all is calm right now here on the home front my step mother is with her family till they get her weight down sugar leveled out & the sodium level up bit . need to get my yard mowed today it is warm out there . don't need a heat stroke :( susan : so sorry you can;t be with us for awhile :) but if & when you ever want to come back in for trades please feel free to do so :)) Beth I believe you are the only one of the group that has not Hosted since we started the group & would like to ask if you would like to take on the SEPT swap theme ?? can you let me know ? SANDLAPPER/JEANNE I don't think you have hosted either right ? Is there anyone in our group who has not hosted a swap yet ?? I need to get my paper work up-dated . here is what I have so far correct me if I'm wrong . or if you feel you will not be able to do your monthly swap . wish everyone a safe weekend susie JANUARY ---KLICKITAT--- FRUITCAKE SWAP FEB-----LLBEAN------VALENTINES SWAP MARCH---DIZZYDAFFODIL----butterfly swap APRIL----AMYBABYBOY---EASTER LILY SWAP MAY----RAGGEDYANNE---PLANT SWAP JUNE---LIL_GREEN_THUMB---PATRIOT SWAP JULY --SKOHLER---INDEPENDENCE DAY SWAP AUG---SASSYD---COOKBOOK SWAP SEPT --- OCT---LUNAMOON-- HALLOWEEN SWAP NOV--SGUANZON-- DEC-- CEDARNEST--- XMAS HOSTED 06-07 LIST AMYBABYBOY3 /AMY -----------APRIL 07 BETH_B_KODIAK/BETH ??????????? BRITNEYGRAN/SHIRLEY-------SEPT 06 CEDARNEST/NANCY-----------DEC 07 DANCINGMOON/TRISH ----- TAKEN TIME OUT DEBBYA/DEBBY------------------NOV 06 DIZZYDAFFODIL/SUSANN-------MAR 07 EARTHLY DELIGHT/MARYANNE-----DEC 06 GIVERNY4ME/SUSAN--------------TAKEN TIME OUT KLICKITAT/JULES------------------JAN 07 LIL_GREEN_THUMB/KIM ------ JUNE 07 LLBEAN/LAURA----------------FEB 07 LUNAMOON/JENELL----------OCT 07 MELLEN/MARYELLEN--------APRILL 06 MMQCHDYGG/TINA ???????? NYVOICES99/ANITA---------JUNE 06 RAGGEDYANNE/ANNIE------MAY 07 REMY/REMY-----------------OCT 06 SANDLAPPER_ROSE-------- SASSYD/DIANE--------------AUGUST 07 SGUANZON/SUE------------NOV 07 SKOHLER/SUSIE ------------JULY 07 THERESA24/THERESA-------MAY 06 VEEJAY11/CAROL -----------JULY 06 ZABECC/ELIZABETH ??????

Thanks, Bob, it's still 'Greek' to me. "One could be better, but not necessarily, a big cache could be good but might not be......" DA I don't want to deal with the software problems. It's an office with printers, scanner, optical scanning, word processing and medical software. The medical software has been fixed (this month) to work on Vista. The fellow from the company said if we could get XP, get it. The other computers are all XP and they have to work together. They will share files and the same programs. I don't want to deal with getting the equipment to work or have to buy new hardware. If it were a machine for home use only, I might chance it, but for the office it just will create major headaches. As it is now, our year-old computer came with Office 07. The other machines have Office 03. They do not work well together no matter what balony MS states. When I try to move documents from one machine to another, it messes up the document even though they are saved as .doc. We can't afford to change everything or hire someone to try to get everything to work with each other. The other computers are not old. But they came with XP because MS took forever to release Vista. We needed new machines last year. This is why Dell and Toshiba still sell XP on their business machines. We aren't the only place facing these problems. Thanks for your help, Jane

Thank you so much for replying Minnie. I went back to Michael's and bought the $25 pair of five or six scissors (with a half off coupon of course, I love those coupons). They cut a little better but again, some would get stuck on the metal piece on that first swipe down. Others, again, got caught on the cardstock or paper and ripped/shredded a bit and it looks so unsightly on my projects. I ended up bringing those back too. I think I will try the Martha Stewart or other "rotary cutters" next. Again, they're pricy but with coupons I can get them for about $14 or $15. I think the store might be getting tired of me buying these things and bringing them back. However, tonight I showed the gal on the returns register how they would get caught closing them down or ripping the paper. She could understand why I brought them back so I didn't feel so bad. They all know I'm a gooooood customer at Michael's!! Sal

Love your Jiffy topper. It is so cute. For those who are asking for more info here are some sites for inspiration. Some have how-tos and one is for graphics and another with a template. Here are some sites that might help you. http://www.primdoodles.com/printables21.asp http://www.itsjust4u.com/popcorntopper.html http://alenkasprintables.com/jiffypop.shtml Some cute graphics http://home.att.net/~scorh3/ChristmasPage.html And, a template can be found here http://www.jersgirl.com/templates/jiffypop_jersgirl.jpg