Shhhhh! Santa's Secret Workshop
I got a card from Irina! It's so special. Thanks Irina. 
Mine was a that's adorable Aw.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
I kind of awed in my head too. I'm not ashamed to admit it.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
omg I d'awwwwwwwwwwed
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
I laughed instead of awwed. Because I have kids too. It was a good laugh.
Mhm!
This is why we can't have nice things.
Irina! Just saw the post in here...check your PM's
YAY!
We just got our box!
I'll try to figure out how to post pics, but Cami sent us a handmade card, with purple doodles inside, a copy of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, a stocking with a jar of strawberry rhubard jam inside (or preserves? I don't know the dif), a big hand-made mug she glazed, a cool bookmark made out of foreign postage stamps, and some mardi gras beads for the three year old. Totally appropriate, I know. 
Anyway, Adelaide just about came unglued when we opened it up, and she immediately shouted, "MINE" when the purple, green and gold beads came out of the box.
Good times. Definitely made a rather mundane Thursday a lot better all around.
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Dammit, I had been able to ignore this thread until now. I wish I had participated.
Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Adelaide sounds too cute.
I see you doing real good at secret santa, too.
This is why we can't have nice things.
We just got our box!
I'll try to figure out how to post pics, but Cami sent us a handmade card, with purple doodles inside, a copy of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, a stocking with a jar of strawberry rhubard jam inside (or preserves? I don't know the dif), a big hand-made mug she glazed, a cool bookmark made out of foreign postage stamps, and some mardi gras beads for the three year old. Totally appropriate, I know.
Anyway, Adelaide just about came unglued when we opened it up, and she immediately shouted, "MINE" when the purple, green and gold beads came out of the box.
Good times. Definitely made a rather mundane Thursday a lot better all around.
hey, gotta start the kids young. I'm so glad adelaide liked them! that's so cute to imagine! when I was a kid mardi gras was my favorite, the whole family would walk down the street from our house for the parade on the main strip. and then I'd wear as many beads as I could home until my head sunk from the weight. 
I hope you like the mug, I didn't throw it myself (it'd look terrible if I had made it) but I've gotten pretty good at painting them.
also strawberry rhubarbs are so wonderful. nom nom nom.
sorry it took so long! sickness is the worst.
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
Strawberry rhubarb sounds like an excellent combination!
I've never had rhubarb anything but I was fascinated whenever someone in the Mary Poppins books brought it up.
Rhubarb is amazing on pancakes (the big flat kind, not the American kind), YUM.
It's can be really tart, but so yummy.
I see you doing real good at secret santa, too.
I can attest to this.
That habanero sauce changed my life. Still, favorite sauce ever, I get sad when I run out.
strawberry rhubarb crisp is really good.
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
Fun fact: today I scratched my BOOT and hurt my toes as I was looking for my Secret Santa notice. The building has a very heavy thin metal door and I pulled it right over my left foot, scratching my boots and tearing off a bit of skin off my toes (which I noticed when I got home). I just wish post office clerks would have nothing to object to my willing to take a package in my name, but on a different address than the one I have on my ID. I also wish the ONE post office I can pick up international packages from wasn't so damn far away. And lastly, I wish postal services were better because I'm growing impatient. Fuck the system!
Wait, are our pancakes not supposed to be flat? Is this some conspiracy where everyone I know and diners everywhere have been lying to me my whole life?
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
You made me giggle des.
I think Imke was thinking of crepes perhaps?
Wait, are our pancakes not supposed to be flat? Is this some conspiracy where everyone I know and diners everywhere have been lying to me my whole life?
Maybe your pancakes just appear to be thicker, because they're smaller? Forget the fatter part.
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Definitely not thinking about crepes!
....
Mine have always been round and flat...
This is why we can't have nice things.
I've never actually tried to eat a pancake that didn't look like this.
And I've never gotten further than eating the chocolate chips and whipped cream. That thing could be three inches deep for all I know or care.
I never really liked pancakes though. As a child, I did like eatable faces though.
i read that as eatable feces, shrugged, and went on reading.
this doesn't reflect how i look at you though, jessica.
Blargh whipped cream! And I don't like your pancakes, only crepes. Just saying. I also find maple syrup too sweet for my taste.
I understand. I did say I wouldn't be completely opposed to eating a durian.
Now I live with that reputation.
Too, but I read it as fæces.
'Cos I'm classy like that.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Now I live with that reputation.
Ooh that's the stinky fruit that tastes awesome, no?
this is one of those times when quoting is your best friend.
this is one of those times when quoting is your best friend.
Noticed and made the correction.
Too, but I read it as fæces.
'Cos I'm classy like that.
Had to look that up to see if it meant something different.
Nope, still poop.
LOL @ IMarina.
LOL @ Jessabelleza.
This is why we can't have nice things.
I'm so sorry I forgot to post these! It's because I was too busy playing with the soap robots.
From Pete I got a book called The Subject Steve. It seems like something I'd enjoy. The comic book version of Star Trek 3. I've never read a Star Trek comic or seen that movie. I'll read it first, then complain loudly that the book was better even if it wasn't. And a CD from local band with a fisherman for a lead singer.
The coolest soap ever, in the shape of little robots with cranks. Cooler than Fight Club soap. Also some Made In Detroit stickers, little cards with Sagan and other drawings on them, a brain sperm magnet, and a couple Flying Spaghetti Monster pins.
I hope I reassembled everything that was in there.
Oh and "No food because I didn't want to get charged with involuntary manslaughter." Gluten is everywhere. Thanks for the concern, Pete. Everything's great! Thank you.
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism." -Carl Sagan
"Am I cruel? Probably. Is she an idiot? Yes." -jane s.
ha! those are awesome Steve! yay!
I'm glad you like everything steve.
That is a fantastic gift package!
Yes, nicely done.
This is why we can't have nice things.
what if pete had just sent a box of breads
am I the only one who would find that hilarious?
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
Cammie, that's horrible! And funny. But mostly horrible. LOL
Also, everybody loves Pete's package. >.>
Also, everybody loves Pete's package. >.>
You LOVE IT!
Yeah. He's got a nice package...
I haven't seen it but if Fano says it, must be true.
The little soap robots are one of the urban dictionary definitions of clean.
I like this.
You MUST like it.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
I just got back to my apartment to a very sweet surprise. Thank you jazzy for the card! Again, it's the little things. I wish I was more generous around this chaotic time of year.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
YAY!
I dreamt I had my Secret Santa gift. I was pretty disappointed when I woke up.
Awww.
Are these good aws or bad aws?
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