Chat Lane  Terry McAuliffe

For those of you readers who may not know who we are, we are the two right hands of ScrapStreet’s Secret Santa! Every year, we get to play pranks, ferret out secret information, and help that “Big Guy” figure out who has been naughty and who has been nice. So, let’s get this straight right from the beginning, the month of November belongs to Roxy Reindeer and Bubba Elf! We pushed your sweet little Hello Kitty away from the keyboard and are here to make sure the truth is told!

Even though the gals decided to work out a posting fight on the first day of the month, that didn’t stop us! The gals broke up into three different “turkey” groups. The groups were then challenged to make the highest number of post counts as a group. The gals tried their hardest by singing songs, one line at a time, posting funny pictures they had “googled,” and doing whatever it took to move those individual post counts upward. Can you say dizzying? Those boards swirled and whirled like a cyclone! The two of us even played by posting a few threads to keep those ladies talking, and helping us keep straight the nice players from the naughty players! Those gals never knew what was happening!

Car shopping was a priority for Lori at the beginning of the month, and boy is that girl particular about her vehicles! I think everyone on the board made a helpful suggestion and she shrugged them all off! We’re not quite sure how she’s gonna manage that new postal route of hers without a motorized vehicle, but I bet it will be fun to watch! Oh, and what fun it was! I really think the “Big Guy” should deliver a GPS to her doorstep! Still not quite sure how she managed to loose an entire trailer park! Or maybe we can send Rudolph for the few weeks before Christmas to help her.

A series of “If you …” threads were posted by our lovely fairy princess, “Tink.” They were a series of decision questions and they all really helped those ladies get to know each other better. I’ll tell you, just when you think you know somebody, you learn something that just shatters your perception of them!

It seems like one of the sisters has made the commitment to be a foster parent for left-over fur babies. We’ve already put a bug in “Big Guy’s” ear that there may be an out-of-control reindeer that could use a new home, and now we can recommend a nice half-way house for Rudolph. There are other reindeer who would like to lead that sleigh, you know!

Looks like cold and flu season has struck those gals at ScrapStreet! Just make sure you sell them whatever cold medicine they want. And just as much of it as they want as well! Word has it that there has been some sort of rationing of cold medication and that a tall blond lady dressed in dark clothing is muttering madly under her breath while trying to breath and cough up a lung at the same time!

Elephants were spotted trampling through the streets for the monthly weekend crop. Thailand elephants, though there were some kind of special all painted up and pretty like. But, we do have to admit they made for some great inspiration for our gals to use to create some awesome projects.

Santa’s little secret helpers were at work this month. It’s about time, too. Bubba and I can’t be the only ones getting anything accomplished. They don’t seem to want to do much the rest of the year! Packages started popping up unexpectedly. And, some of those packages not so nice, huh Roxie? A bag of reindeer poop? Really? On an office desk first thing in the morning? Even I, Bubba Elf, thought you had a bit more class than that!

For some reason a few of these ladies are already focused on an event happening next year: CHA. Does anybody out there know what that means? Can you help an elf out here? They keep posting about it like mad. Making plans, talking about whose spouse is going, how to ditch the spouse and hang with the girls. They’re even talking about tattoos! You couldn’t get me to drink enough margaritas to sit in a tattoo chair, nope, not gonna happen to this reindeer, Bubba Elf may be another story however. Crazy thing is this CHA thing isn’t happening until July of 2009!

These ScrapStreet ladies sure can Google like crazy. Yup, I said “Google,” not “Giggle.” But I gotta admit, that the “Googling” often leads to “giggling.” Pictures of stuff the likes of which I’ve never seen before started appearing on the boards. Duct tape artwork, really, who would have thought of such a thing? And apparently some of the ladies have a reputation for being a bit naughty because a few of them were spotted getting good old-fashioned spankings! I wonder if the “Big Guy” knows about that!

As Thanksgiving made its way onto the Streets, I’m certain that we could smell all the wonderful goodies these ladies had planned for their tables. YUM! Well, except for some of those fancy mashed sweet potatoes, not too sure about those. Seems like poor Lisa can’t keep anything fresh in her place; poor thing really needs to find a good place to shop. And the pies! OH my! Loving everything from traditional pumpkin to something called “Buttermilk pies,” Bubba, have ever heard of that one before? Supposed to be something like custard, but I’m a bit skeptical.

Not sure why, but the gals didn’t seem altogether too excited about shopping on Black Friday. Of course, we learned that it can be more dangerous than going hunting with blind cousin Skeeter.  Some of them ladies are done with their shopping but we won't tell who … Janice! Or if they’re not done Christmas shopping, I’m surprised that they aren’t starting to panic! Ha! I’m betting that will hit hard in a week or two.

So, keep your eye on the Streets, because I can guarantee that it’s going to be a real interesting rest of 2008!

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