A few things...

Members,

First I'd like to thank those of you, that actually take the time to follow this blog and read the posts, follow the rules and follow through with all of your exchanges. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Secondly, I'd like to say, that I have received a couple of e-mails today, a few last week, and all of them were sort of directed at me because people didn't receive their squares. I'm sorry, I try my best to get people to follow through, but I can only do what I can do. I have a life, I have a family, I have two jobs on the weekends and I am supposedly doing this board for "fun" - I feel that my rules are well stated, easy to understand, I'm usually 95% accessible. I spend A LOT of time doing maintanence on this board. I try to make it run well. But in the end, I'm not sitting in your living room holding your hand telling you to make sure and stitch your squares and mail them on time.

I appreciate those of you that have told me they'd help me in anyway...but I don't think that it would work because you've all heard the saying "too many cooks in the kitchen" ? well I think that would apply here. And I've seen similar things fall apart on other boards when too many people had different ideas....so...

I've had to remove 4 people today. Because of NOT mailing their exchanges, said they would, but they didn't and dispite my e-mails, despite my pleas, despite my being understanding, they still would like to just negate it. So, fine...

Here is my last entreaty to all members - PLEASE we have a good thing going here, I'm close to just pushing the delete button on this blog....I don't do heavy screening because I don't know how to do that fairly. I admit anyone that sends me an e-mail and asks to join. IF you are going to join this board, join a round..whatever...PLEASE follow the guidelines...that's all I'm asking. I've had people complain that they are getting to many goodies...they can't spend that much on return goodies - it's in the rules not to send goodies and if you do make them homemade ones or $5.00 or less. I've had people complain to me about mail being slow...sorry I'm not a postman. I've had people complain to me about postage rates - no control over that one either. But over all people complain that they don't receive their squares, and I try to give every chance to the member to get them re-stitched (or stitched for that matter) and sent. Then I try to solicit someone to be a substitute stitcher and stitch a set. I don't think besides a couple that I'm working on....anyone has gone squareless...if you have please let me know...heaven knows I've asked enough times.

Ok, rant over...please help me...this whole mess makes me feel like I'm being the bad guy here and I'm not a bad guy....