NOTE TO EVERYBODY

I have not updated in a month, nor answered many letters.  I've been busy, out of town, and "conflicted," and had computer problems as well, but I promise that I WILL get everything answered eventually.  But we are getting ready to go to Europe and won't be home until the end of the month -- we have a dog sitter moving in to take care of the dogs, and bringing her dogs with her, so don't bother about breaking in...if you make it past the dogs, there is nothing to steal anyway.

But I mainly want to tell MELISSA IN MINNESOTA that I received your amazing letter and don't have time to answer it, but I LOVED it. I am humbled by your inventiveness.

August will, I hope, be the start of a new leaf for me, so everyone please forgive me and be patient!

Out of order

I have a ton of incoming mails to photograph, but I can't hold off on this one any longer.  This may be the fanciest letter I've ever received, from Melissa in Minnesota.  I was blown away when I opened it, May 31.  I hope to be answering it today.

Day #232

Hard at work this morning. Two post-crossing cards and some other cards, and one pen pal letter. One of the post-crossing cards went to someone who was so snide and so demanding in her requests for postcards (including sending in an envelope) that I just chose a card I didn't like much and stuck it in an envelope with a one-sentence message. If you are going to ask someone in the world to send you a postcard (which is not something that is cheap), at least be polite about the kinds of things you would be happier to receive! It could be the nationality of the postcrossing member, but I found I was offended.


Incoming were 2 post-crossing cards and 2 pen-pal Christmas cards.

Day #223

I had to go to the blood bank, and then meet friends for coffee, so only time for one letter this morning, to a pen pal in Texas.

What a great afternoon, that brought mail from some of my favorite pen pals!

Day #221

Another slow day, with only one letter written. But I got my December journal look designed!

Incoming was one post-crossing card, 2 penpal letters and our very first Christmas card.

The Christmas card is from my first boy friend, whom I dated from age 13-16. He is now a Jesuit, but we still exchange cards at Christmas time. His is always the first card I receive and it drives me crazy because he always beats me. But this time I got him. I posted our annual Christmas letter on line and he received it a whole three days before his card arrived. (This may be due to the scary news in his card that he is battling what he calls "the old man's cancer"--I don't know if this is the cancer his father died of or prostate cancer, which I assume can be considered an old man's cancer)

Day #205

I worked hard this morning and got four letters answered.

There were only two incoming mails today, but what a treat. A lovely note from Kimi and a fabulous package from SaraLea, filled with wonderful note cards. Naturally I had to put the one with the Chihuahua on top!

Day #188

Today I did two different Swap-Bot swaps, and ironically in each I was assigned the same person...not only that, but she was a person I had just written to as a pen pal the day before!


I also wrote a note to a SendSomething person and sent out 3 Postcrossing postcards. Then I went to my cousin's funeral.

I came home to three fun letters, one was a condolence note, one was from Olivia, a 16 year old home-schooled girl who read this blog and decided to start one of her own. I look forward to watching it grow! And there was another pen pal letter.

Day #183

All four of these are letters sent today.

And a nice assortment of incoming mail, including my first "letter" from my newly sponsored child, Theresa Ewusie from Ghana, who is only 4, so can't really write but has someone write for her. Other incoming was the nice Halloween themed envelope from a pen pal and another pen pal letter.

All in all, can't complain!

Day #181

It may look like just one envelope...


But it's my monthly package of Compassion Children letters, 10 of them, each with a little paper gift attached. Took me 4 hours to put together!

But what a windfall this afternoon! I won't complain about no mail again for awhile!!


There are three postcrossing postcards, two letters from little Fred, one of my Compassion children, a Swap-Bot "getting to know you" letter from Norway, and 3 penpal letters from people I have written to before. Such a wonderful mail day!