{"id":1070,"date":"2007-05-21T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T03:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2007-05-21T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2007-05-22T03:16:48","slug":"swapbot_sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/swapbot_sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"swap-bot sweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/gum_trade.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Gum_trade\" alt=\"Gum_trade\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/gum_trade.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve recently taken up a new hobby &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/04\/my_new_found_ho.html\">Swap-Bot<\/a> (think of it as random pen pals, but instead of letters, you exchange goodies of your choosing!)<\/p>\n<p>My first swap I signed up for was to select $10 worth of your favorite chewing gum.&nbsp; My package of sweets came all the way from Australia from a very stylish and generous swapper.&nbsp; She included many other Australian sweets in addition to gum&#8230; yummy! &#8211; I&#8217;m chewing the Juicy Fruit as I write.<\/p>\n<p>(on a side note&#8230; don&#8217;t you think with all the <em>long-lasting gum flavor technology<\/em> out there, they&#8217;d be able to figure out how to prolong the wonderful sweet taste of Juicy Fruit past 3 minutes? &#8212; hmmm, time for another piece)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/anastasia_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Anastasia_1\" alt=\"Anastasia_1\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/anastasia_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> My swapper, Anastasia, also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiac.blogspot.com\/\">delightful blog<\/a> filled with many pretty things.&nbsp; This is an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artist_trading_cards\">Artist Trading Card<\/a> she just created.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/anastasia_2_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Anastasia_2_2\" alt=\"Anastasia_2_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/05\/21\/anastasia_2_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And look at this fantastic bedroom she featured.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to stop by her blog for a visit if you need a fix of fancy for the day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/swapbot_sweets\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/swapbot_sweets\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve recently taken up a new hobby &#8211; Swap-Bot (think of it as random pen pals, but instead of letters, you exchange goodies of your choosing!) 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