Chat Lane  Lori Burdeshaw

Happy January and Happy New Year! How was your December? On vacation…laid back and relaxed? Or do you fall into the “I was so busy I can barely remember it” category? Think I fall somewhere in the middle. I enjoyed my holiday, but am ready to get back to my day-to-day routine.

One thing that definitely helped keep me sane through the holidays was the Holiday HoHoHodown. Thanks to Sgt. Spink, I had all my homemade cards done, sealed and ready to mail out by the first of December…and I made about half of my gift tags too. Felt good to have a few things done ahead of time…AND she made it fun! Definitely think the Hodown needs to become an annual ScrapStreet event. Plus…absolutely LOVED getting those homemade cards from my wonderfully talented Street friends. I know I speak for everyone when I say that they were truly a highlight of the holiday happy mail. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Did you participate in our Secret Santa swap? It was sooo much fun. I was absolutely blown away by what I received and loved seeing what everyone else got too. Scrapstreet sisters are just the BEST gift-givers! Thanks to Elmira for making this event possible. Well…Spink helped a bit too.

Even with all of the holiday craziness, we still managed to play a round of bingo in December and Heather was our winner…congratulations, Heather! That makes two wins out of the last three months for her…wow! Hmmm…how does she do it? Luck? Some sort of “system”? Psychic abilities? Be sure to sign up for bingo…this might be YOUR lucky month.

Exciting news from December…Jenn is having a baby! Should have another ScrapStreet baby arriving sometime in June. Ohhh, Je-ennnn…THINK PINK!

Have you seen the newly added Pet Park? It’s uptown…just north of Life Lane. Be sure to stop by for a visit or to share a story with us. Our street pets are always ready to provide us with a giggle or two.

Did your mojo go outta town for the holidays? Pretty sure mine did. Well don’t worry…SNS is sure to lure it back. And if that doesn’t work, we also have our weekend crop event scheduled for Jan. 18th-20th. We’re gonna have a GREAT time visiting Barbados. Hope you all play! Bet ol’ mojo will be hoppin’ the first plane back to town.

Time for Resident of the Month:

This month’s recipient has been with us about 9 months. She’s energetic and outgoing on the boards with her posts, dares and challenges. She has an optimistic attitude about her life and you can tell from her posts and her blog that she absolutely adores her family. She’s a talented scrapper and I’m sure I’m not the only one that has been inspired by her work. Between her role as a military wife, her career, being the mother of an active toddler, and still finding time to spend on her beloved hobby, she is definitely trying to live up to her Wonder Woman persona. So please join me in showing some love for January’s ROTM…Brianne!

a BABY ‘bout stuff. She’s actually pretty strong…you know…for a girl and all. Just a couple weeks ago I saw her tear off the truck door handle with her bare hands!

While she was at home with her tummy ache, I had to go to Jakey School. There were other kids to play with…and lots of new toys. Sounds great, huh? Yep…I thought so too…’til I got there. Jakey School just wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be. I didn’t get to pick what foods I wanted for lunch and NEVER got to go out for bye-bye burgers. I had to share all the best toys with the other kids. I didn’t get to control the tv and sometimes I had to watch movies that OTHER people picked out for me. I mean…the people were nice enough I guess…but they didn’t even take us to WAL-MART. Not even ONCE. What kind of life is that? *shakes head in disbelief* I’m glad Aunt Woey’s tummy ache is better now. We do fun stuff together…like go to the pot store. Oooh…she even took me to meet a giant M&M! It was a little shy…didn’t talk as much as the M&M’s on the commercials do. But it was pretty friendly…even let me hold his hand.

What did Santa bring you? I got lots of cool stuff. But the bestest thing he brought me was my very own gameboy! Guess my mommy asked him to bring it for me. Heard her say she was tired of me and my brother taking turns with his ‘cause it always seemed to be Jakey’s turn. *shrug* I thought it was a pretty good system, but this works out even BETTER!

I got another cool gift too…from my Aunt Spinky. It’s a cool flashlight that shines POOKY stuff on the walls. It was a BIG hit on Christmas day. I put on a pooky show for my family. I could tell that everyone loved it too ‘cause every time I turned off the lights, they all yelled “JAKEY!” Ahhh…good times! Think I’m gonna go play with it right now. Bye-Bye, scrapstreet!!

December addictions:

6. Digital picture frames—oh, wait a sec…that’s only in AMBER’S family…lol.

5. Christmas pics—LOVE seeing all the family pics that are popping up. If you haven’t posted any…it’s not too late. We always enjoy seeing our friends in their natural habitats…heehee.

4. Dora’s 'hood stories—a year-round addiction. The latest? New neighbors, love life of a Frat Boy, and Dora: the other woman. Pull up a seat…no telling what might happen next in Dora’s hood and you don’t wanna miss anything!

3. Life Lane—pretty sure we all like to chat even more than we like to scrap. Even in the busy month of December, we managed to end up with 48 pages of posts.

2. Scrapstreet in general—you know it’s an addiction when you have to resort to the buddy system to ensure you actually get some work done between street visits. *waves to Heather and Terry* Ummm…aren’t you both supposed to be working right now?

And the current #1 addiction?? Yep…you guessed it. WEBKINZ!! The cult that is sweeping the nation…or at least Scrapstreet. It has already claimed 8 of us as victims…errr…members. Despite support from other anti-Webkinz non-conformists, I was weak and finally succumbed to the ever-growing peer pressure just a few days ago. Unfortunately…after seeing how cute my little Radar is in his little “dude” hat and shades…and receiving gifts and messages from other cult members…and playing the addictive arcade games…I realize it’s too late for me. So let this be a warning to the rest of you…be careful…RUN…save yourselves! Check out all happy mail and be especially suspicious of anything plush and cuddly. YOU COULD BE NEXT!!

Guess that’s about all for now. On a personal note, I would just like to thank you all for the love and support you showed me while I was going through my surgery and recovery. This truly is a special group of people and I consider myself extremely blessed to be a part of it. Thank you for a friend-filled 2007. Hope 2008 treats you well.

‘Til next time…cya on the streets!!

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