Sowal Ornament Exchange

I just went back and re-read the whole night

Don't worry My guess is she's on the phone.

Hope Djarg is still around. Here it is sweetie (not in person but you'll have it soon)!

Cork! It is GRAYT!

I said I was not very creative....it was all I could come up with

I love it girl!

Really...you don't have to post it....it is kind of sad But I thought the nightshirt was perfect!

I want to be a LOCAL of SoWal when I grow up...a tourist everywhere else!

Merman and I were double lucky tonight because not only did we receive the most **perfect** ornaments from dbuck and Ocean Lover, we got a bonus.

Mango sent us these darling ornaments and now our house is filled with even more SoWal talent. Christmas definitely arrived with a big bang in the Midwest!

I got one too...I'll post it!

She was totally flippin' out. :funn:

I was kinda wondering about the cat

You're a hoot I haven't gotten anything for Sunshine yet. Got back from Mayo Sat night. Slept Sunday. Took my bumper to get repaired today (ripped it off on a curb a few weeks back). Have to drive to Miami to renew my passport Wednesday and plan on shopping tomorrow and Thurs. I'll get her something then but she's been away from me so much that she'll just be thrilled to go out with me. She's had it rough throughh all this. But she's a trooper

why do you have to go alllll the way to Miami???????

Hmmm.... Valentines???

:clap_1: YES!!!!!! I think this is a spectacular idea!!!!!! You can send me your spiral!

I LOVE MY ORNAMENT! Tootsie was my secret Santa and she made me the most beautiful and personal ornament of the Mutandi di Barga! It is so detailed and lovely (and the packaging was adorable, too). So THANKS, Tootsie. For those of you who don't know the history of the Mutandi di Barga, there's a painter in my family's hometown in Italy who paints the mutandi di Barga (the panties of Barga) because people hang their underwear outside the old medieval homes. So, knowing that I love those paintings and that little town, Tootsie made this special ornament. THANKS!

I gave Tootsie the little New England town. I have to admit that they are hand-made by my sister and her husband. I got into the ornament exchange a bit late and I just love to share their little villages with my friends. We have about 100 of these little houses in our house and we put them out every Christmas. They have the names of people and places we love on them. And now Tootsie's Mutandi di Barga ornament will join the village so we'll have a little piece of SoWal/Italy in our village as well!

Paula, Toots sent me a picture of your ornament...so see if this shows it better.
This is also a picture of the ornament Mango made for me.....
click on the picture to enlarge it!

And I LOVE the photos of all the ornaments that were made. :clap_1: So creative and personal. I love you all and Merry Christmas!

And I LOVE the photos of all the ornaments that were made. :clap_1: So creative and personal. I love you all and Merry Christmas!

Ditto girl!!!!!

Paula, Toots sent me a picture of your ornament...so see if this shows it better.
This is also a picture of the ornament Mango made for me.....
click on the picture to enlarge it!

Thanks, Allifunn. Your photo is indeed much crisper and the detail in the ornament is so special. That photo talent must be a family talent for you!

Your ornament from Mango is adorable, too.

Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas season and hope we cross paths in SoWal this year -- it has been waaaay too long. We won't be there over Christmas, but will be there the last week of February and then sometime over the summer. Definitely in August and I may try two weeks in a row this August.

I forgot to say that I missed the party because I was in Los Angeles for the Surivor Finale Friday - Monday night! It was fantastic, but we were on the plane during the SoWal ornament party. In fact, we ended up getting in at 3:30 am this morning because the plane had to stop in Phoenix for a medical emergency onboard (heart problem but the guy seemed OK -- he even walked off the plane).

I'll post photos and info about the funn at the survivor finale and after party later today. We got photos of the kids with many of the contestants and just had a great time overall.

And I LOVE the photos of all the ornaments that were made. :clap_1: So creative and personal. I love you all and Merry Christmas!

Paula, I just realised that your ornament is all about the Italian panties! Talk about waaaaaay cool.

(And you can also tell that I look at the pictures of the ornaments before I read the posts about the ornaments!)

Paula, I just love your ornament from Tootsie. :clap_1: and the houses to Tootsie your family made. Very special.

I looked for you on the finale night that I had to tape. Were you sitting behind your sister inlaw? Can't wait to see the pics.

Everyone wrapped their ornaments so nicely. I do not wrap very well, so poor IBD must have thought she got an ornament from a vagrant.
I am trying to wrap presents now, and not doing a very good job of it. :roll:

Paula, I just love your ornament from Tootsie. :clap_1: and the houses to Tootsie your family made. Very special.

I looked for you on the finale night that I had to tape. Were you sitting behind your sister inlaw? Can't wait to see the pics.

Everyone wrapped their ornaments so nicely. I do not wrap very well, so poor IBD must have thought she got an ornament from a vagrant.
I am trying to wrap presents now, and not doing a very good job of it. :roll:

I love the ornament, too, Mango. It's going to go down in familiy history (and to one of the girls someday) as a VERY special ornament.

As for Survivor, we were sitting in another section. But Stacy looked fantastic and they did a few shots of her because Jonathan said wonderful things about her. I'll post about the survivor trip later today or tomorrow... I have to grade lots of papers first...

hmmm - i had a package on the porch this morning - it must have been delivered after i left for work at 5:30 pm. i am enjoying the anticipation, so i think i will wait to open it until i get off work this week so i can properly enjoy it. thank you to my secret sowal pal - will get back to you monday when i open my package !

hmmm - i had a package on the porch this morning - it must have been delivered after i left for work at 5:30 pm. i am enjoying the anticipation, so i think i will wait to open it until i get off work this week so i can properly enjoy it. thank you to my secret sowal pal - will get back to you monday when i open my package !

WHAT???!!!!! You are going to wait all week and you don't even HAVE to? Audie...:::retending to feel Audie's forehead::::are you all right? :shock:

Rip that baby open and post a pic so we can see it. The suspense is killing me.

hmmm - i had a package on the porch this morning - it must have been delivered after i left for work at 5:30 pm. i am enjoying the anticipation, so i think i will wait to open it until i get off work this week so i can properly enjoy it. thank you to my secret sowal pal - will get back to you monday when i open my package !

Your going to make US wait?????? :nono1:
BTW...your ornaments to ladyd were grayt!!!!!:clap_1:

hmmm - i had a package on the porch this morning - it must have been delivered after i left for work at 5:30 pm. i am enjoying the anticipation, so i think i will wait to open it until i get off work this week so i can properly enjoy it. thank you to my secret sowal pal - will get back to you monday when i open my package !

MONDAY???? You are a crazy wench biatch...stop tormenting us like this.

Your going to make US wait?????? :nono1:
BTW...your ornaments to ladyd were grayt!!!!!:clap_1:

Yes, Audie, they were grayt..very thoughtful.

Paula, I just love your ornament from Tootsie. :clap_1: and the houses to Tootsie your family made. Very special.

I looked for you on the finale night that I had to tape. Were you sitting behind your sister inlaw? Can't wait to see the pics.

Everyone wrapped their ornaments so nicely. I do not wrap very well, so poor IBD must have thought she got an ornament from a vagrant.
I am trying to wrap presents now, and not doing a very good job of it. :roll:

Your ornament wrapping was fine. I am sure Mr. DD is hating me for all the shredded paper that i wrapped his in. It is still all over my house just from wrapping it.

Your ornament wrapping was fine. I am sure Mr. DD is hating me for all the shredded paper that i wrapped his in. It is still all over my house just from wrapping it.

He could never hate you!! But my trash in the computer room is FULL o' the stuff!! Maggie LOVES it!!

WHAT???!!!!! You are going to wait all week and you don't even HAVE to? Audie...:::retending to feel Audie's forehead::::are you all right? :shock:

Rip that baby open and post a pic so we can see it. The suspense is killing me.

yep, gonna wait.

Your going to make US wait?????? :nono1:
BTW...your ornaments to ladyd were grayt!!!!!:clap_1:

thanks and yep, gonna wait.

MONDAY???? You are a crazy wench biatch...stop tormenting us like this.

yes, i am crazy, and yes i am gonna wait.

i am too tired to enjoy it right now, so we will wait ;-)

yep, gonna wait.

thanks and yep, gonna wait.

yes, i am crazy, and yes i am gonna wait.
i am too tired to enjoy it right now, so we will wait ;-)

So Audie, are you gonna wait?
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..............Grinchblossom!

So Audie, are you gonna wait?
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..............Grinch!

:funn:

And I LOVE the photos of all the ornaments that were made. :clap_1: So creative and personal. I love you all and Merry Christmas!

so glad you liked the barga ornament with custom hand made panties, all made by your italiano friend. it was too much funn - all of this! paula - we missed you the other night, but glad you are back.

buon natale!

MONDAY???? You are a crazy wench biatch...stop tormenting us like this.

:clap_1:

yep, gonna wait.


thanks and yep, gonna wait.



yes, i am crazy, and yes i am gonna wait.

i am too tired to enjoy it right now, so we will wait ;-)

Darlene says..."Bite Me!"

So Audie, are you gonna wait?
.
.
..............Grinchblossom!

so glad you liked the barga ornament with custom hand made panties, all made by your italiano friend. it was too much funn - all of this! paula - we missed you the other night, but glad you are back.

buon natale!

I adored it and we all looked at it again at dinner tonight. I missed being part of the party, too, but the first thing I did when we got home was look for my box with the ornament in it and then got on line to read about the party and post my picture of the ornament. But my heart was definitely with the party even though my body was on the plane!