Holey moley, that is one super duper package. David is a generous guy! An entire picnic basket?? Did it include ants?

Sounds like there is a lot of work getting done in your office, Annie. Uh huh.

You should go home NOW and post some pics.

Pam

Awww, that sounds like such a nice package. Who doesn't love a picnic...in the park or on the farm.

Annie, you make sure you share with the kids. LOL

Annie, You have my permission to leave work early!! That and a $1 will get to a cup of coffee
Well, I don't drink coffee so I don't know how much one costs.

Lakeguy goes nuts when he does a swap. Lucky you, Annie! Looking forward to seeing the pictures. David, you are something else...

I know from experience what a great swap partner David is. I smile every time I see the tea towels he sent that match my kitchen exactly because my DH wondered how David knew me so well!!
Great theme David.
Jane

I keep getting an image of Yogi Bear... TWO cookbooks!? Can't wait to see pix!

You're certainly lucky to have David as your partner, and I'm sure you'll enjoy those items for a long time. The bubble gun sounds really nice!

Lars

Well should wait for pictures but getting on here has been catch as catch can . Sounds like a delightful , fun swap box Annie . Love the theme -- handy to have everything together-- wonder what the cookbooks are ? Don't use that gun in the office -- it's for the Grands not your staff .

Good job David.
Diane

Very cool theme, David! I can't wait to see pix of the "picnicware" and basket! And stuff FOR THE KIDS, too, how great is that?
Annie, you must share with them, you know.....

Linda

I too know of David's extreme generosity! Listen up people, you need to think about paying Ann big money to get the "Big Guy" as your swapee.....always amazing!

Annie, you really do deserve it!

You are right that David is a "super-swapper!" And he is numerically challenged as well. Sounds like a great box, Annie.

Sounds delightful...LOL Pam, ants!

Looking forward to pix, and remember to share Annie.

Janet

(pssst Annie...its good to be the swap spy! bwahahaha!)

Can't wait to see the pics! What a fun package! Nice going, David! Which cookbooks? Hey, Annie, can I borrow that bubble gun sometime?

HUSH EJ!!

Annie glad to hear everyhting made it there okay. Your post beat my email confirmation for delivery that I still don't have yet. LOL! I had a great time putting this together for you and hope the basket comes in handy for the very few times you take a break from all that you do. Remember now, it's nice to share your toys!! Enjoy!!

David

Annie bogarding the grandkid's surcies, LOL!!

David, I use your huge margarita glasses all the time. Talk about a big heavy package - that one gave the UPS guy a hernia!

Enjoy your picnic Annie - and I mean it - take a couple days, go to the beach and have one - and take pictures to prove it to us!

Whoo Hoo, I was waiting to see who David was sending to! YAY, it's Annie. I agree Gina, I want to see pics of Annie at the beach with that basket. Can't wait to see pictures.

Annie, there's a message there.... something like, head west, don't pass by any place where work is involved! Just keep going west until you get to the big lake that looks like an ocean, pop up a tent and RELAX!
Alternate idea... head north, your always welcome here!

David, that sounds like a wonderful swap package, full of things Annie will really enjoy.

Nancy

Annie on a picnic, that's a picture in itself..do ya think she ever sits still?

David is such a sweetheart (except to the UPS guy, perhaps) I await the pictures eagerly.

Yeah for you Annie!

Oh, wow! What a cool swap package! You're meant to have fun, Annie! A bubble gun? Do ya think that is politically correct? LOL

Great choices, David!
Teresa

Share my toys. Hmmm. That's a concept I hadn't considered. LOL I guess.....

OK, my dial up and photobucket finally got the pictures loaded, so here they are, in the order David listed them, trying to make me believe there were five.

First, David giftwrapped everything very nicely. Unfortunately you won't see the before picture because I ripped everything open at work. Here's after. The paper kind of reminded me of water. Pretty appropriate, huh?

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1. Picnic Basket. You can see that this is loaded, it has everything I need for a picnic, and there are leather straps (leather straps, Jessica!!) to hold the plates and glasses in place, plus napkins to match the lining of the basket. In a nice peaceful blue....

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2. Picnic Blanket. (She thinks to herself "or whatever", it would fit nicely in the Jeep)

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And unfolded:

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3. A couple of cookbooks, one regional. The regional one is "Ben Jack Laredo's 165 year collection of recipes". The front says it has recipes from "inlaws, outlaws, and a couple of old grouches". LOL This should be fun.

The second cookbook is full of picnic recipes, what else? They both look like fun reading:

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4. Local food stuff. This is great, I just had some of the artichoke salsa with chips for dinner and it was great, not too spicy and nicely tomato-ey. Hey, I'm an adult, I don't need a balanced diet! There is a sauce/marinade called Cherry B Gypsy and a bottle of Mole. I've only had mole once, and Ashley just loved it, so this is gonna be good. A jar of pickled asparagus and that great garlic mustard finished off this section.

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5. Cool and refreshing things. This had some raspberry mist tea which I'm having right now as iced tea, very, very nice, although it is in the above pictures, and therefore I've put it into the wrong "section". The ice blankets for the picnic basket were in this assortment, along with the beach ball, the bubble gun, the Aqua wrap to keep me cool (or help me keep my cool with Dad) and the battery powered mister, it says it reduces temperatures by 30 degrees! Perfect, I hate the heat, as David noticed. Yeah, I'll share the toys. Sheesh. But I get to use that gun first!!

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Finally, a Tulsa newspaper and a couple of magazines about Grand Lake. I'll read those later tonight, while my pressure cooker is working, canning those beans! I have a secretary from Oklahoma, she wants to read them when I'm done, so they'll be "recycled".

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Thank you, David, for a wonderful swap box and all the time and thought you put into it. I'll try to take a break after Canning Camp, maybe go camping at the beach for a weekend with the kids and the WonderWeiner. I'll be sure to take pictures...

As for you, Jessica, I don't remember that one single thing I mentioned to you is in this package. LOL What a spy!!

Annie

That is awesome David! Should we hint to Annie that we should take it on one of our Canny Camop day trips?

Annie, enjoy your beach picnic! Will you be buying a new bikini as well? David, what a great and fun theme. Enjoy!!

That is one damn nice package! David you are very generous.

David, what a great picnic theme; basket, dishes, eating utensils, blanket and food. Hey, maybe Jessy will share the hotdog man so you'll have something to use that mustard on! Enjoy it by taking a day off just for yourself, Annie.

This is a perfect swap box in my opnion! David you're the bestest!

Annie, I wish I could go to the beach with you. I know we would have fun...as long as there was a shower close by. I'll even get my own cooling off gun! LOL!

WOW, WOW, WOW....As if the fully intact basket and the picnic blanket weren't a enough good stuff...he added even more!
WAY TO GO DAVID!

David, you sure know how to put together the perfect swap boxes. Annie, I can just see you and Makayla on a picnic using all of the wonderful things that David sent you.

Ann

What a truly terrific picnic basket and swap box, David. WOW-ZERS, Annie...enjoy!

Brenda

Love the toys, David-lol The Ben Jack Laredo's Cookbook looks interesting. Really clever & useful swap theme and the picanic basket is pretty, Yogi!

Enjoy Annie!!!

Annie, I'll share my toys if you share at camp....topless in the jeep would be the perfect addition! ROFL!! I hope those cuffs, whip, and leather make it through airport security and check points!! Bring that "blanket" too!! Lots of free time on Friday!! LOL!! Beaches, shoreline, and dunes oh my!!!

Oh, and Ms. Jessy is very good spy....the mole sauce(not regional... it was from CA if I remember right...snuck that one in...lol) and the mister thing was her idea. Thanks #9...um....EJ!

Gina, I've noticed those glasses in a post or two last time was the South American Dinner Party. May have to head West next year and have a few with you and the West Coast Gang!

Cathy, sounds good to me! I'm thinking those ice packs would cool down a couple of cheap beers and whatever!! LOL!

Again, this was great fun for me Annie!! I really love these swaps!!

I'll catch up with the rest of the great boxes received so far in the next day or two.....I'm way behind...work is crazy due to school and football season being right around the corner.

David

The basket and the blanket are wonderful. What an elegaant picnic you can have, I love them. And all those goodies as well. Another incredible package from a person who can't count!

You done good David. That's a great package. Everything is beautiful.

When are you heading to the beach Annie? I'd use the gun first too I love bubbles.

Enjoy!!

Tracey

Whew! Where to start? I now realize I need all of those things! The interior of the picnic "basket" (trunk?) is so pretty - looks like the tissue paper was similar.

I love the tea in the covered wagon - it's dahling! Oh man, inlaws/outlaws - that is funny. It is hot already here - I feel like wrapping myself up in one of those ice blankets.

Have fun, Annie. You give good swap, David!

WOW
What an amazing goodie box. David great theme. You picked wonderful items. I know she'll enjoy them.

Stacey

OK, David, if you share, I'll share. As for the whips and leather, I think those will be all right. Um...don't put the cuffs in your carry on bag or they'll ask you questions. (grin)

OK, Jessica got the mole right and I'll be using the mister this weekend, it's back in the high 90s here. I'll concede. This time. ;-)

Beaches and shoreline and dunes, oh my. And I have just the Jeep for the job! The only problem might be that I have the Wrangler, which is not known for cargo space. By the time I get my luggage, Katie's luggage and all the canning stuff in there, I might be too full for that picnic basket, it's HUGE. The pillow/blanket would fit though, and we'll see what else I have room for.

Thanks again, David, it was a perfect swap package and I love it, I'm having chips and salsa for breakfast while I wait for the *&^%$ satellite TV guy who will be here "sometime between 8 and noon". MmmHmmm. I wish I could do THAT scheduling, with a 4 hour window of arrival. Geez.

Annie

Very generous package, David! I love the basket and the blanket -- and artichoke salsa? Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Enjoy Annie!

Oh yes, I AM enjoying everything. And don't think I won't hold David to that "beach date" either, it would be far preferable to shopping for me, I'd better dig out a swim suit. I usually swim in the pool in the middle of the night and don't need a suit, LOL.

Annie

Awesome! What an amazing and beautiful swap package. Enjoy Miss Annie!

AM

WowieZowie !!!!!!!!!!

Annie there is only one bad thing about getting a swap from David.....Ann only let's it happen once!

Avoiding the whips and other adult toys that conjure up images best left unseen...

David, That's a whopping of a basket; it is just as perfect as it could be. I keep scrolling up and down to see the pictures. I love the selection. The blanket is wonderful.

Annie, Honey, you need to find yourself a buddy (hint), and pack up some of those goodies and set under a tree a spell and learn some outlaw recipes.

What a kick I get out of these swaps, I get a vicarious thrill for everyone.

Bubbe, I've kind of abandoned the thought of a "buddy".

The boss tells me that men are not attracted by independent and strong women, they want women they can take care of. Since I can take care of myself and the surrounding 5 states, I don't seem to attract a lot of, well, buddies. I'm told they're mostly afraid of me. They probably should be.

Heck, even David thinks he'll need a whip and cuffs!

Empress of the Universe (Annie)

Very cool theme! I liked that~

Annie, wow, what a terrific bunch of gifts. I love it all! Have fun!
David, oh my, you really know how to shop. Good going!

Jayne

David you did it again!! Annie, you're one lucky gal, I know because I was a past swappie of David's! You're going to love it all, especially that cool wrap that goes around your neck. I used to have one and if I could find it again it would sure be nice in this miserable weather!

Oh, Annie, this was one of the few I thought I had posted to while on vacation using my DStepFIL's dial-up. So sorry for the delay. A few on dial-up did me in until I returned home. Glad I checked your thread!!

I just love that picnic basket and the comfy looking blankets. Picnic cookbooks, always a favorite with me! The cool and refreshing items look fun. I always like local papers/mags; althouh, I typically forget to include them!!

Great package Annie! Enjoy it!!

Super box David!!