<BlackCats> hi ladycraft

<BlackCats> hi cak

<joy> she won't know what to do with the shovel

<cak> Hiya

<Evo> Heyyyyy, cak & lady!

<Stampverb> hi again lady

<Jambalaya> nope, i wouldn't

<BlackCats> and prolly doesn't have a winter coat

<Judy> Jam - did it snow???

<Jambalaya> and it's not even enough to really cover the ground, just in lil patches

<Evo> ok, I have one minute til "time" will be back

* Evo has to p

<Judy> wow - white Christmas!

<Jambalaya> yes judy! a white xmas in new orleans!!!!!!

<joy> ooohh neat Jam

<ladycraft> Hello!

<joy> hey lady!

<BlackCats> hi lady

<Judy> was sunny and warm in San Diego

<Jambalaya> hi ladycraft

<BlackCats> lady, are you new here?

<ladycraft> White Christmas so close to Jackson?

<ladycraft> Second visit

<Stampverb> welcome back!

<Jambalaya> lady, are you in jackson , ms?

<ladycraft> Yes

<Jambalaya> cool, we're almost neighbors

<ladycraft> Hey Joy!

<joy> howdy buddy

<Jambalaya> it didn't snow up there??

<joy> nope

<ladycraft> No...just cold

<ladycraft> So what did everyone get? Me...$$$$

<Jambalaya> we really had more sleet than actual snow, but it snowed several times, really pretty

<ladycraft> Jealous

<joy> sleet in NO- must be fun

<BlackCats> lol

<Jambalaya> ha ha, anybody with a little sense stayed at home

<BlackCats> good idea

<Judy> yeah - you guys wouldn't know how to drive in that stuff!

<joy> yeah, that's what makes the roads fun- the nuts are out

<Stampverb> avoiding all the people who have no clue about snow-driving

<Jambalaya> no, we don't, but a lot of folks don't know it<g>

<Judy> lol

<Jambalaya> and we don't have salt trucks, or snowblowers either

<Jambalaya> so stretts are like thin sheets of slippery ice

<Judy> when was the last time in snowed in NO?

<BlackCats> uh huh, which just adds to the problem

<Jambalaya> oh a good 15 years ago

<Evo> What Santa brought me????

<BlackCats> what did Santa bring you, evo?

<Judy> snowed once in SD for about 5 minutes

<Evo> My whole family for the first time in 16 years on Christmas Eve :}>

<Stampverb> one year we were in KY for Xmas and it snowed a few inches--same deal--no salt or plows or savvy -- what a mess!

<BlackCats> lol

<Jambalaya> wow evo, all at your house??

<joy> evo must be in heaven

<BlackCats> how nice

<Evo> They were all here, yes! :}>

<Evo> And...

<Judy> what fun!

<Evo> a few of us are really stampers! :}>

<cak> what a wonderful gift! And you only have temporary storage problems

<Evo> Soooooooo I think this qualifies for the current topic :}>

<Jambalaya> lol

<Evo> lol, cak, YES!!!!!!!

<BlackCats> yes, nice xmas gift

<Judy> lol, it does, Evo!

<Evo> 3 hours only for storage

<Evo> And then they all went home, lol

<BlackCats> which was prolly also nice <G>

<cak> the best of all worlds

<Jambalaya> did the stampers stamp??

<Evo> Our storage went from 10 people to 2 in 3 hours

<Evo> No, Jamba... but little Paul took pictures!

<cak> how little is little Paul?

<Evo> Little Paul is hmmmmmmmmm little

<Jambalaya> and who is little paul?

<Evo> 8 years old

<Evo> my autistic grandson is little paul

<cak> great time to start taking pictures. I bet he enjoyed it

<Evo> and, a photographer!

<Evo> :}>

<Jambalaya> dennis the mennace's son?

<ladycraft> Jambalaya is in N.O....Joy in Vicksburg...where is everyone else?

<Evo> Yes, Jam, lol

<cak> I'm from southern Illinois

<Evo> Ga, here, Ladycraft ... just a tad north of Atlanta

<Judy> San Diego

<BlackCats> I'm in northeast TN

<ladycraft> Wow...this is super!

<Jambalaya> we're pretty much covering the whole country in here even with so few in here tonight

<cak> Kriz is in Virginia

<cak> Evo, you're in

<cak> GA now

<cak> ?

<BlackCats> judy is in California

<ladycraft> What part of VA..I'm originally from Norfolk.

<Evo> yes, cak... since the first of August :}>

<cak> pretty well settled then!

<Kriztina> i'm in hampton

<Evo> Where are you now, LadyCraft?

<Kriztina> so across the bridge

<Evo> lol, cak ... no! I figure we will be completely unpacked by the year 2010

<cak> lol (I hear ya)

<ladycraft> Well hello Krizina...I love Hampton

<Jambalaya> heh, you're sposed to unpack???

<joy> no Jam that's a vicious lie

<Kriztina> so you know buckroe beach, thats where i'm at

<cak> I thought it was supposed to stay in "storage" until you needed it

<BlackCats> unpack the stamping stuff first

<Jambalaya> ok, so who else got stamping stuff from santa??

<ladycraft> YES! Wow, as they say south.."Home girl"

* Judy got a Wizard!

<Evo> Well, you can handle "storage" only until it gets soooooo thick in your house that you can't walk, ya know?

<BlackCats> wow, judy

<BlackCats> nice

<cak> yay Judy!

<Evo> Judy????????

<Kriztina> tho i'm not originally from hampton, i'm a yankee from cape cod mass

<Jambalaya> cool judy??? did you play with it all day?

<Judy> tried it out, too - seems like fun!

<Evo> Heyyyyyyyy, Judy???????

<Judy> yes, Evo?

<cak> you've broken it in already I bet Judy?

<ladycraft> I got $ to buy something new..ideas?

<BlackCats> hi cherub

<cherub78> Merry Christmas everyone!

<Evo> Judy... please, please let me know if EvoStencils work on the wizard ... and...

<Kriztina> i would buy perfume ladycraft : )

<BlackCats> you too

<Jambalaya> ladycraft, thats hard when we don't know what all you have already

<Kriztina> but thats just me

<cak> what have you noticed that you've missed ladycraft?

<Judy> ok, Evo - will try tomorrow!

<Jambalaya> hi cherub78

<Evo> you can line the stamps up it

<cak> (lol Kriz--or nail polish?)

<Evo> Thanks, Judy!

<cherub78> hi Jam!

<Kriztina> no i'm kinda ok on the nail polish

<ladycraft> LOL...I have plenty of stamps and inks

<BlackCats> have you gone shopping in the vendor mall here, ladycraft?

<ladycraft> What's the wizard?

<Evo> Heyyyyyyy, Cherub ... Merry Christmas!

<cherub78> you too Evo!

<Judy> it's a die cut machine, Ladycraft

<cak> it's a small personal die cutting and embossing machine ld

<Judy> that will also emboss with brass stencils

<ladycraft> No, I haven't visited the a mall yet

<Evo> And... I think with other stencils, also

<Judy> kind of pricey - that's why it is a Christmas gift

<cak> or charms too

<Evo> not just brass

<Judy> just did one die cut and a texture sheet with it today

<cak> if you like lovely papers, you should check out Enchanted Ink's papers

<BlackCats> several vendors are having end of the year sales, lady

<Evo> All good stencils aren't brass

<Judy> yes, Evo - we know that!

<Stampverb> Lady, our vendors are listed at http://crafts.dm.net/mall/

<Judy> that's why we bought yours!

<BlackCats> ty, verb

<Evo> lol, Judy

<ladycraft> Oh, is it also called a zaz?

<Evo> zqz?

<Judy> never heard of zaz - so can't tell you

<Evo> ooops zaz?

<ladycraft> ZAZ?

<cak> (just one row off evo)

<Evo> lol, cak

<Evo> Cak?????????? I NEED a pickle!!!!

<cak> lol

<cherub78> evo- different brand...

<BlackCats> evo has a special this week on her heart templates, lady

<cherub78> zaz is accucut's

<Judy> haven't seen that one yet

* Stampverb slaps evo around a bit with a half-sour pickle

<cak> ah! sounds like it's similar

<Judy> but already have the Wizard as of today

<Evo> lol, verb ... close to whut ah need

<BlackCats> yeah, I think several companies have come out with similiar systems lately

<ladycraft> I hear good things about EVO

<cherub78> you can see it at www.accucut.com , but I wasn't really impressed with it. Needs to have a few issues worked out.

<cak> of course!

<Evo> nawwwwwwwww, don't believe all you hear, lady... :}>

<Stampverb> Evo is one of our stalwart vendors, yes it's true

<cak> (all the good things you should)

<ladycraft> Where do I find your template?

<Jambalaya> template(s)

<Evo> hang on, lady... will give your the url

<cak> love those--I bet they'll emboss on the Wizard too

<BlackCats> evo is the owner of evolving images in the vendor mall

<Jambalaya> oh and if anyone got a nice envy full of cash, bookworks would be a cool thing to spend it on too

<cak> Evo also has stencils that match with some of her stamps--fabulous time saver4

<ladycraft> bookworks?

<cak> Oh yeah!

<Evo> evo's template url: http://www.evolving-images.com/evotemplates.htm

<BlackCats> does red still have openings for bookworks at this late date?

<Judy> and those are what I'm going to play with tomorrow- Evo stencils

<Evo> BC... yes!!!!!!!

<Jambalaya> http://www.enchantedink.com/bookworks/

<cak> you'll have ot report your findings Judy

<Jambalaya> yep still a few openings

<Judy> will do, cak

<Evo> BC ... do go to Bookworks seminar!!!!!!!!!

<Evo> It's worth every penny

<BlackCats> wrong time of year for me to leave home, evo

<Jambalaya> it sure is, we had soooooo much fun last year

<Jambalaya> hiya mom!

<BlackCats> hi momcat

<Judy> hi, MomCat

<Evo> Ohhhhh, I know, BC but... take DH with you!!!!!!!

<MomCat> Hi!

<cak> hiya MC

<Evo> Heyyyyyyyy, MomC

<MomCat> Hiya, Heyyyyyy ya

<BlackCats> uhhh, we heat with woodstove so can't really leave home in the winter

<Evo> BC? You and DH could have a second honeymoon where Enchanted Ink's Bookworks is taking place

<Jambalaya> ya the cats won't put wood on the fire

<BlackCats> lol

<BlackCats> no, but they sure do like to toast their toes and bellies around the stove

<Judy> Monica - take cats with you - wouldn't be much of a honeymoon, though!

<BlackCats> rofl

<Jambalaya> 26 cats??

<MomCat> and 3 dogs!

<BlackCats> 21 plus 3 dogs

<joy> good grief

<Judy> wow

<BlackCats> would be quite a traveling circus

<BlackCats> <G>

<Judy> wouldn't be room in the car for all those!

<Jambalaya> i think the hotel might freak

<Evo> BC... get a neighbor to put out kitty food each day

<BlackCats> dh talks from time to time about getting an old school bus and fixing it up for the furkids

<Jambalaya> you'd have to buy a mobile home

<BlackCats> so I can go on the road with him

<Jambalaya> that could work

<cak> well, tell him to get on the stick--you need some road trips in your future

<BlackCats> lol

<BlackCats> no way would I drive that bus

<BlackCats> one of the cats yowls the entire time he is in a vehicle

<cak> (I guess he'd have to get on the stick in more ways than one then)

<cak> just one??

<BlackCats> at least

<Evo> OK, sooooooooo whut DID Santa bring you for Christmas for Stamping?

<BlackCats> one definite and he sets the others to yowling

<cak> uh, nothing for stamping--about 12" of snow though

<Jambalaya> i got nancy curry's book, Texture Effects

<BlackCats> yes! did anyone else get any stamping goodies from Santa?

<Evo> lol, cak

<BlackCats> oooh, nice, jam

<cak> ooo, that sounds very interesting Jamba

<Judy> I got one of those things that colors and cuts at the same time

<cherub78> sort of I guess

<Evo> Oh, wow... I knew Nancy Curry back "when"

<BlackCats> you'll have to show us your experiments

<Stampverb> oooh Jam, I have been looking for that book after reading a nice review--how is it?

<cak> she used to be on the big list, way back when

<BlackCats> there is an article in Expressions about the wallpaper paste paper

<Jambalaya> looks nice, but haven't really read it yet

<ladycraft> Judy...do you know the name?

<Evo> I knew Nancy Curry when she didn't own a rubber stamp, lol

<Judy> nope, lady

<Stampverb> ok, please let us know what you think

<Kriztina> me too

<Evo> Kriz... remember??????

<Judy> will go check

<Jambalaya> color cutters, judy

<Judy> oh, ok

<Kriztina> in fact i think i have one of her first things from back then, a stenciled card

<Judy> won't go check!

<Kriztina> she sure has grown

<Evo> Yes, Kriz... Nancy was on the original #rubberstampers

<Kriztina> yup

<ladycraft> Judy..Jam...what does it do?

<Evo> :}>

<Evo> Nancy Curry has come a lonnnnng way

<Judy> cuts and colors a border at the same time, as far as I can tell, lady

<joy> yes it does

<Jambalaya> it's like a marker, with an exacto blade in the middle of it, and it edges the paper as it cuts it

<ladycraft> OH...I have one...haven't even used it yet...lol

<BlackCats> hi SnakeMom

<Evo> Heyyyyyyyyyyy, SnakeM

<Judy> MomCat - you got kicked?

<Jambalaya> wb mom

<Evo> MomC? You having problems staying on?

* BlackCats hands momcat the purple duct tape

<Jambalaya> she may be just getting on a different puter

<BlackCats> ah

<BlackCats> any other stamping goodies for Christmas?

<Jambalaya> i got a set of fiskars photo pens, look like metallics

<Evo> Well, I'm sorry Janet couldn't make it, but I gotta go...

<Jambalaya> didn't open them yet

<cak> I kinda did my own gifting--lots of little stocking stuffer things

<Evo> Tell Janet "hello from evo" if she gets here

<Jambalaya> good for you cak!

<BlackCats> how nice, cak

<cak> Merry Christmas evo!

<Jambalaya> will do evo

<BlackCats> ok, evo

<BlackCats> nite, take care

<MomCat> Jam was right

<Evo> Nite, all ... Merry Christmas to alllllllllll of you!!!!!!!!

<Judy> Merry Christmas, Evo!

<MomCat> nite, Evo

<ladycraft> Merry Christmas!

* Evo over and out

<Jambalaya> merry merry to you too evo

<joy> nite evo

<Evo> Nite ... good to see all of you here!

<BlackCats> have a good nite, evo

<BlackCats> photo tinting pens, Jam?

<Jambalaya> oh and hank bought me 2 tins of candy, just for the tins (to alter)

<BlackCats> lol, good man

<Judy> lol!

<ladycraft> Love it!

<Jambalaya> no, looks like they're meant to write on photos

<BlackCats> oic

<BlackCats> what stocking stuffers did you get yourself, cak?

<cak> oh, a tube of micro beads, a tag sizzix, um, let's see--

<Judy> does Sizzix have a good tag?

<cak> 30 mini-rubber chickens (I'm bringing those down to LA to share)

<MomCat> lol

<cak> no, but they'll do

<BlackCats> lol

<joy> ok, what are you gonna do with chickens?

<cak> lol

<BlackCats> yeah, tell

<cak> I was thinking of using at least one as a book closure

<Judy> rofl!

<joy> well now that's altered

<BlackCats> lol

<ladycraft> How great!

<Judy> where did you find those, cak?

<cak> I just liked the idea of teensy rubber chickens

<cak> American Science and Surplus!

<joy> fofl

<BlackCats> yep

<Stampverb> get them at Rubber Chicken?

<Judy> lol!

<Judy> someone should tell Betsy

<cak> lol--no, but I wanted to maybe make a key chain for her

<BlackCats> yes, good idea

<Stampverb> next year is Year of the Rooster--maybe work them into some irreverent collage?

<cak> Oh! perfect!

<Jambalaya> lol

<BlackCats> lol

<Stampverb> that's what I would do

<Stampverb> all the Asian art stuff is SO serious

<Jambalaya> oh it is, isn't it?

<Stampverb> meaning, the Asian-inspired altered books, cards etc

<ladycraft> On the micro beads..what is good adhesive besides tape?

<Jambalaya> i got on the osa yahoo group, and they do beautiful stuff, but doesn't look like they play much

<cak> I think we're so invested in making things elegant that the humor gets kinda lost

* Stampverb goes off to find wee rubber chix

<Stampverb> how big are they?

<Judy> verb - bring back the URL!

<Stampverb> k

<Jambalaya> ladycraft, i use a lot of micro beads with glossy accents (diamond glaze crystal lacquer, etc)

<cak> I just got refills, but they come w=ith a launcher

<Stampverb> LAUNCHER!!?? roflol

<cak> about 1-1/2 to 2"

<Jambalaya> a launcher???

<cak> yep!

<Judy> a launcher???

<Jambalaya> you didn't get the launcher???

<Stampverb> oh my kids will love this

<Judy> what are you supposed to do with them???

<cak> I chicked out on the launcher (no pun intended)

<cak> chickENed

<Stampverb> they developed the "funnel-ator" in HS--launched pumkins across campus

<Judy> let them fly from cubicle to cubicle?

<cak> same thing as shootin' rubber bands I guess??

<Jambalaya> i had a good picture of cak shooting evo in the butt from across the room with a chicken<g>

<BlackCats> lol

<cak> lol

<cak> you know, I think I'd better get that launcher ("you'll put your eye out")

<BlackCats> lol

<Stampverb> my kids love catapaults of all sorts....

<Jambalaya> how sharp can a 2" rubber chicken be???

<cak> well, they aren't the soft floppy rubber like the big ones, not real hard plastic though, thank goodness

* Jambalaya just knows cak janet and jams will be at the bad girls table in the corner

<cak> LOL

<BlackCats> lol

<Judy> rofl!

<cak> we'll have to put up warning signs

<BlackCats> I want to see pictures!

<Judy> Redstick is going to luv you guys!

<BlackCats> lol

<ladycraft> Sounds like my kind of table!

<cak> uh, you should know by now that we can be pretty disruptive

<Jambalaya> nahhhhhh

<cherub78> www.sciplus.com - type chicken in search and go down 3

<Judy> ty!

<joy> I think that's a natural for a stamper

<cak> how about renaming disruptive to entertaining??

<cherub78> then there is a thing that says click for photo

<Judy> brb

<joy> now you all know we are looking up this chicken thing

<Stampverb> thaks cherub--I am still looking (slow modem)

<cak> lol. well, you know we can't resist a good rubber chicken

<Jambalaya> http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm?terms=10380&cartLogFrom=Search

<Jambalaya> oh no, they're out of stock

<cherub78> hey, even I had to go look...LOL

<cak> oh no!

<joy> omigod I want one!

<cak> that's just not fair. I hope that they'll get them back in.

<cak> you guys talked me into the laucher

<Jambalaya> roflmao

<joy> as soon as they are in stock we will deplete it

<BlackCats> lol

<Jambalaya> ya, we're really gonna need that launcher

<Judy> launchers seem to be in stock, cak

<cak> I should hope so

<BlackCats> chicken chucker!

<BlackCats> rofl

<Stampverb> I should have them shipped to the bratty kid in China

<cak> lol, a lovely example of our culture!

<BlackCats> lol

<joy> i can see it now- chinese new year dinner-year of the rooster, shooting chickens in the air

<Stampverb> yep

<cak> lol joy!

<BlackCats> lol

<Stampverb> with his inlaws, in the village.... NOT

<Judy> verb - chickens were prolly made in China

<BlackCats> true

<cak> I'm also going to be bringing some crescent moon and star paper clips to share too

<Jambalaya> yep, prolly

<Stampverb> yep

<Jambalaya> cool cak

<Stampverb> ok, now Google "Chicken Chucker" there are many vendors

<Jambalaya> rofl

<Stampverb> don't know about the refill chix tho

<Stampverb> I have always been a big kid -- so nice to know you folks are too

<cak> the chucker comes with 10 chickens I think, so if you're desperate

<joy> wonder if soeone keeps logs of what gets googled--chicken chuckers

<Stampverb> Google keeps massive hit data

<Jambalaya> if i get time to clean up in my stamp room before then i'll find stuffs to bring too, but besides that, i'll bring a real king cake for everyone to share

<cak> king cake??

<Jambalaya> it's lucky y'all will be here during king cake season

<joy> she doesn't know what king cake is

<BlackCats> what is a king cake?

<cak> nope--totally clueless

<joy> what a treat

<Jambalaya> it's sorta like a giant cinnamon roll coffee cake

<Stampverb> my dad once took those teeny hard-rubber baby dolls--nude, about 1-2 inches tall -- and wired em to the hood ornaments of all the senior people (president, provost etc) in college

<cak> but always interested in anything with cake in the name

<cak> lol

<ladycraft> It's great!

<cak> cupie dolled!

<BlackCats> lol

<joy> you know they don't put those dolls in the cake here now-you have to do that yourself- lawsuits I guess

<Jambalaya> ya our bakeries still do

<Stampverb> then he and a couple of buddies welded the wheels of a trolley to the tracks while it had stopped to let off other students

<BlackCats> oh, there's something inside the cake?

<Jambalaya> we figure if you're dumb enough to swallow the doll you need to go to er<g>

<cak> lol

<joy> lol

<Judy> lol

<BlackCats> lol

<cak> one stomach pump and head examination coming right up

<Stampverb> see why am the way I am?

<joy> naw- it's the hurricane drinks- you don't care if you do swallow one

<Stampverb> I love mischief!

<Kriztina> lol yu can buy a tub of itty bitty chickens 144 of them for 43 dollars

<cak> your dad sounds like a wonderful instigator

<Kriztina> http://www.seefred.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1104033320.16199/page=ittybittyrubberchickens.htm

<Jambalaya> yes, it's a small plastic baby doll, and if you get it, you have to buy the next cake

<BlackCats> ic

<Stampverb> a nudie doll, loke my dad's in the 1940s??

<Jambalaya> well of course it's nekid, it's a baby

<BlackCats> lol

<Stampverb> lol

<Stampverb> roflol

<Jambalaya> and imho, too big to swallow without knowing it's in your mouth<g>

<BlackCats> lol

<BlackCats> why is it called a king cake?

<joy> well everyone's afraid of lawsuits

<Jambalaya> a long time ago, it was used to determine who would be king of Mardi Gras

<BlackCats> ah

<BlackCats> ty

<cherub78> gotta get some sleep. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

<Jambalaya> nite cherub78

<Judy> Merry Christmas!

<BlackCats> same to you, cherub

<BlackCats> nite

<Jambalaya> sweet dreams

<MomCat> nite

<joy> nite

<cak> Night cherub78--Happy Holidays!

<Stampverb> there's also a porcine version at the same site

<Stampverb> niters, Cherub

<cak> cool (pigs are more representative of me than chicken anyway)

<ladycraft> You ladies are great! Thanks..nite.

<Jambalaya> lol, pigs wouldn't be as funny as chickens

<cak> true

<joy> nite lady

<BlackCats> nite lady

<Jambalaya> nite ladycraft

<BlackCats> come back and see us

<cak> Night ladycraft--Happy Holidays!

<MomCat> nite

<Stampverb> nite, Lady

<cak> come back soon (like Tuesday or before)

<Stampverb> come back soon!

<Stampverb> Monday is Trivia

<BlackCats> yes, sunday at 9 pm we have a virtual party

<joy> no calories

<Jambalaya> and tuesday is mystery stamp revealed

<Jambalaya> i may need a page of my own for that<g>

<Judy> akkk - that's what I've got to do tomorrow!

<BlackCats> lol

<ladycraft> I will..lot's to learn.

<joy> nite all

<Judy> thanks for the reminder!

<Judy> nite, joy

<cak> like where to find teensy rubber animals!

<Jambalaya> nite joy

<ladycraft> nite joy!

<BlackCats> we have a convention the last weekend in January too, lady

<cak> Night joy, you com--oops missed her

<Judy> gotta go spend some time with dh, so nite all!

<Stampverb> Joy needs to learn the 15-second rule

<Jambalaya> nite judy

<BlackCats> nite, judy

<MomCat> nite, Judy

<cak> night Judy--see you Tuesday for sure

<Stampverb> lol

<Judy> see you Tuesday!

<Stampverb> nite Judy

<Judy> or Monday!

<ladycraft> Convention? nite Judy

<Judy> nite!

<cak> oh yeah--on-line convention!

<BlackCats> starting Friday, Jan 28th

<Jambalaya> yes lady, this is the home of the original cyber- convention

<cak> *lots* of classes and great deals

<BlackCats> there is an intro to chat on Thurs Jan 27th

<Jambalaya> way better than real life conventions

<BlackCats> and a tour of the vendor booths

<Jambalaya> you get to come to free classes in your jammies

<ladycraft> Lots of questions...excited!!

<BlackCats> great!

<MomCat> Wonderful!

<cak> I just love the discussion classes--very energizing

<BlackCats> did you see the main page and schedule at cyberstampers.com?

<Stampverb> classes and social hours, many hours a day nonstop

<ladycraft> YEAH, Ineed the intro class..so afraid to step on toes!

<BlackCats> no problem

<BlackCats> someone got the url to the main page handy?

<Jambalaya> lady, anytime you have questions, just ask us, (cept during a class)

<Jambalaya> www.cyberstampers.com

<BlackCats> ty

<MomCat> http://www.cyberstampers.com/schedule.html

<BlackCats> ty

<MomCat> yw

<ladycraft> All the abbreviations I have to learn.

<Jambalaya> you pick up on those

<MomCat> ty = Thank you

<BlackCats> go there, lady, to see the regular schedule

<MomCat> yw = you're welcome

<Jambalaya> sometimes we talk so fast, we need typing shortcuts

<BlackCats> brb = be right back

<BlackCats> lol = laugh out loud

<cak> #cyberstampers would be a good place to ask any time. but the intro class will give you more confidence

<Jambalaya> and people make up their own acronyms sometimes too<g?

<BlackCats> the intro class will teach you how to move from room to room

<cak> lol--but we make 'em explain

<Stampverb> omg, I just found another variant--a bug gun compplete with plastic bugs, "can also be used with LIVE bugs"

<Jambalaya> and things like how to change your nickname

<cak> yikes!

<MomCat> ewwww

<ladycraft> I'll check out the schedule and visit more often.

<MomCat> good!

<Jambalaya> yuck verb, we don't want that one

<cak> (and, pssst, how to pass notes in class without being caught)

<BlackCats> coming to classes these next few weeks will be a good way to get used to how this site works

<ladycraft> Like that one cak!

<BlackCats> lol, cak

<cak> and increase your reading speed!

<BlackCats> yep

<Jambalaya> and make sure to come tuesday to see mystery stamp from stubby

<BlackCats> and a little tip here....

<ladycraft> I'll visit Trivia Monday and mystery stamp on Tuesday...

<BlackCats> I will be doing a class and will use Evo's heart templates

<Jambalaya> i type about 100 times faster now than i did when i got here<g>

<cak> cool--will they still be on special then?

<BlackCats> I think evo is planning to have them on special during my class

<cak> yay!

<ladycraft> So EVO, I guess I"ll be buying the heart template!

<Jambalaya> during con monica????

<BlackCats> and I know she plans to redo all the weekly specials she has had in Dec again in January

<BlackCats> I think so, jam

<BlackCats> we discussed that during her chat Wed

<Jambalaya> k, cool

<cak> I keep forgetting to show up for that. It sounds like fun

<MomCat> yes it is, cak

<Jambalaya> me too, wed nights are bad for me though

<BlackCats> has been fun, cak, and informative

<BlackCats> and good deals too

<BlackCats> she has been giving a chat special on top of what she has advertised as the weekly special

<cak> evo and stubby *always* have good deals (we can talk them into really good stuff)

<ladycraft> Okay..I'll just be new...what?

<cak> the deals?

<ladycraft> con monica????

<BlackCats> I will be teaching a class during the convention

<Jambalaya> convention, and monica is BlackCats

<BlackCats> class is Friday Jan 28th at 9 pm

<BlackCats> oh! lady, all times listed here are for eastern time

<Jambalaya> yeah, even though the majority of regulars live in central time<g>

<BlackCats> so 9 pm here would be 8 pm your time

<ladycraft> Is the convention info available somewhere?

<BlackCats> not yet

<BlackCats> keep checking the schedule

<Jambalaya> but think - just like tv, all times are posted in eastern time

<BlackCats> yep

<Stampverb> ok, this is my last entry on the topic--I am on a site which in addition to guns to shoot chickens, pigs and bugs, has a watch-catapult -- even suggesting wearing the fancy version to the opera

<Stampverb> "The only watch that's also a weapon- it shoots BBs, dried peas, popcorn kernels, lentils and more up to 8 feet accross the room! This stainless steel watch will be the envy of the classroom or the meeting room. Use it to "wake-up" those sleepy headed co-workers and classmates. When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time. "

<Jambalaya> mark your calendar for the whole weekend of jan 28, to be here as much as you can

* Stampverb retreats to seat in back row of the classroom now

<ladycraft> STampverb your tenacity if just great!

<BlackCats> and Jan 27th too for the intro to chat and booth tour

<Jambalaya> ok, verb would be way too dangerous at bookworks weekend

<BlackCats> lol

<Stampverb> yes I have a reputation for mischief

<cak> you better post the url too SV (just for completeness sake of course)

<BlackCats> lady, on the main page there is a place where you can sign up for the newsletter

<Stampverb> including when I was a muckity muck consultant!

<BlackCats> that is a good way to get class schedule reminders

<Jambalaya> verb, cak does not need url for pea=shooter

<Stampverb> http://www.BackyardArtillery.com/watch/

<cak> lol rats!

<Stampverb> hehehehehe

* Jambalaya slaps Stampverb around a bit with a live crawfish

* Stampverb looks for the lob-staaah

<cak> thank you (she says a sweetly as she can)

<ladycraft> I get the newsletter...that's what got me here tonight!

<Stampverb> YAY

<BlackCats> oh, good

<BlackCats> glad to hear it lady

<Stampverb> I'll be announcing convention news bit by bit as available, in the newsletter

<ladycraft> and Joy...we plan to viti Stubby's soon.

<Stampverb> starting with this Monday

<Stampverb> ok, I need to go back to my recalcitrant iMac and try to get email installed so I can send in Mystery Stamp image!

<MomCat> Yay!

<Stampverb> see y'all next time

<BlackCats> ok, nite, verb

<MomCat> take care

<BlackCats> take care

<ladycraft> I'm off to visit the mall. NIte all and thanks.

<cak> Night Stampverb, Merry Christmas

<Stampverb> niters and happy merry

<cak> good to see you ladycraft! Merry christmas/holiday whatever's appropraite

<cak> (oops)appropriate

<BlackCats> yes, glad you came tonight

<MomCat> Merry Everything! and Happy Always!!

<BlackCats> good one, MomCat

<ladycraft> Merry Christmas

<BlackCats> same to you, lady

<cak> see you Tuesday

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