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Originally Posted by RoyalEnchntrss

Nooo i used the hints.. I just meant that you can tell her what you did because I already know it was you..
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oic... ok, here's what i sent her:
When God Made Cats

When God made the world, He chose to put animals in it, and decided to give each whatever it wanted. All the animals formed a long line before His throne, and the Cat quietly went to the end of the line. To the elephant and the bear He gave strength, to the rabbit and the deer, swiftness; to the owl, the ability to see at night, to the birds and the butterFlies, great beauty; to the fox(²), cunning; to the monkey, intelligence; to the dog, loyalty; to the lion, courage; to the otter, Playfulness. And all these were things the animals begged of God. At last he came to the end of the line, and there sat the little cat, waiting patiently. "What will YOU have?" God asked the cat.

The cat shrugged modestly. "Oh, whatever scraps you have left over. I don't mind."

"But I'm God. I have everything left over."

"Then I'll have a little of everything, please."

And God gave a great shout of laughter at the cleverness of this small animal, and gave the cat everything she asked for, adding grace and elegance and, only for her, a gentle purr that would always attract humans and assure her a warm and comfortable home.

But he took away her false modesty.

- Lenore Fleischer
(Using the highlighted letters, you will be able to spell the names of my cats… & myself! Just move them around, anagram style…Good luck, & Merry Christmas! P.S. – youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll need 2 xâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s!)
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Originally Posted by Going Nova

I've narrowed my SS suspect list down to 35 people.
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We've had people drop out, so it could be less.


Originally Posted by Renovia

I have to say I haven't heard anything from my SS ....

I hope I don't repeat what happened last year
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A lot of people haven't heard anything from their SS.
Things turned out OK for you in the end last year.
 
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

We've had people drop out, so it could be less.




A lot of people haven't heard anything from their SS.
Things turned out OK for you in the end last year.
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Yes things did turn out - I just don't want anyone to have to do that again.......not fair ya know?
 
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Originally Posted by twstychik

I suspect the 2 x's might have been the give away.
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well, i already had to add a 'p.s.' in order to get a 'J' in, but i couldn't think of a way to use another word w/an 'x'!
 
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Well, I haven't posted yet - leaving it to the last minute this year just to be mean! Good thing I'm not sending overseas this time.

I was very disappointed last year as customs took half my present to my SS. It really was a bummer.
 
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Originally Posted by Februa

What happened last year?
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Her SS didn't send her package so someone else volunteered to send her a gift.




I bought Tim-Tams at Target today for my SS!
 
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

Her SS didn't send her package so someone else volunteered to send her a gift.
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What a lousy thing to do! How disappointing


And what a nice thing for the volunteer to do.


Don't worry, Christmas will come to you!
 
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Originally Posted by RoyalEnchntrss

i guess my recipient isnt on the darkside...

Oh and nice snooping for yourself laureen LOL
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i figured i'd cut out the middleman!

oh, but you didn't get what i would've sent - lindor truffles! but no, you said peanut M&Ms, so that's what i sent!
 
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I was excited and put my gift together last night, Maia helped, sort of......She inspected the box, tested the tissue paper, and sampled one of the gifts that I got one for her as well
! Shipping it this weekend!

Haven't received anything yet but there's still plenty of time. Looking forward to it, Maia and I are on our own for Christmas so this is fun for us!
 
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom

Her SS didn't send her package so someone else volunteered to send her a gift.




I bought Tim-Tams at Target today for my SS!
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Super Target or just regular Target. I MUST KNOW!


Originally Posted by cheylink

I was excited and put my gift together last night, Maia helped, sort of......She inspected the box, tested the tissue paper, and sampled one of the gifts that I got one for her as well
! Shipping it this weekend!

Haven't received anything yet but there's still plenty of time. Looking forward to it, Maia and I are on our own for Christmas so this is fun for us!
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Maia is such a big helper.
 
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Originally Posted by Going Nova

What a lousy thing to do! How disappointing


And what a nice thing for the volunteer to do.


Don't worry, Christmas will come to you!
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And I believe we have more members willing to do the same thing this year. That's why TCS is so great! I think I'm going to finish up my shopping this weekend and hopefully I can get it all put together an mailed out by next week. I do have finals monday and tuesday but after that I'm finally free.
 
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I've taken the day off of work to finish wrapping and shipping more presents!!!

You know, they may be for one of you, or they might be to my family. I'm not telling.
 
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Originally Posted by Momofmany

I've taken the day off of work to finish wrapping and shipping more presents!!!

You know, they may be for one of you, or they might be to my family. I'm not telling.
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That's ok, I can be patient.


I will (hopefully) wrap and pack the first package this weekend, and if I'm really good, I can get it shipped off tomorrow. I think I'll go UPS since that's what I used last year and it was nice to have up-to-date tracking info.
 
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Holy batman! I just filled the back seat of my car shoulder high with boxes to ship out this afternoon. It took 3 trips out to the car to load them all in. And if I understand it right, every last one of them has something to do with SS.



Who sang the song, My Lips are Sealed? Maybe I should keep the spreadsheet?
 
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