Well, pooh!!! I'm so sad that my friends are leaving... I just hope it's not for long...
Since this was going to be the only swap I was going to do, I guess I'll just be popping in and out of swaps to say hi!! It's a blessing in disguise, I suppose, since I finally found a tutorial on how to make crystal bouquets, and I think that's what we are going to do for the wedding. I'm excited to find the crystals and get started!!!
Janice, it's fun taking Kaitlyn shopping, but not cheap!! She, too, goes through the I wants and better yet... the I NEEDS!!! LOL!!! And double that if Matthew is there... oy vey!!!!!
Good luck with the CTMH party today!!! I hope it goes great!!!
Rhonda, I could just cry tears of happiness for you!!!!!!!!! Let me know how it goes.... I know it's what you've waited and prayed for for soooo long!!! So excited for you!!!!!
Jess, take it easy... you'll never feel better if you keep trying to do too much!
Hoping to get to a few stores today to look for something to wear when we go to Nashville. My "respectable" type of clothes are fast dwindling away... I hate to shop for clothes!!!
Back later.... take care!
Hugs,
Teri

Good morning maggie sisters! I hope you all are having a great weekend!

I actually feel better this morning! I slept off and on all day yesterday! I hope it stays that way! It has been a rough two weeks.

Have a blessed Sunday!

Hi Janice! Just popping in to see how things are going. We had another crazy weekend here but at least we are not covered in snow.

Hi to all of my Maggie Sisters~ I hope you are all having a great weekend.

Kathy~ I got your stamp and will be ready to mail by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. I had a great time creating for you and want to tweak some of it to make it perfect for you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed making it for you.

I know that most of you by now have heard that I'm leaving the MB. It was based on a personal decision not anything that is reflective of the friendships that I have made here on the board. Recently on my DD's sweet friends approached me and asked me to care for her young children long term. I also care for my DGS and knew that it would be a big undertaking for the first several months...it was my primary reason for leaving the MB. Since then I've had my integrity questioned and also have had some not so nice responses to me leaving, as if that wasn't my choice to make.

I'm truly going to miss all of my Maggie Sisters...you have all been the very best group of ladies to swap with!

I hope you all understand, have a super Sunday

~Rebecca

Thanks so much, Teri! I really appreciate you backing me up that way. The only reason that I let everyone know was so that I didn't leave with loose ends hanging. I thought that it was the polite thing to do and as much as I love the MB and the ladies on the MB I didn't want anyone to think that I was upset with anyone. I thought that I was doing the right thing. Much to my surprise I was told that that was the impolite thing to do! Well imagine my surprise. I have considered staying just for the Maggie Swap. If Janice is taking it over when Jess leaves then I will reconsider staying on just for my Maggie Sisters because I love you guys so much!

Either way, I will be popping in from time to time just to say hello and see what everyone is up to! I was never intending this to be permanent... just a break to get my feet firmly under me. I love this little gal that I'm going to be sitting for and consider it a real blessing to be able to help her out in her time of need. She's a very young mom and her DH couldn't find a job locally so had to leave the state to go to work, so she's got a lot on her plate! I would have done it for nothing but she was having no part of that! She's a great little gal. Please say a prayer for me as this is going to be a total lifestyle change for me as well.

Thanks again

~Rebecca

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Hello Ladies...

Rebecca....I can't believe that people would be soo mean to you about leaving. SOrry to hear this. Well, then again...WE DO have some nasty people on this board...so I guess it isn't too hard to believe. IF it's your time and you have better opportunities for the future....go for it...this place will always be here. IF like me, leaving then coming back, praying all the UGLY is now gone. I wish you well...enjoy the lil' ones. I do hope you return...as I most likely will in teh Fall.

Traci....It is your decision to leave...why would they (MEAN & NASTY PEOPLE) direct it to Rebecca? That is your choice! We all have to do what is right for US, not someone else. So if you have to go to deal with your own situations, I wish you the best as well. The board will not be the same with two missing...but maybe the FALL will work for you too... . Things here are just not the same as they once were.

GrandmaJ...THANK YOU! It was more than I could have ever prayed for. I'm not going to RUSH anything, just one day at a time.

Teri...woo hoo...new clothes. I love that. I'm like you, hate to shop for them...I have a weird body shape and nothing fits right...too short for one...lol. ENjoy the trip...

Kathy...did your pooch come home?

Lana....I hope you are doing well?

Scrappin_RN....Still working on the hanger...

HUGs
rhonda

GrandmaJ...that is exactly how I feel...OMG..it's terrible. Feel better soon.

HUGs
rhonda

Janice~ I will be sneaking in every now and again just to say hi and see what's going on with my wonderful Maggie Sisters. Sorry, got my wires crossed about the swap was thinking of the SC swap and put that here but you don't even do the SC swap. LOL...just having a senior moment I guess! Hope your back is feeling better soon.

Rhonda~ I wish you all the best and thank you so much for all of your kindness. I really appreciate all of the kindness and friendship that you ladies have brought to my life daily.

Teri~ Hope all is well with you on today. It's rainy and wet here. The new kids are just hanging out with DGS and watching Dinosaur Train. Hope the quiet keeps up but pretty sure it's the calm before the storm.

Kathy~ Good morning, hope you're having a great day. I will post a sneak peek for you later today. I can't wait to send you your hanger. I'm so excited to see what you've made as well.

Jess~ Hi to you as well. Hope all is well in your corner of the world.

Traci~ Love the sneak peek and can't wait to see you entire project.

Have a Marvelous Monday, ladies, I might pop back in later today to see what everyone is up to

~Rebecca

I want y'all to know that I cherish all of my friendships here! I can't leave! I will post March sign-ups at the end of Feb. I do plan to cut back on my 10 swaps at a time. Thats just too much! Then again! You never know about me !

Hey Evelyn! I pmed you back!

Have a great day!

Janice, Here is your DC# 9505 5108 5322 3042 5294 33. I sent it priority, so you should have it within the week. Traci

Good Morning!! Hope you all have a wonderful day! I have a long list of loose ends I need to tie up today. Couple things to get ready to mail, last nights groeries to put away, Traci's hanger to work on, and a big grocer bag full of Box Tops to count. Gonna try to get as much done as I can! Have a great day everyone!!

FINALLY!!!!!! I haven't been able to log in for a day and a half.... soooo frustrating!!!!
Anyway....
Good Morning!!!!!
Lana, I got my order yesterday and guess what???? Your stamp wasn't there!!! There was a mistake in the inventory count and Diana said they won't be ordering it again until later.... boooohhhh!!!! Sooooo.... I am going to order a different one and have it shipped directly to you! So I need your address, girlfriend!! :o) I did get my Magnolia Ink and am NOT liking that newspaper format. I wish they didn't waste our money with trying it out! I think that there may be more content in it, or maybe just because the pages are so much larger that it seems like it, but there is hardly any color... I just didn't like it... but I digress.... I'm going to mail out your hanger today, Lana, because I'm leaving in the early a.m. and won't be back until Sunday. I know there's still time, but I'd like to cross one more thing off my list! Can't wait to start seeing these!!!
Rhonda, is the therapy doing ANY good yet? Sounds like you, too, have a busy morning... yummm... I love fried chicken!!!! Any other news yet??????
Janice, busy day for you, too! Looks like Tuesday is a crazy day for a lot of us! I have to go to the bank, run for Valentine's gifts for Matthew and Kaitlyn, finish laundry, pack, clean up the house... I'd love to get to bed early since our flight leaves at 6 tomorrow, but I'm sure it will be traveling business as usual, I'll be up until 2 and some of my stuff will probably be packed a bit on the damp side!!! I'm never prepared!!!! LOL!!!!!
Jess, soooo happy to hear you'll stay on!!!!! We were going to stay and chat anyway, it's just more fun when everyone is here!!!! Can't wait to see what's next to create!!!
Rebecca, how is the new schedule going??? I've been thinking about you, I'm sure you'll adjust well!
Traci, dang, you beat me to the mailing!!! LOL!!!!
Gotta run, have to make myself halfway presentable for public viewing!!!
Have a fabulous day!!
Hugs,
Teri

Hello....

Scrappin_RN....sounds awesome....I can't wait to see what lovelies you have made for me....I'm sure it's beautiful. I still have the PAINT CAN you did for me on my shelf....so I know your work....lol. Has your EXTRAS arrived yet?

Teri....YOU do not need much to be beautiful....IT"S a NATURAL! Enjoy the trip....have fun, but be safe.
Therapy isn't helping...in fact it made it worse. I go back to the DR tomorrow..and DH is going with me...not good when he goes!!!! HE demands answers...what they had me doing in THERAPY, was too soon, and I'm in more pain now than before! I hope I have answers tomorrow ...ughhh.

HUGs
rhonda

Good evening!!! Well, I can hardly believe that I am all ready for our trip! Just wanted to see if I could get on tonight before I go.... had big issues earlier... grrrrrr....
Anyway, I will be gone until Sunday evening... so I haven't fallen off the earth when you see I'm not here!!!! LOL!!!
Lana, I didn't get your addy, so I guess I will have to mail on Monday... at least I won't be late!!!
Rhonda, that stinks that you're even worse after therapy!!! I wish my daughter in law was close to you, she'd help you out! She is a PTA and the doctors tell her she's better than a lot of the PT's!!! She has a degree in massotherapy and man, those hands can work magic!!!! Maybe with your DH there, some progress of some sort can be made!
Cammi, won't it be nice to relax from school for a bit??? What are you going for?
Gonna go... we leave her at 4:30 a.m.... blahhhhh.... usually I'm up until 2 ish finishing up everything so this is really a treat!
Talk to you all on Sunday!!!
Hugs,
Teri

Good Morning everyone!! My oh my, we sound like a busy little group!!

Teri sorry I missed you before you left, but hope you have a safe and fun trip!!

Cammi, I didn't know you were going to school, what are you going for? Gosh, hope that sounded right...I mean what kind of classes/degree, not WHAT ARE YOU THINKING GOING TO SCHOOL! LOL!

Rhonda, sorry to hear the therapy isn't working, but glad to hear your WC person is going the extra mile for you and sending you to a specialist. Usually they would do the opposite and drag their feet making a decision like that! Hope they get you feeling better soon!

Jess, is everyone getting to feeling better at your house? Hope the kids don't get it!

I am impressed with CTMH shipping department! I placed the order from my 1st gathering late Monday afternoon and it shipped on Tuesday!! THAT is fast!!

Better go. Got to get Bitsy up and fed so she can have her shot, she goes to the groomer this morning at 8am. Whew, she needs that bath!! Don has been tryin to get me to give her one for several days but with my back hurting I just couldnt do it.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!