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"An Ode To Y2K"
(sung to the chorus of Jingle Bells)
By Judy R. Burroughs
©1999

On the way with y2k, squishies in the mail
swapping,swapping, internet, e-mail everywhere
day and night cut it right
twenty-five to go
begging, pleading for them now
Utah where'd you go?
Got Mobile, got Knob Hill
about to call it quits.
Trying to find Wyoming is giving me a fit!
Begging now, pleading how
Can I find D.C.?
Seems only Bill in White House,
But where is Hillary?
Don't know how, will try now
e-mail US Senate
Seen them all on TV
Must be a quilter in it!
Bribing them, pleading then
Who's Montana's rep?
Gotta be in hiding,
haven't got a squishies yet!
On the way with Y2K
is having an effect,
haven't done much cooking,
now hubby is upset!
Kids are eating pizza,
kitchen is a mess,
but Y2K is on it's way
THIS ISN"T OVER YET!

"I'm Dreaming of a Bright Squishie"
(sung to the tune of White Christmas)
By Judy R. Burroughs
©1999

I'm dreaming of a bright squishie,
signed and counted out just right.
With a Wyoming and Hawaii,
a Delaware and Mississippi,
I could call it all a night.

I'm dreaming of a bright squishie,
just like the ones I have received.
But Maine and Loui where are ya?
Georgia and Virginia I'm thinking of ya.
Alaska, you know you'd be just right!

OH

I'm dreaming of a bright squishies,
as daylight turns into the night.
I search the internet for ya.
I e-mailed North Dakota.
It seems they have not seen the light.

I'm dreaming of a bright squishie,
and now my song is at an end.
Still in Search of South Dakota,
would cross the border for ya.
I can only plead for them tonight?

I'm pleading for a bright squishie,
Oh won't you please e-mail tonight.
I'm stuck in Minnesota,
I'd give bout anything for ya.
You know I'd really treat them right!

"Oh Y2k, Oh Y2K"
(sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum)
By Judy R. Burroughs
©1999

Oh y2k, Oh y2k
I think of you all night and day
You keep me up to internet,
you keep me broke with postage yet!
I do enjoy receiving mail
a little squishie sure can wag my tail!

Oh y2k, Oh y2k
I am addicted to y - 2 - k!!

"Stash, Stash, Whack & Slash"
(sung to the tune of Jingle Bells)
By Judy R. Burroughs
©1999

Stash, stash, whack & slash
still searching everywhere
Always on the internet
Spain are you out there?
Italy & Russia, Denmark & Peru,
Austria & Sweden my squishies wait for you.

Stash, stash, whack & slash
my squishies on the trail
if you'd like to swap them
I'll send them out "airmail"

From Minnesota winter
to sunshine in Brazil
My squishies are well travelled
Just waiting for your hail!

"Little Squishie"
(sung to the tune of Rubber Duckie)
By Judy R. Burroughs
©1999

Little squishie you're the one
you make mail time lots of fun
Little squishie you're the only one for me

Little squishie I need Alaskan
Nanuvet and Minnesotan
Little squishie you're the only ones I need

Little squishie would like Belgium,
Yugoslavia and Tasmanian
Little squishie oh please won't you e-mail me!

Ode to My Wife the Quilter
Author Unknown
from a European quilt site
Contributed by Donna from Michigan


She learned to quilt on Monday.
Her stitches all were very fine.
She forgot to thaw out dinner.
So we went out to dine.

She quilted miniatures on Tuesday.
She says they are a must.
They really were quite lovely.
But she forgot to dust.


On Wedsneday it was a sampler.
She says stipling's fun.
What highlights! What Shadows!
But the laundry wasn't done.


Her patches were on Thursday -
Green, yellow, blue and red.
I guess she was really engrossed;
She never made the bed.


It was wall hangings on Friday,
In colors she adores.
It never bothered her at all,
The crumbs on the floors.

I found a maid on Saturday.
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away;
The house will still be neat.

Well, it's already Sunday.
I think I'm about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted,
The MAID has learned to QUILT!



Signs You Are a Y2K Swapping Maniac
by Rachel K. Ivey
©1999


1- Postal Inspectors search your home looking for dope-filled squishies.

2- You buy envelopes, stamps, and baggies in bulk.

3- You fight your spouse for the last stamps because you "have squishies to mail".

4- It's been so long since you cooked, your family thinks microwave dinners ARE home cooking.

5- You've filled up so many punch cards that you have earned a top line sewing machine and the title "Customer of the Millennium" at your local quilt shop.

6- By mistake you send squishies instead of checks with your phone and electric bills.

7- Your family is wearing dirty clothes because you're too busy prewashing fabric to do laundry.

8- You've confiscated all your kids' art supplies so you can design your quilts on paper.

9- Friends and family resort to sending squishies as a means of communicating with you.

10- You carry blank sigs and a pen with you and chase down out of state drivers on the Interstate for their sigs.

11- Your idea of Y2K Preparedness is making sure you cut all your squares before you arrange your swaps.

12-Your dining room table has disappeared beneath a mountain of squishies.

13- Your non-stop use of Y2K quilting terms & single-minded swapping focus makes your Mom think you've joined a Millennium cult.

14- Your family begs you to join a 12-Step program for fabriholics.

15- You're in "squishie withdrawal" since you've finished swapping.....for your last Y2K quilt.

16- You're now on a first name basis with at least one person from every country on the planet.

17- When someone talks about world "peace", you think they said "piece" and start pulling out all your international sigs.

18-Your e-mail address book reads like a UN roster.

19- You tried to swap your first born for 2 SD sigs, 1 AK sig, and a squishie from China.

20- You're getting ready to swap for ANOTHER Y2K quilt.


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