The sign-up deadline for the Sending My Love – Bloggy Swap has just passed, and now it’s on to the good stuff.

First, I need the following people to email me their addresses please:

NOTE- I know numbers two and five are missing…that’d be myself and hubs. I have our address memorized (waiting for a standing ovation…cookie…or something…) *sigh* Fine.

Second, I will explain to you how you got your partner. The idea is that you know ONLY who you will be sending to. Take a look:

Number 5 is me. Those folded up papers? They all contain numbers between 1 and 13 (well, except for 5). If you signed up, your number is one of those. To demonstrate, I unfolded mine. To the left, is a number (which will correlate DIRECTLY to the signup list above)…that person will be mailing me something. To the right is a different number, and I’ll be mailing them something. Make sense?

Out of fun, fairness, and secrecy (because I don’t want to know who is sending me anything), I left the 4 pieces of paper directly behind my number unopened. I will mark them so I know which order they went in and have Steven open them and email THOSE partners. I could have left only the number right in front of me unopened, but who are we kidding? I would SO have known by the end of the emails.

So, now…I need those of you on the list above to send me your emails. I will send you (or Steven will) the address of the person you are supposed to send your package/mail to. I did this TOTALLY randomly. I not only could not see the numbers, but I also didn’t have the names/numbers paired together where I could see them or memorized. In full disclosure, I did have to have 2 ppl swap places on the circle because Angie was going to be mailing her husband something, and that would’ve sucked. Other than that…I didn’t tamper with anything. So, if you wanted a different partner…um…well I have no clue what to tell you. Luck hates you I guess? I kid I kid. I know we allll love each other equally, right?

Assuming that you send me your address soon, I should have your partner’s addy sent to you by this weekend. After that, prepare a box (or letter) that’s full of love. Anything you want (welll…). The send-off deadline is September 15, 2008. You can send sooner, if you want. DO NOT POST or tell ANYONE who you sent your stuff too. When sending off your package or letter, you can tell who you are. And, once you get it from the partner that sent to you, you can post what you got on your blog.

Let me know if I forgot anything?

PS – I highly highly recommend getting Delivery Conf numbers because occasionally people that your packages were NOT intended for get butterfingers…and your packages go missing…and the post office sits on their hands. It took me $200 worth of packages to figure this one out. Just sayin’.

Welcome back!