Thank you so much!! I can't wait to send you some goodies. I emailed you for your address, not one email, two emails, can you tell I am excited?

I did sent my address out to Everyone- so if you didn't receive the email from me, please let me know. I'll resend it...

Deb

My first GOTM box arrived from Nicole! Here it is...

Chuckie cheetah had to check out the neat cat toys Nicole sent! He loves looking through packages!

Nicole sent- a bunch of neat gardening items! Thank you so much Nicole, I tried to get everything in the picture but it was impossible! Wow, I'm thrilled, and will use everything you sent!

I'll list quickly what Nicole sent-

Stickers, super cute! Vinyl wall art that says "God Bless our Home"- it's really nice. Tomato grow bag, few yummy smelling soaps, they smell so good, it made the entire box smell like a lemon pie! Big bag of bird seed, 3 birds that electronically chirp (Chuckie found them first- and was trying to take one!) 3 veggie seed pods/miracle grow, 3 strong garden tools, hot pink pot for plants, and I have the green glass butter fly hanging off of it for now, super cute little knome, plant labels- I need these all the time, both for violets and garden plants, seeds-gray striped sunflower, teddy bear sunflower, black plum tomato (my favorite type- I also love black krim!) Oh, and mammoth sunflower too- and Abe Lincoln tomato/seeds! 2 micro terrariums- one cactus, one brain! LOL!! A Sunflower kit with pot, solar butterfly, little peat pots that expand. Soap making 'flower' kit. Wow- what a nice box! Thanks Nicole!

Hugs,

Deb

I luv the pic of your chuckie cheetah wanting to play with his toys!

Wow! Awesome box you sent Nicole!!

Deb -I'll have to remember to stick some catnip in my box for Chuckie. Is he your only pet besides the outside birds?

No- LOL! I have another cat, a doll faced persian- Ralphie fancy pants, LOL! Plus, birds- (indoor) small parrots/finches. And 2 dogs- Tobasco (a french spoiled bulldog) and an 11 year old boston terrier- even more spoiled-- Toby! Too many pets! :)

You sound like me! I have 3 cats- jackal, Hyde, and dejango. A blue and gold macaw parrot- Harley . Three dogs- 2 Pekingese and a welsh corgi - bubbajay, boosterbob, and sallymay.

Do you do any canning? I canned a lot out of the garden last year. It has rained so much here that I'm not sure if we will have anything left that's not waterlogged.

I've always wanted to do canning. I helped my Mom out one year do tomatoes, and a neighbor do jam. It was fun, but a lot of work! :)

Lately, I've been into dehydrating, it's a little easier for me- and the kids love pear chips. We have a few pear trees, that produce a ton of pears. By the end of each season we don't want another pear for months! I bake pies, make an chunky pear (applesauce type dessert) for pancakes, waffles, french toast. It's delicious! Then I spend tons of hours dehydrating pear chips!

I'm not sure what happened last year, but we ended up with half the pears, maybe due to the bee shortage? This year- I can tell by all the flowers on the pear trees, it's going to be a normal year of millions of pears again!

Happy Mother's Day! :)

Hugs,

Deb

tracking number.. 9405-5036-9930-005-5041-25 hope it arrives in good shape!

Just dropped it off at post office.

9114 9011 5981 5210 9068 33.

Will post as soon as boxes arrive! :)

tracking number shows delivered. did everything make it there ok?

Tammy's box- I hope I fit in all the items! :) I had a Dr's appt and a Dentist appointment all with in 2 days! Sorry for the delay in posting. I've been a little preoccupied! Tammy sent a really nice package! It contained--

Temptations treats for the cats, Carry out treats for the dogs, garden shovel, hose sprayer, 2 solar lights, Farmer's almanac book, perennial gardening ideas book, hummer feeder, 2 garden flags, suet, 4 cute flower glasses, african violet soil, african violet fertilizer. Thank you so much Tammy for such a nice package! And for thinking of all the FUR pets!

I'm not done yet-- a surprise package from Nicole came with seeds-- for my moon garden. Salvia Sclarea/variegated, Lumina pumkin (glowing white), Marigold/ snowdrift, white pincushion, Alussum/ sweet tiny tim, hollyhock- Rosea/halo white, Morning glory/pearly gates, Nicotiana "only the lonely" and white bling impatiens, Shasta daisy/Alaska, Sunflower/peach passion, Liatris Spicata/white, Nigella/Miss Jekyl... Wow, thank you Nicole! :)

Christine's package came too! :) Sorry for the picture quality, I'm not really crazy about this iphone! The pictures aren't the best quality!

Christine sent- 2 african violets (which have some spilled dirt on them, so I have to clean them up before posting any pic of them! Cute little star birdhouse- citronella green candle, Lantern, some succulents! And 2 houseplants! Thank you so much, Christine!

I have a lot of work to do today, repotting plants. :) Houseplants are my favorite!

HUGS, FOR ALL THE STUFF-- Everyone! I really appreciate it! This has been a really fun month so far. I need some practice with taking better pics.

Deb

Ok, I'm done posting/updates for the day.. I'm now going to work on cleaning up the violets, and finding pots for my new houseplants! THANK YOU so much for making this month FUN! It's so much fun to be your GOTM person!

Deb

Hi Deb, I hope you have enjoyed your month! I finally made it to the post office to mail your package. I could not use a flat rate box because some of the items were too big. it does say that it will reach you in two days so hopefully they are correct. the confirmation number is 95 05 5110 0157 5141 0192 33

I'm excited Lisa! I'll let you know when your box arrives! Waiting for Connie's package too! I'm going to start our new month- next week/Tuesday. :) So, glad to wrap up my month... And start a new one!

Deb

Lisa's box is here! It arrived last night. I LOVE the round garden tote! :). Also included is- seeds, herb in a can, cute turtle (waters plants), marker, suet, 2 named Violet leaves, jobes crystals, 2 plants! And an African violet 'Ye Bay Starter' issue/April. Thank you Lisa so much!

Waiting for one more package- Connie's! :)

Love the round tote!! Deb your month is almost over! This has been so much fun seeing what everyone gets. Can't wait for my month is come!

Have a beautiful day!

Tammy

It really has been such a fun month (with all the packages arriving). Every package has been really unique! THANK you GOTM Friends! :)

Ok, my May month is officially over- It's JUNE. I'm going to close this thread. And we will now concentrate on Christine's special month! I never did hear from Connie/wildhairedmavens. I did try to email her... with no response. So, can't really say anything more- don't know exactly what happened. ;(

On to our June Month/Christine!
May Thread closed...

Deb

Hi Deb,

My purse was stolen at the library so I haven't been able to access money to send you a box. I just got a credit card in the mail. But I can't find your address.

Could you please send it to me? Sorry about the delay.

Our swap is having some problems.. So- I did contact Connie, and gave her a week to send the May box, and June box. The boxes have to be sent/received by June 22-23. IF not sent/received by then, we/GOTM are taking a month break in July, we will resume in August/ Nicole. If the boxes are sent- and received, an update will be posted here for the May box- and on Christine's swap thread/June. Then, a new swap thread for July will be put up. Just fair to keep things- out in the open.. And rules clear...

Deb

Hi Deb,

I mailed your package and it should have arrived today, but when I went to check for it online it seems lost. Let me know if you got it.

9405 8036 9930 0013 8350 40

Hi, Nothing arrived...

I tracked it.. no tracking found.. I've never seen letters mixed in a tracking....

I filled a complaint maybe it will arrive Monday. I never saw anything like this. The other pack went right through

Wild haired maven - I think the tracking number doesn't have letters. Is there a typo?

I fixed it

The box from Connie did arrive. Thank you so much, Connie for such a nice selection of "Everything"... Connie sent some succulent cuttings, Cactus in a cute ceramic butterfly pot/Column cactus, Cactus in a plastic pot/round Barrel type, fuzzy white haired type of cactus (really cute love this one). The cactus soil kind of got all over everything, so I'm not going to snap a pic. I have to clean them up, add more soil (buy cactus soil), clean some of the stuff in the box too. ;) Soil really went everywhere!! The package had a rough time through the mail, LOL!

Seeds- Oxalis, brazilian b. buttons, peas/pumpkins, poached egg plant. Will have to looked up the poached egg plant! Some makeup- mascara, tinted moisturizer, beauty balm/tinted. Eyeshadow.. sample of eye shadow primer. Little purse (tiny the size of a quarter), 2015 magnetic calendar, cupcake candle. Very wide variety of everything! :) I'll pick up succulent/cactus soil tomorrow and pot the cuttings, up- and clean up the cactus. Thanks Connie, for such a nice box!

Deb

The large succulent is a dragon fruit tree. I had a tag around it, but it may have gotten ripped off.

I so envy the dragon fruit - been looking for one. Connie where did you find it if I might ask?

Tammy

Hi Tammy I got that one from my yard. They sell the trees at Lowe's and home depot or you can get a fruit from Ralphs grocery around here

So, I plant the dragon fruit piece in soil and it will grow into a tree? I have to look it up, I know nothing about them. ;)

Hi Debbie,

The term tree is a little tricky cause its a cactus and very slow growing. the tallest one I've seen is maybe 9 foot tall and 6 wide.

Most get 3 foot and start growing in a shape like a Christmas cactus from there. They are easy plants. Great for large hanging basket and when it eventually fruits, its pretty and the fruit is expensive. We call tall cactus, trees, but I have never seen one tall like an orange tree. hope that helps.

I'm tickled that I had something in my little patio garden that is new to you.

Totally new to me! I've had Christmas Cactus, Easter Cactus and Thanksgiving Cactus before, so I get it. They kind of grow in segments! Looking so forward to trying to grow Dragon fruit! Thanks Connie.. something really, unique and different! :)

Deb's month/thread is closed.. I had a great time being the GOTM! Thanks!!!