Let’s see, what’s going on in the world of Other Me lately – all of them? Well, Other Me’s friend Vicky’s email was hacked. One of the Washington Other Mes is into hot yoga. UK Other Me has been buying books at Blackwells.

And it looks like there’s an Other Me in Pittsburgh, and she’s got water problems:
My name is Frank. I will be handling all maintenance issues going forward. I am in the process of scheduling someone to get out there and take a look at the leak and other things. I will contact you once things are completed and resolved.

I’ve had quite the conversation with Hannah – or, as she styles herself, THE COOLEST PERSON HANNAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – convincing her that I am not her friend from computer class and comaghie. I don’t even know what comaghie is. It might be the town they’re from. Hannah’s not big on capitalization.

An Other Me with great travel choices was asked to review the Eco Venao hotel she stayed at in Panama.

Mariana Barros would like to add Other Me on Plaxo.

For Librarian Other Me, from Librarian Heather: I have went through the list of athletes in aeries for the 2010-2011 school year and have listed their name and library obligation next to it. (There may be  some athletes missing from the list)  Please look at the list and remind those athletes listed  to clear their library obligation before the start of their athletic season.  Let them know if they need to work off their obligation, roundup would be a great time to do so.  We will need help Thursday and Friday August 5^th and 6^th from 7:30-4:00.

Kathy shared this gorgeous Arles rental with Other Me, as well as this one. But I want to go to Camargue too! Take me!

Finally, Clare and Other Me’s sister have broken up. You may remember that Other Me’s sister was the one with a lot of problems with a difficult employer. It just sounds like Other Me’s sister has an awful lot to sort out. Not least of which would be to decide whether she likes ladies or gentlemen. Poor Clare sent a very long email, and much as I like sharing the silly ones, I feel badly for her so I’m being polite.

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In which Atlanta Other Me’s email begins to get on my nerves. But more about that later. First, a bit of overseas Other Me action. Incidentally, how great is the new embedded translator in Gmail?

Madame, Monsieur,

Vous avez été en contact avec notre société et envisagiez une garde pour la rentrée de septembre. Je me permets de revenir vers vous à ce sujet et vous invite à me contacter afin que nous puissions examiner ensemble les solutions que j’ai à vous proposer.

Sincères salutations,

Marianne

Marianne and have I exchanged emails before, but the plot’s thickened. It turns out that the person she was trying to reach was actually one of her competitors fishing for information. Who knew that baby language development was such an espionage-rife industry?

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More colored font and italics and exclamation points from Hannah to one of the teenage Other Me’s. I’ll spare you.

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More on the Atlanta Wedding. Because you were waiting with bated breath.

Hello Sarah,

Congratulations on your engagement and upcoming wedding! I know you must be very excited!

I would love to help you with rooms for your out of town guests while they are here helping you celebrate your Big Day! At Courtyard Executive Park, we specialize in accommodations for your out of town guests.

Rates starting at $74 per night
Complimentary suite with 10+ rooms in your block
Complimentary shuttle within 3.5 mile radius with 15+ rooms booked
Never a financial obligation for rooms not picked up.
Please reach me at [REDACTED]. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to set up a site tour. I look forward to speaking with you.

Sincerely,

Cindy

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More stores sending news of new collections to Atlanta Other Me: J. Crew this time. (And also, fashion alerts from Mexx Canada. Is there a Canadian Other Me now?)

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And to finish the Atlanta trifecta, a dialoge with Gerald. Please note that in each communication, he can see my name, my email address, and my New Jersey telephone number. I will only say that I hope he manages assets better than he understands email.

Gerald: Correction: It was a transfer

Sarah: I believe you have sent this to the wrong person. Please confirm.

Gerald: No that was for you.

Sarah: I’m sorry, I don’t know you. Could you please clarify who you’re trying to reach?

Gerald: Sarah Morgan?

Sarah: Yes, my name is Sarah Morgan. However, I do not know you, I do not work with you, and since you seem to be based in Atlanta and I live in New Jersey, I really do suspect that you are looking for another Sarah Morgan. I get a lot of email meant for a Sarah Morgan who lives in Atlanta. If she’s the one I’m thinking of, she’s planning a wedding, and has a fondness for shoes.

Gerald: Crazy. How can you both have same email address. Sorry.

Sarah: We do not have the same email address. This is my email address, not hers.

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All this mail meant for other people with my name is diverting, but truly, there’s a lot of it, and I do think there are two issues with Google mail accounts – but I can’t figure out how to talk to an actual human being about it. Does anyone know how I might be able to do that?

In this installment…

We get mail from Bare Escentuals, GNC, iTunes, Pizza Express and Plaxo.

We get a couple of bills from a very posh restaurant in South Kensington where London Other Me has run up tabs in excess of two thousand pounds – sometimes more than half on wine!

We learn that Atlanta Other Me is such a shoe fiend that the Stuart Weitzman saleslady emails her about new stock. Since Atlanta Other Me is in the midst of planning rather a fancy wedding, I wonder if she’d be better off without those wedges for now.

A Southern Other Me – possibly the above – has just gotten a new job with a fun new athletic company, whose details I’m leaving out. As one of her first assignments, she’s going with her boss P.J. and one of her new coworkers to a cheerleading and volleyball camp. I expect there’s a lot of giggling and ponytails at a camp like that.

We also get the rest of these. Which, frankly, are pretty good this time. I’ve edited most of them, because they’re unusually personal. Some rather a lot more than others.

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I’m kicking off with, unusually, a link, because this e-card needs to be experienced: I couldn’t do justice to the card or the message. (SFW, with music.)

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Next is a delightful email from Betsy at the WWF with the intriguing title “Template Media Release Draft for GFTN/TRAFFIC Training Events in Vietnam”. I’d post it, but honestly, I can’t really understand it well enough to know what might need to be redacted.

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RE: folding camper

Please find attached directions to our house, the Malt House. The post code is [REDACTED] and you can call me on my mobile on [REDACTED] if you get stuck.

I assume from Malvern you will be coming from Worcseter? If so you head out towards Tenbury until you pass Abberley School. Turn R here and follow the road to Clows Top, straight over by Clows Top Post Office and to end of road at Mawley Garage where you take a L to Cleobury Mortimer.

Hope this helps and look forward to meeting you and any of the family at 2pm on Sunday.

Kind regards

Linda

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In an episode I’m editing for the privacy of the child, an Other Me has signed up for Mommy and Me dance classes with Miss Stephanie every Thursday. I was surprised that a class for three-year-olds would run for two hours – although it DOES include ribbon sticks and dance scarves, and we all know that I love a good dance scarf. But really, is the term “cardio” appropriate for a toddler class? Isn’t that putting too much focus on their little tutued bellies too early in life? Chill out, Other Me. Try fingerpainting with Lila.

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And in an exchange that I can’t possibly begin to post, an Other Me is helping her sister and the sister’s partner. Other Me is a lawyer, the sister is a nanny and, from what they’ve documented, her employer is at best rude and clueless, or at worst maliciously homophobic. It’s bad news bears all around and I’m very sorry for her.

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Peeks into other people’s lives can make you extra appreciative of the little mundanities of your own, can’t they? Ideally this finds you in the midst of a delightfully un-dramatic day of your own.

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Obie has provided the estimate for California Other Me’s bathroom remodel. It seems very reasonable. She should go for it.

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UK Other Me is staying at Burn Hall for a couple of days. It looks lovely.

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From: Carolynn
Re: Photos

Hi Sarah, Steve, Isabelle & Luke

Hope you are all well.

I do apologise for not sending photo’s, I have not forgotten, the problem was because I have been ill in bed for just over a week. Mel is hopeless at using the computer so I could not get a message to you.

Anyway I have them ready to send to you so I will do so in the next few days.

Hope the weather has been better where you are then here – rain – rain and more rain, I think I was maybe better off in bed!!!

Take care and will be in touch very soon

Mel & Carolynn

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In which I learn UK Other Me’s email address – and, frankly, it’s dumb. No wonder everybody gets confused.

From: Tess
To: Rachel, Lisa Jayne, Emma, Joanne
Re: FW: Going Out

Ladies,

hello hope you are all well.

Sarah glad you are coming for both nights it should be a good laugh.

the wedding is booked for 30th April 2011 at Hatherton Country house Hotel in Penkridge ( Sarah i know what day it is but sorry only have one weekend off a month).

Secondly dates for a get together

Wed 16/6, Thurs 17/6, Mon 5/7, Tues 6/7, Wed 7/7, Tues 13/7, Wed 14/7, Thurs 15/7, Sat 17/7 all of the above are evenings free

I would obviously like you all to meet Adam so partners preferably – but if not a girly night out

hope to see you all soon

Tess

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In which we discover that UK Other Me has multilingual hopes for her little one.

From: Marianne
Re: Baby Speaking

Madame,

Je fais suite à notre conversation téléphonique et vous envoie comme convenu notre brochure détaillant nos services, notre fonctionnement ainsi que nos tarifs (notamment avec le détail des aides de la CAF) / plus d’informations sur http://www.caf.fr/wps/portal/particuliers/catalogue/metropole/paje

Je vous envoie dans l’email qui suit un devis sur la base des heures dont nous avions parlée.

Dans un premier temps je vous remercie de bien vouloir nous renvoyer le devis choisi signé, accompagné de nos conditions générales de service ainsi que le chèque – à envoyer à : BABY-SPEAKING, 49 rue bichat, 75010 – de règlement des frais d’adhésion annuels de 100 € avant défiscalisation. Suite à la rencontre et validation de votre baby-speaker, vous pourrez nous régler la formule choisie (possibilité d’échelonner le paiement) par prélèvement (informations bancaires à remplir dans document joint au devis).

Je me tiens à votre entière disposition pour toutes informations complémentaires,

Cordialement,

Marianne

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Goodness, we’ve got a giant backload here of I’ve gotten instead of it going to one or another of the Other Me’s! Here’s a dump:

• Shipment confirmation from Afrikan Republic to, funnily enough, an Other Me in Takoma Park, MD. There are already two Other Me’s in Tacoma, WA. What are the odds?
• An offer for the performers associated with Rich Stowching Music to perform in my nightclub in London.
• A request from Skyler to do a documentary about how prominent Detroit women are portrayed in the media.
• A plea from Laura to donate to her running the Brighton Marathon for St. Peter and St. James Hospice.
• More tutorial discussion from Rachel, Avrill, Darragh, Niall, Dylan and Eva.
• Plus some PowerPoint bullets from Rowan on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• Plans to hang out from Hollie, who works at Orange.
• Plans to hang out from Cora, Edie, C and Michael – who remembered sending me an erroneous invitation years ago, too.
• Plans for hols on the Isle of Wight from Gillian and Phil. Why yes, I am exceedingly jealous.
• A Hello Kitty e-card from Jaycie. (Aren’t we past that? Even if this was meant for the teenage debutante Other Me?)
• A very colorful and blinky emoticon-laden email from Hannah. (It’s got to be the teenager.)
• Lots of shopping. Everything from OshKosh B’Gosh to Bistro K restaurant to  Zizzi pizzeria to Dr. Pepper to Kohl’s to Dell to Wow Sight and Sound. Apparently there’s an Australian Other Me, which is cool – but isn’t there a certain irony that I got this email so that I could keep advertising spam to my old address?
• Lots of wedding planning. Hotels and florists. Especially florists. Georgia Other Me is a busy fiancee.  I  appreciate her taste for freesia and hydrangias, but I have to say, not only are they spelled calla lilies and not Calais lilies, but they smell like funeral homes.
• A BeeLine, some sort of corporate pat-on-the-back, for the Other Me who works in HR.
• The first-quarter 2010 report for Chartis from Tita Julie. (I can’t figure that one out. Why would somebody’s auntie send them insurance company analyst reports?)

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Deborah has sent no less than ten emails, increasingly frantic, to me. Who is not her little sister. Despite her protestations otherwise. Things seem to be pretty awkward, though, since my first polite “Sorry, you intended this for someone else, I’m not your sister” was met with: “no shit sherlock, we havent been a family since..well i cant remember, if thats the way you wanna leave it..let it be. i still love you and always will. Love your big sis”. Yikes.

And a couple of weeks later, after “please call im worried if your ok, if you dont im calling janet to check on you”, I suggested that she should call, as then she would then get to communicate with her actual sister. But in particular I hope she called her on her birthday, a few weeks after that. Since I got the card.

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California Other Me offered to update their grade school website – but when I corrected Claudia and Lauralyn about their mis-sent email, they thought she was just trying to get out of doing the work.

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One of the Other Me’s in Tacoma has begun visiting an acupuncturist. I hope the new intake forms weren’t too difficult – once she got them – and that she really enjoyed her first appointment – once she got the confirmation.

One of them is also participating in Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Weatherization Program. Whatever that is.

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And fabulously, another person afflicted with Mistaken Identities got in touch with me! Jennifer has been dealing with this way back to 1997. The article is great, but I loved her addition: “My favorite was actually – no lie – that a friend came out of the closet to her. Talked about finally going on real dates with men… ‘no more furtive groping in dark parking lots’. In my original version of this piece, I think I made a joke about cutting him off because I wasn’t comfortable with his lifestyle, but USA Weekend was too tame for that. “ Finally, someone who truly understands the restraint required to NOT mess with people’s lives!

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Oh, and a picture of Bella. Nope, no idea why.

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Ireland Other Me’s tutorial group with Dylan, Rachel, Niall and Darragh continues, for their undergrad Literature in Context class at University College Dublin.

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An Other Me is moving, and www.mynewplace.com is helping her. Well. It would be, if she hadn’t signed up my address instead of hers.

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An Other Me joined Twitter at @Sarah_Morga. But she won’t have confirmed her account, because she asked that the confirmation email be sent… to me.

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England Other Me seems to enjoy Prezzo restaurants.

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Atlanta Other Me has just gotten engaged. And there are three reasons why I know this. First, she might be holding her researsal dinner at Ecco. I will note that the Group Dining Sales Manager was very classy in his response, even inviting me there, and judging from the pictures he sent, it’s a lovely place.

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She’s also contacted the Wedding Guild (is that like the Lollipop Guild?) at Our Lady of the Assumption to plan the wedding.

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Finally, she’s also participating in some focus groups on hair care, hair styles and hair accessories – perhaps for wedding-day hairdos?

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On my birthday, I got this:

From: Stephanie
Subject: Bookplates

Hi Sarah-
Do you have any signed bookplates available that you can send out to my mailing address? I’d love to receive some from you!
-Steph

I’d be flattered, but I’m pretty sure she wants this Other Me.

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From: Maryann
Subject: nanny/housekeeper

Good afternoon,
My name is Lene I saw your posting on Jens list for your nanny and I was curious if she was still looking for work on Tues and Thursday’s? I have a 20 month old girl and I am going back to work p/t and I need someone on Tues for sitting and could give her Thursday to help clean. Please let me know and what her rates are. We live in Lake Balboa.
Best,
Lene

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While my family has a Maureen, Denis, Margaret and Kevin, this still isn’t meant for me. But Michael has welcomed me to the family anyway.

From: Maureen
Subject: addresses and emails
To: Margaret, Martha, Chris, Kathryn, Neil, Beth, Michael, Mary, Annie, Kevin, Caleb, Sarah

Hi everyone,
Uncle Denis asked me to give everyone a head’s up about Aunt Denise’s 60th birthday this summer. It is in August – her actual birthday is 5th – so it should be in that week. He asked me for everyone’s emails/addresses to send out invites. Anyway, here is my email list. I am not sure if I have everyone’s most recent address. Fill me in with changes, updates, etc…And, if I am missing someone’s husband, wife, fiance…….let me know.
Thanks Guys. Have a good one.
Maureen

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We’ve got a massive batch of them this time. Oh, and by the way, just in case anybody’s signing up Actual Me and not Other Me for these: I am a fan of neither Build-a-Bear nor Keith Urban. Please desist.

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Thanks to Lee’s sharing a Google Doc with Other Me, now I see that my name automatically creates a tendency to plan life and long-term goals in spreadsheet format. Comforting.

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Caroline suggests that Other Me buy this chandelier. I disagree.

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Garth and Teresa held a benefit concert – with dog snacks! – for Haiti. Teresa’s mom Lesa invited Other Me, while praising her child’s toilet-training success. Below is a picture of Garth and Teresa’s dog Briley, the inspiration for the snack company. He’s super cute. One hopes he, too, is trained.

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Michigan Other Me changed her cell phone number and updated her Yahoo! account accordingly. Very organized of her.

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UK Other Me, whose travel itineraries I envy deeply, is now off to Sharm El Sheikh. Which I had to Google to find out where it was, what country it was in, or even whether it was a city or an airport. It is, if you were curious, “a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt.” It is also really pretty.

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Andrew, Michelle, and UK Other ME (the travel aficionado?) seem to work at the Beeb, currently on some project to do with Brazilian education, as they’re reviewing curriculum guidelines in Rio.

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Quintin is an A&R man, and he must like his new singer Jess, because when she asked if he could help to her booking-agent friend, UK Other Me, he said sure. Aw.

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One of the SEA-TAC area Other Mes is getting more updates from Wildside Wines.

I wonder if this is the same SEA-TAC Other Me who hangs out with her friends Chad, Ben and Tyler from church. Mormon church! Aren’t they supposed to be teetotalers?

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In a second Haiti-related episode, Nechama, a midwife in Boston, requested that Other Me add this information to a website. I don’t really know what it is or where it belongs – but sure, I can add it to a website!

COHI’s hard work in Haiti continues, as more internally displaced persons (IDPs) flood the Fonds Parisiens area where our teams are based.  Our clinical team has partnered with a clinic near the tent encampments, Christ Pour Tous, which sees about 350 patients a day, and is slated to be the main referral site for OB/GYN care.  The clinical team has attended several births, provided life-saving treatment during obstetrical emergencies, and are seeing up around up to 25 pregnant women a day, as well as providing gyn care and other health services.  They have also been providing services for women who have survived rape, sexual assault and other gender-based violence, and educating other health care providers about how to serve victims of violence. They have assembled and distributed clean delivery kits to pregnant women.  COHI’s ultimate goal is to empower local women’s health care providers to serve their communities, and so we are pleased to announce that our teams will soon be joined by two Haitian midwives who have been trained by Midwives for Haiti, an organization that we have partnered with.  COHI has committed to providing room and board for these midwives, and we are looking for individuals willing to sponsor them during their assignment in Fonds Parisiens.

In partnership with UNFPA, our epidemiologist has finished training 15 female IDPs from the tent encampment and they are currently surveying women in the Fonds Parisiens area about their most pressing health needs and overall health status.  As well as providing COHI and other organizations with valuable data, our survey takers are hopefully learning a skill that they can use to find jobs once this crisis has passed. Two of our team members are surveying clinics in the Port Au Prince to find out how they are addressing women’s health care needs and to identify ways to support them in caring for women.  We want to make sure that women’s health remains a priority.  We desperately need financial contributions in order to continue to meet the urgent health care needs of the women of Haiti and to support the important work of our teams on the ground.

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Miss Stacy and Miss Lindsey at the Learning Tree North have delightful days with their tiny charges, and send detailed reports to parents every day. Not being a parent myself, this was a bit startling at first. Not being in daycare, it quickly became depressing to see how fun my days could be if I were. (As you’ll see, it took a few tries to remove me from their database.)

From: The Learning Tree North
Subject: A terrific Thursday!

Good afternoon!  A terrific Thursday to everyone!  We are having such a fun day learning about Messy Art and Colors!  For starters, we used tissue paper, glue, black paper and white crayons for art to make fireworks!  We drew fireworks with the white crayons and put glue on them.  Once the glue is stuck on tight (this afternoon) we will put tissue paper on them to create fireworks.  Art is such a “blast!”  In our groups we used safety scissors to cut colored paper.  The kids love to use the scissors.  Nick and Keegan just cut a slit in the paper and then tear it off… an easier way to get the job done!  We read the book Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton.  It’s about dinosaurs dancing in goofy ways… clapping rattling and twirling around.  Throughout the book, we said what color the dinosaurs were.  There were orange, green and even a purple dinosaur!  We plan to go outside this afternoon for a walk.  This morning for physical development we had such a fun time playing with the parachute in the hallway while listening to music!
For breakfast this morning we gobbled up a yummy breakfast casserole made with eggs, cheddar cheese, and sausage, oranges and milk.  For lunch we dined on cold veggie pasta (made with whole wheat noodles, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers and mixed together with Italian dressing), fresh fruit and milk.  Snack will be vanilla wafers, fresh fruit and water!  Delicious!
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Stacy, Miss Lindsay and friends!

From: The Learning Tree North
Subject: Hugs and Kisses from your little one!

Good afternoon!  We are having an extraordinary day!  We are learning about Groundhog Day and Hearts.  To go along with our theme, we read the book Where’s My Hug? by Amy Hest.  It’s about two bears waiting for it to snow while the baby bear is sitting in bed with a cold.  To make baby bear better, Mama Bear gives him lots of lovin’ and medicine.  The kids love this story, especially the parts where he sneezes.  After the story, we sang the song You Are My Sunshine.  Do you want a kiss from your little one?  We made Hershey’s Kisses for art today.  We used red paper, aluminum foil, white tags, and glue.  We glued the aluminum foil onto the paper as a wrapper and then the white tags with their name on it.  They turned out very cute! Before lunch, Nick and Keegen chased Miss Lindsay home.  When she went out the door, Nick asked where she went, and Keegen knocked on the door.  After a couple of times, Joanna, Alexis, and Lucy got in on the fun.  It was too cold to go outside today, so we looked for the color red inside.  We found red coats, boots, and a red crayon.  While we were in the hallway, we played with the bouncy balls.
During breakfast we enjoyed breakfast casserole made with eggs, cheese, chicken Gouda sausage, and red, yellow, and green peppers.  We also gobbled up our oranges and milk.  For lunch we had yummy Hawaiian rice made with chicken, whole grain rice, and pineapple with the juice.  We also enjoyed carrots, fresh fruit and milk.  For snack we look forward to fresh cucumbers and broccoli with ranch dip and water!  De-lish!
Have a terrific Tuesday!
Miss Stacy, Miss Lindsay and Friends

From: The Learning Tree North
Subject: Gym Fun!

We had such an exciting day today!  We are on day #3 of our terrific theme on groundhogs and hearts!  We had gym today where we rode bikes and played with the balls.  Finn and Keegen were pulling Chelsea and Reagan around on the bikes as if they were princesses!  Nick was kicking the balls around.  Joanna was taking everything in.  Lucy did a little bit of everything and was telling Keegen to sit down on the bike!  After gym, everyone got a pink bunny stamp.  All  of the kids love this part of gym… It’s their favorite!  When we came back from gym we made a heart collage.  We used Valentine colored crayons to draw hearts.  Once the hearts were drawn, they were given glue and heart sequins to make it pretty.  Look for them in the hallway!  Before lunch we sang a bunch of song and read two stories!  We sang Groundhogs Jumping on the Bed, Monkeys in the Tree, and Wheels on the Bus!  These are a few of the kid’s favorite songs!  Then we read Leo the Lovable Lion by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz.  It’s a story about Leo the lion who doesn’t want to hunt his prey, but give them hugs and kisses.  We talked about being nice to our friends and how we like hugs!  We also read Reagan’s favorite book Dinosaurumpus!  We read this story lots and lots because it’s a very colorful book and has lots of action words like donk!, zing! and bomp!  In our group we went for a walk inside to count hearts and say what color they are.  We also played doctor again because it’s another favorite game!  They were all so cute checking heart beats and x-rays!

Our meals were so scrumptious today!  Breakfast was yummy cinnamon oatmeal with bananas on top and milk to drink.  For lunch we enjoyed Mosticioli (made with whole wheat noodles, ground turkey, and meat sauce), green beans, fresh fruit and milk.  Snack will be yummy wheat thins with cream cheese, fresh fruit and water!
Enjoy the sunshine!
Miss Stacy, Miss Lindsay and friends

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Lovely Brittany has invited me along on vaca.

From: Brittany
Subject: Hello Ladies!

Hey everyone I have been talking to a few of you about starting up a girls trip every year around this time. I would love to extend the invite to anyone who wants to go! There was some talk about maybe wine country in cali or cabo but up for any ideas. You don’t have to commit to anything I will just keep you all posted on the details once we lock a spot and you can tell me then if you want to go. Thinking in October to book something so that gives you all plenty of time to save up and come! Let me know if you have any other locations that could be a blast! Love you all!

From: Sarah
Hi,
Sorry, you’ve sent this to the wrong Sarah Morgan. FWIW both spots sound great though
Best,
Sarah

From: Brittany
Im so sorry I just called sarah and she said it you get her emails a lot! well if your interested in girls trip come along! haha!

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A third SEA-TAC email – this one for Librarian Other Me.

From: Georgia
Subject: Teacher Librarian -observation request to attend national trainer’s presentation per class observation

Dear Sarah,
Patti [REDACTED], a Seattle teacher librarian is doing a training in San Jose, CA on Monday, Feb. 1st.  Could that serve as my
observation?  There isn’t anyone in my district, I am it, and I would need to then go to Sac State or UCLA, but that would
require time, given I have contacts at those campuses.

I am awaiting a yeah or nay, so I can fed ex my payment for the training.  Thanks

Email at school:  [REDACTED] (sending the email there will allow me to put in my request for a professional day out asap)
Thanks

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And I’m ending on this cryptic bombshell from Dylan to Rachel, Niall, Darragh, Avril and an Other Me who is apparently a student at University College Dublin. One wonders: what are they getting up to in the library?

Hey hey hey,
I booked Room D 1st floor of the library from 2-4 next Wednesday,
See y’all there
Dylan

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• Forwards that Libby wanted to send her son’s girlfriend and that Paul wanted to send to every variant of Other Me’s email that he could think of are keeping my inbox full of cutesy and festive sparkly graphics. Which is about as delightful as you are imagining.
• Dana is helping Pittsburgh Other Me apply for a Department of Human Services Scholars in Local Government fellowship. Good luck!
• An Other Me of undetermined locale joined Facebook. And has a lot of friends accepting her friend requests. A lot.
• Another Me joined ooVoo, but I have to say, she picked a really dumb password.
• Seattle Other Me continues to be very involved in the local arts scene.
• Other W. Me of Virginia continues to fly United frequently, hopefully with no problems caused by the fact that I’m getting all of her communications about said flights. Her vacation plans do look lovely though – I hope she’s having fun in Italy.

Yes, there’s much afoot at the start of the year. Three of particular note follow, saving the BEST ONE EVER for last.

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From: Richie
Subject: Image Magazine debs photos

Hi Girls

Hope you all had a great night at the debs. I have attached a contact sheet of pictures if you would like to get prints.
Image printed different colour dresses so there was a lot of nice shots that didn’t appear in the magazine.

If you would like any prints just email me

Talk to you soon

I haven’t included the contact sheet because it’s a bunch of teenage kids and their full names. But it’s fun to see an Other Me. She has great taste in dresses and a very cute boyfriend, kind of Jonas-Brothers-y. But – I thought debutante things were from the Southern U.S., not England? Is this not the case? Did I not pay enough attention watching What a Girl Wants?

Did I just admit that?

Ahem. Onward.

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From: Jenny
Subject: Indoor soccer

Sarah

Here’ the link to register for indoor if you interested. IF you are interested you will want to go online & register. Come 15 minutes early. Please have Delani wear a white tshirt. I have a blue jersey if we wear thoughs for her. I will also be forwarding you more messages that I have recieved. Any questions call me.

Thanks

Jenny

So if anyone else is having trouble finding the registration tab like I did, here it is [REDACTED]. You can pay your fee online, but it only lets you pay a max of $40.

Norma/Mark,
I paid the $40 online and will have the difference with Maddie on Saturday. Thanks for doing this another session.

Stacie

I’m leaving out the subsequent indoor-soccer-scheduling drama, but suffice it to say that Delani is a very busy little girl.

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From: Gary
Subject: FW: Country T-Top model information

Hi Sarah… you have a Country wood stove, which is great.. A very robust wood stove with a great reputation for heating. Do you know how old it is? Lennox bought Country a few years ago. The stoves are built in Auburn, Washington, not far from Bainbridge. The unit is likely an EPA certified unit , depending on age. It should have secondary air tubes on the ceiling of the unit. When you damper it down in the evening it goes into a secondary burn , which burns all gases and gives a longer burn time. If you send me an exact model number I can send you a owners manual.
Regards Gary

Okay, so this isn’t thrilling, I know.

BUT.

It’s the very first time an Other Me has made contact!

From: Other Me with an S at the end
Subject: Re: Country T-Top model information

Dear Sarah,

Thanks again for forwarding the wood stove email.

I just checked out your blog, and have to claim Mistaken Episode #203 (boating class) as intended for me as well. However, there must still be a different “Tacoma Sarah” out there, as I did not run in the Turkey Trot. Inspiring to know that someone with a name so close to my own is participating in charity runs, though. I’ve always thought I’d have to work my ass off to be in shape enough to run a race–now I realize that I just have to work my s off.

Take care,
Plural You

I love her! You love her too, don’t you? Of course you do! But of course you do. How could you not be fabulous with a name like ours?

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In this Christmas Shopping edition, Other Me’s in Florida, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Canada and elsewhere have been getting discounts galore to Wildside Wine, Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames, Mexx, Chrome, Uno’s and United Airlines.

They’ve also been invited to sponsor the Tastefully Simple “Tyrannosaurus Racks” team for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day. (No, I don’t get it either. Is it a boob joke – “rack”?)

And Tacoma Other Me kept the time chip after she ran the 2009 Centre at Norpoint Turkey Trot, so she’s got to mail it back now. On the other hand, she’s got a cool hobby:

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From: Joe
Subject: Coast Guard Safe Boating Class

Hi Sarah, I am following up on your earlier interest in taking the one day Coast Guard Safe Boating class on Saturday December 12 at the BI Commons on Bainbridge Island.  I am attaching a notice of the class. Please let me know if you are going to attend this class.  I apologize for this note as my email system collapsed and I lost all emails over the last few months. So I am trying to “rebuild” my class list.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks

Joe Dunstan
Safe Boating Instructor
USCG Auxiliary, Bainbridge Island, Wa

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And I don’t know if you remember cute little Tommy in his underpants? He’s still cute, in case you were wondering. Not sure if he’s begun wearing pants, though.

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Worst of all – for me – though, England’s Other Me got stinking GREAT tickets to see Eddie Izzard in Brighton, and I’m insanely jealous of her. Row F Seats 11 and 12 indeed. Lucky cow.

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Other W. Me has requested a temporary password for her United frequent-flyer account. Unfortunately, as I’m the one with it, and I prefer Continental, it’s not doing either of us any good.

Virginia Other Me is shopping at Harriet Price’s Luxe Interiors, California Other Me is shopping for a car, and an undetermined Other Me returned an Elmo Live at Target.

Lovely Dirk of the Senior Mac Ops Studio in New Zealand requested approvals of a new contact form from Other Me. (I think it looks great, but doubt that helps him much.) We had a delightful little conversation anyway. And how often do you get to hear this? “Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Well, when it arrives, as it is Friday here already.”

Some Other Me is a fan of Tuaca liqueur, and Tacoma’s Wildside Wine is a fan of Washington Other Me.

Mo is sending Caleb and Other Me guides to diapering and preventing swine flu. I assume Caleb and Other Me are both new parents… and germy?

Katie thinks Other Me would like Annie’s blog, in the running for a Body Shop award. (Let’s all go vote for her. Why not?)

And Paul would like to connect on Yahoo. With whom, I’m not sure.

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