No Crafty....cause I have been sick for nearly 2 weeks with cold, fever, coughing, etc and I have not got to open mine yet....good try tho!! GQ

Well,,,,I guess we can make an exception for you. Those of us that are a day ahead have to wait the extra day, so I think it's ok for you to open a couple hours early. :)


****THIS IS FOR VANESSA ONLY!!!***** :) :) :)

I can open my pressie early too as I am in Melbourne. The same time zone as Sydney.
Oh dear what a shame !!!!!!!!

Cheers Jackie.

No, only Vanessa can open early. She gave a great excuse. :)

OK I can't wait I've been up all night Can't sleep S I was sewing and this box is sing CCristmas songs to me. I can"t wait till 4:00PM on the 13th.

*Everyone is scribbling furiously that "perfect" excuse :lol: :lol: :lol: We'll be expecting to see a post and a pic too of your pressie Vanessa! :D

I know where it i-is! Ne ner ner ner ner! :mrgreen:

gramqlts
YOU are not too sick Cause i talked to you, and you sounded pretty good to me. and you can not open yours until the day I get too. nice try though.
I am needing chocolate so I hope mine has some in it so I do not have to go ourt in the cold to go get some. ;) :evil:

But I'll be at work too, at 1:00 pm PST... ~hoping none of the chatters that know I can get online from work say anything :lol: ~

Quilt4U... NO! NO!
Move that SS package right away!
Put it far away from your sewing area!
How about the bathroom cupboard!?
Or in the garage?!
You CAN do this!
Only 8 more days!

For all who know me as Janice I am officially changing my name to Vanessa!!!!!!!!!

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Ok, I admit I am geographically challenge and very naive when it pertains to geography of any level...Is Lurkingdom a real place? I googled it and even Google was confused.

Leota,

It can be anywhere; its where lurkers hide ... :-D

I´m in South America,
The avatar shows my flag and
below is a pic of my city , Rio de Janeiro

oh ok, I was wondering if I was losing it. :D
Thanks

Here it is :mrgreen:

ligia, that is a place that i have always dreamed of visiting!! Beautiful picture!

So you can actually WAIT 8 more days for your chocolate fix????? OH....you are strong girlfriend...
:shock:

that was my 1st guess!!! lol!
woo hoo!
I've never seen a flag like that though. How does it feel living in a touristy area? Is it big? Must be. Do you go to the beach?
I'm a coming to visit...as soon as I get over my flying phobia,...but I have to overcome that anyway. I'm also going to France to see FranceyPants (k3n).
She says I have big ears...gotta love her.
So, what drew you to us?
You like us, don'tchew??? fess up. We like you too, ligia.
We were all lurkers at one time, but I came from Lurksville, not Lurkingdom. I'm not in Lurksville no more, though.
well, i chatter on...:mrgreen:
It's all the suspense and excitement of the holidays! It get's mousie going! I been rearranging my sew-cave since yesterday, and you can hardly get in my house. Never fear, it will all beautimous again, in a few days. I think as a reward I should get to open my pressies.
Yes, that sounds like a great reward :roll:

Ligia!!! You sneaky cheeky girl you!!! Its so good that you posted so that your SS would have NO problem finding you! That is a wonderful picture..and had I seen that, even I would have known where you were...so I'm assuming that Lurkingdom is your neighborhood???

:wink: :lol: :lol:

Patti, what's Garmin? Is that like postal g.p.s. system?
I wonder if the Tennessee frogs sound different from the Maine frogs?
I should take one with me, next time I go up there to visit relatives, but then I guess I could just take a Florida frog.
Yes, come to think of it...they do say, "ribit, y'all!":lol:

ROFLMBO...you sound like a banjo, K!
you sure you ain't never lived in the south? (usa):lol:

ok, vanessapeach!...naw, that's too long!
I think we should call you, Mrs. Froggie!:mrgreen:

Little mousie...Garmin is a brand name of a GPS system and I probably spelled it wrong anyway....I thought all you little meeses had them though :mrgreen:

Cleaning up your cave for the holidays??? Geesh...I can barely get in my room for all the holiday junk in the way!

Mousie, our frogs here are SO LOUD!!!!!! Are yours?

Well, my pressie is waiting patiently under my tree. My cat keep circling the tree tho. Do ya think it is talking to her? Hummm, I wonder what it is telling her.

Here's the times again.
Have had a few people PM me about them, so i'm posting again.


4m EST (Eastern)
3pm CST (Central)
2pm MTN (Mountain)
1pm PST (Pacific)
12noon AKST (Alaska)
5pm AST (Atlantic)
5:30pm NST (Newfoundland)
9pm GMT (UK members)
10PM GMT (France members)
10pm GMT (Spain members)
7am LMT (Lurkingdom time)
I think Scotland is in here too, but not sure of the time...

I'm sure it's probably too late to get in for this year but I'd like to participate too. If I can get in this year that's great but add me for next year for sure. Thanks so much for all the organization.

I'm sorry Marcia, but it's too late for this year. Keep an eye out for other secret swaps that will be happening. Someone mentioned something about doing another Valentine Swap, so I might start sign up for that right after Christmas. Or...then again....someone else might have to do it since I don't get back to the little pebble until mid Jan.

DH has been home all weekend, so my package has not said a peep,not one single sound :shock: :shock:

We finally have the official interpretation of Lurkingdom - Rio!!!! I say we all plan an olympic/quilting trip there. Do you have room for all of us L?

1 more week to go!

FYI- I have THE most behaved package. It sits on my desk behind one of my sewing machines and waits patiently. It came from Canada, from a person I do not recognize her "real" name, but it's my new favorite name- even told DD for an option for GD to be born in April.

Oh, the customs form says craft and craft supplies- how's that for generic. BTW, SS- that's not much of a clue for me! I like to guess my gifts to see if I have ESP, but this is too simple. No help, thank you very much!

So, I patiently wait, soon the week will be days, then hours.....

Patti, we meeces do have great tracking abilities...see me with my wee nose in the air...
That's why, when I am chatting via email, I sometimes say, well, i am going to sniff around the board.
Yup, I am cleaning/rearranging the sew-cave! When the holiday spirit descends on the mouse, she gets very excited and wants everything CLEAN, decorated and all nice and cheery, comfy-cozy...can't have any of the other, with the clean/orderly.
See? I am a conundrum-mouse. Most of my cousins rather rumble through a pile of mishmashed trash. Not this mouse. I like clean trash...um, stash! :mrgreen:

The problem is, once I get everything straight, then no more distractions from thoughts of opening Foxybox and Squishy Santa!
See, cleaning is really a great mind salve. Keeps mousie out of trouble.
Terri, lucked out this year...she has her mind on those new grandbabies!
I can't wait to see pics, and she gets a two-fer! Bet when she comes back to states, she ain't gonna live far away from them, or she'll be burning rubber :-D

Ninnie,
Its really a beautiful place to visit.

I'm going to miss the chat on the 13th. We're away for the weekend. Not sure yet if I'll wait until the evening of the 14th when I get home (thought thats gonna be an extra 24 hrs of torture), or whether to just take it with me. What do you think?

Someday, maybe!!
I do love the Olympics! :-D

I think you should open it today since it is Saint Nicholas day. :roll: :roll:

No, No, NO!! If Sazu opens her present before the 13th, trupeach will be opening hers and then someone else and then someone else. SD and Terri BOTH said we have to wait until the 13th.....

What kind of reputation do I have here????????? never mind don't answer that. :oops:

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that was my 1st guess!!! lol!
woo hoo!
How does it feel living in a touristy area? Is it big? Must be. Do you go to the beach?


You did , smarty, only I do not have the accent you hear in Fla.. 8-) we speak Portuguese in Brazil, Spanish in all other countries.
The city is crowded, lots of tour buses and tourists hanging around
first timers stick to specific tour activities thou returning tourists do as locals, take public transport, go to the beaches, street markets, shows. :)
Don´t go to the beach, I´m more into cold, freezing climates :roll:
You cant overcome your flying fobia because ... mice sail ! :mrgreen:

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