mommytotwo
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2004
- Messages
- 189,072
Sign ups are now starting for the second round of the Pen Pal Letter Swap.
This is a 6 month committment. You are asked to check into the thread with a JCI-(Just checking in), hi, or any other comment so that I know you are still around WEEKLY. I will be checking the threads to see if you are checking in. This will be REQUIRED! If you will be away during the swap period, please pm me the dates you will be away.
All names will be mixed. I will try to pair pen pals up according to ages, likes, children's ages, hobbies...or such if someone has something in common. If not, it could be a random match. Depending on who, and how many people sign up, you may or may not have the same pen pal as the first round. International pen pals are welcome to participate as long as we find someone who is in the same country as you, or pen pals that are willing to send internationally.
For each month, there will be one or more Topic of the Month. These will be questions that you will answer in your pen pal letter. Then there will be the Twist of the Month which will be optional-(in the past mostly everyone seemed to have participated in each one of the twists). But these twists could be something to bring out the artistic side of you in which you have to make something, you may be asked to buy a specific item to match a certain theme..... Not all 6 months require you to buy an item, and items should be inexpensive, and easy to mail unless you choose otherwise.
This is a fun way to get to know others on the DIS board, to receive a fun letter rather than a bill in the mail, and I personally enjoy the twists as well...you may as well.
Letters can either be handwritten, or typed. It is your choice, but it must be mailed. For each month letters MUST be mailed by the second Sunday of the month. NO EXCEPTIONS! So if I do not hear from you, or give you an okay to send out your letter a couple days later, you will be taken out of the swap. I am sorry to have to do this, but with previous experiences, it is hard to keep track of all the arrivals, and mailings if they do not go accordingly.
If you see someone on this thread say that they are signing up to join, and you would like to be their pen pal, just let me know. -(But if you were their pen pal previous, I may not allow this....just so that others may get to be their new pen pal for this round-it all depends on who, and how many people sign up).
If you are new to this swap, feel free to check out the previous months pen pal thread to get a better idea of how the swap had gone.
Everyone is able to pm me with any questions that may have at anytime.
Also, there will be hints of what the upcoming Topic of the Month, and Twists may be, as well as incentives-if you send out your letters by a certain time, I will let you know what the Topic of the Month and/or Twists are.
Sign ups for this round will be till Wednesday May 19th. Names will come out at a later date.
If you had previously joined, and did not come through you are not eligible to join in, sorry.
If you have read this far, agree to the rules, and would like to join in, please pm me your info.
Name-
Address-
Email address-
*Number of Pen Pals you would like to have-
*Are you willing to have an international Pen Pal which means that your letters are to be mailed via Air Mail as well as any twists.
*How old are you, and what is your gender?
*What are your hobbies?
*Do you have any kids? If so, what gender, and age?
*If you were in the first Pen Pal Letter Swap, who were your Pen Pals?
****Please keep these answers sweet, and short. I will use this as a guide, and your Pen Pal may be given some of your information in getting to know you better.
This is a 6 month committment. You are asked to check into the thread with a JCI-(Just checking in), hi, or any other comment so that I know you are still around WEEKLY. I will be checking the threads to see if you are checking in. This will be REQUIRED! If you will be away during the swap period, please pm me the dates you will be away.
All names will be mixed. I will try to pair pen pals up according to ages, likes, children's ages, hobbies...or such if someone has something in common. If not, it could be a random match. Depending on who, and how many people sign up, you may or may not have the same pen pal as the first round. International pen pals are welcome to participate as long as we find someone who is in the same country as you, or pen pals that are willing to send internationally.
For each month, there will be one or more Topic of the Month. These will be questions that you will answer in your pen pal letter. Then there will be the Twist of the Month which will be optional-(in the past mostly everyone seemed to have participated in each one of the twists). But these twists could be something to bring out the artistic side of you in which you have to make something, you may be asked to buy a specific item to match a certain theme..... Not all 6 months require you to buy an item, and items should be inexpensive, and easy to mail unless you choose otherwise.
This is a fun way to get to know others on the DIS board, to receive a fun letter rather than a bill in the mail, and I personally enjoy the twists as well...you may as well.
Letters can either be handwritten, or typed. It is your choice, but it must be mailed. For each month letters MUST be mailed by the second Sunday of the month. NO EXCEPTIONS! So if I do not hear from you, or give you an okay to send out your letter a couple days later, you will be taken out of the swap. I am sorry to have to do this, but with previous experiences, it is hard to keep track of all the arrivals, and mailings if they do not go accordingly.
If you see someone on this thread say that they are signing up to join, and you would like to be their pen pal, just let me know. -(But if you were their pen pal previous, I may not allow this....just so that others may get to be their new pen pal for this round-it all depends on who, and how many people sign up).
If you are new to this swap, feel free to check out the previous months pen pal thread to get a better idea of how the swap had gone.
Everyone is able to pm me with any questions that may have at anytime.
Also, there will be hints of what the upcoming Topic of the Month, and Twists may be, as well as incentives-if you send out your letters by a certain time, I will let you know what the Topic of the Month and/or Twists are.
Sign ups for this round will be till Wednesday May 19th. Names will come out at a later date.
If you had previously joined, and did not come through you are not eligible to join in, sorry.
If you have read this far, agree to the rules, and would like to join in, please pm me your info.
Name-
Address-
Email address-
*Number of Pen Pals you would like to have-
*Are you willing to have an international Pen Pal which means that your letters are to be mailed via Air Mail as well as any twists.
*How old are you, and what is your gender?
*What are your hobbies?
*Do you have any kids? If so, what gender, and age?
*If you were in the first Pen Pal Letter Swap, who were your Pen Pals?
****Please keep these answers sweet, and short. I will use this as a guide, and your Pen Pal may be given some of your information in getting to know you better.
This has been a really fun experience. Thanks for putting it all together Patsy. 
. J/K. 
names did not come out...don't want to get others out there confussed. Which pen pal are you talking about Nikki? The current one?
.
