Already Christmas
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Yes, the Christmas packages have arrived. Mom and Dad sent us a big box full of stocking stuffers and specially requested gifts. Very nice stuffers indeed. Some candy and Christmas cooking material came in the mail today from friends and supporters who go way, way back. They always send us something at Christmas, which I find remarkable. We got two boxes of great goodies from TN about 6 weeks ago. Amazing.
And the cards… We have a picture board in the kitchen, 7.5 feet high and 3 feet high. Christmas time is its time of renewal. The Christmas 2007 pictures are layered onto the Christmas 2006 pictures, which bury the 2005 pictures. If you thumb through them quickly, you see little children become teens, dear friends turning gray. Kind of like those Cracker Jack flip book cartoons.
There’s no more boat mail or surface mail for packages from the USA. Something to do with homeland security, and we really should be grateful about it. Frugal mailers use the Priority Mail® Flat Rate envelopes or boxes, available for free from the USPS, but you have to pay the $11 or $37 when you drop them off.
We use Amazonian, Bread and Barrel, Toys R danger-US and Better Buy for our USA gift online purchases. Not very personal, I know… But at least they have free shipping.
And the cards… We have a picture board in the kitchen, 7.5 feet high and 3 feet high. Christmas time is its time of renewal. The Christmas 2007 pictures are layered onto the Christmas 2006 pictures, which bury the 2005 pictures. If you thumb through them quickly, you see little children become teens, dear friends turning gray. Kind of like those Cracker Jack flip book cartoons.
There’s no more boat mail or surface mail for packages from the USA. Something to do with homeland security, and we really should be grateful about it. Frugal mailers use the Priority Mail® Flat Rate envelopes or boxes, available for free from the USPS, but you have to pay the $11 or $37 when you drop them off.
We use Amazonian, Bread and Barrel, Toys R danger-US and Better Buy for our USA gift online purchases. Not very personal, I know… But at least they have free shipping.
