How about doggies? Here is my Roci short for Rocinante. Anyone SciFi fans? Clue to what she is named after.
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The Expanse ship?
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I hope not with Lil’ Tipsy. Don’t get me wrong, she is the sweetest snuggle bug ever, but she has CH and her favorite thing in the world to do is bite me. She is soooo happy when she does. And she bites hard. She snuggles up and latches on to the soft skin under my arm. She will just lean over, smiling, and bite my leg. They are love bites. There is zero aggression, but they still hurt. 
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Yes! Roci is my 2nd dobermann. My 1st was named Talon (Talyn) after another ship that was considered “living” from another SciFi show.
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Our Milkman gives what we call “gummy bites” because he has no teeth! He doesn’t bite hard, just like love nips.
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Lil’ Tipsy has developed a taste for my blood. LOL! 
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not sci fi, but wasn’t there a Rocinante in Don Quixote? Trying to get my feeble brain to recall from my Spanish lit days in college 
also, I cannot get over how many of y’all in this swap have kitty cats!
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I love my kitty boys. They liven the house and give (also get) lots of love. They make me chuckle.
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Yes, there was but she’s named after the ship lol.
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Working on a few projects for this shop. I have all the pop tart keychains done and the head of a amigurumi Roger from One Piece anime. This is a special order for @Manders. I made her Luffy already for her on a swap and this one for her son.
The finished product will look like this. I’m using the same base part for the body but am winging it for the rest of the details.
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That will be amazing
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I am excited for him! My son will be super excited. 
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Here are two dates for starting the swap. Please choose one. Thank you!
- Sat, Sept 5
- Sat, Sept 12
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It looks like Saturday, Sept 12 is our majority preferred start date in five weeks and two days.
I’ll check my notes on my laptop to calculate the end date, over/under date, and finished date. DONE
DATES:
signups start: Saturday, Sept 12
signups close: Saturday, Oct 3
over/under week is: Thursday, Oct 22 - Thursday, Oct 29
last day possible to send after over/under week is: Thursday, Nov 12
(send out times for 2026 have been extended to two weeks)
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Thanks for the update!
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I better get my rear in gear! 
Five weeks seems like a long time, but really isn’t, in crafting time….
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Let’s gooo!! I’m so pumped this year for STS!
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Ack, so close! I have sooooooooo much to do.
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Recently, USPS has made a few pricing updates that may impact STS and make shipping more expensive shipping to some members.
First, Ground Advantage packages under one pound going to non-contiguous states are now charged at the one-pound rate. More recently, USPS expanded similar pricing to certain destinations within the contiguous United States that they classify as “rural.” From what I’ve found, approximately 80% of ZIP codes fall into the “rural” category.
I ran into this last week when I mailed a swap package that weighed only three ounces but was charged the one-pound rate, bringing the shipping cost to more than $8.
I’m not sure what the best solution is for our group, but I wanted to make everyone aware so there aren’t any surprises when buying postage for STS!
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I noticed the increased shipping costs with a package recently too. PirateShip did made it slightly cheaper but prices are definitely going up all around.
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