Some lovely person has just sent me an Amazon Gift Certificate. Thank you so much, it was really sweet of you, whoever it was. It had no “from” and no message, so I am stumped who it could have been.  I just want to make sure that I thanked whoever it was though and the only way I knew how was on here.

Big hugs to my mystery gift giver and thank you. xxxx

  
Ok where do I start!!

  
Firstly, thank you all so much for your wonderful gifts, cards and cash that you have all sent me for Yule/Christmas. As a few of you know I have had a really challenging year with family illnesses which is one reason why I have been keeping myself in the shadows.  To know that I am still in all your thoughts means the world to me. I feel very spoilt and very happy :D. 

    
For those that don’t know what has been going on, my eldest son has a bone disease which the bone in his right elbow is disintegrating and crumbling. We are in and out of hospitals having x-rays and scans and sadly this disease must run its course before it gets better.  Once the bone starts to regrow then he will be left with a disability - how much of one, nobody knows and there is nothing anyone can do.  In all my spare time I have been giving him natural healing (I am a qualified spiritual healer) and he can now straighten his arm to 90 percent, whereas before it was only 60 percent. So although he may never make a full recovery I am certain that he will recover enough to lead a normal life.  However, only time will tell.

 
I was really honoured to be considered for this years Panty Hog Awards and I can’t thank you enough for thinking of me and I would feel so special to take Lifetime Achievement again for the 2nd year running but I will leave it up to you to choose who to vote for - you won’t be seeing me plug myself this year with any “Go CINDY” either - I shall leave it up to you to remember to vote.  This will also be my last year of entering though and I can’t deny it, it would be nice to go out with a bang :).  I still do a lot of work behind the scenes helping new sellers and advising newbie buyers on where and how to shop for genuine items… and of course looking after my wonderful guys… but I have to admit I have not been logging into Panty Hog as often as I used to due to other issues that I have just shared above.  I do check via RSS feed though every day, just in case anyone needs a back up against some of the twats we have had invading the scene this year LOL.. and as you can see I have been there in a shot to back up a fellow seller.

On another note I am not even sure I can attend the Award Ceremony as I will be in hospital on the 6th January having half my face rebuilt AGAIN!!!.  I had a bad riding accident about 17 years ago which left me “noseless”.  I have had 3 operations so far and each one has eventually failed.  Over the last few months my nose has been collapsing and it is at the stage that I can barely breathe through it anymore, so time for operation number 4.  I will do my utmost to be online for the Panty Hog Panty Awards, but I think it is best I do not go on webcam, or if I do I might wear a scarf over my face - I am sure I will look like something out of resident evil for a while afterwards and I really don’t want the awards to turn into a horror movie hehehe
  

So that is my year in a nutshell.  Much more has gone on, some good, some bad, some great and some shit but at the end of the day I am still HERE, still loving panties and still loving being a part of the panty community.

  
I hope that you all have a wonderful Yule/Christmas whatever you celebrate and thank you all for being such beautiful wonderful people. Life is so precious, true friends are rare and I feel so blessed that the best friends I have ever made in this life has been through running this site. I love you all.

Cinds xxxxxxxxxxxxx