brat-- you done good! and you, too, tracibug! this has been a really fun swap!! and i'm not forgetting yours, tammyb! lovely!
i'm already coming up with designs for the next one!!
kiwi-- years ago my family lived on the u.s. side of niagara falls, in new york. the other side is canada. one night my folks were out with friends at a restaurant in canada, and on their way out they were talking about a mishap they had had and my mom said something about not panicking. it was overheard by another patron, who turned to her and said, "Panic? of course, not! remember.... we're british!" lol. we used that in our family over the years if one of us would start to unravel. always broke the tension.