I've needed to go to the post office for weeks. I just haven't had the time as of late. This has now become a problem, because I'm out of stamps, and I like to get interesting ones so I can't just, like, buy them from the grocery store. They only have boring generic forever stamps ( Read more... )

I actually left the house today. Sad, but true. I had something to take to the post office--nothing important, just a "take me off your mailing list because I'm on the do-not-mail list and I don't know how you got my info, AmEx, but I seriously don't want your card" deal--and, well, it's been a long time since I took a walk. Funny, because I ( Read more... )

I think, if I were to put this holiday season into song, I'd call it "Dreidel Bells." Granted, my assumed Jewishness is more due to procrastination than anything actually resembling religion (though the part of Poland my family came from had a large Jewish population at one point...hmm...), but still ( Read more... )

Some time ago, I learned of the concept of Zip Code Day--the date that aligned with your city's zip code (which I realize is, correctly, ZIP code). I can't even recall what town celebrated it so that it was publicized so that I'd hear of it, but it was something I kept in the back of my mind for roughly a decade because I am a dork like that ( Read more... )

Laura and I got together for dinner tonight, which we've been wanting to do for a few weeks. We spent over three and a half hours talking at Sweet Tomatoes--so long that three different sets of people sat across the aisle from us. We probably would have stayed longer except both of us kept yawning. Plus, my eyes were bugging me for some reason, ( Read more... )

Today was Yesterday Lite--no more media, a number of applicants, but the afternoon was somewhat quiet. We did get another phone call congratulating us on what we'd done. Again, um, thanks. It was when I got home that I realized why--the local weekly put us as their main story. Ah, yes, my buddy the reporter who just would not take "no comment" ( Read more... )

Okay, I finally broke down and did it...I sent benchilada my entry in the So You Don't Have To sweepstakes. Now, it's definitely not as out there as most of what he's gotten, but it's definitely odd, and definitely not what most people have in their pantries. We'll see if and when he gets any of it online ( Read more... )

In but an hour and a half, I finished my cards. The trick was to skip the long letter and just go with this year's cheesy line. No, I will not post it and spoil the fun for the whole one person here who will get a card.

But...they're done. As in at the post office and everything. Hooray for the post office being practically in my subdivision.

Okay, I've been a bit needy and negative lately. Time for a happy post ( Read more... )

My mother is very much into dolls, especially those by Marie Osmond. Thankfully, she's more into selling the dolls these days than buying them. She recently sold one to a lady in Malaysia, and as thanks, the woman was sending her a gift. It came by registered mail, but with all the stuff going on we weren't home to sign for it. This morning I ( Read more... )