Not so secret pal list

Hey, can anybody forward me the list? I never got it and have been acquiring 'stuff'.....I need to send it all out!!! Love ya'll Kim

Here you go, Kim. I did not realize we were through. I thought that we each would get a person for the year. Sort of like Secret Pals at church. I have got to get this in some sort of list that I can handle so I do not forget anyone. Thanks. Not So Secret Pal List * Joni Branscome 201 N. Pine St., Apt. 1508 Florence, AL 35630 (256) 766-6632 Birthday: September 4th, 1960 Email: [email protected] Likes: Collect seashells and pretty stones, foreign coins, natural stuff, I'm in a quilting guild and love quilts and anything related to quilts and interesting fabric, I collect good luck charms and other sort of weird stuff related to that, love cards like affirmation cards and tarot cards, anything to do with fortune telling, Feng Shui, Buddhism, Wicca, Paganism. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I am fascinated with the Mexican Day of the Dead.. I like little mice, but not real ones. My favorite TV shows are ALL MY CHILDREN and Crafters Coast to Coast (on HGTV.) My favorite colors are pink, red and purple, also orange. I love Florida and traveling and want to get another motorhome eventually. I love to read mysteries, mainly Carol Lea Benjamin and Earlene Fowler, but I don't need any books, but if anyone else needs books and can get to Florence, I have a gazillion to give away! I love arts and crafts and my favorite craft to do is collage. I love little "stuff" like Scrabble letters, board game pieces, dominos, any little "stuff" that can be put into a collage. Oh, and dislikes! Since I have very, very severe allergies, I wouldn't want anything scented like candles or perfumes. **********************************************************************************8 Linda Herring 109 Timberland Trace Madison, AL 35757 Birthdate: 09-12-1972 Wedding Anniversary: 09-02-1994 WLS anniversary: 05-06-2004 I like most everything. My favorite colors are colors like Hunter Green, Burgundy or a Wine color, Maroon, Dark colors like that. I collect angels and teddy bears. I have no idea of what my new kitchen will be decorated in. I have apples right now, well really all kinds of fruit. I think I will go for ?? I just don't know. I love Christmas stuff. I love that time of year. I collect jewelry....all kinds. I love shoes. And now I am starting to love clothes. Oh, and I love buying different kinds of hand bags or purses. I have a thing for those. I use Lancome makeup/face stuff. I love bath and body works stuff. I love candles. Well I guess I just love just about everything. I hope I have given you enough info. ************************************************************* Teresa Alexander 10292 Long Meadow Rd Madison, Al 35756 wedding date 07/03/91 wls date 08/17/2004 Favorite thing Winnie the pooh kitchen sunflowers panda bear and I guess I am not really picky something the will bring a smile to my face and something that shows a friend was thinking of me ********************************************************** Kimberley Wade Hopson (Kim) 1164 Camp Road Springville, AL 35146 [email protected] DOB 12-19-1971 Wedding Anniversary 06-07 WLS Anniversary 09-13-2004 Likes: Happy Buddha figurines; Board Games: silver jewelry (pierced ears); Good luck charms; Gambling; The Beach; Butterfly Gardening; Candles (no food scents); Cooking/cookbooks; Wine; Bellydancing; Weird shoes (size 6); New Orleans; Crosses; Love to read Nora Roberts (but rarely have time to read more than a magazine article) Favorite Colors: green and pink (not necessarily together) Favorite TV shows: Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals on FoodNetwork; Extreme Makeover Home Improvement (TY Pennington ~); Favorite Holiday: Christmas (It takes me a month to put up all my village pieces) Favorite Music: Most anything except RAP; I listen mostly to country and Classic Rock.....but love Enigma and Enya (mood music) Dislikes: Anything VANILLA; Antiques ***************************************************************** Dixie Bishop 2104 Old Lafayette Pkwy Opelika, AL 36801 334-749-6391 334-357-1099 (new cell #) DOB: 8/31/63 WLS: 4/9/04 Anniv: 12/31/99 I collect lighthouses, anything nautical basically but lighthouses are my fave. I love cobalt blue items, glasses, bottles, anything decorative for kitchen/dining room. I am working on my dining room and it burgundy with cobal blue decorative items. Picture frames are always needed. I absolutely LOVE heavily scented candles.... mulberry, magnolia, gardenia, vanilla, star gazer lilly, to be exact! LOL I love purses of any kind and am a shoe freak. I despise clowns of any kind. My living room is gold, burgundy, navy, with all types of nautical items & pictures. I even have a maiden of the sea from the front of a very old ship. I love most types of music... country, pop... and we all know that Tim McGraw is my future husband! LOL I also love the demdaco willow tree collection and am working on a total collection of demdaco wildflower angels which I think are discontinued; I have 4 out of 8-10; not sure how many they are. The Demdaco wildflower angels I collect are the "thoughts of you angels". I have daisies, Lillies of the Valley, Periwinkle & Violets Do not have Forgetmenot Buttercup Strawberries Wild Roses Poppies They are beautiful angels that hang from their own tree in a swing. Take alook: http://www.cherrylaneangels.com/wild_thoughts0.html Also collect any of the willow tree angels, especially the nativity set; I have the base set but that's it. ******************************************* Sandra Fondren # 18 Lynnwood Tuscaloosa, AL 35404 [email protected] Date of birth: October, 6 Date of rebirth: April 4 2005 I don't celebrate my anniversary...LOL Likes: gourmet coffee samples, tea's, I live on samples you name it from soaps to perfumes you find at the expensive counters, I get by just fine on samples. Candles, bubble bath, bath salt's, lotions, scented sprays and powders, incense, flower seeds and hard to find herbs (Lavender is killing me right now, it is so hard to find!) I love anything Lavender scented! I collect castles, right now small miniature castles, sandcastles, just CASTLES! I like freebies and coupons..LOL... I am not very materialistic... Favorite colors are purple, white and gold. Dislikes: I am easy to please and I am thankful for anything even if it is a simple card, saying HELLO! I appreciate anyone taking the time to say HI. I have no allergies that I know of. I really have no dislikes. ************************************************************************** Renee Aldrup 6608 Robinhood Lane Huntsville Alabama 35806 I like scary books, flavored coffee, earrings, bracelets, ( nothing expensive) . I don't collect anything much but I like fairy's. I love nail polish, especially pinks and reds. My anniversary is June 22, 1990. Dh and I will celebrate 15 years together this week. My weight loss anniversary is October 1, 2003. My Birthday is September 23, 1963. I like bath lotions and such too. *************************************************************** Linda Garbe 1315 Claire St. Opelika, AL 36801 Birthdate: Feb. 16, 72 WLS Anniversary: March 20, 2003 Wedding Anniversary: Sept.30 Hubby: Greg Kids: Mason(12) Julia(9) Favorite color: PINK Music: country- Tim McGraw, Brad Cotter, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Brad Cotter, did I say Brad Cotter? etc.... Likes: candles- favorite scent is vanilla, don't like perfumy smells(DH's allergies can't take them.), scrapbooking (if I had time), clothes!, love the beach, purses, silver jewelry (even though I make jewelry, I still like other jewelry) like Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar is my fave, pretty picture frames, especially antiqued gold... Dislikes: country stuff, flowery things, vampire movies, ....... My kids are my life!! Mason loves sea life, especially Manatees. Julia LOVES flamingos!!! Colors: Bedroom- rich burgundy with leopard(cheetah?) print accents LR: gold accented decor- walls are taupe with a burgundy accent wall -lots of gold picture frames Bathroom 1: cream with gold accents and gold angels Kids Bathroom: ocean!! lots of fish, etc... Kitchen: stone looking vinyl floor (we just did this woo hoo!) it is in the works- will eventually be Tuscany decor with a few accent pieces of leopard cheetah things!! This might be hard to find! ************************************** Beth George 6942 Highway 11 Pelham, AL 35124 Phone: H- 205 621-0958 C- 205 281-6241 I like: scented candles, fuzzy socks, lotions and fragranced body stuff, photo albums, computer software(sometimes I find this at yard sales, flea marts), antique stuff(also found at thrift stores, yard sales, etc), anything to do with nursing, coupons, anything really. I dislike: whatnots (they require dusting)...LOL. *************************************************************** GAIL GILMORE ALEXANDER 747 N. Burbank Drive Montgomery, AL 36117 Home: 334-279-3880 Cell: 334-462-4611 Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Music: Southern Rock and Roll & Alternative I don't collect anything. I wish I did. I am not allergic to anything and I pretty much like anything. My favorite holiday is Halloween as that is my son's birthday! My birthday is December 27, 1970. My wedding anniversary is April 26, 2002. My husband's name is Dale and my son's name is Dakota. I love to read and I also love to cross stitch. I enjoy working on scrapbooks when I have the time. I enjoy cooking and entertaining. **************************************************************************** Name: Jacquie Carriveau Address: 210 Duncan Avenue Killen AL 35645 Birthday is August 13 Favorite colors are lavender, purple, blue greens Like: Wind chimes Bath and Body Shop items Stationary Cards (for me to send out, e.g., birthday, sympathy cards) Cute earrings Dislikes: Cannot really think of anything (I'm easy) ***************************************************************************** Becky Leech 202 Knox Creek Trail Madison, AL 35757 (256) 655 - 4324 (cell) [email protected] Birthday: November 8 Wedding Date December 8 Hubby: Mike, no kids Likes: Cooking: Desserts, italian, grilling, almost anything Music: Instrumentals, James Taylor, Chicago, Enya, Andrea Bocceli, even classic rock and southern rock...anything that's not rap or metal Entertaining, travelling, camping and canoeing. I enjoy candles and aromatherapy (prefer naturals, florals, citrus - anything besides vanilla or real "powdery" smells). Bath and Body Works is one of my favorite places...I love to soak in the tub and use their body spray daily, as well as Williams Sonoma and Pampered Chef stuff. My favorite colors are strong jewel tones (sapphire, cobalt, burgundy or cranberry, hunter green) and neutrals. I'm very tactile...so I love things that feel good on my skin. I'm not really into "trinkets" because they tend to take over and become dust magnets. We are redoing the floors this summer and painting the interior of the house: Walls: either light khaki or sandstone with white trim Flooring: either stone tile or honey-caramel hardwoods White linens are always good I love the ocean/beach and the mountains. Christmas is my favorite holiday. ********************************************************************** Beth Hurrelbrink 3611 Rice Mine Rd NE #75 Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 phone: 205-886-5022 Here is my bday: January 28th Favorite color(s): Hot Pink, Bright Blue, Red, Coral Pink, Fuschia, Purple basically anything Pinkish Red/Pinkish Purple Favorite Food/Flavors/Drinks: Caramel, Chocolate, Chicken (not fried), Cheese (love cracker barrel cheese sticks), Russell Stover sugar free peanut tidbits, caramel drops and jelly beans (gourmet) LOL. I love decaf ice tea, Hawaiian punch sugar free packets (koolaid), Crystal Light sunrise on the go packets, Hawaiian punch sugar free ready drink. Favorite fruit: Strawberries, watermelon even though I kinda dump on it, bananas, red roman apples. Favorite Nut: Cashew (see everything is food, food, food haha) Favorite Music: Dance (aerobic type), Sarah McLachlan, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prince (old stuff), Paula Cole, Kade's choice, Alannis Morrisette. Favorite movies/shows: Mtv Real World, L Word, Clueless (movie ftg Alicia Silverstone), Mad Tv (stewart, lol), Ellen Degeneres (talk show, old sitcom and standup comedy dvds), Pilates DVDs, anything with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, and Gina Gershon Things I like to have and don't own: Rubber workout bands, Mad Gabs (board game), Scrapbooking stickers, stuff to spruce up scrapbook, rubber stamping, art supplies, anything to do with art, basically, and if anyone has spare free time, I'd gladly accept it I love anything to do with frilly stuff, like princess type stuff, feathery boas, fluffy things, candles (not vanilla or spicy scents, yuck), love coconut/suntan oil smelly stuff, bath and body works, fingernail polish (hot pinks, cherry, red, baby pink, french manicure set) you get the idea, sorta girly-girl stuff... **************************************** Gisela Paul 412 E. Nebraska Ave. Bonifay, FL 32425 [email protected] Birthday: March 9th I'm a voracious reader, especially who-done-it crime books. I like to read romance novels when I don't want to think too hard. Love Nora Roberts. I love stationery, even though I don't write very much My favorite color is yellow and brilliant red. I'm also a blues and greens kinda gal I enjoy "fill it in" puzzles Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. I wish Halloween was everyday. In fact, I went costume shopping today, even though I came home empty handed. I am always using scented lotions and body washes. But I'm more of a fruity or vanilla person instead of flowery My favorite flowers are daisies or pansies. But mostly just regular old wildflowers. I despise roses and carnations. My favorite scented flower is a gardenia I collect teapots. I have quite an extensive collection...have already run out of room and am waiting for a carpenter to put up more shelves. I now am fixing to collect teacups and saucers. The more eclectic, the more I'll enjoy. Horses are my favorite animals, followed closely by bunnies I have a lab and have had one by my side for most of my adult life. I'm a country gal and love to duck hunt. I collect anything by ducks unlimited and am quite a big fan of anything camouflaged. I've been a law enforcement officer for 13 years. Been a deputy, dispatcher, K-9 officer and now a correctional officer. I love birds and enjoy watching them around my feeders. They bring me great joy...oh and squirrels, too. I will never buy a squirrel proof feeder. I enjoy them too much. They can eat all they want.

Thanks for posting that Jacquie! I could have done it, but I am so totally wiped out today. I just got home from spending the entire day getting air conditioning for my parents. Their A/C went out and, even though that still have 4 more years on their warranty, Lowe's would not help us. They spent yesterday on the phone with them and then today, I tried to call them, got no help, so I went out there and marched up to Customer Service, where there were three people. One walked off, the other two were on the phone and ignored me. After about 5 minutes, one of them got off the phone, but a man had just walked up and she asked HIM, "Can I help you?" No one ever even looked over at me, even though I said "Excuse me?" twice. I finally wandered through the store and found the dude who sold them the A/C last year and he called Lowe's 888 number and was put on hold for 30 minutes. They finally found someone who would "try" to come get the A/C and order a new motor, but they couldn't tell me when the part might come in or if they could install it. One girl told my dad to bring the A/C in and they would look at it. Since he's 90 years old and has been sick and is skinny, skinny, skinny because he keeps losing weight, he is NOT able to take a 24,000 BTU A/C out of the window and cart it over to Lowe's. What a nightmare! I finally went to Handy TV and Appliance Center. Oh my gosh! What a difference! The dude there got me some Gatorade because I was about to drop, loaded up an A/C on the truck and they followed me over to my parents' house, put the A/C in and, in talking to the two guys, one of them is going to go to my parents' house after work this evening and mow their grass for them. Of course, they had to pay for a new A/C, but at their age, they cannot be without air conditioning while Lowe's decides to ignore them some more. I will never shop at Lowe's again for anything as long as I live. What a JOKE that place is. Anyway, I am SO relieved that they, not only have air conditioning, but have found someone to mow their grass for them. He seemed to be a decent sort and also said he can do housepainting, so maybe Daddy has found himself a housepainter. They need so much done over there and I can't clean my own house, so it's been stressful trying to figure out how to keep them taken care of when I can't take care of myself. And speaking of angels who are helpful, I would like to thank Jacquie again for changing my sheets, folding laundry, taking out the trash and she and her sister Gina helped me at Wal-Mart. I didn't have to do anything bu****ch! It was great! I thought, while they were loading the groceries in the car, "Man, this is what it's like to have sisters!" I got home, took a shower, and laid down on clean sheets. Heaven! And thank all the gods in the universe, my mother's beautician, who has been out sick for almost a month, will be back there Friday and my mother can go get her hair done again. She has been FRANTIC. When Daddy was sick on Friday and during all this mess today with the A/C, her main concern has been whether she will be able to get her hair done. That guy who is going to go mow their yard this evening was saying he did all kinds of odd jobs, so I said, "Well, when you get done mowing their grass, will you roll my mother's hair for her?" Of course, everyone laughed, but I was serious. It's hot as hell in my apartment. My A/C is working, but my vent in my bathroom is totally clogged with linty crap, so no air can come out of there. It was that way when I moved in and it's that way now and I have poked it with pencils and everything, trying to get the thing cleared out, so the air can come out of it. Sometimes it will come out a little, but usually...no. Well, I went to the apartment office today and asked them to fix it. No indeed! That's a cleaning issue and is up to the resident. I tried to tell them it was that way when I moved in and they said no, they wouldn't have rented it unless it was completely clean. I told them that there were marks on the walls, nails still left in the walls, dirty spots on the carpets, and the vents were not clean, but she wouldn't even discuss it. When I moved in, I didn't really give a rip about the walls, the carpets or the nails and there wasn't a move in inspection thing and things were so CRAZY when I first moved in that I didn't say anything about it, but it ****** me off big time that I am going to have to hire someone to come clean out the ventilation system of the air conditioning. I have never lived in apartments before where the resident had to do the maintenance. They do a few things, but apparently, they don't clean out the vents. I told them, "It's a fire hazard!" Well, according to her, if it catches fire, I will be responsible. What a *****! Oh well, nothing I can do about it. I can't afford to move, so I guess I will try to find someone who cleans vents. Anybody have any idea how much that will cost? In Florida, I had looked into having it done in my house, but it was something like $800. Right before I moved up here, I spent a bloody fortune on my house, fixing the A/C, the plumbing, etc., and then I moved up here, so it was just money down the drain. I remember thinking, well, at least in my apartment, I won't have to worry about maintenance. Well, first thing I did when I moved in wa**** the wall with their moving cart because it was too heavy for me to pull. I didn't see any damage, so just went on my way, but then wa**** with a $148 bill for damages that the cart had done to a mirror by the elevator. I didn't see any damage when the cart hit it, but apparently, one of the residents had seen me bump the cart, so they ran and tattled on me and I had to pay $148 to repair the mirror. And now I've gotta pay to fix the A/C. It's crazy. I can't afford to fix it, so I guess I will just burn up and hope it doesn't catch on fire. It's not too miserably hot in here, but it's hotter than it should be. At least it's not completely out like it was not long ago. But at least my parents are cool and are getting their grass cut, so that's a blessing. And I don't have to run out and go to work or anything this evening, so I am going to bed on my clean sheets and get some rest. Hopefully, there will be no dramas for at least 24 hours. Love everyone! Joni

Joni....you crack me up girl. What a day you have had. About the vent...will it unscrew?? I unscrew my vents and vacuum stuff out all the time. Maybe that is an option. I don't know...just a suggestion. As I said before...I wish I lived closer I would love to help ya out girl. I remember when I moved and my dryer plug had to be changed....well my hubby was a big dummy and baby about it so I flipped braker box while he was at work and took the old one off and put the new one on. I was sick of hanging out dang clothes...LOL I can be pretty resourceful at times. Love, Beth

It does unscrew. But it's got a thing that turns the vents where the air will go in different directions that holds it on. But it does unscrew. Jacquie said she will help me with it when she can. She was going to have her sleep study tonight when I talked to her. Bless her heart. I don't envy her this night. Would you believe I am STILL awake??? I was going to go to bed about 6pm because I was so wiped out, then I got on the phone with my sister, then my mother and my mother was going on because this guy she was talking to on the phone today wasn't talking plain, but I took the phone away from her and he was talking just fine. She was still insisting that she hears perfectly. I had had enough today and I politely informed her that she cannot hear a thing, that we have to repeat things to her over and over and then she starts whining because she says I am picking on her and blah, blah, blah. I try to be nice...I really do. But if she can't hear, she can't hear. She needs hearing aids. And she will tell the story about how she went to the hearing aid place and they were trying to TRICK her by asking her if she could hear the bells and of course she could not hear the bells because they weren't ringing any bells...they just wanted to make some money off the poor elderly woman. And if they had been ringing bells, she would have heard the bells. God, I have heard that story so many times. It is NOT anything to be ashamed of to be hard of hearing, but if you can't hear, don't complain all the time because you think people are mumbling. Then she gets upset if we yell at her, but if she asks us to repeat something 4 times and she still doesn't hear it, we will yell it so MAYBE, JUST MAYBE she will hear us. We have no problem with her being deaf. We just have a problem with her INSISTANCE that WE are mumbling and picking on her when she can hear PERFECTLY. Oh well, enough of that. I am just so sick of having this argument every danged day and having to stay on the phone for two hours after I have spent the whole friggin' day over there trying to explain things to her. I realize she is old, but geez louise...they were putting in the A/C and it has a thermostat on it and she wanted it on 68 degrees. Well, he set it on 68 degrees, but it said 84 degrees on the thermometer at first. She kept going on about how she wanted it on 68 degrees. I told her about 10 times and the installation man told her several times that the A/C had been out for two days so it needed a little bit to cool it down to 68 degrees. But she kept on about why didn't he put it on 68 degrees. Oh well, enough of that. Then I stayed up watching TV...ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE on SoapNet, then JUNKIN' on Turner South, then Seinfeld. And now I'm here...but I AM going to bed soon. That's great that you can put in the dryer plug, etc. For some reason that reminds me of a thing they were doing on the radio one day. The topic was something about "Do you think you are a redneck woman and why do you think that?" One girl called in and said, "I was 6 months pregnant, out in the woods, gutting a deer, while my husband was standing next to me throwing up." Now THAT's resourceful! I wanted to call in the radio station and say "YOU GO GIRL!" Love you! Joni

Hey Joni, I had forgotten but Lowes screwed my grandmother over too. She went and picked out flooring when remodeling her house. The installers came out and laid the wrong floor. It was a disaster. My mother came unglued with them. The came back and laid the right flooring but it isn't as good a job as the first time around. Mother vows to not do business with them again. Beth