I'm so glad it made it to you. International mail always worries me. I'm also glad you like the cookies - they are my favorite to make. I am happy to send the recipe, watch your e-mail.
In short - YAY!
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2009: So long and thanks for all the fish.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2009? Don't think we've forgotten about you
SuziQ - Jan 04, 2010 4:55:59 pm PST #345 of 549
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
brenda m - Jan 04, 2010 5:36:03 pm PST #346 of 549
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
You know posting it might be faster. IJS.
Kat - Jan 05, 2010 6:17:51 am PST #347 of 549
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Happy congrats to Kate and her fiance!
2009 has been a good and stressful year. With budget cuts and crises, we've been blessed to both keep our jobs at our current schools in our current positions. Here's to hoping that 2010 will be equally gentle with us.
We've watched Noah and Grace both grow and change and it's amazing how preoccupying such little critters can be. The bulk of life has been wrapped up in them, for better or worse.
My family has dealt with another open heart surgery scare and my sister getting a liver transplant. My mom has been a stalwart through it all.
I hope 2010 can be a year of quiet gains as opposed to fits and starts and I believe this may be the year that Grace finally comes home.
javachik - Jan 06, 2010 3:43:54 am PST #348 of 549
Our wings are not tired.
Aims, delivery tracking reports your Sekrit Santa gift is being delivered today!!
Aims - Jan 06, 2010 4:07:51 am PST #349 of 549
Shit's all sorts of different now.
WOOOHOO!! Happy Epiphany to me!!
(I am still working on yours. You will have it before V-Day. Promise.)
javachik - Jan 06, 2010 5:07:52 am PST #350 of 549
Our wings are not tired.
I admit I read your post and thought, "yay, it'll be here before 'vagina day'!!"
Ailleann - Jan 06, 2010 7:01:35 am PST #351 of 549
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I was behind, because I was out of town for a week and a half.
Nicole, I'm so glad you liked your gift!
I also got a card from the North Pole, assuring me that my gift would be on its way after Christmas as requested, so now I'm eagerly checking the mail every day for that!
Polter-Cow - Jan 06, 2010 7:42:40 am PST #352 of 549
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Holy crap, I got a package from ISRAEL! This is my most-traveled Christmas gift ever! It has all these cool postmarks and stickers and stuff in Hebrew everywhere.
Now let's get it open...
Chocolate! From Israel!
More chocolate! Chocolate by the Bald Man. I'm going to pretend it's from Aang. Wait, is this autographed? Oh, the other one is too. I guess that's part of the bald man's thing.
Ooh, a book I've never heard of: Someone to Run With, by David Grossman. Apparently it is time for Americans to fall in love with this story of a lost dog and the discovery of first love on the streets of Jerusalem. Cool! I've never read anything set in Jerusalem before.
Eee!! Both Global Frequency trades! Did you sneak a peek at my Amazon Wishlist? My interest in these books was recently renewed when I heard they were trying to do another pilot.
This is such a fantastic set of gifts, Shir! Thank you so much!
Oh!! There is a letter! I missed this. Lemme read. Aw, I was excited that I was your giftee as well, Shir, since you are also someone I know, like, and have talked with several times.
megan walker - Jan 06, 2010 7:49:38 am PST #353 of 549
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh. I assumed I had Shir.
I feel bad for asking, but should I be worried about not getting anything yet?
Shir - Jan 06, 2010 9:52:39 am PST #354 of 549
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Holy crap, I got a package from ISRAEL!
Whew! I'm relieved. I started to get worried. Also, fun trivia fact: the letter was written during my Intro. to Quantitative Research Methods class.
Did you sneak a peek at my Amazon Wishlist?
I might have done some things with it, why yes.
I'm really, really glad you got your gift and liked it, P-C. I had hellish and hectic 48 hours and it's the first time I have more than 5 minutes to sit next to the computer while not-studying, and reading your post made my day. Tell me what you think of the chocolate, and the books!
Huh. I assumed I had Shir.
Heh. Was it something I said?
should I be worried about not getting anything yet?
I didn't get mine either, but I'm giving it at least until the end of the month before popping here and ask that. I mean, my gift took a long while to get there, so I thought giving it at least a month extra.
You know, reading the "holy shit, I got a package from ISRAEL!" is one of the best things in this board's secret santa, for me, and one of the best causes to participate in it. I like surprising people like that.