens: the shadows with smokey taupes, blackened crimsons, ethereal whites,or singed apricots".

Mary E.

This post was edited by cottonwood468 on Tue, Oct 7, 14 at 14:03

Jeanne,

Glad you received my seeds. I had a communication problem with the woman at the post office counter. I handed her my "opened" envelope and said to her, " I need to know how much in stamps to mail this, then I need you to give me twice the amount. Half the stamps need to go into the envelope and the other half on the outside of the envelope."
She looked at me as if I spoke a foreign language, so I had to repeat everything...slowly. Well, she printed out twice the amount, placed half the postage on the envelope and proceeded to "close" it. "Oh no!" I proclaimed. "You were suppose to place the second half in the envelope". With that information repeated a third time, she had to cut open the envelope, then reseal it with tape. Meanwhile, during all this, I was afraid to look back at the faces standing on a growing line. I could just imagine daggers flying toward me. I knew I had become that one annoying person on line that everyone just wishes they were not behind. I left the post office as quickly as possible without looking behind me. .

joyful...don't you just love the USPS????? I have only one PO that I like to send from. They do what I want...always...and never screw up. They listen and understand what I am saying. I do not have to repeat anything! And there is never a line!

Atleast she did not (hopefully) charge you for the tape she used to reseal your bubbler. That is soon to come, I am sure!

Annie

Jeanne --- I mailed my seeds off today. Please let me know when you receive them. I also have a PID number, if you need it.

package mailed this morning.
interesting to hear about other peoples' experience with the usps.
I thought we had the worst post office, but maybe lousy service is the new normal.

Annie and Woodstock,

I do expect it won't be long before there is a fee for placing tape on a package. The weird thing was when I told her to give me the envelope so I could do it myself, she refused saying that once they put postage on an envelope, it is in the hands of the post office and can't be returned.....LOL...rediculous, it's not like I was trying to retrieve it from a mailbox, or was I? She had the brains of one.

Package is on the way Jeanne ...

Jayeanne

I printed out the list of everyone's themes, and I have sorted out which themes I have seeds for and am putting the group of seeds for everyone i can give seeds to in an envelope with their GW name on the front, then all of those envelopes will go inside a big bubble envelope if that is alright, I am also marking how many packets in each envelope

That's what I did, too. It helped me keep track - and I certainly need all the help I can get. I don't know how you're gonna stay sane throughout this swap, Jeanne!

I'll get mine to the post office tomorrow.

~Susie

Is a six by nine bubble envelope big enough for the seeds to be mailed back?

Mary E.

My seeds are on their way.

How exciting to see that more seeds are on the way!
Sorry about your experience with the post office, joyfulflowers. How crazy that she wouldn't let you handle the envelope after she put the stamps on it.

Mary E. A 6 x 9" envelope is fine.

I have already started some sorting and there are some great (and interesting seeds) waiting to make a return trip.

Jeanne

I mailed my envelope today yay you should recieve it monday

Jeanne, seeds went out yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon!!

Thanks much!

Annie

My seeds went in the mail today as well - thank you!

Mandy

Hi ladies. Just checking in. Had a "ruff" day at work. lol. I will mail my seeds in the morning. I have a little lady that I help twice a month. (housekeeping) I told her about OBF. She gave me a flyer with her kind of garden. It reads:

In the garden, we must have turnips.

1. Turnip for meetings.
2. Turnip for service.
3. Turnip to help one another.

No garden is complete without thyme.

1. Thyme for each other.
2. Thyme for family.
3. Thyme for friends.

Water freely with patience and cultivate with love. There is much fruit in your garden because you reap what you sow.

I wanted to share it with you.

NonnaG

Very nice, NonnaG!

Sheri, I received your seeds today - all nicely packaged and labeled. I'll be watching for more to arrive. I've started sorting. I figure if I work with the packets as they are delivered I won't have so much to do towards the end. We'll see how this works. Normally I wait until all the seeds arrive and do a massive sort. LOL

Jeanne

This is my first time packing multiples and it is a learning experience. I'm learning the shortcuts and picking up speed.

Mary E.

Thank you, Jeanne. Your sorting method makes sense. :) Looks like you're going to get a bunch of packages on Friday and Saturday!

Sheri

Getting excited about being able to grow new seeds from this swap. Almost feels like a "seedy Christmas." hehehe

Jeanne -- My seeds are in the mail and should be there Tuesday. On the way home from the post office, I realized I forgot to put postage in the package. I have a card here I will send out with the postage tomorrow.

Promise

Seed packages arrived today from:
sjc48
woodsidetrader.

Thanks, ladies. Wonderful seeds! I had to take a break from sorting to get some things done around the house, but I'll be back to sorting on Saturday or Sunday.

Jeanne

I maled my seeds this afternoon.

No mail on Monday. Columbus Day.

I mailed my seeds this morning. I forgot about Columbus Day, Don, thanks for the reminder. Hope they make it in time.
Alana

I have misplaced my four pages of notes on the themes, with different colored highlighter on what I can send. Annoying, but it won't slow down my package. Working around it.

Mary E.

Packages received today from:
Erica (ericabraun)
(jensyen)
Mandy (I1oness)
(yotetrapper)
(upacreekinin)

I didn't think about Columbus Day when I set the dates. I'll be sure to allow a few extra days for delivery. If everyone will keep posting when they mail it will help me to judge when they might arrive.

I'll start to keep track on this master list also:
Jeanne (me: sandlapper_rose) RECEIVED
Erica (ericabraun) RECEIVED
Sheri (panhandle_seed_swap) RECEIVED
Promise (pmb2005) RECEIVED
Alana (posiondartfrog)
Shirley (sjc48) RECEIVED
Janine (jaynine)
(primrose1x3)
(jensyen) RECEIVED
Michelle (micyrey)
(midwestfarmwife)
(susieqsie)
(joyfulflowers) RECEIVED
(ishareflowers)
(NonnaG)
(woodsidetrader) RECEIVED
Annie (canyonwind) RECEIVED
Jayeanne (pinkiris)
Susan (broweyedsusan)
Mandy (I1oness) RECEIVED
Mary (cottonwood468)
(yotetrapper) RECEIVED
(garretds7)
(upacreekinin) RECEIVED
(rubywing_287_06122013 3)
(dem_pa) RECEIVED
(stefaniechamo) RECEIVED

With those that have arrived so far, we have a total of 680 packs of seeds. I think the grand total is going to be huge! (More now - I'll update the total next week.)

I'll keep updating everyone.
Jeanne

This post was edited by sandlapper_rose on Sat, Oct 11, 14 at 19:32

Mine went out yesterday and the post office guy said it should get there on the 14th or 15th.

Thanks, Jeanne, for the words of encouragement - after I read your email, all doubts disappeared. Until I discovered one page of my list of themes hiding under the coupons on the kitchen table and then I knew why I kept thinking I had forgotten something! So now I don't know if those seeds got packed up. But I'm gonna trust that they're on their way and everything will work out in the end . . . just like you said.

So now I can only imagine you being buried in a giant pile of seed packets!

Susie

found it. LOL Mary E.

Hi Jeanne, I sent mine out Friday the 10th. Thanks!

Hi Jeanne,

I sent an email through garden web yesterday asking for a mailing address. Please and Thank you!

Lisa

I was worried about the holiday too, I'm glad to hear you will allow extra time.

Jeanne,

Thank you from me too for allowing extra time - much appreciated.

Karen

Hi, I have requested the mailing information several times through the GardenWeb and have never received it. I guess you should probably just take my name off the list as there is no way I can get the seeds mailed in time to make the deadline.
Peggy

Peggy We have to work around gw email. I just sent you an email. I'm rushing to get mine out too.

Mary E.

Mailed mine Friday the 10th.

Peggy and Lisa, I just re-sent the information to you by e-mail and through GardenWeb. I have no idea why the first mailing didn't reach you. Please let me know when you receive it. If you can mail Tuesday or Wednesday it will be fine. I have surprised myself by working with so many of the arrivals up to this point that I'm hoping I am a little of ahead of where I supposed my schedule might be now.

I'm sorry people are having trouble getting the message. Please check your spam folder in case it might be there. I have not gotten the e-mail or GardenWeb information from either of you that you hadn't received my address and the rest of the information so it's not being kind to us.

Meanwhile, what great seeds everyone is sending! Many of you have made it very easy for me to distribute the seeds by sending a list or otherwise labeling themes. Thanks so much. All of you are the best!

Jeanne

Jeanne,
Mine are in the mailbox. Hope I haven't forgotten anything.
Janine

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This post was edited by jaynine on Sat, Oct 11, 14 at 20:25

Seeds received today from:
Promise (pmb2005)
Annie (canyonwind)
(dem_pa)
(stefaniechamo)

Plenty there to keep me busy until more mail arrives on Tuesday. I hope some of you have a long weekend due to Columbus Day. I'll update the list above and soon this heading will be full and we'll need a new one and I'll copy it over to there.

Everything that has arrived is great!
Jeanne

It looks like this is the last post that will fit on this heading so look for the newer one!
Jeanne