GOSH!!!!!

The shimmerscale lists WILL open on May 15, 2013!  The day you've been waiting.  IT is finally HERE!  7 days.  You have plenty time before TJ starts his release!  :D

April 2013 Gifts List! :D

9 gifted Tinsel dragons this month!

Thank you, generous Gifters!

4-1-2013: Puppyloverdog10000 --> Aquastar --> Bronze Tinsel
4-4-2013: KatPhipps --> imperatrica101 --> Gold Tinsel
4-6-2013: angelicdragonpuppy --> AllureOfMidnight --> Bronze Tinsel
4-14-2013: kabocha --> Dayaine --> Bronze Tinsel
4-15-2013: GCat --> angyal --> Gold Tinsel
4-16-2013: angyal --> RainStar13 --> Bronze Tinsel
4-21-2013: Red2111 --> Lorellailala --> Silver Tinsel
4-21-2013: Red2111 --> Ixxy --> Gold Tinsel
4-25-2013: Ruby Eyes --> Azhure --> Bronze Tinsel

Insanity or Sanity?

Today's almost the end of May 1.

And I'm like... woah!!!  Another month passed by so fast... I didn't even have time to notice going past me!  :D

Actually, more like, I was busy busy doing stuff like winning lottos, being gifted, etc etc etc - so that I have plenty of shimmerscales for when we finally open the shimmerscale lists later THIS month.

YEP!  I said THIS month!

I didn't do much news last month for various reasons.  Long story short, I was busy getting those pretty shimmerscales and having work on my mouth done.

I still have yet to get enough money to get the cavities fixed (I sure don't want my teeth to be lost and me have to deal with wearing actual full dentures before i'm even 40)!

Ah, well, that's not for here, that's for another place.  :)

So that's basically it.

Next post is gonna be me archiving the April gifts list.

With bright smiles!
~Sunny

Past News of April 2013

4/13/2013 -

Congratulations go out to michellechan2211, Evangeline5432, GCat, and Erithan as our new secondary mods.  Michelle and Eva have been with us from the old thread, but they are great and have graciously agreed to remain as mods.

~Sunny

4/9/2013 -

Since I'm the one doing tweaks - I'm sorry that it got delayed due to unforeseeable events over the past two weeks.  I so totally appreciate your patience!

I've added a new feature - each month's news will be archived.  For people who are curious and want to learn more about things.

Pain is not something I enjoy, nor enjoy having to have four teeth yanked from the upper jaw.  Right now, I look like a rabbit if I do an open teeth smile.  Yuk!  But next Monday, the 15th, I'll have a retainer with fake teeth on 'em to make my smile somewhat almost complete.  Almost complete because I still need fillings for cavities and such.  Which my insurance decided wasn't part of the full dental coverage.

I'm thinking ... uh... there's the problem with America's health care system.  Compared to other first world countries, we pay SIGNIFICANTLY more.  Yet we're the country with the most health problems.

Simple solution - pay for prevention and maintenance.  Stop insisting on useless tests or procedures to prolong someone's life when doing so would result in literally no quality of life.

Oh yeah, for those of us who are broke, essentially - stop making it cheaper to eat crappy junk food.  Make it cheaper to eat healthy, rather than junk food.  I'm sure obesity would be significantly reduced.

/end of soapbox

Here's the actual news - tonight, I'm archiving stuff, wiping the thread up to April 1.  AND doing the promised tweaks.  (You might be asking, what tweaks? Find out soon!)  (And shame on me - I lost the newest artwork and I can't even remember WHO did it.. *big sad face*)

Thank you, everyone, for participating in a wonderful thread, being donors, being giftees and most of all - being kind to each other.  That rocks big time!

~Sunny

Who are the new Secondary Mods?

I and my team of mods have settled on who we want for the secondary mods.

They are GCat (Kit for short) and Erithan along with two secondary mods from the old tinsel thread; Michelle and Evangeline.

Give 'em a congratulatory cheer!

Hope you four enjoy working on the Gifting of Prize Dragons thread!

~Sunny

March 2013 Gifts List! :D

15 gifted Tinsel dragons this month!

Thank you, generous Gifters!

3-2-2013: KatPhipps --> Dame_Jedi --> Gold Tinsel
3-5-2013: Tigersoul482 --> keijaidyyn --> Silver Tinsel
3-5-2013: Dragonsroc989 --> Ethril Dragon --> Gold Tinsel
3-7-2013: Imperialism -->Aquila --> Gold Tinsel
3-7-2013: Helel --> Woof123Albinos --> Silver Tinsel
3-8-2013: Helel -->XiaoChibi --> Gold Tinsel
3-9-2013: Honigdieb --> Katykins2 --> Gold Tinsel
3-10-2013: keijaidynn --> ScreamYourHeartOut --> Silver Tinsel
3-21-2013: Tamahaganae --> Chuint --> Gold Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Nazgod --> Silver Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Chuint --> Silver Tinsel
3-26-2013: Shalora --> Ruby Eyes --> Silver Tinsel
3-29-2013: Nalyua --> Chuint --> Bronze Tinsel
3-29-2013: Nalyua --> PurplePassion --> Bronze Tinsel
3-31-2013: Rusty Chevrolet --> imperatrica101 --> Gold Tinsel

Past News of March 2013

3/23/2013 - 

Applications for Secondary Mods now CLOSED. I apologize for the lateness!!!! RL went and got all hectic for a few days.

There is new artwork, I will add it when I do the tweaks.

I also plan on more tweaks to the thread - I have gotten feedback on the way things are now, so I am going to do my best to ultimately make the thread pleasing and all that - but know that I cannot satisfy or please everyone. That's just logically impossible.

~Sunny
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3/30/2013 - 

OY! Due to some RL stuff going on with me, it's been taking me a while to get to the stuff on here. I have not yet done the tweaks that I wanted to do with the basic thread itself. That will come later this weekend. 

HOWEVER! This thread now has its very own gmail address! Just in case the pm inbox fills up (which I doubt will ever happen, becuase, hey, I'm someone who archives and stuff to keep it as empty as possible) - but any archiving of the PM stuff will now go to THAT gmail address. The gmail address will be accessible by myself and the primary updaters ONLY. I also will be creating an account with Google's image site to host all of the thread's images. Again only accessible by myself and the primary updaters.

I'm doing these things so that should something ever happen to me or I want to step down or whatever craziness happens - the thread can keep going and going like the Energizer Bunny! I'm looking to see this thread outlast the end of the time! :P Ok, maybe not quite THAT long... but long-term, yes.

We are in the process of speaking with the possible secondary mods and this will take about two weeks. We should have an announcement of who will ultimately join Michelle and Eva as secondary mods roughly around April 20 (maybe earlier). Michelle and Eva have graciously decided to remain with the team. The others from the old thread are no longer mods of this thread other than these two and Coyote/Lady Cat - and myself.

Shortly after that announcement is made, the new secondary mods will need training to get their skills tuned just right for the approval/deny. They have to learn not only just how to approve or deny - there are other things they need to be trained on. 

I don't think it will take much time and very soon after that, the shimmer scale lists WILL open - I will give the warning that the lists will open 7 days in advance. That means you all will have time to study the rules and faq. The proofs will be changed as well sometime during those 7 days, so don't expect to have a copy n paste application ready to fire into the thread. ;)

Cheers!
~Sunny