Chat Lane  Terry McAuliffe

Well, holidays are over: decorations are packed away, the mountains of food, snacks and treats have been reduced to rubble, and life has returned to normalcy. That’s what you would think, isn’t it? Not at ScrapStreet. I don’t think the girls at ScrapStreet really know what normal is. I don’t think that is a bad thing. They refuse to accept boring. They refuse to accept bland. They refuse to accept mundane. In fact, it appears to me that they would rather plot and plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! PINKY hand me those notes!

BRAIN here and let me tell you, these ladies are getting in my way! But, they must be given some credit they are clever. Under the guise of attending the biggest craft and hobby convention in the country, they send two of their highly trained specialists to infiltrate the event, converge upon a well-known celebrity, snap some incriminating photos and then, for some reason, the convention has to be evacuated... I sense something fishy going on… but who am I to sabotage a plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

In an attempt to cause confusion and mayhem, the ring-leader of the group come up with a plan to totally change the way they scrapbooked on the weekends. Instead of weekend crops utilizing challenges, games and tickets for prizes, Evil Dora the Magnificent devised a plan to challenge the ladies twice a week. Brilliant! She posts one challenge on Wednesdays and then another on Saturdays. The challenges could be scrapping, posting, or playing a game. And the ladies have the week to complete the Saturday challenges and only 24 hours to complete the Wednesday challenges. I do so love the brilliant mind of Evil Dora. I should have brought her over to my side sooner and perhaps together we could have made a plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! PINKY! Where are you with those notes!

On one particular weekend, for some reason, citrus began flying though the website. Yes, I said, “CITRUS!” Oranges, everywhere oranges! The originator of that plan, code-named POOH, tried to convince the group that the throwing of oranges began in a small city in Italy a long, long time ago. She had gathered several facts about this so-called festival and incorporated them into the challenges and games, but it’s my belief that she simply did not want the group to contract scurvy during the harsh winter month of January! Ha! How was that another plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD? Cyber citrus for cyber scurvy!

Speaking of harsh winter months, this January seems to be about the worst! Even the girls in the south had to endure cold temperatures and storms of ICE! The ladies in the north don’t seem to be complaining as much, I guess they are getting used to the cold and snow, so it was only fitting that we move our focus further south. Even friends across the “Big Pond” got sucker-punched, I mean treated, to the white fluffy stuff. Ha! Excellent plan TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

The month of January was so cold, that it had the ladies doing everything they could to stay warm, and that included cooking! Lots of new recipes were posted on the boards. Everything from cookies, pasta, and fish, to desserts; even something called “Drunk Chicken.” The ingenious thing is, in order to make the “Drunk Chicken” you need a can of beer. But, it’s just not using the beer. It’s using the CAN! The can full of beer inside the chicken! Can you imagine, PINKY, using “Drunk Chicken” in a plan TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

And, they seem to want to end the month with you in mind, PINKY! With a pink day… avatars, videos, pictures, posts, wishes for babies! I hope you’re happy with that plan TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

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