The Ohio State University Crabbing Gliders vs. The University of Michigan Barking Wolverines..

I would like to thank the following SUPER VENDORS for their support in helping me to create the "Buckeye Bag" - for it surely would NOT have existed without the help and generous donations from each and every one of you. I was truly overwhelmed by the support I received from the glider community, and I was truly humbled. All I can say is: Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!

Most of the vendors I am aware of, but there were a few anonymous donations made at the SGGA - and those donors were sly because I didn't catch them and was unable to give a personal thank you! When I went back to our table, there was something else, and then another, and then another! So, I would like to express my deepest thanks to those very special anonymous donors, too! Only you know who you are; however, I want to PROPERLY and COMPLETELY credit those for their donations.

Some items I bought, and some items were specially commissioned for this donation, since I have all of the talent of a bag of rusty fence nails! I have to say that I have GREAT RESPECT for those talented people who can CREATE, but I am not one of them. I can make a decent enough cage pouch, but that's after HOURS AND HOURS of tutoring with my girls, Helen and Leyna... for myself it is EASIER for me to buy things than make them! Many items were donated; so, if there are any mistakes, please let me know, and I will quickly post them up! You just never know... someone may want to order something from one of you anonymous donors!

Every effort has been made to make sure that I have properly recorded the proper items received from each vendor, but if I have made an error, please send me an e-mail and I will make any corrections, first here, and then on any other boards that I may have posted in (this keeps me organized - somewhat. I apologize in advance if I have messed anything up - you all know how I am!

The items in the Buckeye Bag were generously provided by:

1. The Glider Play Gym: "Built by Bourbon" Bourbon at All 4 Gliders

2. The OSU Travel Cage with coordinating Buckeye Cage Set AND the zippered "O" bonding/travel pouches, AND "The Buckeye Glider Trampoline": Helen of The Glider Playroom

3. The Buckeye Hand-knit Purse and Matching Bonding Pouch: Sugeebaby (Karen) of The Pampered Glider!

4. The GI-NORMOUS OSU Throw and "Scarlet and Gray Pure Buckeye Bottled Water": Carl of The Pampered Glider!

5. Buckeye Wodent Wheel, Tipsy Turvey, Happy Dangler, and assorted treats and glider goodies: Suz of Suz Sugar Gliders!

6. The Carpet Bag Purse: Joyce of Sweet Glider Gizmos

7. OSU cage pouches, ice cube trays, glider plates and feeding crocks, paring knife, OSU travel cooler and 175-gallon Apogee Reptarium, red carry-all tote, Barrel of Monkeys: CGarnes - yours, truly

8. OSU Pouches: Leyna of The Sugar Glider Sanctuary

9. OSU Play Gym Flag, water bottle, keychains, thermometer, glasses, zipper pulls: Bourbon & CGarnes

10. Glider Gift Basket: Lisa & "Arnold the Super Adorable!" at SunCoast Sugar Gliders

11. 500 Mealies: Dale and friends at GrubCo!

12. Brutus Buckeye Coco-Creation: Ms. Chrissy of "A Cup of Sugar"

13. The Buckeye Stealth Wheel, hanging toys, twisted rope, and other assorted goodies, Buckeye Feather Balls (she also donated color coordinating fleece which will be used to create glider pouches for GLIDER RESCUES in another project I'm working on): Anita of SugarRae's Attic

14. The Buckeye Bridge "O-H-I-O", hanging nest box, and other glider goodies: TnR Gliders

15. The Buckeye QuinCity: Jaimee of Sugar and Spice Gliders

16. The Coordinating No-Sew Pouches, Hammock, and Rope: My worthy compadres on the other side of the table (and up north across "that state line" *wink* - gotta love those Wolverines!) Amie and Bill (Khyricat and wnoisephx)

and... to those anonymous donors... thank you, thank you all - so very much!

Now... the winners are:

Ohio State
Judy

University of Michigan
JR (the step-son of that rascally old CGarnes - who MADE me put my name on the ticket because HE and MY SWEETIE are from Detroit!!)

Now, here are the links to pix because I am having technical issues here - none of my pix will post here for some reason (browser issues, I suspect):

1. The University of Michigan winner - my stepson, JR

2. The Ohio State University winner - Judy, Glider Nana, of Glider Central

3. The HUUGGGGGE Buckeye Throw, donated by Sugeebaby and Carl I LOVE MY SUGEEBABY & Carl!! They also, somehow, found a bottle of Scarlet and Gray Buckeye Water, which was so cool! Why is so much Ohio State stuff available only in Michigan? And, I was in such a hurry that I hurried out the door and forgot the throw 'cause I didn't want to be late, and I was anyway! I am SO ASHAMED, and I should be THUMPED for that one...

4. The Ohio State Souvenir CD donated by that silly scatterbrain Garnes... I swear... if my head weren't attached ---

CONGRATULATIONS TO JR AND TO JUDY!! The REAL winners in this little glider game!

Judy, your OSU Throw and CD will be shipped via UPS tomorrow! *smiles*

Now, here's and a MAJOR THANK YOU to Sugeebaby for accepting the challenge (and for spoiling me and my stepson in the process); to Helen of The Glider Playroom who kept me CALM throughout the whole thing (a HUGE task for anyone - because I am never calm, haha. Helen, you rock! - You are THE star quarterback!; to Bourbon who kept me FOCUSED, well, as well as anyone could have hoped to have, anyway; to Helen and Pete of The Glider Playroom for the use of their photos (dummy me forgot my camera, too)

.... and last, but not definitely NOT least, my sweetheart, John, for his never-ending patience and complete and total understanding throughout all of my crazy ideas, shenanigans, and whoop-dee-do's which involved piles and bundles of fleece and boxes and all kinds of stuff all over the place... for weeks!

I just can't wait for SGGA 2007! Detroit... here we come!

Sugeebaby: GO MICHIGAN! Girl, you know I love you!