3. frozen green beans

1. Grapes

Just letting everyone know that the January swap is up and posted early due to New Years celebrations.

1. carrot

Still trying to finish the green category. You must be the first to guess all 4 items to win and then you'll get 4 points.

1. Includes the letters c, e, and y

2. Includes the letters p, e, and s

3. Includes the letters g, s and a.

4. Includes the letters s, w and p

Once someone guesses this one and I may post one more bonus question we'll move on to January. Jayeanne has a great theme for us!

1. Celery

2. peppers

3. canned green beans

4. sweet pickle relish

hmmmm....

1. celery

2. peppers

3. canned green beans

4. sweet pickle relish

Not yet - but I will say the problem is with #3.

1. Celery

2. peppers

3. French green beans

4. sweet pickle relish

1. Celery

2. peppers

3. canned green giant

4. sweet pickle relish

Hint for #3 - part of this name is the person married to Grandpa.

I'll add a last bonus question, too. Recently I listened to a book on CD and then I saw there was a movie by the same name so I recorded that on my TV. I watched it this morning. Part of the name is a plant that we associate with Christmas. You don't need to get the title of the book or movie, only guess what the plant is. You can guess twice today and the first one to get it will get another point.

1. Celery

2. peppers

3. granny smith apple

4. sweet pickle relish

Bonus question

poinsettia

Christmas cactus

Bonus....Mistletoe....was the book/movie The Mistletoe Promise?

bonus: Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses

Annie has the bonus point for today! I really enjoyed the book on CD, the movie not so much. I just kept watching to see how much of the movie coincided with the book and they were quite different.

Jayeanne has the correct answers for our green category. Wow, that was hard. The final one to be guessed was Granny Smith Apple. I have it cooking in the microwave right now with sugar and cinnamon and will use it as a topping on my waffle for a very late lunch. Yum! I might even add a dab of my Cool Whip.

I'll do my best to update the list on who sent and received their cards. I know some will not have arrived yet and that's okay.

Jeanne, I have not read the book "The Mistletoe Promise" but very much enjoyed the movie. I have seen it more than a few times. One of these days, I will have to read the book. In fact, I have never read any of the Hallmark books. I do believe that most of the time, the book is better than the movie....but seeing I have not read the book, I can not comment. I watch/tape Hallmark movies quite often and found this movie to be a bit more serious than most Hallmark movies. But in the end, all turns out well. ....so very Hallmark.

Finally a summary of game points. Jayeanne won our first game which was the crossword puzzle. On the "white" category: Nicole got 5 points, on the "green" category: Jayeanne got 4 points then I added in the bonus points: Nicole is our winner on the color categories and bonus questions. Congratulations to both Jayeanne and Nicole!

Jayeanne and Nicole, I may order something online and get those items mailed directly to you since I'm not going into stores much at all these days. I'll let you know when something is on your way. Thanks to everyone for playing the games.

I will follow up about the cards. I thought I would total up the games while I had them on my mind. (My waffles with sliced apples and Cool Whip were delicious and I have enough for another meal. Yum!)

Annie, the book The Mistletoe Promise definitely had a lot more depth to the characters. Talk about serious; the issues discussed in the book are probably too serious for a Hallmark movie. It took me awhile to place some of the characters. Most were not at all how I pictured them nor how they were portrayed in the book. I seldom both read a book and see the movie, so it may be pretty common if you do both.

Okay, off to get some more done around here before it gets dark. I took the trash earlier and it turned out it wasn't a good idea to take it on the Mon. afternoon after Christmas weekend; it was packed. However, they don't open on Tues. and I didn't want to keep the trash here all the way until Wed. so at least it's gone.

Thanks Jeanne for hosting this month and giving us fun/challenging games :)

Congratulations to our game winners and many thanks to Jeanne for hosting such a month of fun.

Annie thank you so much for the wonderful Angel card packed full of wonderful seeds. I love all of these and they were on my recent wish list: Calendula Solar Flashback, Lime Zinnia and Tall Deluxe Snapdragon mix. I can’t wait to grow all of these beautiful flowers in 2021!!! This means the world to me. Thank you so much for your generosity!

Congrats Nicole and Jayeanne.....well done!!

Jeanne, thanks for a fun December........

Jayeanne and Nicole, your prizes will be arriving on Monday as far as I can tell. There will be a note inside the package indicating it's from me. Hope you enjoy it. Happy New Year! Not very long to wait now.

I received a beautiful winter scene card from Susan N. Also included Shirley poppy seeds! Thank you so much!

Happy New Years Eve to everyone!

I got a lovely card from Melinda today. Thank you, Melinda!

Receiving that card also reminded me that I haven't sent mine. My heartfelt apologies. I thought I was juggling everything going on in my life just fine, but obviously I've dropped a couple of things.

I will get cards to my targets asap. I'll call them something else since I flubbed the landing.

Again, I am so very sorry. Thanks Melinda, for the card, and the reminder.

Embarrassed Alana

Alana, it's fine. The holidays have been extremely rough this year. Send when you feel up to it and everyone will be more than understanding.

thanks for hosting jeanne. i received my cards from jeanne, jayeanne and nicole! i thought i posted about the earlier ones but may have forgotten. my cards have all gone out and should be reaching people soon! i made it out before the new year but the mail is slow these days.

congrats to everyone who won this month. the games were different for sure and i have no idea how anyone kept track! how did i manage to get 3 points??? lol.

its so cold here, im sitting by the fireplace and catching up on houzz.

I received a beautiful mountain winter scene card from Urooj! Made my day! Thank you so much!

Got mail.....

Urooj, what a beautiful card!! Embossed snowflakes on the front of the card...love this!! I love texture in/on a card. Wishing you and your family, a blessed and fruitful 2021 as well. May you and your family enjoy good health, good times and good happiness. Cheers.....click....click, with my wine glass, of course!! Thanks so much!!

Annie

I also received a beautiful card from Urooj. Thank you so much. We've had so many gray rainy days lately. It has put me in a lazy mood. The sun is out today so I hope we see it for a few more days and I can get motivated to get some things accomplished.

Jeanne ... THANK YOU ever so much for the 'botanical coloring and word search' I absolutely LOVE this! I love doing any word search puzzles. Ive got much to do here, no shortfall actually, LOL ... that I just would rather enjoy your word search book LOL! Thanks so much Jeanne, very much appreciated as always.

omg Jeanne!!! How did you know I love word searches? Thank you Friend for sending to me and how ironic, pinkiris and I received it the same time :)

Happy Monday Funday and Thanks for hosting December Jeanne! You made the games fun and at times, challenging my pea brain :) !!

If anyone here plays scrabble go or words with friends, let me know so we can play too!

Take care everyone!!

Glad the books got to you just fine and so glad you will enjoy them, Nicole and Jayeanne.

I just received another beautiful card from Ladyreneer! Also sent gourmet lettuce seeds! Thank you so much!

Urooj thank you so much for the beautiful card. I hope you have a blessed & fruitful 2021 also.

Urooj ... THANK YOU so much for the absolutely beautiful embossed card! love this! wishing you and yours all the best and may you have many blooms that give you many smiles in 2021!

thank you Urooj for the lovely Christmas card, thank you for thinking of me during this holiday season!!

Nicole ... THANK YOU for the SANTA card, love it! and the amazing selection of PEPPER seeds! WOW ... 'Scarlett's Chili', 'Tigerbrains Peach', 'Nadapeno' and 'Shishito' ... I almost ordered the Nadapeno the other day ... LOL and the scarletts chili and Tigerbrains peach Ive never heard of before! Those will be making the top of the list to grow for peppers this year! LOL and also the 'Scarlet Sage' ... Im sure the hummingbirds will love this! Thank you Nicole, wishing you and yours all the best and may you have many blooms that give you many smiles in 2021

you're welcome everybody. i sent to everyone so some people got different cards. pinkiris, do save seeds from those for next year!

Urooj, thank you for the lovely holiday card with the beautiful winter scene. Thank you for thinking of me. Happy holidays, everyone!

Urooj, thank you so much for the lovely snowflake embossed holiday card and the mix of morning glory seeds. I love morning glories and look forward to growing them this year. I think we have the world's slowest postal service in my neck of the woods. I am still receiving cards postmarked in early December.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Jeanne, thank you for hosting the month of December. It was so much fun and I really enjoyed it!

Urooj - thank you for the beautiful card! It reminds me of a glittery painting - almost in the Bob Ross style. I thought the holidays were over, but then I found your thoughtful card in my mailbox - thank you!

Mandy

I will try to confirm this from my end, but if you signed up for the card swap you should have received 4 cards back from FOTESS members. They may not be the same people who you sent to. I just made sure 4 were in each group. Anyway, let me know if there is a problem. The mail was so "iffy" I think some people may have sent and perhaps they were not received. Which is okay with me, but if you you didn't receive at least 3 back, let me know and I will check further. It was not the ideal year for trying to get things mailed and delivered.

Alana (pdf) ... Thank you for the absolutely adorable sparkly flamingo card! Love it! and the Begonia 'fiona white' ... and the sunflower 'procut white nite' seeds ... excited to try both these! wishing you and yours all the best and may you have many blooms that bring you many smiles!

Wow! Just received Susan N. Christmas card today!! Took 30 days to get here! Thank you so much for lovely card and lettuce seeds!!

Thanks for posting, Melinda. Isn't it something with the mail? A week ago I sent a package by 2-Day Priority and it took 6 days to get there and only 2 states over. 30 Days for your card to getto you. It's crazy!

Melinda, wow that took a very long to get to you. I am glad it finally arrived. I think I sent you a total of 3 cards, one FOTESS, one for OBF and one for the Secret Santa.

Today received my card from poisondartfrog, thank you for sending me the Chinese wool flower and beautiful card for Valentines. She apologized for the delay but no apologies needed. I so understand how life can throw many curve balls in our way. Thank you again for sending me this very thoughtful card with your kind words. Take care and again no apologies needed.

Thank you so much!!!

Dearest Alana, I received your wonderful Valentine's Day card today along with the wonderful Chinese Wool Flower. This one was one of the edible ornamentals I had been eyeing and thank you so much for such a lovely gift. No need to apologize for being late, life has so many ups and downs and I understand. Please take care and know how much you have brightened my day.

Alana ... THANK YOU for the VALENTINES card and the Celosia 'Chinese Wool Flower' seeds - have never even heard of this before ... looks like a FUN one to grow ... I just now got this card and the date stamped on the envelope says JAN 15. ... thought I'd let you know it arrived and no need for apologies ... my apologies for posting your previous card to the wrong swap. I corrected that and added to the secret santa. ... wishing you many blooms in your gardens that bring you many smiles ... happy gardening