Oh, yeah! I finally started posting our clues to this blog (which will eventually become our new clue posting site once it's complete). Our first real blog was in August 2005, so right now, anything listed in our archives before then will be our clues list. The first ones are under January 2004 and they continue from there (btw, these are more updated than the ones on our original clues site). Any questions or mistakes, let us know!
The (industrious) Sprite & the (still thinks computers and phones are of the devil) Highlander
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Boxing Updates & T-shirt shout-out
Okay, so we officially didn't come up with a night boxing event for this year...but maybe next Halloween! Sorry, folks!
Still, we (okay, I...the Highlander was up duck hunting at 3am!) had a good day boxing today. Tirolbill, the IAP and I picked up the rest of the boxes in North Tonawanda and a bunch of the Kenmore kids' Plumber's Tools series. We also dropped off everyone's gifts to Team Dakota and hooked up with a new boxing group at Cup of Joe, We Who Must Not Be Named! Hopefully we'll get them to show up at a gathering next year!
We still have t-shirts here for those of you that paid for them (or had them paid for) and haven't pick them up yet. If you want us to mail them to you, you can just Paypal us $3.85 and we'll send them out to you in a flat rate envelope. Here's the ones we still have with the sizes we had listed for you...contact us soon if you haven't already done so:
Crafymouse & Dandelion--M & XL
Dusty Strings--M
Dagonell--XL
Norasta & Guitarzan--L & XL
WINK & Tarheel--L & XL
Tirolbill--L
Songchick--M, L & 2XL
Jiggs--S & 2XL
Ninja Rob--XL
Lockwench--L & L
Joystar--L
IAP--2XL
By the way, it turns out the cost for the flat rate envelopes was only $3.85, not $3.95. If you paid the higher price, we owe you a dime! We can Paypal that or mail you the difference. Let us know!
The Sprite & the Highlander
Still, we (okay, I...the Highlander was up duck hunting at 3am!) had a good day boxing today. Tirolbill, the IAP and I picked up the rest of the boxes in North Tonawanda and a bunch of the Kenmore kids' Plumber's Tools series. We also dropped off everyone's gifts to Team Dakota and hooked up with a new boxing group at Cup of Joe, We Who Must Not Be Named! Hopefully we'll get them to show up at a gathering next year!
We still have t-shirts here for those of you that paid for them (or had them paid for) and haven't pick them up yet. If you want us to mail them to you, you can just Paypal us $3.85 and we'll send them out to you in a flat rate envelope. Here's the ones we still have with the sizes we had listed for you...contact us soon if you haven't already done so:
Crafymouse & Dandelion--M & XL
Dusty Strings--M
Dagonell--XL
Norasta & Guitarzan--L & XL
WINK & Tarheel--L & XL
Tirolbill--L
Songchick--M, L & 2XL
Jiggs--S & 2XL
Ninja Rob--XL
Lockwench--L & L
Joystar--L
IAP--2XL
By the way, it turns out the cost for the flat rate envelopes was only $3.85, not $3.95. If you paid the higher price, we owe you a dime! We can Paypal that or mail you the difference. Let us know!
The Sprite & the Highlander
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Random Stuff
So I FINALLY found the chat room for Atlas Quest! You have to download the toolbar first, but once you do, there;s a little unlabeled button next to the "Links" button that takes you to a chat room. Who knew??? While I was there, Scarab told me there's a new Yahoo group for keeping track of your travelling event stamps. The addresss is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LBNA_EventBoxes/ I just added The Four Seasons to the database there and there's already a few listed, so it promises to be a good deal.
Team Dakota HAS returned after all! They're back and it looks like they plan to stay, but boxing is the last thing on their minds right now. Things went a little south down south, so I think they're just going to regroup and start over. Of course, nosy me is already planning to fix that deal VERY soon...people without boxing equipment count as refugees in need of FEMA assistance, as far as I'm concerned (more on that later).
Anyway, my sniffles from the cold wind on Saturday have turned into a full blown cold, darn it! It's like I'm being punished for having fun boxing. Thus, the shirts that need mailing have been sitting on the counter at our house waiting for an evening where I'm NOT under the influence of Sudafed or Actifed to go to the PO. I promise to get this done this week, seriously. On that note, though, if anyone else is interested in a shirt, now's the time to tell me. I have a few folks straggling in, but not enough to make a second order for $11 each yet (and without enough to make a order, shirts are $25 each). Holler if you want one!
Okay, head pounding...typing bad now...I'm off to snuggle into some Highlander for the night!
The (too sick to be creative with the parentheses) Sprite & the (making her get off the computer) Highlander
Team Dakota HAS returned after all! They're back and it looks like they plan to stay, but boxing is the last thing on their minds right now. Things went a little south down south, so I think they're just going to regroup and start over. Of course, nosy me is already planning to fix that deal VERY soon...people without boxing equipment count as refugees in need of FEMA assistance, as far as I'm concerned (more on that later).
Anyway, my sniffles from the cold wind on Saturday have turned into a full blown cold, darn it! It's like I'm being punished for having fun boxing. Thus, the shirts that need mailing have been sitting on the counter at our house waiting for an evening where I'm NOT under the influence of Sudafed or Actifed to go to the PO. I promise to get this done this week, seriously. On that note, though, if anyone else is interested in a shirt, now's the time to tell me. I have a few folks straggling in, but not enough to make a second order for $11 each yet (and without enough to make a order, shirts are $25 each). Holler if you want one!
Okay, head pounding...typing bad now...I'm off to snuggle into some Highlander for the night!
The (too sick to be creative with the parentheses) Sprite & the (making her get off the computer) Highlander
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Boxing Ro-Cho-Cho
Finally, a day of boxing with just the Highlander and I! I get so caught up asking others to box with us that I had forgotten what it was like to just be out together doing what we love...walking and talking in the autumn splendor while searching for boxes. The Highlander's neck problems have abated considerably, so he finally got to enjoy a day of hiking, too.
Rochester is really a nice place (regardless of what the Buffalo snobs may say!). We LOVED the Urban Letterboxer's Eastman School of Music series, one of which was another book hidden like our Letterbook box. Unfortunately, out of the 8 boxes we tried, 3 were missing/couldn't be found, and one just got too dark (thank goodness for the Highlander in dark scary places at night! Still, it was a terrific day...not too hot, not too cold, not too long or short a walk, everything just right! I swear, we're not boxing with ANYone else for at least a month, just so we can hang out with each other all over again! I think we'll also start boxing earlier in the day...I love sleeping in, but on a boxing day, it just seems a shame to sleep away those extra hours.
Now, if I could just get my PLB going, my boxing life would be easy! :-P
The (back in the saddle again) Sprite & the (loving the ride, but glad to be back to the bunkhouse) Highlander
Rochester is really a nice place (regardless of what the Buffalo snobs may say!). We LOVED the Urban Letterboxer's Eastman School of Music series, one of which was another book hidden like our Letterbook box. Unfortunately, out of the 8 boxes we tried, 3 were missing/couldn't be found, and one just got too dark (thank goodness for the Highlander in dark scary places at night! Still, it was a terrific day...not too hot, not too cold, not too long or short a walk, everything just right! I swear, we're not boxing with ANYone else for at least a month, just so we can hang out with each other all over again! I think we'll also start boxing earlier in the day...I love sleeping in, but on a boxing day, it just seems a shame to sleep away those extra hours.
Now, if I could just get my PLB going, my boxing life would be easy! :-P
The (back in the saddle again) Sprite & the (loving the ride, but glad to be back to the bunkhouse) Highlander
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Snurgerblatt!
Okay, before anyone gets their feelings hurt...yes...YES, we had a mini-meet (turns her head in shame)! I feel like I cheated on someone! :-)
Actually, it wasn't even all that. Basically, the t-shirts are here so a few folks stopped by to pick theirs up. The Elba Onions and the G Team grabbed theirs early on, but the Quinn kids brought a few friends later in the day that hadn't stamped into the HH hostel with the new stamp (and I hadn't the heart to keep another woman's children in the cold with no place to sit). Plus, there were new HH's that I hadn't stamped into yet and I needed to get my book in order after the trip to Florida...
So, they came and talked and stamped in and talked and passed around PLBs they had with us and talked some MORE and the next thing we knew, 3 hours had passed and we'd just had an impromptu mini-meet. I grabbed some leftover Speedy Cut in the shape of a kinda weird looking Rhode Island and we all put a little carved something onto it and voila!...event stamp. Sweet Heart came up with the name as we were all trying to craft something clever ("Just call it something made up like snurgerblatt or something!") and we couldn't stop laughing about how silly the word sounded (and how to correctly spell it!), so that made it official.
All in all, not a bad way to break up a cold rainy weekend. I would never have planned it ('cause that takes work and effort and cleaning and FOOD), but as a spur of the moment thing, I'm all for it! :-)
The (playing like she's 17) Sprite & the (just glad to be back to the land of the living again) Highlander
Actually, it wasn't even all that. Basically, the t-shirts are here so a few folks stopped by to pick theirs up. The Elba Onions and the G Team grabbed theirs early on, but the Quinn kids brought a few friends later in the day that hadn't stamped into the HH hostel with the new stamp (and I hadn't the heart to keep another woman's children in the cold with no place to sit). Plus, there were new HH's that I hadn't stamped into yet and I needed to get my book in order after the trip to Florida...
So, they came and talked and stamped in and talked and passed around PLBs they had with us and talked some MORE and the next thing we knew, 3 hours had passed and we'd just had an impromptu mini-meet. I grabbed some leftover Speedy Cut in the shape of a kinda weird looking Rhode Island and we all put a little carved something onto it and voila!...event stamp. Sweet Heart came up with the name as we were all trying to craft something clever ("Just call it something made up like snurgerblatt or something!") and we couldn't stop laughing about how silly the word sounded (and how to correctly spell it!), so that made it official.
All in all, not a bad way to break up a cold rainy weekend. I would never have planned it ('cause that takes work and effort and cleaning and FOOD), but as a spur of the moment thing, I'm all for it! :-)
The (playing like she's 17) Sprite & the (just glad to be back to the land of the living again) Highlander
Thursday, October 06, 2005
T-shirts and updates...at long last!
Well, it's finally happened. After a month of herniated discs, hospital visits and cortisone shots, the Highlander was finally able to struggle into work this week and see about the shirts. They shouldbe ready by tomorrow for us and we'll start mailing out the ones to those of you who paid for it this weekend. I'm pretty sure we AREN'T going to be doing any more travel or gatherings this year, so anyone that wants to come to the hitchhiker hostel is welcome to grab your shirt when you come. I just want to take care of the hubby for awhile and enjoy the recent peace that's come from finally getting him some pain relief.
Hope the world of boxing is still spinning without us! We did get to take a trip to visit my grannies in Florida and took one letterboxing to pick up A Leaf and Wanderings (both planted by Kirbert). We even planted three new boxes in the area which Kirbert has graciously offered to adopt for us! I also took a trip alone to the the LBMA Gathering at Knoebels with my friend and her family, but the Highlander and I shall never gather separately (???) again if I can help it...after all, it's a two person stamp!
I hear Team Dakota snuck back into town under cover of night and might be staying. If anyone knows where they are, let us know...we have a PLB for them!
The S & H
Hope the world of boxing is still spinning without us! We did get to take a trip to visit my grannies in Florida and took one letterboxing to pick up A Leaf and Wanderings (both planted by Kirbert). We even planted three new boxes in the area which Kirbert has graciously offered to adopt for us! I also took a trip alone to the the LBMA Gathering at Knoebels with my friend and her family, but the Highlander and I shall never gather separately (???) again if I can help it...after all, it's a two person stamp!
I hear Team Dakota snuck back into town under cover of night and might be staying. If anyone knows where they are, let us know...we have a PLB for them!
The S & H
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