Day #238

Actually wrote quite a lot this morning... a Christmas card to a friend in Australia, a postcrossing card and replies to 3 pen pal letters. And then I baked more cookies!

Good mail too...The postcrossing card is unusual because it came from a GROUP, so no message but a whole bunch of signatures. There was also a great letter from The Pen Thief (who writes wonderful letters), a LWA pan pal and a letter from Fred in the Philippines.

Day #236

Before going out for the last of my Christmas shopping, I wrote these two overdue letters

This was also our biggest day for Christmas cards this year, so far.

Then came two postcrossing cards and a letter from my sponsored girl in India...it has been so long since I've had a Compassion letter!

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 #226

Two outgoing pen pal letters today

A nice letter from one of my penpals in the UK and a Christmas card from a guy from Malaysia who lived with us for 3 years, while he went to high school (now lives in the US with his American wife and their two children).

Day #224

Today I wrote my last letter to Soldier Amanda, who is coming home soon, and answered a Swap Bot letter. This was a getting to know you letter to someone on Swap-Bot. We could not possibly be more different, so it will be interesting to see where (if anywhere) this goes.

I also sent Amanda a Christmas card.

And I wrote countless Christmas cards to soldiers through the Holiday Mail for Heroes through the Red Cross, who will pass them out to hospitalized soldiers who need a bit of cheering up. I'll send them all in a flat rate envelope on Monday.

I received a nice letter from Esther in Indonesia, a post-crossing card, and a letter from a penpal in North Carolina, who sent a couple of postcards from her state.

Day #222

Again, I only sent out a post-crossing card.

But I received a lovely letter from my Correspondence child in Indonesia, a post-crossing card from China, and a card from the lovely Miss Hannah. Also our second Christmas card


I e-mailed more than 100 links to our annual Christmas letter.

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)