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nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 9:02 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
Cookie - that is AWESOME! You couldn't have planned it better if you tried.
Yea for Christmas Card Karma! 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 9:04 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
Mama_of_3_Kids ( member #26651) posted at 10:57 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
Cookie, My guess is we probably WOULDN'T like him so, you weren't lying 
Me: BW/33 The kidlets: DS16, DS12, and DD10 The hounds: Three Shih Tzu's The felines: Two short haired kitteh's
Jayne Doe ( member #32664) posted at 11:03 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
My mailman left a note in my mailbox saying does Jayne Doe live here
I'm now going to enjoy some glitter.
Love you SIers!!!!!
@Cookie ~ Wow! Love it!
Everyday is a blank canvas, and only you hold the brush.
30y M traded in for a POM (pathetic Old Maid 46, 2 kids from different dads. never married)
S 11/11, D final 1/14.
Williesmom ( member #22870) posted at 11:22 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
I got mine today. I stood on the porch, opening them while tears streamed down my face.
I feel worthy.
You can stuff your sorries in a sack, mister. -George Costanza
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. - Madeleine Albright
Jpapageorge ( member #31800) posted at 11:29 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
"Venkman, did you see him?"
"He (gliitered) me Ray."
Forgive me for being politically incorrect but, a straight man should not have this much glitter on him unless he is walking out of a strip club.
Cookie, please accept a virtual high-five.
This all is pretty cool.
eta: Thanks to all of you, there is a bell ringing right now(yes I can hear it because I believe). "Atta boy Clarence."
[This message edited by Jpapageorge at 6:06 PM, December 19th (Monday)]
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
wishingitwasnt ( member #20380) posted at 11:29 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
While I managed to get most of the metric ton of shiny purpley-pink fairy dust that poured out of cant's card into the bowl, booger's stealth bomb got all over me, and the cat (who inspected the entire process).
It's difficult to strut around being all manly and stuff when you're covered with glitter. 
But I really enjoyed opening every one, and seeing the screen names I know so well.
NOW it's feeling like Christmas.
punky ( member #12233) posted at 11:35 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
Yay, Cookie, that is GREAT.
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
sadcat ( member #8637) posted at 11:52 PM on Monday, December 19th, 2011
Got a bunch of cards! Tons of glitter (I'm talking to you cant!), a pretty penny, and CATNIP!
MY fat ass, old, disabled cat climbed up the stool I had in the kitchen, got on the counter, climbed back down and was licking the packet of catnip like it was the last ham in the store.
I had to take it away to open it up for him and he gave me the nastiest look!
Pretty sure he needs a snack now.
Never let your fear decide your fate.....AWOLNATION
If this isn't what I consider soulmate crap, I don't know what is.
Jayne Doe ( member #32664) posted at 12:01 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
I'm going to get mooshy here...
I am such a loner that I am always self conscious about the 10 Christmas Cards I get every year - wow - I can't tell you how much this means to me after such a shitty year!
Group Hug!
btw - is glitter bad for dogs?
The cards are hanging right above where she likes to lay.
Guess I'll let you know.
Everyday is a blank canvas, and only you hold the brush.
30y M traded in for a POM (pathetic Old Maid 46, 2 kids from different dads. never married)
S 11/11, D final 1/14.
Lyonesse ( member #32943) posted at 12:06 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
a straight man should not have this much glitter on him
They're heeeere!!!
My apartment is next to the mailboxes in the lobby. Postman knocks on the door, hands me a parcel. I try not to be disappointed, but I know he hasn't finished putting all the mail in the boxes yet.
2 minutes later, he knocks on the door again. He has a HUGE stack of cards that won't fit in the box. He was totally bewildered, and English isn't his first language, so conversation goes like this:
PM: "You got so many card...and all come at the SAME TIME."
me: "Yeah, it's a...club I belong to..."
PM: "But all come at the SAME TIME."
I go inside and start sorting the IRL mail from SI mail. Hmmm, pink glitter coating all of my bills. Who is responsible for pink glitter? Anyone? Anyone?
Another knock at the door. It's the postman again: "I just want to tell you I'm taking tomorrow off."
And that has what to do with me, exactly? 
Thanks so much guys! I am going to open them tonight and savor each one!!
Lyonesse ( member #32943) posted at 12:07 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
I second JayneDoe: Group Hug!
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 12:26 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
I feel worthy.
You were worthy even before all of our cards showed up!!!
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
cantlivewithouth ( member #11939) posted at 12:38 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
The pink glitter would be me! DS picked out because it looked like fairy dust.
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
MixedUpMess ( member #15256) posted at 12:46 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
First, high y'all ... haven't been around in a couple of weeks. I got mine today, so I have been glitterized! Funniest card awards go to Can't/SerJr and Chria but I enjoyed every single one.
And for those of you who MADE your cards ...
D-Day: 5-28-2007
Married: 26 years
Me (BS): 48 (Cancer survivor!)
Him (WS)(Alcoholic): 48
DD: 17
False R for 1.5 yrs+
He moved out 5/10. In limbo.
I was sad because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 12:46 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Cant... I would classify yours more as pink/purple sand... it was sooooo fine.
I think of glitter as more .... I don't know, chunky?
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
cantlivewithouth ( member #11939) posted at 12:55 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
It was extra fine glitter. I had 3 different colors too.
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
Lyonesse ( member #32943) posted at 1:03 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
The pink glitter would be me! DS picked out because it looked like fairy dust.
cant, tell your DS thanks from me...let him know he made opening my bank statement MAGICAL
NaiveAgain ( member #20849) posted at 1:15 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Oh Cookie, how cute!!! 
I got to open my cards tonight while DD watched (she didn't want glitter all over her so she just watched me open them!)
This has become one of my most favorite holiday traditions and I can't tell you guys how much I look forward to this every year!!!
I love the hand-written notes (I ran out of time for that this year so will have to start earlier next year), love all the different glitters, DD did take the two stickee holiday pieces, love the pic of you and the pups Willie'smom!, love the hand-made cards!!!! There's a lot of warmth and glitter in my home tonight!!!!
Original WS D-Day July 10, 2008. Kept lying, he is gone.
New WS (2 EA's, no PA) 12-3-13
If you don't like where you are, then change it. You are not a tree.
dreamlife ( member #8142) posted at 1:40 AM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Cookie's story will now live on in SI Xmas Card Infamy!
Jayne~ great! 
sadcat ~ awww...I'm glad your fur baby went for that catnip packet ("like it was the last ham in the store"!). I almost choked on a pinto bean reading about it (my dinner is a naked vegetarian burrito).
I got more cards just now and a surprise package...wait, the latter belongs in NB.
****Group Hug**** yeah!
~XWH told me what I wanted to hear but he always did whatever he wanted to do~
"He called me a bitch.
I called him an ambulance."
Linda H.)
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