Great news Melinda! Hope you get better quick also!

"cottonwood468(5)

Darrin, one part of yours was mailed Saturday and the other part is pending. Mary"

Thanks for the heads-up! Totally looking forward to it!

Melinda -- Great news about your sister! Something to absolutely be thankful for! Bummer about your cold, though. Still, you should no longer be contagious after 3 days (if my information is correct), if that helps anything.

I recieved my package tonight. Wonderful. Will post as soon as I unload my car. Long day

Hi Dawn,

i sent out your package this morning. Here's the tracking number...

9549 0113 3849 5329 4334 94

thanks

Shp123 (Sara)

Melinda your package was mailed Monday so it should be delivered on Friday per the PO. No nothing perishable so you have no problems there. Hope that cold leaves you quickly and so thankful you received good news on your Sister.

Shirley

Thanks Shirley, I may be going home earlier than planned, so will post pics when I get home and see it!

Wishing all of you a wonderful and Blessed Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for! Hugs to all, Melinda

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I am so mad. I stayed up last night just to order the Minnie Mouse bedroom in a box set for my granddaughter and the page wouldnt load and kept saying try again etc. Finally when I got it to load 18 minutes later it said sold out. My local walmart only has 2 of them. Going to be making dinner realllll early but I dont think I have a chance.

Shirley - do you want me to go ahead and send the address list out to everyone or should I remove anyone?

Susan - I hope you enjoyed your package.

Melinda - You and your family are in my thoughts. Yay for some good news.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.....Enjoy, have fun and be safe!!

Annie

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving one and all! Enjoy your friends and family and enjoy your favorite dishes. This truly is my favorite holiday!

Have a peaceful night. Enjoy the full moon.

Margo, I stand with you. I would not shop on Thanksgiving or the 4th of July.

I did it. I got to walmart at about 420 and there was only 1 other lady there. I stood my ground next to the bed set until I could grab it at 6. I just got home about an hour ago. Boy Im pooped.

Believe me if I didnt need to grab it while its cheaper and still there I wouldnt go either.

Rec'd a fabulous box from Shirley! She sent :

cute Thansgiving card, North Carolina Britches, Andes mints, Tea for Two book( I love tea, don't do coffee), a Woman of God devotional book with pen, the cutest picture with How to spot a Friend on it, Friends are the flowers in the garden of life, and a beautiful Iris Angel, plus these seeds: peach canna, fooled me daylily, off the wall daylily, and West Bourne piggy pen daylily! I love them all and am thrilled with the box! Thanks so much Shirley!

How do I get the photo to show up here? You all need to see the lovelies!

• Margo, I so agree with you about the stores being open on Thanksgiving....... ridiculous!!!!! It is only a matter of time before the stores are open on Christmas Day. And then they will still take your $$$$ and still NOT say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

• Dawn, I will send you the Kraut info in the next couple of days!

• Happy weekend! Be safe!

• Annie

I'll try again!

I received my package of goodies today from Darrin/Cryptid :). An eclectic variety of things to include:

Three packs of seeds (glass gem corn, cumin, and Chinese Green Luobo radishes, some gadgets such as a key chain light, tweezers, coupons for gardening supplies, and a clever little screwdriver for those hard to reach spots (which will come in handy I'm sure). I also received some butterfly plant spikes, beautiful pot holders, a butterfly bookmark (!!!), and a handmade butterfly pin made by his wife.

The little crocheted butterfly is so masterfully done, I'm a crocheter myself and the attention to detail and stitching is beautiful. I love all the butterflies, thank you Darrin!

"Just when then caterpiller thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."

Hello girls Been cyber compromised on my paypal?ebay account. Which opened a secuity page to attach when tring to download a cleaning page . Think I am straighten out. Now to get to the wonderful package that Nikki sent to me . I love the thoughtfulness of the craft items. I want to make the coloring books for my grandkids. And the pink ribbon items touched my heart. And of course the wonderful piles of candy and drink cup for the Christmas season. She send kiwi and lily seeds. Nikki you made my week. Well just tried to load the pictures and says Chrome not reponding. Ill figure this out. But for now going to enjoy my evening. Susan

Hellos one and all!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Mine was a little more eventful than planned- I ate something I'm allergic to so spent the last two days with hives and an upset tummy. The best I can figure is it was the nuts and that's going to be a sad day if proven true. I love pecan pie!

Prizes were mailed out today but this month's theme was friendship. As I've spent the last month re-reading posts from the last year about our lives and trades, I realized you are all winners and so each of you will be receiving a friendship package either Tuesday or Wednesday. An herb garden always brought such good memories because of the smells and the foods that were made with them and shared with others and then there's the meanings of the herbs- a common theme of love, protection, and happiness- things we would all wish for our friends!

basil- love and protection

chives- protection and healing

cilantro- love and health

catnip- love and beauty

dill- protection and luck

lavender- love and happiness

oregano- health and happiness

parsely- love and protection

rosemary- love, protection, and healing

thyme- love, courage, and health

your friend,

Dawn

Dawn -- That's super sweet of you. Thank you so much!

Wow, Dawn, a wonderful surprise! Will love it! I want to say how much I have enjoyed being in the swaps again and you are a great host! I hope all have a wonderful night and blessed Sunday, Hugs, Melinda

Dawn, Thank you so much that is so sweet! It has been a great swap! Amy

This was a great swap. I enjoyed seeing what each presented to their friendship partner. Dawn that is really sweet of you to be so giving and I thank you for your friendship of kindness. You are a great host.

I will post the OBF December swap Monday afternoon.

Have a beautiful evening everyone.

Tammy

If any one else needs my brand new address, message me. Mary E.

I guess as the month comes to a close I should do a recount of who's sent and who's received...

The packages that have been sent have been fun! Looks like we may go a wee bit into December but there is no time limit on friendship :)

Sakenya sent/received

Susan sent/received

Kim sent/received

Margo sent/received

Annie sent/received

Amy sent/received

Erica sent/received

Mary sent/received

Shirley sent/received

Darrin sent/ received

Nikki sent/received

Melinda sent/received

Beth sent/received

Tammy sent/received

Dawn sent/ arrives Wednesday

Sara. sent/ arrives Tuesday

the tracking shows it delivered at 1.14 pm yesterday, Friday.

Dawn, loved your theme and enjoyed reading the posts. Great swap and thanks to all. Seems we all, in spite of some sadness and tribulations have a great deal to be thankful for.

Thank you Dawn for hosting a wonderful swap this month. And you are so sweet to send everyone a friendship gift.

Mary, your first fab package arrived a couple daze ago:

1. Aha, good, you understood precisely that it is a custom made alligator batik bandana from an Etsy shop. Thank you for the sharp photo. The white line looks like maybe part of the basic bandana design. Mary

Mary and Darrin- love that fabric! (Says someone who hoards fabric the same way they hoard seeds :)

And you you all are so welcome! It was fun hosting this month. One of the little garden centers I go to was clearencing their seeds (20 cents a pack!) and small garden decor so a small gift was the least I could do. Have a wonderful Monday!

Dawn,

What a beautiful surprise....I just opened my friendship package. Thank you so much! I received a very nice note, a BASIL sign and several seed varieties!

Truly a friendly month.....Thanks Dawn for hosting a very special month.

Annie

Dawn, what a great surprise to find my package today with the wonderful variety of seeds as well as the seed marker. (Dill-protection and luck and how I need that). How sweet and generous of you. Thanks for hosting a wonderful swap.

Margo

Thank YOU Dawn!! I received happy mail today and thank you for the beautiful sun catcher with a pretty card with a vase of flowers and sunflower summertime mix/basil/cypress vine climber seeds. Thank U for hosting!

Dawn, Thank you so much for the sweet package that arrived today! I just love it. I am so excited about the seeds and sweet friendship card. The white black eyed susan vine looks amazing and I can't wait to grow all of the seeds. I love the hanging stained glass too it is so pretty! Thank you for such a special month! Amy

Dawn -- Thank you so much for the beautiful package you sent. The welcome sign is lovely!

You all are so welcome and it was my pleasure to host! I enjoyed getting to know a bit more about each and every one of you!

Dawn, I received your package today. Thank you so much for this very generous package. I received the following

- a set of tea towels

- 10 packets of various seeds

- notepad

- a chocolate bar

- a bundle of inspirational branch pencils made from sustainable tamarind trees.

Dawn, I received your package today. Thank you for the beautiful surprises. You are brave to send glass. Among the seeds, Flying Saucers is a real favorite of mine, the blue matches our municipal recycling bins. You know how to have fun hostessing. If anyone else needs my new address, message me. And watch, I think there are early December birthdays. Mary E.

A big Thank You Dawn! I rec'd my pkg. today and loved it! Good choices for me and I thank you for being such a great hostess! Love the plant marker also! You sure made my day!

Dawn-Thank you so much and the cotton seeds...yeah. I will try all these seeds next year. The Basil sign is so nice. How nice that you sent out all these gifts to everyone.

Shirley

You're so welcome Mary, Melinda, and Shirley!

Shirley and Margo- the cotton seeds were given to me by a farmer in Alabama. I can't tell you much about them other than he grows the stuff by the acre so hopefully it'll do the same and produce for you.

Sara- your package made it here today. Thank you for the seeds and everything! I've thought about getting a mother's journal but just never have so that'll be put to good use. I also love the earrings! Love fun dangling things!

Thank you Dawn for the friendship pkg. I will be planting that "Texas salsa" pkg and the plant markers will come in handy too! Thanks so much!

Have a Beautiful Day!

Tammy

Thank,you very much Dawn for the friendship package. I have been so busy with the babies I didnt make it to the po until today.

Here are the "Annie likes" succulents. They got flooded and dring out and the cat had to taste a few. But in all still growing Thank you for the fun project.

Dawn thanks a bunch for the thoughtful package. It arrived over the weekend. Good choices of seeds. I've been planning to order broom corn and more herbs so I can take that off of the list. You hosted a fun swap . Great Job girl and thanks again