I'm glad you like everything Amy I had a blast putting it together. Thank you for the wonderful swap Jeanne it has been a lot of fun, I hope your pains go away :)

It's about time I start a list for sent and received. Margo, good thinking to wait and send out your package tomorrow on your day off. No problem. I suspect we will see that quite a few get mailed tomorrow.

Jeanne will send to Shirley - SENT

Shirley will send to Jeanne

Susan will send to Margo

Margo will send to Susan

Brooke will send to Amy - RECEIVED

Amy will send to Brooke

Ruth will send to Erica - SENT

Erica will send to Annie - RECEIVED

Annie will send to Ruth

Hope I spotted all of them! I know this month is just flying by.

Jeanne

Ruth, I mailed part of your buggy package yesterday...

tracking # 9500 1150 6794 6264 0590 85

I will PM or email you shortly regarding the other part of your buggy package.

Happy Wednesday!!

Annie

Bingo word for today is APHID ... and there's a second one for today. I decided we would like to finish this up before October! The second word is SNAIL.

Here's the full list:

SNAIL

APHID

GREEN LACEWING

WASP

MOSQUITO

VAMPIRE BUG

TERMITE

CICADA

BUTTERFLY

WHITEFLY

HONEY BEE

SPIDER

INCHWORM

KATYDID

GRASSHOPPER

DRAGONFLY

PRAYING MANTIS

CRICKET

STICK INSECT

I've been trying to watch your Bingo lists and I don't think anyone has Bingo yet, but we are getting closer.

See everyone later!

Jeanne

Happy Wednesday, two more days til TGIF. I need 3 more words :)

3 more here too! Last day of summer can't believe it's almost October. I'm so ready for cooler weather

My box from Susan arrived today and she went above and beyond the call of swapping. Her box was a bee theme including the decorations on the inside of the box. In this box I found a wonderful array of bee things.

Bee balm that is happily soaking and will be planted soon.

Bee venom cream

Tupelo honey lip balm

jar of honey

bee honey and orange blossom wipes

bag of dk choco with hazelnuts candy yum

a info sheet of 15 plants to attract our much needed bees

graffity tango lily bulbs with a marker for them

a to top it all off, she included a cute bee outfit for soon to be born granddaughter Olivia

This was a very thoughtful box and a huge thank you goes to Susan. My box is going out tomorrow. I will post the DC when I get home from work.

Wonderful package from Susan to Margo. How thoughtful and creative!

Margo, you did a wonderful job on the dresser that you painted. I love the name they selected for your new granddaughter. We'll all be happy to hear that she has arrived and I hope everything is going okay with the mom-to-be!

Jeanne

Jeanne will send to Shirley - SENT

Shirley will send to Jeanne

Susan will send to Margo - RECEIVED

Margo will send to Susan

Brooke will send to Amy - RECEIVED

Amy will send to Brooke

Ruth will send to Erica - SENT

Erica will send to Annie - RECEIVED

Annie will send to Ruth - SENT

Ruth -- I received your buggy package today. It was absolutely fabulous (and yes, everything arrived safely)! Thank you so much!

Ruth sent me a totally customized pack: 2 beautifully buggy tea cups with tea and honey sticks, a scented candle in a butterfly tin, and an awesome tile that features a rare solanacea (which I love) as well as butterflies -- it's a two in one! Super adorable pack. I love it all!

Erica, I'm so glad you like everything and that it arrived safely. I forgot to enclose information on the mugs. They are vintage, hand painted Lenwile Ardalt.

Brooke, Your package is on the way! tracking # 9534611920466266008774. My husband dropped it off for me at the post office today and it seems it may be coming by pony express. It says the estimated delivery date is Tuesday which seems crazy to me. I should have taken it in myself. Sorry for the delay! Hope you enjoy it!

Good morning A lot going on . There is nothing creepy about the boxes .. This is a great theme this month.

Bingo word for today is YELLOW JACKETS.

Here's the full list:

YELLOW JACKETS

SNAIL

APHID

GREEN LACEWING

WASP

MOSQUITO

VAMPIRE BUG

TERMITE

CICADA

BUTTERFLY

WHITEFLY

HONEY BEE

SPIDER

INCHWORM

KATYDID

GRASSHOPPER

DRAGONFLY

PRAYING MANTIS

CRICKET

STICK INSECT

... and I'll be back on here in a few minutes. My package from Shirley just arrived with the mail. Can't wait to see what bugs are included!

Jeanne

Of course, the package from Shirley is wonderful so thank you so much. Shirley made a really cute card with bees on it. Even the package itself had butterflies on it. I'll be posting a picture, but here's the list: a sign that says "Plant Seeds of Happiness" and a sign that says "Garden Enjoy Life" both of which are wonderful sayings, a crochet butterfly pin (Did you make this, Shirley?), a bee pin from Avon that is also very pretty, 2 tiny gourds. I don't know why but I get fascinated by the ones that are really tiny. A 'Tropical Sunrise" canna and my garden can use that after all the plants that declined over our hot dry summer, and a tiny hummingbird feeder. (Maybe you also made that, Shirley?) I think I will use it as a Christmas tree ornament or I may adapt it to go in a fairy garden. Either would be a great use for it!

Thank you so much for everything. These buggy swaps are all such fun. I'll update the sent and received list next.

Jeanne

UPDATING:

Jeanne will send to Shirley - SENT

Shirley will send to Jeanne - RECEIVED

Susan will send to Margo - RECEIVED

Margo will send to Susan - SENT

Brooke will send to Amy - RECEIVED

Amy will send to Brooke - SENT

Ruth will send to Erica - RECEIVED

Erica will send to Annie - RECEIVED

Annie will send to Ruth - SENT

_______

Erica, you received a fantastic package. The members of this group are so generous and creative.

Enjoy the rest of the day.

Jeanne

Jeanne-I received my fantastic pkg. today and will be back later with pictures.

Shirley

Bingo word for today is GNAT.

Here's the full list:

GNAT

YELLOW JACKETS

SNAIL

APHID

GREEN LACEWING

WASP

MOSQUITO

VAMPIRE BUG

TERMITE

CICADA

BUTTERFLY

WHITEFLY

HONEY BEE

SPIDER

INCHWORM

KATYDID

GRASSHOPPER

DRAGONFLY

PRAYING MANTIS

CRICKET

STICK INSECT

Will be back later in the day to update the sent and received list. Glad your package got there, Shirley.

Jeanne

Annie, I received one box from Kohl's today. Waiting to open all together.

Editing to say I also received a bubble package from you a little later.

Shoot I can't get my cellphone to send the pictures to my e-mail. Don't know what happened and will have to get my Son to look at it.

Anyway my box from Jeanne was so GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

She sent me :

Orange/Black Spider Napkins

Spider Stickers

Plant Markers/Lady Bug Holder for the Markers

Lady Bug Address Labels/Love these

3 Lady Bug Pot Sitters

Spider Bean Seeds

Herb Wormwood Seeds

Gift for Game: M&M's White Candy Corn, Butterfly Gaura Seeds

Always love your Boxes Jeanne, thank you so much.

I woke this morning at 12:30 a.m. with vertigo. Could not go to work it was so bad.

I plan to work tomorrow to play catch up if I don't have a repeater.

Night Everyone

Shirley

Shirley, I know first hand how awful that vertigo is. I hope you're doing better.

my box went to the post office yesterday but I doubt it's trip didn't start til today cause I ised the kiosk aster hours.

DC 95055000269362660000

Have a good weekend all. Margo

Bingo word for today is ANT.

Here's the full list:

ANT

GNAT

YELLOW JACKETS

SNAIL

APHID

GREEN LACEWING

WASP

MOSQUITO

VAMPIRE BUG

TERMITE

CICADA

BUTTERFLY

WHITEFLY

HONEY BEE

SPIDER

INCHWORM

KATYDID

GRASSHOPPER

DRAGONFLY

PRAYING MANTIS

CRICKET

STICK INSECT

I think I'll pick two words tomorrow to get us closer to Bingo. We are getting there.

Shirley, I hope you feel better.

Jeanne

Looks like I need one more for Bingo. I'll have to be on the lookout tomorrow. Temps dropped considerably today. Cool and breezy and I love it. Time to clean gardens. Margo

Margo send us some of that Cool weather, it was super hot today. Yes unfortunately Margo if you once get vertigo chances are you will get it again. Sometimes I go years and then sometimes I have it twice a year.....you never know.

Believe it or not I did go to work today. The vertigo is on my right side so I don't dare roll over on that side in the bed. The whole bed starts spinning.....horrible.

Jeanne, it worked with me sending it to my e-mail at work and then back to my home e-mail....

Bingo words for today are LADYBUG and FIREFLY.

Here's the full list:

LADYBUG

FIREFLY

ANT

GNAT

YELLOW JACKETS

SNAIL

APHID

GREEN LACEWING

WASP

MOSQUITO

VAMPIRE BUG

TERMITE

CICADA

BUTTERFLY

WHITEFLY

HONEY BEE

SPIDER

INCHWORM

KATYDID

GRASSHOPPER

DRAGONFLY

PRAYING MANTIS

CRICKET

STICK INSECT

Would you believe there is only one word left in my coffee cup at this point? I folded up all the words and put the pieces of folded paper in a cup next to my computer.

So I am adding another prize.

The bingo winner is the first one to post she has Bingo and she gets a prize.

The second prize will be for anyone who was in the Bingo game who can best identify my coffee mug used to hold the slips of paper during the game. I'll tell you it looks like a person holding an item of food. (After we have a winner, I'll post a picture of it.)

The points will be based on:

1. correctly identifying the color of hair of the person on the mug (2 points)

2. correctly identifying the main two colors in the person's clothing (3 points)

3. correctly identifying the item of food being held (5 points)

4. correctly identifying if the food is in the category of (1 point):

a. mostly protein

b. mostly carbohydrate

5. correctly identifying the type of hat the person is wearing (4 points).

Good luck. This game has gone right down to the wire ... such suspense. You can post your guesses about the coffee mug here. If two people have the same number of points, I'll award the prize to the one who posted first.

Shirley, I'm glad you're feeling better. I've had vertigo a few times and it's a terrible feeling.

I've had a great time as hostess this month and hope you've had fun, too. I'll continue to keep up with the list to make sure all packages are received.

Jeanne

Bingo

Got home to find the other package from Annie.

I'll open all and post a picture tomorrow.

1. purple

2. black and green

3. apple

4. mostly carb

5. witch's hat

1. orange

2. green and orange

3. cake

4. mostly carb

5.straw hat

What an
Awesome package Annie put together. I
love all of it.

Hope my
picture and description can do justice to all her thought and creativity on
this package.

Red Cow
creamer & rooster/hen salt & pepper shaker

(Roosters
snack on bugs, Cows can die because of bugs)

Butterfly towel
(Today is a good day to BEE happy)

Cute Ladybug
buttons (Annie puts on crocheted hats for chemo patients. What a wonderful
thing to do.) I have some on my clown outfit.

A Yummy for
my tummy Bug free Dove chocolate bar

A large bug
free doggie bone for Gracie, along with Bounce wipes and a note about them
keeping mosquitoes off . Gracie says Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Her favorite things are food, rides in the car and walks, in that order.

A Butterfly
& Bee decorated Starbucks card

Seeds from
my want list that bugs like or maybe don’t like: Tansy, Dwarf Fernleaf dill, Mammoth
dill, chives, Lavender, Midnight pepper,
Padron pepper and Super Sugar Snap peas.

The peas are
perfect timing and I’m excited to try them. I planted seeds I had but I think I
should have waited for us to cool off a
little more. Several of the vines have died already so I was going to replant.

This bingo is playing out in a strange way. Someone has to have it today.

Brown hair

Wearing blue and red

Cake

Mostly carbs

birthday hat

Congrats Ruth!! I have bingo too.

Ruth, congratulations! That was a long Bingo game. So many won today that I wish we had multiple winners, but someone will win the game regarding my coffee cup helper so we'll watch for that. Please guess the answers by the end of the day Monday if you haven't already.

Will be back later. I need to get outside before it gets any hotter out there.

Jeanne

1. correctly identifying the color of hair of the person on the mug - black

2. correctly identifying the main two colors in the person's clothing - white/red

3. correctly identifying the item of food being held (5 points) - pizza

4. correctly identifying if the food is in the category of (1 point): - b

a. mostly protein

b. mostly carbohydrate

5. correctly identifying the type of hat the person is wearing (4 points) - chef

Thanks for the guesses. I'll be watching if any more of our Bingo participants guess by the end of the day. That was a strange Bingo game. I don't know that we've ever gotten to the point where there was only one word left to be picked.

Still hot and dry here. I think I'll be going out to water the plants soon. I probably should have done it yesterday.

Jeanne

I received my wonderful package from Amy today! I love it she was so thoughtful and generous! She sent:

The cutest hummingbird plant hanger

Buggy stickers

A yummy smelling car air freshener

Chocolate chip cookie dough protein bar

Extremely cute dragonfly iron ons

A dial seed sower which I am really excited to try definitely beats my finger method :)

A travel hanging toiletry bag, love these. So handy for travel and it's real cute

A halloweeny orange fabric bag

A flower problem solver book which I can't wait to look at

A cute butterfly card with shoo fly, pink and white milkweed, orange butterfly weed and wildflower seeds

Thank you so much Amy I love everything!

1. Black

2. Purple and black

3. Candy

4. Mostly carb

5. Witch hat

Here's my coffee cup that I have been drawing the bingo words from. I think it may be meant to portray Julia Child, but I'm not sure about that. Anyway, Nicole is our winner in guessing the colors, etc. She has 8 points! I think the food item is a loaf of French bread, but I'm not sure. Nicole won with the clothing colors, type of food (carb) and the hat - incredible guesses!

I'll get prizes sent out to you and Ruth soon.

Now I'll be rechecking the "sent" and "received" list.

Jeanne

Happy Tuesday!! Wow, I need to play the lotto if I almost guessed what your mug was :)

Thanks for hosting this month Jeanne!!

UPDATING:

Jeanne will send to Shirley - RECEIVED

Shirley will send to Jeanne - RECEIVED

Susan will send to Margo - RECEIVED

Margo will send to Susan - RECEIVED

Brooke will send to Amy - RECEIVED

Amy will send to Brooke - RECEIVED

Ruth will send to Erica - RECEIVED

Erica will send to Annie - RECEIVED

Annie will send to Ruth - RECEIVED

Great swap, everyone!

Jeanne

• Hello Girls Yes it was on my porch after 6 last night. My package from Margo got me ready for fall. It had Bath and body works wallflowers holder with a caramel pumpkin swirl scent. French lavender and honey shower gel,. A beautiful blue butterfly canvas picture,solar dancing butterfly, insect repelling band{always use these} sour watermelon worms 2 cute bug rocks { I want to make these} poached egg seeds

• fleabane seeds

• dwarf toadflax seeds

• Mixed columbine seeds

  

• Margo I love all items Thank you for another great month in this friendly group.

That's a great package, Susan, and now our swapping is complete.

I'll post here when I send out the little prizes.

Thanks for participating, everyone!

Jeanne

Jeanne -- Thanks for the great swap!

Susan, I'm glad you liked the package. I really wanted to include the painted rocks and it took me forever to sit down and get them done. That's why the little delay in sending.

Despite my lack of time this month, I enjoyed this swap a lot.

Thanks a bunch Jeanne. Margo

Jeanne, Thank you for hosting this fun swap!

I have the last 2 prizes and will mail them out tomorrow or at least by Monday. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Jeanne

Prizes for Ruth and Nicole are at the post office and will go out tomorrow.

Sandlapper_rose ~ THANK YOU for the lovely prize and hosting this month!! It came with caramel apple, cinnamion spice, and cranapple cider.

thanks for letting me know Sandlapper_rose!!! I found them in the bubble envelope! They are cute!!

Nicole, There are some little tags in there also that I made with a pie design. I hope you found them. I wanted to include something handmade. I know my prizes seem more like the Apple Swap than Bugs, but bugs and food don't go together!

Jeanne

Jeanne, I received my package a couple days ago and love it. I'm always creating and writing down my own recipes, so the blank recipe book is perfect. I think the tags will be good to use on my Apple Pie Moonshine that I make for Christmas presents.

Thank you so much for the gifts and for hosting a fun swap this month.