Day #266

I was so busy I only got one letter written today...

But I got some fun incoming mail.

This is two penpal letters (one from author Mary Robinette Kowal), two postcrossing cards, and that "I feel sin coming on" card from Cathy.

And then these two belated birthday cards.

Each was perfect in its own way...and Bri picked out the dog card, even though it says "grandpa" because "grandma likes dogs."

Catching Up Again

I've been computer-less for a week, so unable to update here. So here are my most recent things sent out (not much!). I did send out 11 letters to my Compassion children, but I wrote them using Compassion's on-line letter writing function (which allows me to embed photos in the letters...and they print them for me!). This one went to my almost 4-year old Granddaughter....

These are post-crossing cards.

I didn't send out any letters because I had no printer (and didn't get around to hand-writing), but what a wealth of incoming mail I received!

This group includes one of those wonderful Inge Look postcards, this time from the Netherlands.



One letter in the above grouping was this great card with matching stamp from Kimi.


And now off to write lots and lots of letters!

I've been frustrated with the USPS web site and unable to find international stamps. I finally wrote to them and discovered that you can get more stamps than show on their front page:

This link will take you to more first class stamps than show on the page, and this link will take you to the "extra postage" page where you can find international stamps. There is now even a $1.05 stamp.

Day #227

Letters to 2 Saras today, plus a Christmas postcard to a penpal and one to my granddaughter.

Incoming was a Christmas card, a beautiful card from a penpal in the Netherlands, a post-crossing card from Australia, and a reply to a letter I sent to someone on SendSomthing.

Day #157

I spent most of the morning writing e-mails to our Compassion kids, using the fabulous new templates Compassion has made available, so the actual in-hand outgoing mail was not so spectacular.

This is a Post-Crossing card, a card to my cousin (who collects sand dollars), and a pen pal letter.

There was only one personal mail in the mail to me today, but it was a goodie. This is from my granddaughter.

Day #142

I had lots of outgoing today: 5 postcards, 4 for Post-crossing, 1 to a Soldier, a pen pal letter, and a letter to one of my Compassion kids.

I don't know how the recipient will feel about the Quaker oatmeal card I made, but she claims to be crazy for cereal. I loved it...it has a typed message on the back. The card with the light glare was to the Soldier and was a Where's Waldo card, which I thought might be fun for him.

Nice incoming mail too.

There were letters from two of my favorite pen pals, a Postcrossing card from The Netherlands, and a "letter" from my granddaughter.

This is panda eating bamboo, just in case you can't quite see it clearly.

Day #80

This is what I added to yesterday's pile. I decided it's too big to leave for the mailman to pick up, so I have to drive it to the post office.

This is a Toy Story postcard to our granddaughter, two SendSomething postcards, a thank you note and two SendSomething letters, one even hand-written.

In the afternoon there were three great letters:

All from penpals - Noreen, Kathy and Danette. A really good mail day!

Day #70

I finally got around to answering the 30 page letter that was sent to me, from Joyce. That's like reading a novelette! (My answer was only 4 pages)


I also sent a couple of Postcrossing postcards to Jan in the Netherlands. He requested that a card be sent in an envelope because he also collects stamps and didn't want to destroy the card to get the stamp. I tried to choose interesting stamps for him.

There was also a Postcrossing card sent to someone in Thailand and a Toy Story card sent to granddaughter Brianna thanking her for an Easter card we just got.

The afternoon didn't bring any penpal mail, but did bring a welcome packet from my new Compassion correspondence child, Dorvin Murugi Kariuki, from Kenya.

Day #69

This morning I replied to Tanya, whose name I then misspelled on the envelope because, I guess, my brain was thinking of her last name instead of her first. But the thought was there.

I also sent off a Postcrossing card to Russia.


And it was finally a red letter day for mail:


There was a postcard from Portugal (which is a return postcard from someone on Postcrossing), a package of 3 postcards, which is a Swap-bot project. There was an Easter greeting from our granddaughter, which my sister-in-law forgot to give to us and finally mailed. And finally there were letters from Robyn and Nancy, both penpals, and both good to hear from! I have some writing to do tomorrow!!

Day #67

I was busy writing last night -- one postcard to my granddaughter, one to a postcrossing person, a letter to each of the Amandas, and another letter to a penpal in Ohio.


Incoming mail came from Yuliya, a woman from Jerusalem who has been reading my blog for awhile and recently started her own, and a postcrossing card from Minneapolis