Okay, Medo and CarolynP effectively twisted my arm! I'm in! I see some things that I can fill requests for, too, which is going to be such fun! I am concerned over the names that noone else has picked to send to yet. Is there any way we can pick from the list of people that haven't been picked yet to be sure we're sending something to everyone? I'd love to volunteer to send things I have to several of them to be sure to spread the holiday spirit more evenly. Just LMK how you want to handle that issue, Kym, okay? I'd be happy to wait until you get a list from other people of who they're sending to before I pack up my seeds. Here's my list. The first two are my biggest wants; the rest are simply in alphabetical order: 1. Fruit - (anything that makes good fruit for eating/canning when grown from seed) *BIGGEST WISH* 2. Vegetables - (just about ANY not on my list as I'm collecting seed from tons of stuff to hopefully have an insanely huge stash to plant from and share) * Bay Laurel Tree (Bay Leaves) * Berries (any edibles) * Chinese Lantern (prefer named varieties) * Corn, Ornamental - (any variegated variety) * Custard Apple - (any variety) * Figs - (any variety) * Grains, Ornamental - (any variety) * Grapes - any named * Hazelnut Shrub/Tree (or any edible nut shrub/tree that comes true from seed) * Kale - Redbor * Lettuce - Merlot * Miracle Berry / Miracle Fruit * Passion Fruit Vine - (I would like to grow any named varieties) * Saw Palmetto * Squash/Gourd/Pumpkin - (any uncommon varieties) * Tomato - Hawaiian Currant * Tomato - Ildi * Wonder Egg (tropical fruit plant) Blessings, Angela

Here is a list of screen names of all whom have contacted me...PLEASE CHECK AND MAKE SURE I HAVE YOU LISTED. Flwrs4ever sueirish poisondartfrog flwrs1 ishareflowers highalttransplant kamiljablo spookycharles wishdesign danette1980 stpehiinalta cottageflowers lhmkc grannieb vikingkirken candycow aproditelaughs riley17 daffodilady booberry85 nikkineel daisy_lee medontdo msmacgyver playintheyard greenthumbgrows peaches20 wenders67 carolynp micyrey carolinam quiltingfox mommyto2 ncgardengirl dirt_under_my_nails anadarko_rose dimples31312 nuthatch_mo ggwrn luvgardening2 dirtdiggin lisa627_ohio_z6 kimsgarden hmle2217 ptp813 nogmo jaleeeisa botanicalboi plant-one-on-me chellflower divahethr markcase1964 crisann margarita10 kiddo proudgm_03 debdov colcol wipe_yo_feet pumkingal scooter_wv puffie sheriannricherson velsgarden chitownladyd wind_red wishdesign danette1980 stephiinalta cottageflowers nlb52 threas zena2008 vic_zn5 michiganmama pife sunset_in rbrady spacetomato suze62 stevenwayne kerai mao_tse_mom isamae carol57078 seiko mpmom ilovefarac dirtduchess misskimmie dirtygert paulan70 vikingkirken dawnbrn intelkid appaloosa909 lindalana andreaz6wv kellycomposter plantman50 sybilkrizinski keeversgirl gimpytwice soonergrandmom retsec angelady christieb199 agirlsgirl greenbug fcofill james-in-lapine seedmama pseudacris_crucifer justonemorehosta louisianagirl patrushka daisy_lee dan_the_mail_man goldfishliberator princess_ariel thinking_stomach taz56 votetrapper shropshire_lad elf7 w9yards november_sky lois ohsillyme godsgardener morguegirl dancinginthegarden girlgarden2007 gmom2_6 boys pufftrinket crafting4goddess tergov erin_2009 piksi_hk hummy1 auntnawnee ak110682 chemocurl jworth gammy2 maemae0312 bonechickchris jas_il deeS perennialfan273 diggingdevil GROVESPIRIT PLEASE DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD ANYMORE, GO TO THREAD 3...AND POST WHEN YOU MAIL, OR RECEIVE, AND KEEP CHECKING IN, WE WILL BE PLAYING SOME GAMES !!!!!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you booberry85 for the wonderful fabric and the seeds: pansy, cantaloupe, tomatoes, Navajo melon, and spinless okra. Will plant those beautiful pansy seeds today!! Thank you for helping me have a wonderful Christmas. :-) All my big quilts have dark green in them so the fabric is perfect. And yes chemocurl it has been a while since I was on the Test Forum so I did have to peak at my notes to make things red. :-) Pulled all the Christmas decorations out today. GFETE Best to you and many thanks, quiltingfox

Well of course there's those who want to believe and those who want to try to make something out of fun that simply isn't so. If I saw children who were so traumatized that they would distrust their parents over Santa Claus, then those are clearly incompentent parents and should not have children in their custody. Clearly there's a lot more reasons why those children distrust the parents and I dare not even ask what they're doing to those poor kids. We grew up without a lot of the Santa hoopla. But there was "Santa". We all figured it out at an unusually young age. Maybe the hints? Maybe we were smarter or more able to analyze things? Maybe dumb luck? I don't know and I don't care. We were raised with more of the spirit and meaning of the holidays than on the giftwrap. But like mashed potatoes and gravy, Christmas and presents were part of it. My mother died at an early age. The last couple weeks of her life, two cousins, both LPNs stayed with my parents to help out. I knew my mother appreciated this since it enabled her to be at home when she died. I knew I had to do something special that year. Didn't take long to figure out a present for each of them. One enjoyed photography and used instamatics all her life. Easy choice, eh? Yep a camera. The other just got a new car and had just an AM radio. A car stereo. So they were wrapped up and the tag said who it was from. Need I say? Santa. They were both kind of mystified why I was giving them a present and saying Santa until I asked them you DO know who Santa is, don't you? One blurted out YOU! and all of a sudden the other's jaw dropped and a tear came to her eye and said "I know who she is". I've done a lot of things in my life for which I'm proud, but this one rates up there toward the top. I know I brought true JOY in this world, but this I'm sure brought a lot of happiness in another world if there truly is one. So whether you believe in other worlds, Santa, "good" and "bad" vibes, karma or whatever, it's the spirit in the person that matters. So whether you want to traumatize your kids or celebrate with them, here's hoping every good person here has a happy Christmas (yes even if you don't believe in Christmas) and a healthy and prosperous new year. Gledelig Jul! BTW, Joyful, since you Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving about a month before we do in the States, have you already celebrated Christmas??? One other thing I've often wondered... for the people who are so "honest"... do they also tell their kids that Christmas is about retail greed and refuse to accept any presents, cookies and goodies or the Christmas dinner? Just kind of curious. :D