Praise Be To Good Eggs

[VelvetHellvis]

We spend a lot of time ranting about LMAOs and exchanges gone horribly wrong. Here's a place to rave about the NVNer who did good, who went above and beyond, who deserves his or her ten minutes of NVN fame.

Be positive. Be full of praise. Toot somebody else's horn.

This is a place to say thanks when you can't leave the person any more feedback, too.

:lol:

[VelvetHellvis]

I would like to sing the praises of CheshireCat who sent me a wonderful gift envie as part of the 100 Things You Love With A Twist LMAO.

Big shout out to SillySaraSue, too. She makes the coolest decos and I always enjoy working on her LMAOs.

Empress MPurr also gets kudos from me. She has been a pleasure to exchange with and I like her spunk. She's the NVN Vigilante.


:P

[kittymao]

On my first collection LMAO, I accidentally sent my item to ArTrip instead of the Creator! She saved my butt by moving it on!

Ahaloinreverse fussed over my LMAO, by being exceptionally inquisitive before sending it!

Both StellaBella and SSR-Girl have re-sent me LMAO pieces due to shoddy mail!

[VelvetHellvis]

Oh and I must mention, Chaosisorder who sends me random acts of Nervousness and Archie McPhee goodies and Neosho who is my inspiration for totally cool mail art.

[sillysarasue]

Thanks VelvetHellvis!

I would like to thank all the people who made me feel a little more self confident about my art. I always read all these forum things about people feeling like they aren't artists, but sometimes we all need a little bit of reassurance that we are doing good. Penster has done her fair share of helping me out in that respect :D but she isn't the only one!

[cheshire-cat]

Aww, thank you so much VelvetHellvis! Now I'm blushing! :wub:

My list is really, really long...
There are so many names that I want to put on this list and I don't want to forget anyone who has really made my experience at Nness a great one! If I forget to add you to the list today it doesn't mean I didn't appreciate what you've done it just means that I'm sleepy and can't remember everything that I'm supposed to this morning!

Penster- She's an exceptional lady. I honestly can't praise her enough! She believed in me when I didn't even believe in myself...

avataurus6- Deanna is truly a gem. The gorgeous painted envie, ATCs and lovely letter that she sent really touched me! I was walking on clouds for the rest of that day!

Aztek721- She sent me one of the most beautiful ATCs that I've ever received and her artwork has been an inspiration to me. It seems that everything she touches turns to gold! :D

lianeelizabeth- She has to be kindest, sweetest person that I've met here and on top of that she makes great ATCs!

waterbaby- My ongoing postcard exchange partner! She's a really great person and it brightens my day to find one of her postcards in my mailbox.

Annalise- She just rocks!! She put together a great envie of my favourite things for me as a RAOK. Everyone should be able to experience the fun of opening a big surprise envie of their favourite things!

lim1bd- She sent me a fabulous journal out of the blue! It's still sitting here on my desk actually (because that's where I keep all of my favourite Nness RAOKs). :)

stargal1998- She's pretty spectacular. The notebook that she sent me is just waiting for me to put it to good use. It's so pretty that I don't want to ruin it! (Plus the little shrinky dink mouse that she made is adorable.)

chaosisorder- She sent me something from my childhood that brought back so many memories. I wish I could properly repay this kindness...

mpurr- A very generous soul. Love her collage goodies and she made me a beautiful postcard/large art card, an ATC and sent me a couple of decos on top of that. Simply fabulous.


I've been inspired by:

VelvetHellvis
Laurasia
Alpaca
sillysarasue
Aztek721

[VelvetHellvis]

I've had the pleasure I exchanging with just about everyone on your list, Cheshire, and must agree with you that they are all faboo!

[bluecrayon]

Good Eggs:
Dawn King -- just a wonderful energetic lady full of ideas and kind words

Empress_Dragon: very patient with her ATC swaps -- is gentle coaxing the tardies to send their work in. I admire her style a great deal.

Junanne Peck -- just a heck of a productive artist here and always cordial and punctual.

Ambrosia -- a kind presence in the background
Lyrica-- LOVE her lmaos
Coffeebean -- prolific with her creative lmaos which I always enjoy working on.
Alpaca -- I like her style with people, too.
Monika -- I like her funny little projects and her humor
Grindstonefreak -- Other than liking her nness name alot, she is just a good egg who is punctual and friendly.

Just a few who come to mind. I admire their kindness and nness spirit and creativity.

In fact, I think almost everyone here is a "good egg" -- :)

[luckythirteenxxx]

shout-out:

mpurr (rocksteady on all fronts)
carolynsn (clever!)
neosho (colorful!)
pengrafyx (detailed!)
anntabor (oh so nice!)
dlking1057 (sharing!!)
alpaca (gorgeous simplicity!)
velvethellvis (camp extraordinaire!)
ravenlilly (idea-full!)
purplegurl (generous!!)
ambrosia (has rocked my deco world thrice!)
nuKKe & Penster (active! giving! ~despite international postage!!)

Also, let's hear it for seusomon, matdmcg, mrneissguy and all the other talented gents while we're at it!!
(((Nness, it's not just for ladies anymore!! Now that's what I call inspiration!!)))

In Nervousness We Trust!!

oh my...there are so many more... :blink: i have to stop!! LOL

[nuKKe]

Moonmama gave me my second feedback point as a welcome-to-nervousness goodie. It's been over a year but I still feel grateful for that. She's an inspiration, a great artist and I always enjoy collaborating with her.

Reddirtrose, whose glittered, cheerful art always brighten up my day, and always share her Route66 cards with me.

The Youngs (Ambrosia and Postall) - great artists and very communicative, I hope to exchange more mail-art with them in the future.

Alpaca - for taking all this trouble to send me stuff and for being a fun partner in the political threads :ph34r:

Ahaloinreverse - for NOT being a bad-egg

The Australian mother&daughter, mirli and boo, for being a good cheer and fun ATC'ers

Carla Cryptic, Penster, Dawn and Snarkoutgirl - it feels strange to include them here, as these days most of my correspondence with these fine ladies and fun artists is done through the yahoogroups and not via nness, but we met here so kudos to you too!

My more livejournal but less nness friends - Laurasia, Autumnsfolly and of course manukenkun (whom I will visit one day!)

All of you who participate in my decos and lmao's and keep up with the deadline, keep me updated and your work I haven't seen yet - I appriciate it!
Everybody (Dawn, Steve and probably more) who were there during the dark days of mail-mess...



...counting the bad eggs is so much easier, but way less fun....

[Alpaca]

Among my most recent interactions only, to keep the list short, I want to cite Ravenlilly for being such a totally reliable, communicative and generous person, and Cheshire Cat who sent me a very thoughtful RAOK out of the blue. But I also hold in particularly good esteem NuKKe, mpurr, autumnsunflower, BreezyK, and hammerquill, among others :)

[VelvetHellvis]

I forgot Viridian who hosts really cool LMAOS and covers postage for sending big items and who made me the most awesome Mardi Gras mask for which I owe her an avatar.

LianeElizabeth because she was one of my first NVN buddies and in my new members group.

Luckythirteenxxx because she kicks kitsch ass!

Alpaca because she so talented it's unreal.

NuKKe because she's freakin' cool!

TinyMajick for cool LMAOs.

SongOfTheWolf because her ATCs are amazing.

Glait who is talented, talented, talented.

Seusomon for adding the male creative element to the mix.

AnnTabor for being so creative.

Carolynsn for her talent and her quality work.

Alisoun and Penster for their involvement the forums and NVN in general.

PurpleGlow for being a sweetie when I goofed up one of my LMAOs and sent her stuff to someone else.

I'm sure more will come to mind.

:wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko::wacko:

[bluecrayon]

How could we not put mysundown and redandpinkdaisy on this list. They deserve "good egg" status just for taking over this often contentious, unwieldy site from Steven. Kudos to both of them. I think they're doing a great job.

And I forgot to mention Penster -- whose work I love. She has sent the most wonderful mailart my way and I love the effort she always takes with her stuff.

And Steve. Who has been most patient with me over the time I've been here, and has probably been so with others, too.

And I am also very fond of Cyphor.

and Z'anne.

and Parachute.

and YoYo

and beja.


The trouble with all this praise is that there is always someone else I remember after I have posted. But my point is, there are a bunch of great spirits here at nness and I would hope we always remember that when we get bogged down in disputes over stuff that happens... :)
cb.

[mysundown15]

Oh wow, there's so many!

BreezyK - You sent me the first ATCs I had ever recieved. Still some of the best :D Started my addiction, and is why I have an entire shelf in my room dedicated to ATCs :lol:

Alpaca - Great ATCs :D

kastel47 - got me into Nervousness. I'm really thankful for that. She also makes incredible art, and is a nice person to chat with :)

Seusomon - sent me a few emails when I was having "issues" on Nervousness. Always cheered me up.

Neosho - what can I say? She's the definition of mail art.

There's so many others too.

[kittymao]

of the noObs (of which I may very well fall into!)

VeelaRage07, Delahofer, GraceGal and Megabyte857, all of which i worked w/ as NoObs and have left a permanent mark in my heart!

Leviangelmom had the guts to send me the Punk Package when I had not enough points to join in!

[Redandpinkdaisy]

Shari (AshleyShea); Trish (Alisoun); James (Mysundown15); and Penny (Penster).

For being my 'partners in crime' and the great jobs they do with running the site. It's a LOT more work than we expected, and they all do so well with their jobs, they inspire me to do a better job. :) We share jokes and goof off when the time is right, and we also get down to business when we need to. I don't think the site would be as great as it is without any one of them. :D

[bluecrayon]

And Mermaid!!!

Yes, indeed. :)

[Redandpinkdaisy]

I got the BEST ATCs I have EVER seen today, from kittymao. She sent her ATCs early, with a few stamps for postage, and they are just so great !!
What a fabulous artist she is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you get the chance to work with her, do it !
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[FearfulPenguin]

Jen Hook - sent me gorgeous ATCs and is always friendly and generous.

mub - also a generous, wonderful person.

AlienSpy - send me loads and loads of lovely stationary for our ongoing exchange - she is great!

paperdream - one of my best friends, always cheers me up when I need it. She is a very talented artist, and generous and lovely to boot!

There are many others, but most of them have already been mentioned.

[Ashley]

I love almost everyone that I've interacted with on Nervousness. I guess I'll thank people for this summer.
Mpurr- for being so patient with me after I'd held her lmao for 4 weeks and compassionate
Katiekat- for being a person to listen to my heartbreak and tell me she understood and it would be ok
Chasmyn- for also checking up on me and making sure I was ok
bluecrayon and venus- for not killing me for accidents I've made in mailing the page by page lmao
All of the people involved in the vegetarian zine for also being patient with my hectic life and slowness
And everyone that I'm interacting with right now. Everyone's been so understanding. This is the worst summer of my life, and everyone's been very supportive and not angry with my slowness. Thanks everyone.

[Mermaid]

Going back a while
I think we all owe thanks to Erik Benson and the original team who put nervousness online in the first place.

To the moderngypsy -http://www.moderngypsy.com/iq/
who first began the nervousness yahoogroup and to

Witchdust who began the msn group.

These people are no longer active on nervousness for a variety of reasons, but it is a good thing to acknowledge positive contributions, I believe.

Let us keep supporting the Directors in every way we can.

Rotten Eggs exude sulfur-something.

Even sulphur has its uses:

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/...stsulfurco.html (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listsulfurco.html).

[bluecrayon]

Mermaid, you always amuse me!! :D

[kittymao]

*looks up at Daisy's comment*

thanks... :rolleyes:
That's got to be one of the nicest things any one's ever said to me.
thank you.

[chaosisorder]

Hmmm, I got a random act of lovely mailing from Ms. Hellvis herself. Praise be to the good eggs!

[wickedstormy]

Maybe we should have a thread devoted to these 'good eggs' just for this reason called "Warm Fuzzies". Because like VH pointed out, sometimes you can't give points because you don't have any. And sometimes you're a newbie, like me. ;)

I personally would like to send warm fuzzies to mumblingorg, mistergneissguy and GraceGal for being ever so patient with me.

I have found some talented friends here and wouldn't trade you guys for the world. Even lifetime friends... and I'm not even a full member yet! Thanks for your insight and wonderful talent. And to the people I've yet to exchange with, I can't wait to be inspired by you!

Sincerely,
-Stormy :D

[mejaka]

These threads tend to get sticky sometimes. I have a lot of people here I really like, but I'm going to just mention some specific actions that helped keep my year-long, involved LMAO going.

Chelsae Morning praised the idea well and had so much enthusiasm it carried me clear through the end, even though she was #1 and between her and the last person my life got very difficult.

And jek (lobster-girl). The project was a pair of jeans, and there were times I was sure I would never get to see them. Jek encouraged me. She had already RAKed me at least twice, but when the pants were with #8 of 9 people and real-life loss was overwhelming me a bit and I was inexplicably stressed about the pants not coming home, jek sent me a postcard--"from the pants"--complete with their breezy note, and lift-and-peek doors showing tantalizing bits of them. Jek...I remember that postcard came sometime in April, when life was just so heavy...and I carried it in my wallet for two weeks to remind me that I DID have something to think and talk about besides the plane crash. Thank you.

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I am resurrecting this thread to say:

Nervous people give the NICEST negative feedback! I think it is great that you keep on giving people the benefit of the doubt when they disappear without a trace, always offering to change the feedback to positive if the person ever comes through on their end.

I hope I never have to give negative feedback, but if I do, I hope I have the strength to be as sweet about it as the rest of you!

[stargal1998]

There are so many great eggs on here, I shall start with those that were members before me:
ANY of the board members. They keep us sane and keep us from chasing each other around with forks... All hail the Board!
Mermaid, Chesire-Cat, Velvet Hellvis, ChaosisOrder, AlienSpy, RedDirtRose, MPurr, Dentan10, Suesomon LadyLazarus, Curlita and about 100 other members I am most likely forgetting at this point.
And I also want to that those who came after me, including but not limited to, AuntieEmu, shuttertothink, crazycatlady, Ninerfan, greyraven, readinme and Jen Hook.
Since I haven't been around too much lately (see member matters thread for specific info), I've had to push back some of my LMAO activities, but people have been awesome...Not just to me, but to my little brother...
Thanks everyone! :-)

[Ashley]

stargal1998, you're so sweet :wub: Sorry, I've just found that little face and like it so I'm using it. hee hee
There are always too many people to list. But once again I'll try.
stargal1998~ thanks so much for the packet of stuff for the zines! I loved it.
Grindstonefreak~ Jamie's been so great, she's making me a website for nothing, has sent me great stuff for nothing in the past, and just sent me a RAoK postcard that really cheered me up.
Plastikvodka~ she makes great bags for me :D
Sugaree~ great communicater and so nice.
Paul~ for coordinating this whole art gallery thing and offering to give me VIP status at first thursday (local art event)
luckythirteenxxx~ for always being there keeping track of lmao's
Alienspy~ for good artwork, great hand writing (it's my favorite) and always being on the forums to talk to

Ok, so that's my most recent list, but I love all of you :D

[Cuilanië]

I would like to give a HUGE thank-you to the people who have warmed my heart and made me laugh in the last 24 hours :

Rustell, Seusomon and Hammerquill, for a blinking feast that made me giggle like a schoolgirl - you're good people, all of you.

FearfulPenguin, for sending me my very first RAoK - it arrived this morning - though she might try to tell you it wasn't one... Such a 'sweet' girl! *wink*

~~~~~~~~
Edited :
Little did I know how much I'd need it today.
An 11 year old girl tried to take her life last night at one of the schools that are part of the Foundation where I work. Your goodness is my strength while I type out the letter to all the Foundation's employees and the press release.
Update:
The little girl is out of surgery. She took severe injuries, but she should live.

[vintagecherry]

there are so many people i'd like to thank. they are: emily (fearfulpenguin), paul, reed (hammerquill), lynn (moonmama), carol (pequad), lani (lanipuppetmaker), laurina (lob), nettie (anxietyelf), beja (beka), jason (jmc), james (mysundown80) and many, many others for simply being nice and charming nervousness folk, as well as being great and wonderfully-inspiring artists. love goes out especially to those mentioned above who have been kind enough to raok me.

once i get through my frugal-student phase, i am going to re-pay every kind deed and pay everything forwards. nervousness is one of the most educating experiences i've ever been through. cheers and forgive me if i forgot about you!

:lol: boy, i am ever looking forward on meeting and interacting with more nice new people around.

[pequad]

This is a *very good* idea.

Moonmama, for being so very talented and so very kind and so much an inspiration to me.

Vintagecherry, for the kewl exchanges and warm fuzzies.

Alpaca, for helping me get the nness webring link on my website, and just being an all-around nice person to deal with.

Ann Tabor, for being so enthusiastic about doll art and for hosting such cool LMAOs, and for sending me the little seal beanie I was looking for.

Dawn King, for thinking of her nervous friends when she finds all those cool little things she finds, and making LMAOs with them.

Earthchildnz, because even though life hasn't been kind to her lately, she's still here.

Kittymao, who sent me a replacement bracelet.

All of you who've sent me an art doll, for delighting and amazing and surprising me.

My Art Doll Invitational RR participants, moonmama, snarkoutgirl, lauraboy, typenik and eclaire, because I know these dolls are going to be awesome!

And I have to give a big high five to all the good eggs out there, those I've worked with and those I haven't. Y'all are so awesome. We've all dealt with disappointments from bad eggs but they're definitely in the minority. If the world were more like nervousness, it would be a much nicer and more artful place.

Carol

[Aztek721]

Cheshire Cat:
Aztek721- She sent me one of the most beautiful ATCs that I've ever received and her artwork has been an inspiration to me. It seems that everything she touches turns to gold!  :D

:o I am *so* blushing...
*glomp-hugs Cheshire-Cat*
You're so sweet, you know that?

Let's see...good eggs, good eggs.
CheshireCat, obviously...
Fraenz (Amazing amount of work he puts into his ATC's)
Empress Dragon
Jen Hook (sent me some AMAZING oragami ATCs that I LOVE)
redandpinkdaisy for putting up with my strange questions
EVERYBODY who's been putting up with my slight obsesion with Asain things and sending me joss paper, clipped images and oragami paper. You guys ROCK!

I know there's more but I just woke up...heh...

[bluecrayon]

Kittymao -- who understood my depression and sent me something to cheer me up. I am feeling better now! And this mail art from her helped.

cb. :)

[kittymao]

To SSR-Grl and Zmom, who in two days have slapped me with 15 decos alltogether for no apparent reason!

AND THIS IS A GOOD THING!

i'm done w/ half already.

[bluecrayon]

Hey, I'm putting Hammerquill on my list. He's always helpful and friendly. And I'm putting Paul on my list, too. He's goofy as all heck but what a neat thing he is doing with his huge art show at the Zeitgeist!

cb. :)

[mpurr]

Luckythirteenxxx. Unbelievable that we weren't separated at birth, but she is younger so I'll believe it for now. :) 13 is a piece of my spirit!

zer0gee. Makes me laugh when I get too serious and upset about stuff. Thank god for that sense of humor.

Penster. One of my very first friends here, helped me along and is a total inspiration.

Nukke. Another huge inspiration.

sillysarasue. Sends me beautiful handcrafted art and never asks for anything in return. I so admire her.

namelessgirl. One of my best online friends. I can't say enough about her.

alisoun. I aspire to be as cool as her.

DawnKing. Yay!

beja. Hasan's mum, and deco maker extraordinare.

kittymao! can't leave out nice little kittymao!

cheshirecat. what hasn't she done for me? One of the kindest, sweetest souls in this place.

Lyrica. Inspiring, talented and kind.

velvethellvis. LOVE her art, her style, her sense of humor.

seusomon. very beautiful art, very beautiful spirit.

neosho. Hooked me up with the illustrious Donna H. Neosho Rocks, and so does her art!

Alpaca. Inspiring, amazing, takes no shit. Very cool artist.

Glait. Very kind and generous.

ambrosia. Probably some of the most beautiful, fine art I have ever been priveledged to receive.

bluecrayon, very responsible and great lmao-er, even though we piss each other off in the forums sometimes.

earthchildnz. Helped me in a way ot two about a thing or two. ;) Thanks again.

mysundown15. Changed my prejudice against young teenaged guys. From the little I know of him, this man is really fantastic, and has incredible inner strength.

chasmyn. Incredible strength, beautiful art, completely inspiring as well.


I can never say everything I want about everyone who deserves it, because I get brain flooded. But believe me, the appreciation is there and I can't sum up everything you guys mean to me in a few stupid short sentences.

I waited a while to post because I know these sentences are wanting for depth and look pretty anemic, but at least they convey a little of what I feel.

Much love and admiration,
Mpurr.

[kittymao]

to Girl-who-loves-sharks.

Sent me a fabulous, inspirational RAK today- made me feel so special! I can only hope her life is filled with the same glee she has given me in these past few minutes. I am riding on a cloud- it's so easy to forget that some people are just inherently BEAUTIFUL.

[Christine_0701]

There are sooo many people I'd love to thank, but most of all everyone who sent me beads!!! I won't post the list here, but to see the full (and growing) list, go here. (http://nervousness.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3411&hl=beads)

[sarahfrances]

this is so mushy! :lol:

[mpurr]

It's all us sensitive, mushy, passionate art-farts. heh. :lol:

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Some recent good eggs in my life:

Bingsy, who went WAY beyond what she was supposed to send (one mix CD) and sent, like, six CDs! Not to mention the halloween goodies. What a shock! I haven't even had time to hear all the discs yet.

Yadenxanthe, who sent me a letter and some chai tea. Just out of the blue, just because she's a great person.

Sarahkate, who tucked in some extra goodies with her theme CD. I love surprises!

GoogleBot, who sent me the secret files on all of you. Hee hee. Kidding.

[nymphette]

my list of :wub: peoples:

penster- has been so encouraging through this whole time with harrison, and sending me beautiful postcard pick me ups!!!

more posties, etc. from more awesome peoples: littlebird, ibiddy_boo, girl-who-loves-sharks, gwensmom who sent me my first holland souvenir as well as my first rosh hashanah card... stargal1998 who saw a dean koontz book and thought of me!!!...

cuilanie, christine0701, and everyone else who listens and cares when i rant about the hospital crap we go through...

people who i admire for their strength- chasmyn, leviangelmom, gwensmom...

hammerquill who's kind words kicked me in the ass to make my first atc!!!

so many more, but julian is bugging me to make rice, and when his highness wants something, he wants it now!!!

robyn

[thunderstorm_19]

I could probably go on for pages and pages (not to mention several hours) if i remembered everyone who's ever been kind to me or inspired me here...


rustell, girl-who-loves-sharks, and everyone else who have RAK'd me

everyone who sent RAKs for RAK/RAOM objects I've made

dlking1057 because she rocks, plain and simple

mermaid, for all her great ideas

everyone who offered me some cheer the other week when i felt so incredibly crap:

mpurr
nikkij33950
gwensmom
kperrty
kittymao
bluecrayon
songofthewolf
jade
acousticgroupie
magpy
ssr-grl
fearfulpenguin


the wonderful work of everyone i've worked with on ATC exchanges

and so many more

[yardenxanthe]

pantiesontherod sent me the greatest finger puppet for an exchange and threw in some handmade mini-cards... wow -- she totally went above and beyond the call of duty, and sent me great stuff. Everyone RAOK her, okay?

[Christine_0701]

Bingsy for starting Crack The Case

[kittymao]

SSR-Grl fr sendign me a cute little foam pic postie! I adore your handwriting!
*sighs* I love this place, I do I do. It helps me de-stress.

[yardenxanthe]

Medeous, your "Your face" ATC package was so great and fun! You rock! I'm so glad you are a new member!

ssr-girl -- thanks for the RAOM postcard -- so cute and so fun!!

letswapart/Marthe -- the black and white photos you sent me were heartbreakingly beautiful! I love them so much!

felixthecat -- thanks for the ribbons and notions!

What a great mail day!

[Sirius]

Thanks Possum for the Coolest Feedbacl! Glad you like the slam!

[kittymao]

Lobstergirl-
She sent me some of the COOLEST rubber-stamped images for two winky squished pennies- she's so nice I plan on making some more for her as soon as I get some money!

Oh ya- Bingsy! Crack the Case ROCKED!

[OHPossum]

Dunglas and tattoedgirl sent me RAK's! Isn't that so nice? Jeez, it takes so little to make someone happy, I hope I can do the same soon for one of YOU!!!!

[Letswapart]

I want to give praise to

OHPossum!!!!!!
Fearful Penguin!!!
Dawn king!!
and there is so many more but right now my head is empty.. it was a bad time to start this post

Marthe

[lim1bd]

Thanks to littlest-bee for being my postcard chum and having such an exciting life.

Thanks to chasmyn for being a true human and for making me feel like a good person.

Thanks to everyone for making this a nice place to visit.

[littlest-bee]

lim1bd - you little cutie! I'd better get that postcard off to you now!

Oh, heap on praise to girl-who-loves-sharks, Heather you have a heart of gold!

Praises onto Google Bot for spawning such an amusing thread!

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

kittymao: she is the best egg, for making me such a stupendous new avatar.

[kittymao]

For BirdAndBlue who sent me a coupon for FREE PIE!
I love pie!

[gwensmom]

Remember when Heather and Teresa posted from Teresa's mother's house? And remember how they so skillfully evaded the questions about what they were making and talked about baking soda instead?

Well I know what they were doing! They were making RAOK's and Gwen and I got ours today! It was an altered postcard from TWO nervous people!

Let's hear it for the ant and the shark! :wub:

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 30 2003, 08:28 PM
Remember when Heather and Teresa posted from Teresa's mother's house? And remember how they so skillfully evaded the questions about what they were making and talked about baking soda instead?

Well I know what they were doing! They were making RAOK's and Gwen and I got ours today! It was an altered postcard from TWO nervous people!

Let's hear it for the ant and the shark! :wub:
ohhh so that's what they were up to!! how excellent!!

[sarahkate]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Oct 30 2003, 11:28 PM
Remember when Heather and Teresa posted from Teresa's mother's house? And remember how they so skillfully evaded the questions about what they were making and talked about baking soda instead?

Well I know what they were doing! They were making RAOK's and Gwen and I got ours today! It was an altered postcard from TWO nervous people!

Let's hear it for the ant and the shark! :wub:
I got an ultra cool postcard from Heather & Theresa too! :D They are the greatest!

There are so many wonderful people to thank here....I don't even know where to begin & I am sure I will forget some people (sorry!)

umm...let's see...

well, heather (girl-who-loves-sharks) & theresa (siafu) as I already mentioned because they rock! :D

gwensmom for being so sweet to a fellow sarah - she saw my post in one of the threads saying that I had never seen a deco so she sent me 2!!! Now I know what decos are & I can honestly say I love 'em!

dunglas for the very cool Buffy mix CD and for the ultra cool fake money you sent with the Lotto ticket ATCs!

magypy, ladybugz, and laurasia for coming to my rescue! They all saw me whining about ATCs & how I can't cut a straight line so they offered to send me blanks! You all saved the day...now I can finally enjoy making ATCs. I am working on some right now to send back to all three of you.

And laurasia again for sending me BEAUTIFUL black & white photos. She is a great photographer! Highly recommended ;)

Also - thank you thank you thank you to the mystery RAoK-er who sent me the fun gifties! Wish I knew who you were so I could send you some gifties in return! :D

Oh AND everyone who participated in either of my magnet swaps - your magnets are great!

oh hell! I can't stop there --
thanks to EVERYONE here at N'ness - espeically those who make playing on the forums all day so much fun! I love you guys!

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by sarahkate@Oct 31 2003, 02:28 PM
And laurasia again for sending me BEAUTIFUL black & white photos. She is a great photographer! Highly recommended ;)


OOoooooooh I went and looked and you are right! I liked the b&w best. Very nice, Laurasia!

[OHPossum]

VELMA for giving away so much stuff and asking nothing in exchange. (even refusing!)

[kittymao]

metoo got the spiffy postie from the nervy-meeting!
yaay heather and teresa!

[Sirius]

ditto kittymao!

did you get a Surprise sarahkate?

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Thanks Kittymao for the SHARKBOT postcard. It's so beautiful that it brought a tear to my eye. I love those fishbots too. Tee-hee!

[sarahkate]

did you get a Surprise sarahkate?

Yes, Rustell I did!! So was it YOU??? :D

I posted THIS THREAD (http://nervousness.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=6439) about it last week --- I thought it was you since it was from arizona..but I was not sure..so if it was then THANK YOU SO MUCH! :D :D :D

[bluecrayon]

Rustell, did you send ME a nness mash note??? Heh-heh... I loved it truly!

Kittymao, you know I love GoofyBot, too. We are becoming dangerously entwined and I can't seem to skate fast enough to get away from his eyes... :D

[Fraenz]

Hello !

Since I'm a nervous "official" , I'm not very busy ( nearly not at all ) in the forums.
Shame on me ! :D

Recently I discovered this topic ! - A great idea !!!

I discovered something else too : a very talented artist and a great and kind nervous member too, who wrote my name and didn't call me a bad egg ... :D

Many thanks Aztek721 ! :rolleyes:

Since my membership at nervousness, I also met a lot of other interesting and kind people.
Thanks to all !

Everybody who wants to know my partners , may have a look at
my nervous activities (http://webplaza.pt.lu/fraenz/blackandwhite.html) ;)

Fraenz

Still have a good time at Nness ! :)

[OHPossum]

SARAHFRANCES should be cloned. For all the naysayers who criticize the lack of care and seriousness with which newer Nervousers create art, you should spend some time with Sarahfrances. She sent me 5 ATc's for a PIF (I only asked for 2) on a theme I requested which were so beautiful, so creative, so well crafted. they really pushed the limits on what I had thought about ATC's, they were sewn, beaded, one even opened up like a shrine. And they each had sewn fabric "slipcovers." Truly amazing work, above and beyond the call, and I for one am inspired to shoot for that level of care and quality, and it might mean less partifcipation, but damn, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

AlienSpy sent me a hammerhead shark postcard! Thanks Julie, that is so great.

[bluecrayon]

Hey, Fraenz --

Wasn't I in there somewhere, too??? I know I got a great ATC back from you!! :)

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Thanks to gwendy and nymphette, who both RAOKed me over the past week with sharky postcards.

Thanks to Dunglas, who sent me beautiful sharky address labels in THREE VARIETIES. Dunglas is one of the most generous nervous people out there!

*Heather

[dunglas]

Look who's talking! :D

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Wow! I got home and had RAOKs from Mechanical_Cat (a handmade sharky postcard!) and OHPossum (Shark stickers and little paper sharks to decorate!).
Everyone is soooooooooo sweet.
Thanks so much, friends!

[mechanical_cat]

eeee! I'm so pleased it arrived, I was wondering if it would :D

[OHPossum]

hmmmm. possum didn't sign her name did she? are you sure it was she? what did the postmark say?

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

hmmmm. possum didn't sign her name did she? are you sure it was she? what did the postmark say?


True...
but the clues are 1. Madison postmark and 2. Roy Acuff stamp, which was also used on yer country mix cd envelope.

Hmm. I didn't think I knew another nervous person from Madison, but I now see that AshleyShea is also there. Will it be a mystery forever?

[Fraenz]

Originally posted by bluecrayon@Nov 6 2003, 08:06 PM
Hey, Fraenz --

Wasn't I in there somewhere, too??? I know I got a great ATC back from you!! :)

Hello bluecrayon ! :rolleyes:

What a surprise !

Yep ! We met somewhere ... :D

Remember ! : you sent me great artwork for one of my mail art calls !

Please, keep an eye on my activities. I'll doing the same for yours ! ;)

All visitors and members of Nness should know that you're a very good egg !!! :)

Till soon, and

take care *s*

Fraenz

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Thank You, Mermaid, for your lovely postcard.

And if possum wasn't the one who sent the shark sticker/die-cuts (I knew I would think of the word eventually) from Madison, then thanks so much to whomever did send those things. (Are you the same person who sent Mermaid a little mermaid? You rock!)

[OHPossum]

yeah, I am not a very good secret keeper. I actually drove to another town to mail it, darn it, but what an idiot I am to use the same stamp!

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Aha! So it was you. :lol:

[nymphette]

and we can't forget about the entire <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>POSSE!!!

a million and seven thanks and hugs to all and everyone who participated in this wonderful act of kindness, caring, love, support, sweetness, good will, generosity, concern, friendship, consideration and anything else i could think of if i wasn't in dire need of an extra large tim horton's coffee!!!</span>

thanks from robyn, harrison and the entire larter family/extended family!!!!!!!!!

[Mermaid]

How soon now before you take delivery of the ammonia level tester, Nymphette?

[jmhcreativesolutions]

:)

mmmmm . . . Tim Horton's coffee . . . mmmmm

I'm terribly addicted! LOL

[Sirius]

Your Welcome Gwen's Mom. Brian shook his head at your envelope. I thought it was adorable, but then realized wait, then I am thinking I am/was adorable, can't do that....

Great use of secret pictures! It's a shame I'm too embarrassed to show off your work to anyone!

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Did gwensmom make a secret Kicky envelope?!

[Sirius]

Yes she did...with my little smirking five year old ringlet surrounded face smiling at me above my address...i think i am still blushing

[nymphette]

mermaid: we still have some fundraising to do, which may have to wait until after christmas, but i feel like we'd never get there if it wasn't for all of you guys!! :wub:

we still have to find out how to go about getting the unit too... i think that ben said cuilanie is talking to a doctor about how to get it in france!!! and then we have to figure out how to get it here without me going to prison for having a black market medical device... tee hee... though ben said he didn't think that is a problem... unless i start selling them!!!

my sister just showed up with a tim's!!!!! yay for coffee!!! gonna go and drink and create!!!

robyn

[Cuilanië]

Actually, it's too bad it won't be possible until after Christmas, or I'd have brought it in my suitcase. Then I could have mailed it to you from within Canada's borders.

Still trying to figure out how exactly to buy that thing... I won't give up! That posse is an inspiration! :wub:

I am going home to Montréal for Christmas...

[gwensmom]

Originally posted by Rustell@Nov 20 2003, 10:03 AM
Great use of secret pictures! It's a shame I'm too embarrassed to show off your work to anyone!
Yes, it was a kicky envie. You might as well post it Rustell because the whole postal service between Memphis and Phoenix has seen it! Glad you liked it. We giggled hysterically while making it. Well, I did. Gwen just looked at me like I was nuts.

And praise be to heather for sending Gwen two birthday books that she loves!

[Alpaca]

Originally posted by Cuilanië@Nov 20 2003, 07:47 PM
I am going home to Montréal for Christmas...
And my brother is coming home from Montréal for Christmas... Sniffle.

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

Thanks to curiousgirl (Claire in Austin, TX) for the wonderful RAOK of shark stickers! I love them dearly.

[yardenxanthe]

I second that for some cute marble magnets from Claire/curiousgirl. Thanks!!

[kittymao]

beja sent me some spiffy paper! that was supa coo.

[Mermaid]

Praise to Cuilanie for helping me to find the telephone number of my penfriend in France, so that I could ring and wish her Merry Christmas . We began corresponding over 20 years ago, though the letters are fewer and father between in more recent years.

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by yardenxanthe@Dec 3 2003, 09:56 AM
I second that for some cute marble magnets from Claire/curiousgirl. Thanks!!
I got some too!! YAY!

And I wish to praise everyone who sent me Christmas cards and goodies...

mo_love_99, ladytonia, meika, SB, ibbidy-boo, neosho, mumblingorg, laura-jane, becca, missy, sarita, mermaid, nymphette, willow, babychee, brushagain, bklvrinva, moriah, fearfulpenguin, dorsia, cyph0r, pattymae, joliejoliebobolie, ssr-grl, penster... and anyone I forgot.

My secret snowfriend, babychee.
My 2003 secret santa mail partner, moriah.

and everybody who sent me anything i've forgotten to mention.

[cdonley]

Yay! Thanks to Magpy for the Xmas ATC greeting and to ssr-grl for the Christmas card.

And, I'll say it here --> Medeous (Sarah) is AWESOME. She's ended up in a few of the LMAOs I've hosted and her ATCs are always impressive - AND she's always early - AND she does extras, like makes a color-coordinating ATC envie for each card....she's impressive (and nice - heehee :D )

[anntabor]

wow, i love this! I can't believe my name was mentioned here- i feel so honored :)

people who have inspired me:

pequad, moonmama, tinymagick (so glad she came back!)- their art dolls have inspired me so much!

pantiesontherod- she's so, so, talented and super-nice :) oh, she should go in the above "inspirational doll artist" category too :)

dawn king- come on, who doesn't love dawn?

paula trumble- i love her work, everything she does just turns out wonderful!

lauraboy- another artist who can just do everything! I'll always remember her contributions to my 20 things-style project- she made 14 of 15 (not everyone sent in things) completely unique objects that obviously took a lot of effort

sillysarasue, mpurr, penster, luckythirteenth, karmadiva- i've been in a ton of deco projects
with these girls, and I'm always impressed by their contributions. And Sara's decos just crack me up :)

steve- she's insanely talented! and i love her "creepy cute" stuffed guys :)

snowstory- sweetest girl ever!

the following nervousers always sign up for my projects and their contributions are always beautiful: alma, eclaire, snarkoutgirl, lob...i know i'll think of more.

other nervousers i love: lobster girl, magpy, alienspy, annarella, kittymao,

alpaca- because she didn't take my shit when i got stressed out and was mean...always an admirable quality :)

i'll think of more

[anntabor]

and how could i forget velvetheellvis (i probably butchered her username)! her atcs and deco contributions are absolutely amazing. great sense of humor too!

also- neosho! i forgot to mention her in my list of deco people who always amaze me.

and curiousgirl. and birdandblue. :)

oh, and someone who is new to nervousnness- fishcakes, i think. i've never exchanged with her, but the art on her website is incredible!

[beja]

why haven't i found this thread sooner? this thread is wonderful! i feel all warm and fuzzy reading about how nice everyone here is..hehehe. here are some nervous people who have been particularly outstanding.. (i'm sure i'm forgetting tons of people..i love you ALL!)

mpurr..sender of lovely raoks/decos/random goodies. our cats send each other greetings, and that's just too darn cute.

neosho..maker of amazingcrazy decos/fabulously wild mailart envelopes! she is an inspiration! i remember receiving my first neoshomailart envelope and just being like W.O.W.

cosmicxx..she hasn't been here in a while...but she made me an amazing little handmade bag once, and i've been using it ever since! praise be to donna.

vintagecherry..a passionate young lady with a way with words. i do hope she comes back.

deepharcyde..she sent me an awesome mos def mix CD just because she is nice like that..and i listen to it all the time!!

kittymao..random sender of decos and fellow kitty-lover! meow!!

yousmellspecial..mia makes really neato stuff, and is handy with the sewing machine..and not just on fabric! i really enjoy her style.

miss.darling..melina and i have been exchanging random mail for quite a while now, and i never cease to be amazed by the cuteness of the little things she makes.

postal../jane boston..anna sends random adorable mail to me all the time..her generosity just warms my heart, and i surely never send her enough mail to make up for the neato zines 'n' stuff she sends me.

bluecrayon..i don't think we have ever exchanged before, but i think this lady is one cool crayon. i like what she says (/posts), and she once sent me a very nice message.

wooo that was fun! :)

[Changeling]

Insipid sent me a big ole' pack of ATC sleeves. They arrived today. It was in response to us "talking about them" during a PIF, which was my first Nervousness thingy in November. That was cool. B)

[tinyangel]

Dawn King for her beautiful kindness, positive energy and amazing artwork. i'm sure i owe her a letter, so i'm glad i caught this thread! :wub:

Lyrica for freaking everything.


okay, that html stuff is hard for me, but also:

Junanne Peck for kind words, gorgeous artwork & inspiration.
Nicci Mechleraka anongrrrl for stunning me with her talent and being so sweet.

there is alot more, i'm a bit slow at bat though, so watch for another post. ;)

[ibiddy_boo]

Hello! It's about time i come in here and give my say. i have so many people that i really want to mention.....right from when i first joined ness. Everyone has been absolutely wonderful to me, and i truly appreciate y'all. :) Thank you, thank you to everyone who's included me in their LMAO's, exchanges, letters, surprises, etc....and even pm-ing me with nice messages....that ALWAYS makes me feel so good! :)

i'm going to start fresh with the (public) personal thank you's however, and here are some big ones to the people who's beautiful envies were waiting for me when i returned from home yesterday.

:wub: wildcherr sent me a surprise beautiful handmade braclet as well as the pieces to make one myself! She also sent a whack of atc blanks! Wildcherr is always surprising me with goodies....she's a great friend.

:wub: nymphette sent me a wonderful letter, picture of her gorgeous boys! and a beautiful handmade tag. i don't know how you managed to find the time to write such a nice long letter Robyn, but thank you!

:wub: saifu sent me a handbound book that her and i will be working on filling together. i was so thrilled to get it!! She's a wonderful person.....initiated the idea of us doing this after hearing that my one and only sister and i are not the least bit close.

:wub: There was a wonderful pm from Penster waiting on my return....i much appreciate that!!

:)
cindy

[thunderstorm_19]

just adding a general thanks to everyone who notifies object owners when circumstances arise that make them unable to continue on objects-in-progress....

[bluecrayon]

siafu, I think, is wonderful. Thank you for the lovely book!!!

James, I think, is wonderful. Thank you for all the assistance you have given me...

Penster, I think, is wonderful. Thanks for all the kind words and advice... I am off the floor...

Gwensmom, I think, is wonderful -- thanks for kindness and gifts and smiles....

Hammerquill, I think, is wonderful -- apples and metal ATCs and friendship...

Paul, I think, is wonderful -- encouragment and spirit and art lessons and fun!!!

nymphette, I think, is wonderful -- just fun and nice and lovely and talented!!!

Tom, I think, is wonderful -- goofy, flirty, kind and interesting...

mpurr -- I just love her....

ambrosia -- I love her, too

Lyrica -- ditto

Junanne -- ditto

sirius -- beautiful, funny and smart...

Alpaca -- extremely interesting -- I want to know her better!

Dawn -- wonderful....

cyph0r -- a good friend...

cuilanie -- pretty, sweet, funny, smart, and dancing on a similar path with me...

Medeous -- my sister!

and everyone else who has ever smiled at me....

this is a great neighborhood to hang in!

[nuKKe]

Yesterday I received a full deco, made to me by Mpurr - I have no idea why she made me one, but she definitely made my day!
Thank you, dear, for the wonderful ephemera (sp?) deco!
Thank you Karmadiva, Sillysarasue, Anntabor, Neosho and Lucky for filling tiny envies with lots of goodies - I just love it!
:)

[verycuriousgirl]

[FONT=Geneva]
I'm so overdue for praising others. This is a small sampler:

[COLOR=purple]manukenkun [COLOR=green]- who spied me on the forums and shared her love of vintage clothing

[COLOR=purple]annarella - for beautiful work, lovely envelopes and who fulfills all my "mail art" dreams

birdandblue - quirky and generous contributions to lmaos

possum - quick and wonderfully generous pifs

onceupon - sent a HUGE and generous package

fishcakes - lovely to see her here on nervousness

yousmellspecial - great PIFs and beautifully sewn art

mmcaule - creepy cute toys are amazing (SO kidrobot) and helped so much in my christmas gift

anntabor - a wonderful organizer - i love having the thumbnails to flip through



Thank you to all! Jen

[manukenkun]

Hey that's nice! I'm sorry I haven't been a better nervousnesser of late.
But i'd like to praise...
Mermaid for being the first Nervous person to 'talk' to me
Miss Jen for being the first Nervous person to meet me in real life
Fearful Penguin for trying to help me sort out image hosting
Lyrica for being an inspiration
Bird and Blue for being creator of great fabric things
Littlebird for being someone with a sense of humour
Nymphette for being nymphette
Eclair for wonderful sewn creations
All the people who took place in my lmaos- i'm so flakey right now I can't remember you all off the top of my head, mostly i'm living in livejournal world now so come visit me there!
Crunchcandy

[Fairy Sparkles]

Much gratitude goes to:

Mermaid for being such a delightful person by taking a chance and getting to know me personally! ALso for generosity, frivolity and the gift of friendship.

Patiesontherod for immense generosity, kindness, trust, and for having such a superb talent...everything she creates contains care, heart and thoughtfulness.

Epiphany 192 for a RAOK that was so relevant to my life, and for openly sharing such a wonderful story with me...it has really inspired me to work at my best.

Jenny Blue for understanding the true meaning of kindness and for taking the time to spread it through a truly meaningful gift.

Love you guys!

Michelle.

[JosieGellar]

There are bajillions of good eggs. Everybody I've met here so far is a good egg. So if I leave you out, know that I still find good in your egginess.

Today:

OHPossum sent me the coolest PIFpackage in the known universe, with ATCs that made me laugh and charms that made me squeal with joy.

shark-who-loves-girls for the RAOK club and overall sweetness and generosity and wondermousness

Penster for not only working her tail off on the "technical" stuff on this site, but contributing to so many projects AND all the "good deeds" and kindness, including making me a gorgeous deco after knowing me for all of about half an hour in chat, WHILE she was having family emergency.

pantiesontherod just for being you, tackling crazy projects for exchanges for me, being brave, honest, creative and generally a groovy chick. I (heart) Bethwyn.

medeous, because just seeing your avatar makes me smile and knowing you're around always puts me in a good mood.

All the fantabulous people who've sent me black and white postcards.

Rustell and gwensmom for the prairie dogs (I honestly can't convey how much those were appreciated by their recipient!)

Hickorywind(!!!!!!!!!) 'Nuff said.

Zmom for the mermaids!

Picasso for extra ATCs, blanks, and general nice-to-newbieness.

Smachel for brightening my mailbox twice with fun things.

ShelleyM for being ShelleyM and sending bouncy enthusiasm all the way from Winnipeg in my mailbox and my PM box and my Q-and-A box.

The ubiquitous gwendy for her artful ubiquitousness and the tattooed pig.

[Christine_0701]

JosieGellar for her JellyBellys, littlest-bee for her book, Tom for his ATC's, Penny for her card and triomino, and everyone else who sent me unexpected mail over the holidays!!!

[Seusomon]

I'm not sure what to say here, because it all seems so inarticulate to me; so many people, so many moments of connection.

You know, I have teased and joked a lot about Eve and Paris and all that, but the truth is that she's just brave and kind and real and human in a way that touches my soul. There's no reason she needed to offer to meet me when I was in Paris, no reason she needed to find a vegetarian restaurant for us, no reason to make eye contact, to share the city, to allow me the liberty of recognizing her beauty when I would be a continent away the next day. I'm constantly tempted to say extravagant things that embarrass us both (and have succombed to the temptation embarrassingly often), but it's only because -

Friendship is a grain of crystal that catches light from nowhere and beams it into your eyes.

Why did Sarah and Gwen send me things when I was down? Why does that little picture of bluecrayon's hand make me seem less alone? Why did I write to Samantha about my deepest impressions of femininity? Why did Robyn's pencil drawings seem so heartfelt? Why did I walk around Santa Fe with a stuffed monkey around my neck? Why did I choose to share particular things with Reed, and no one else? Why did all those brown monkey postcards to Rustell manage to get through the mail without postmarks? Why did you all PM me - KatieKat, and Pantiesontherod, and Kittymao, and more I'm embarrassed not to list in total.

Yes, it is just the internet - ephemeral, virtual, impractical, nerdy, silly, vibrant...

But behind the site, behind the forums, behind the keystrokes, we are all alive.

There are no bad eggs.

There are infinite possibilities. The more seeds, the more flowers.

This thank-you is bigger than this post.

Blessings, Tom

[Christine_0701]

wow tom. that was really well put. i think this thread has now turned into more of a "rave because ____ did ____ for me" than "___ is a good egg" type thread....but i must say i enjoy reading your posts on the chain games that are silly, and your posts like this, that are well thought and well articulated. i think i speak for most of us on here when i say we are all lucky to know you and have you as a friend

[ibiddy_boo]

Ditto Christine.

i don't know what it is, but i could listen to Tom all day....his words play out like music. Hmmm.....that old story The Pied Piper is coming to mind. :D

[thunderstorm_19]

that is a fabulous post tom.

[nymphette]

"Why did Sarah and Gwen send me things when I was down? Why does that little picture of bluecrayon's hand make me seem less alone? Why did I write to Samantha about my deepest impressions of femininity? Why did Robyn's pencil drawings seem so heartfelt? Why did I walk around Santa Fe with a stuffed monkey around my neck? Why did I choose to share particular things with Reed, and no one else? Why did all those brown monkey postcards to Rustell manage to get through the mail without postmarks? Why did you all PM me - KatieKat, and Pantiesontherod, and Kittymao, and more I'm embarrassed not to list in total."

because tom... you said it- Friendship is a grain of crystal that catches light from nowhere and beams it into your eyes.

and we all love you... :wub: :lol:

which is why we try to confuse you... :huh: by we i mean "I"... by "try" i mean i have no clue why you find me incoherent... ;) heh heh...

robyn

[bluecrayon]

I'm one of the "we" in Nymphette's post!!! A day without Tom on the forums is just an empty day....

Tom is the heart and soul of quizzes and questions --- and lots of other things, too! :)

[thunderstorm_19]

Yay for unexpected mail!! Thanks for the postcard Mermaid!

and YAY for late Christmas cards... thanks Rustell, and Bingsy!

[Seusomon]

You guys are so sweet - thank you all.

My own theory about Robyn bewildering me is that her little corner of Saskatchewan was isolated from the rest of the world during the last ice age, and so strange bits of vocabulary survive there, known nowhere else.

[thunderstorm_19]

Originally posted by Seusomon@Jan 9 2004, 02:03 PM
My own theory about Robyn bewildering me is that her little corner of Saskatchewan was isolated from the rest of the world during the last ice age, and so strange bits of vocabulary survive there, known nowhere else.
LMAO.

[Dalmaney]

Hee hee hee... bunnyhug. Shooter. It wasn't a small part of Saskatchewan at all.

[nymphette]

.......I..........
......AM........
CANADIAN!!!


saskatchewan is a small part of it... :)

i wonder how tom would feel if iTRIED to confuzzle him... if i do that well without trying, imagine the possibilities!!! ;)

[cindi1023]

To whomever sent me the lovely Matisse cards as a RAoK, I offer a truly heartfelt THANK YOU!

Matisse is one of my favorite artists, and I plan on framing the cards and using them in my new office.

~cindi

[ibiddy_boo]

i want to give mechanical_cat a big THANK YOU!!!! The little sweetie was only supposed to send me one cd in a PIF, but made me two!! i love them...thanks so much again Cat!

:)
cindy

[ibiddy_boo]

My gosh....what a surprise....i was raok'd twice today!!

Warm huggles :wub: to drumturtle and Anastasia576!!!

i don't even know y'all, and yet i recieved a post card from each of you today!

i know i've been very whiney lately about being so sick and all (it just won't let up, and is making me cranky, etc!), and today was an especially baddy....crappy news on top of everything else! Anyway.....these really cheered me up, and i want to thank you very much!

i also want to thank Elvis for the postcard too! Yep, the king lives and i have the postcard to prove it!!


:)
cindy

[verycuriousgirl]

I was RAOK'd by PENNY today!

It felt great... I had just taken a stack of stuff to the post-office (mostly catch-up)...so it was lovely to get something unexpected and pretty!

Thank you Penny!

vcg

[Penster]

Thank you Penny!

You are very welcome!! Glad it made you feel good :D

[JosieGellar]

ibbidy_boo sent me a gorgeous container of random joy for the artistic inspiration lmao, and I cannot believe how great it is!

[ibiddy_boo]

Aww JosieGellar i'm glad you liked it. i wasn't happy with the way the container turned out, and if you're not also, please pm me to let me know and i'll see about making you another.

:)
cindy

[Meika]

I was raok'd by Freckledcutie today with an amazing domino necklace. She really made my day! Thanks. (((((HUG)))))

[JosieGellar]

Originally posted by ibiddy_boo@Jan 20 2004, 11:07 PM
i wasn't happy with the way the container turned out, and if you're not also, please pm me to let me know and i'll see about making you another.

?!?! What part of "I cannot believe how great it is" did you not understand, silly? :rolleyes:

*hugs*

[jmhcreativesolutions]

Drumturtle sent me a beautiful altered RAOM postcard -- I received it a couple of days ago, when I was having a particularly harsh day with deadbeat clients. (I won't get into it. LOL) Anyway, her kindness certainly helped me realize that my days won't always be filled with negativity -- positive lights will shine when they're least expected.

Thank you for being so sweet!!!! :)

[Changeling]

Dig my new avatar made by VelvetHellvis! :D :D :D

[dorsia]

Miss Curlita sent me the most wonderful RAOK package, which is not a regular occurence around here, and really made my day! She never ceases to inspire, please and amuse. Thank you! :lol:

[Sirius]

ditto!

[girl-who-loves-sharks]

I got a beautiful Curlita package, too. In fact, I have gotten an amazing number of RAOKs this week! Yardenxanthe sent me a really pretty necklace that I have worn every day, Rebecca sent me a really neat envelope book full of pretty papers and stamps, etc., Death_or_Aldona sent me an awesome Emily the Strange postcard, Freckled-Cutie sent me a wonderful guardian angel ATC, and today I got a cool Valentine ornament from kittymao! Thanks so much, everybody! You have really cheered me up.

xoxo
Heather

[nymphette]

:wub: you guys!!!!!!!! :wub:

it's another conspiracy, i just found out today!!! i had a package at the post office in white city to pick up (from last friday!!!!:O they are only open until 5, and only noon on sturday, which we found out LAST saturday... so i have had to wait a full week to get it!!!!) which turned out to be from gwensmom... full of awesome stuff for the sale!!!!! i started to cry :'( when i read the enclosed letter, sarah!!!! thanks so much for all the awesome earring and the purses (!)- well, they may make it to the sale, if my niece and sister don't buy them off me first!!!;) they are beautiful!!!! my sister is coming over today to help me make earrings, and now we have even more goodies to choose from to make them!!!! i had gotten some great domino necklaces from little miss freckled for the sale, but i didn't know it was another top secret good deed!!!!!!!!! you guys are too good to us!!!! i wish i could hug all of you guys, the posse, and all the wonderful good deeders out there in nervousland!!!!! we love you guys so much!!!!!!!! ^_^

hugs from robyn and harrison!!!!!! :hug:

[gwensmom]

I got my very first Valentine of the season today from KITTYMAO! It was a asian themed tag and a 1" button with an asian scene on it.

Thanks for a great surprise Kelly!

[Christine_0701]

Originally posted by gwensmom@Feb 9 2004, 07:31 PM
I got my very first Valentine of the season today from KITTYMAO! It was a asian themed tag and a 1" button with an asian scene on it.

Thanks for a great surprise Kelly!
me too!!!! except someone else got my surprise <_<

[OHPossum]

I got a fab Valentine from Curlita! Complete with a babymaking book and decaf coffee!

[bluecrayon]

kittymao -- aw, it's hanging up and I'm looking at it!!!

thankyou. :wub:

[littlest-bee]

Wave a big flag! Lim1bd rocks my socks! She sent me bee stationery!

I heart you Briony!

[kittymao]

don't worry christine, I'll send a less bomb-looking valentine next time. which will be tomorrow, hopefully super-snail-mail becuase EVERYONE deserves love on the 14th.

[chaosisorder]

Ms. Stargal sent me an adorable Valentine today. What a wonderful little surprise in my mailbox! :) It has a groundhog on the front with a big heart shadow and inside it say 'if only this meant six more weeks of chocolate.' Mass giggles.

[sarahkate]

Stargal sent a Vday card to me too! She's so sweet!! :D

[dunglas]

Big thanks to everyone participating in my current LMAOs. I'm just floored by all the thoughtful contributions and beautiful art.

Extra props to those - you know who you are! - who thought of little ways to make hosting easier for me, by including postage, presorting things, etc.

Extra extra props to ChateauLoco, who not only came through under difficult circumstances, but did it with a smile. Her great attitude helped keep me going!

[mpurr]

Thanks to the excellent peeps on my Alter the Star shaped box lmao so far--I appreciate that it is being sent along in such good time, and that you are all updating your sign up slots.

Let's meet the chemist II came home and was another success, thanks to the timely and creative participants.

Things in (most of) my lmaos seem to be looking up, and I just want to express that there are some mighty fine 'eggs' out there. Thank you, thank you, thank you! :D

[Mermaid]

Thamk you Meika

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~mermaid/Raom_from_meika.jpg

[jackiethestamper2]

Thanks to Thoney for forwarding my first TCLMAO to the rightful owner!