lovinghands

Hi Lou did you get my Pm ? Did i send you my address? If i did it right thats fine, just checking.

Gosh haven't you been busy, you are an amazing person and we are all so lucky to have you.

Vanessa

Yes to both questions Nessa - I will be unpacking more parcels tomorrow and will get a couple of boxes ready to fill - one for you and one for Salma :0) The office is choc a bloc with boxes and parcels and I am balancing precariously among them all typing and printing away merrily - heaven help me if these boxes come tumbling down on my bonce!!!

I am hoping to finish printing recipe books and get all the orders ready to go and get the list of parcels we opened just before the challenge ended put up on here along with a link to the Flickr photo set. Once I have done that we will be ready to start all over and open the next lot. I have let the ebay shop listings run out over the last week so I can get a breather to catch up with all my orders as well. Needed to take a step back and give myself some time to think!!!!

I did hear that your "other" job was assisting Santa Claus - can you please confirm? You daft wumman you
Jean
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Oh I would like a job helping Santa too if you could put my name forward for any possition I would be grateful

I could join in too and be a Christmas Fairy...but I do not want to be stuck up a tree! (PITY THE TREE!)
Love Mad Maureen X

Thats great Lou thanks ..know you are very busy.
What are you lot like?! made me laugh. Anyway better get on finishing my first blanket as i' m not allowing myself to start anything new till I have....and there are sooooo many thing to make i don't know where to start!
Vanessa x

Just reminded me of the Dawn French scetch - "does my bum look big in this" me rolling on the ground and tears strreaming down my face now
Moi
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Vanessa, just make a list and get ploughed in......try everything.....I do
Jean
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Yippee - office now has no precariously balance boxes in it (they are now repacked for Emma, Nessa, Salma and Kay and waiting for the Parcel2go man!). Mind you the hall isn't looking too good as just as we had finished unpacking the last box Stephanie (Ellie) arrived with the 3 boxes from the western isles Volunteer centre and bags from Nettie, Heather and herself and we had just brought in all the donations from Mondays meeting and left them on the hall table too! Oh dear - I know what I have to do when I get back from taking my stepdaughter to the hospital in Edinburgh this afternoon (she is in remission from cervical caner and this is her 3 month check so fingers crossed that she is still fine xx).

Jean - who told you my secret!!! I have been one of Santa's 'human' helpers for almost 30 years now - it is meant to be such a huuuuge secret and sadly now that you know we are going to have to kill you - I hope you understand - the secrets of super sonic Christmas helpers must be protected at all costs!!!! (mind you the skills learned from helping the big man are very handy to keep LH running smoothly - or not!).

Lou, hope the hospital visit goes well for you and your stepdaughter, Oh and rather than kill me and deprive the world of all my love and kindness, couldn't you just kidnap me and keep me in the shed at your house - I could help with all your wee projects then.......SORTED eh - I can even bring my own shed!
Jean.
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Great idea my Bonnie jean and then we could invite your equally bonkers twin to come up and live in the shed with you and I would get two extra elves - I mean helpers - for the price of one!

Yes Sarah's visit went fine - thanks for asking - she is still doing OK - next visit isn't till March so she can relax over Christmas xxx

Oh that's a great relief for you all over the next four months......not sure ma wee twin is eligible for shed living? We shall see what she thinks of that idea
no doubt when she catches up wi the post.
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I used to be a Girl Guide and we had a touring van for years. I can rough it with the rest in sheds fields or what you will!! BUT!!!!!!!! My Twin was kidnapped years ago.. I cannot let it happen again for Santa or for anyone. They will have to pass me first!!!
Love Mad Maureen (Twinnie) X

I knew I could count on you twinnie to stick with me through tick or tin.....so will I pick you up on my way North?
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Just say when and where and make sure you have plenty of room for a little fatty and her wheelchair.
As a point of interest did you get my slim legs and sylph like figure?
Love Petites Jambes XX

Oh so that's where they came from, thank you - lovely present to give me
your ever loving twinnie
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