Vanesa
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On 8/18/2023 at 1:57 PM, lorizav said:YES 1 million percent. I am a chronic pain sufferer too and I can use suggestions. I sometimes run out of ideas on making things easier for myself. I would also love to share the things I have discovered that work. It would be lovely to have the support of others that are in the same club. Maybe we could keep checking in on each other as well.
I think checking in could be sweet, but I also don't want to make it burdensome on folks with limited capacity. I'll will think on this and try to pull something together in September.
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(first - twilighteyes, your mailing list is the greatest! and yay Switch Witch!)
Would anyone be interested in something like a Comfort Care Package swap later this fall (I'm thinking late september so it's pre-holiday stress season)?
I feel like there are a lot of us with health issues or chronic pain around. I personally am really frigging sick of shopping for my own issues (if I see another wrist brace, I will scream). I would have way more fun shopping to make a care package for someone else. I'm leaning towards something like 2-4 "comfort objects" (think fancy ice packs, pretty K Tape, pain relieving lotions, compression gloves, etc) plus 1 or 2 items just to brighten your person's day (pretty stationary, an easy care plant, good chocolate, etc). Packages on the small side because 1. health/pain stuff is stupidly expensive and 2. fewer choices = lower effort, which would theoretically make it easier for people who aren't doing well to participate.
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On 7/6/2023 at 2:33 PM, twilighteyes said:I am actually on the verge of being totally done with swaps, hosting and participating. It might be better with co-hosts (I typed co-horts) though...
you would be much missed, but take care of yourself!
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20 hours ago, yowahoshihime said:I tried one a few years ago but then the pandemic hit. I tried restarting it once since but didn't get many sign ups. The box is still sitting in my basement so if enough people are interested I can definitely give it another go.
that would be lovely, hopefully others are interested!
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Anyone feeling any interest in a bath & body box or something similar to that and/or is there one that might revive soon? I feel like it's been a difficult thing to keep going in the past, but I'm craving one.
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13 hours ago, lorizav said:Would love to see Spring Cleaning swap. I have sooooo much stuff. I'd be willing to co lead if someone wants. I would also love to see SW again but I think that needs very experienced ringleaders so I won't put my hat in for that one. I'd participate though.
If you're up for it, I'm happy to co-host Spring Cleaning. I can't hack it solo this year, but it's my favorite, so I'm always willing to help keep it going. If someone else wants to co-host though, I'm happy to step aside.
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feel better, @twilighteyes
Is anyone up for taking Spring Cleaning this year? I can't swap in it this year (not enough stuff - what?), but I can help out if someone else wants to run it and needs a hand.
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If there are people who want to run a swap (12 nights or anything else) but don't want to run it solo, I am always happy to play cohost/do matches/generally do whatever is necessary to keep more swaps around.
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2 hours ago, lorizav said:The dogs and I are excited for Wolfenoot!
Same!
And thank you twilighteyes for the email list and continued awesomeness!
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Spring cleaning sign ups close tonight - heads up if you wanted to join!
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On 2/18/2022 at 7:10 AM, Thuy said:I FEEL THIS. We just bought our first house and 99% moved in last weekend (the apartment still has some of my non-essential odds and ends). Good luck to you and may you find a house you love and win it!
Late March/Early April sounds good, still spring😁😁
Congratulations! I hope the last 1% is going well
On 2/21/2022 at 11:37 PM, Gwydion said:I want to wish all of you moving the best of luck.
Thank you
@Greenwoodtree - I hope your move goes smoothly.
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@aphrodisms and I chatted a bit, and we're planning to run Spring Cleaning this year (if anyone else wants to help, let us know!). But, y'all, I'm afraid it's the year for patience - I'm trying to buy a house for the first time (frigging terrifying), so we're not planning to post until late March/early April and will likely have some pretty long sign up and ship windows to make sure we don't leave anyone hanging while I try to move (ack!).
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Sounds like there's quite a bit of interest in Spring Cleaning. I've co-run it a few times and would be happy to do so again. Anyone else interested in helping run it? Or running it yourself - I'm not especially fixed on helping run it, just want to make sure it happens.
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Is anyone thinking of Spring Cleaning this year?
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5 hours ago, twilighteyes said:Any interest for a Wolfenoot swap next year? (if you know about Wolfenoot, you know it will be dog related but you don't have to have a dog - just be kind to dogs.) I just wish it weren't so close to Thanksgiving (11/23) but those wacky Kiwis don't have that.
A million times yes!
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On 10/16/2021 at 12:23 PM, torischroeder9 said:(I've also been thinking about this. I'm not ready to commit to organizing another swap while I have one still open, but I like the card swap idea. So I'm thinking.)
Another option, for simplicity, might be to require people to send a reasonable minimum (suggesting 5 as a number right now, just for illustrative purposes). When they get their recipients, they get it divided up like, "Here are your assigned 5, but here also are everyone else's addresses in case you want to send more." And then participants are guaranteed to receive those 5 (or whatever number is chosen) but might receive more.
I think, as long as the expectations for sending and receiving are clearly laid out prior to sign-ups, then people who do sign up will be happy with how the swap runs.
I think this is probably the easiest way to do it, but I'm inclined to believe that CluckingBell has the right idea if you prefer to keep it open to variable numbers. I suspect that it probably works itself out in fairly natural groupings and that the organizers were filling the gaps if there were any (i.e. writing extra cards to heavy senders).
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9 hours ago, Lucchesa said:@skyelyric @Dark Alice Do you have the bandwidth to run the Tacky Ornament swap this year? If not, I can take it over but I don't want to step on anyone's feet.
So, I've looked in the Swap Cemetery for card swaps. It looks like the last one was run in 2012! Does anyone know who @CardSwap Faery was? I would be happy to run this one except for one thing. The instructions are everyone signs up to send either 2, 5 or 10 cards. Presumably if you send 2, you receive 2, and so on. That seems mathematically beyond me. Is there a computer whiz who could help me with the matching? Or an easy algorithm someone can point me to?
I am not up for participating in swaps right now, but I'm happy to help with matching for this or anything else. I've never done one with that many combos, but I'm happy to beat my head against it until it works.
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6 hours ago, neptuneanblues said:I'd certainly be up for another Book/Sock/Soap or Book/Sock/Soap/Snack swap or similar sometime soon (ah, alliteration!), but alas, a swap organizer I am not!
If anyone wants to host this one, I'm happy to co-host/help with matches and tracking. Seems like a nice cozy one to do at this particular moment in time.
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If you, like me, amp sandalwood, you should skip this one. I took the risk on an imp because hay is one of my all time favorite notes and sandalwood was listed last, but the hay is completely absent for me. No hay, no almond, no bourbon cream. Just sandalwood for days and not in a good way. In an "oh god, who is wearing such strong perfume?" way.
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A random comment on the bath/body box, you might want to put rules or guidelines in the opening post about cleaning out leaking items. Back in the day, I seem to remember there were a lot of issues with items starting to leak or otherwise get gross after a few rounds of shipping and people not being sure what the rules were on whether it was ok to toss out things without replacing them, etc. If I remember correctly, we had a few occasions where people got boxes that were a bit on the soggy side.
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that sounds super cool, meaganola!
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On 3/21/2019 at 12:37 PM, Em- said:Given that I haven't even found the bandwidth to committing to organizing the Spring Cleaning Swap yet, I probably shouldn't do anything that requires crafting, much as I love craft swaps.
I note this in part because if someone else wants to run with Spring Cleaning, please be my guest!
I usually co-run it every other year. This is supposed to be a year off, but I really hate to see this one lapse. If anyone is willing to put up the initial post, I'm happy to do the matching and package tracking.
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Sign ups for the white elephant swap end tomorrow (the 6th). If you'd like to sign up, please pop in. Would love to have you!
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Looks like the white elephant swap is public now. Come play!
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Didn't think you were Just thinking about the social un-distancing swap during early covid, where check ins were the point. It was lovely! Also a big undertaking to keep up with, though.