Lori I agree with what you're saying to a point. HOWEVER, one of the awesome things about this thread/swap is that we have all gotten to know and care about each other over the months; most of us without ever having met in person. So it is normal to want to share or vent when something good or bad happens. Many of the swaps on the board are a one time thing; this is much different. Sometimes I get on here and I agree that there is an excess of "babbling on" about nothing to do with the thread. I just scroll through it if I don't feel like reading it. It takes a few seconds to scroll through what you don't want to read and after the first sentence you can tell if it has to do with the swap or not. I personally don't want to be jumping from thread to thread every time I'm on here. I guess my point is that I hope this thread doesn't become a "ghost town".