Outgoing

Finally, I get off my ass and post some letters! Albeit, only two, but it's better than nothing.




I am actually on holiday... right now. I'm waiting for the bf to be ready enough to have breakfast so we can hit the beach and I can get in the SEA!

Postcards will be sent! xx

Outgoing

Remember I said I was going to catch up with my correspondence? Well, I didn't lie.

These all went out this afternoon.

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Many a reply to many a country... ok, just 3 countries then :b

More to come soon people, I'm cutting through the pile! Weeheee!!!

6 Letters
1 Postcard

1 EU
6 NA

Update

Well, I've been AWOL for nearly 6 weeks. I have been busy, as always, but have hadrly had a breath to get online and I haven't sent any letters (only 2 birthday cards to my mum and nephew)... Oh, and I managed to break my new camera :(

So no pics of fabulous letters either sent or received, but I'm hoping to make up for that rpetty soon!

I am off work today so I'm hoping to soak up some sun on the balcony while catching up with some correspondence. I'll even get my laptop fired up so I can take some webcam pics of the rpetties you have sent me recently.

I'm trying to improve myself on so many levels right now I feel a little lost... in amongst the positive thinking, the not drowning in pressure at work and trying to be organised, tidy, healthy, a good friend and girlfriend, I feel like I've lost myself along the way.

Now I'm going to pick up the pieces and mail copies of the best bits to you all :)

March Stats

March:

Letters = 0
Postcards = 0
Cards = 2
Packages = 0

Destinations of outgoing post:

Europe: 2
Africa: 0
North America: 0
South America: 0
Asia: 0
Australasia: 0

February Stats

February:

Letters = 4
Postcards = 0
Cards = 0
Packages = 0

Destinations of outgoing post:

Europe: 2
Africa: 0
North America: 1
South America: 0
Asia: 0
Australasia: 1

Incoming/Outgoing

Sadly, these are pretty old pieces of mail (1-2 weeks old) but I feel like I've had no time to myself :( Since I had a tummy bug a couple of weeks back I've just felt so run down that I've been indulging in early nights and hardly go online for more than 5 minutes at a time. I'm such an old lady ;)

Incoming

OMG! The best package ever, from the sweetest girl ever! (That's you Caiti) Me and the bf devoured these treats in around 18 hours. YUM!

The cutest little valentine from Micaela (heart) I adored the tiny heart shaped doily she enclosed too.

Outgoing


A bear+bear to my niece in Ireland, a bear+bear to Ilaria in the south of Italy and one of my favourite ever bears to Megan in Aus.

And a really lovely card I've held onto for years (but stupidly forgot to photograph) to Lyn in the States.

I haven't written a letter in a week and a half, but I'm hoping to get a few sent out this sunday or Monday, so keep an eye on your mailboxes peeps!

And now, in true old lady style, I'm going to hang up my clean washing to dry, brush my teeth and go to bed! I'm on my lonesome as the bf is in Germany :(

I hope you have a better Friday than I'm expecting xx

4 Letters

1 AU
2 EU
1 NA

January Stats

January:

Letters = 9
Postcards = 0
Cards = 0
Packages = 0

Destinations of Outgoing post:

Europe: 2

Africa: 0
North America: 6
South America: 0
Asia: 1
Australasia: 0

Outgoing

These actually went out on Monday last week... oops!

A letter to the lovely Muriah in response to her adorable Christmas card.

Cute teeny owls to Shelita in the States.

Some pretty sunflowers to Carla.

3 Letters

3 NA

Uh Oh...

I want you to just have a quick look at this...


Like the numpty I am, I only thought to check the price for overseas post AFTER I posted those 6 letters yesterday.

To my absolute HORROR, the prices have inevitably gone up. Not just by a little, but have almost DOUBLED! Previously, to send to zone 2 (USA and most of Asia) it cost a mere 85c, now it's 1,60! And to Australia, it HAS doubled, from 1Euro to 2Euros.

Not only will this have a huge impact on my bank balance, but I am extremely worried about those letters I have just posted.

I know not all of my penpals read this blog, but if you do, and your letter is in the post below, please, please forgive me if you have to pay a postal charge at your end!

I am hoping they'll just send the letters back to me and I can repost them with correct postage, but that's wishful thinking I'm sure.

My deepest and most sincere apologies... xx

Incoming/Outgoing

The incoming all reached me on Saturday of this week and the outgoing were posted this morning. Look at me go ;)

Incoming
A very sweet Christmas card from Audrey.

A letter from the marvelous Megan.

A second letter from Shelita. Such a cute envie :)

Outgoing
A reply to a first letter from Ilaria in Italy, I hope she understands it, her letter was in Italian!

A reply to another first letter from Italy, this time to Erika.

A reply to Zoe in the States.

I LOVE Rilakkuma and this stationery is adorable, it's the first time I've used it in writing to Audrey in Malaysia.

A reply to Gina in the states.

Something for the newly wed Maxhams.

And where they all sit in the morning, on our key rack, so I don't forget to take them with me :)

6 Letters

1 Asia
2 EU
3 NA

Incoming - YAY!

I don't send Christmas cards, I feel a little bad about that when I happen to receive them. I received two pretties in the mail today and I actually love the fact that these arrived late (Thank YOU Poste Italiane!) because it brought a little holiday cheer to warm my heart. Today was the first day back to work, don't you know.

This light up Christmas card plays Jingle bells too and included a letter from the sweet Muriah.

This little cutie is from Jen in the states and has left me permanently covered in glitter...

No, really, it doesn't brush off! Not that I'm complaining ;)

And I'm sitting here with a glass of white wine, consoling myself because my baking experiment went terribly and now I don't have sweet things to feed my colleagues with. I mean, it's only been 4 months that I've been promising them baked treats... too much pressure perhaps?

Worried?

... A little.

I posted a fair few letters during the month of December but have only received one reply. I take this as a good sign as I often worry that my letters don't reach their destinations due to several factors, all involving Poste Italiane. But also a bad sign... an empty mailbox makes me sad.

Again, my lack of pictures kicks me in the butt as I don't even have a record of what I sent and when, so I cannot even console myself in that way.

My awful response to correspondence of late, doesn't exactly instill me with hope and I am sure there are some of my pen friends who will have given up on me, not convinced that I value their efforts enough to get my act together. I hope this is not the case, but I'm not so naive as to think my actions have no consequences.

I don't always deserve the beautiful post I receive, but I want to try and work toward deserving it more.

2011, a new year. A fresh start?

The end of ths year has been a terribly hectic time for me and I'm kind of glad it's coming to an end! The last two working weeks rarely saw me home before 9pm, but I still managed to get 4 letters in the post to my neglected penpals.

Sadly I have no pictures :..(

I can blame it on the batteries, or the fact my camera has taken another turn for the worst, but it's mostly due to me not getting up early enough to sort all these problems before heading out to work.

I hope you have all enjoyed fabulous Christmas days with loved ones, I hope you all ate and drank a little too much and have no regrets :)

Wishing you all a Happy New Year! xx

Apologies

(^ Pronounced Apoh-loh-ghies i.e. with a hard G - for all you Blackadder fans)

AWOL status explained here. Posting, commenting and letter writing will resume shortly.

I hope :)

Incoming/Outgoing

A much delayed update :)

Incoming

The white envie is from Gina in the states and the purple is from Audrey in Malaysia

Outgoing

The HUGE pile of postcards I sent from Venice two weekends ago.

An angel for the Taboo subjects swap

A reply to Caiti.

A long overdue response to Nicola.

I hope you're all enjoying fabulous mail days :)

Incoming/Outgoing

Oh my goodness! Could it be? ANOTHER post so soon?!

I kid you not dear readers, I have written TWO more letters and received two letters today, so no matter how proud I am at getting back into writing and no matter how fabulous it was to find the pretties in my mailbox, I can't help but think of the pile of mail I have to reply to and how todays mail just cancels each other out.

Sigh.

SO pessimistic. I'm not a true sagittarian, that's for sure ;)

Incoming

The little pink one is my very first letter from Italy! A first letter from Erika, written in Italian which was a real test or me! The little cute black one (I have that stationery too!) is a reply from Fabi in Germany :)

Outgoing

This little piggy went to Carla in America!

And the cat cat cat is off to Canada to Muriah.

I'm hoping for another couple of letters to go out this week. Fingers crossed ;)

2 Letters

2 NA

Outgoing! YAY!

I have had little time for posting, little time for the internet at all to be honest. In the past week I've been online only twice and mostly to check emails and catch up with all your lovely blogs.

Aside from the usual mundane things like working and adding to our flat, I've been writing! Now I just need to get my arse in gear and post the little pretties. I'm hoping to write another two this week. I'm not going to push myself because we have a lot of things to do at home before Friday when we GO TO VENICE! WOOOOO!!!!!

Ahem.

So slowly but surely, I'm working my way through my pile. I have a few incoming that I haven't recorded on here. I need to do so, as well as updating my outgoing figures which are lagging behind. Oops.

Dear readers, I know you shall forgive my sporadic posting, my inability to update my blog info correctly and my terrible tardy replies, because, after all, we are all merely human :)

Outgoing

A reply to Candi in Australia.

A reply to Zoe in the States.

A second letter to Gina in the States.

A reply to a first letter from Rosemary in Canada.

And finally a reply to Sarah, in the States.

I contemplated taking a pic of me to show off my new wrap around and super warm scarf, but I'm looking half dead after a ridiculous morning of transport problems, getting soaked twice and a hard day at work so, I'll leave it for now ;) But you can see a bit of my messy hair, part of the headboard of my bed and our fantastic blue wall in the bedroom... what more could you want eh?

As a random ps, my hands are suffering greatly from the cold, excessive washing at work and the use of hand sanitizer gel, does anyone have some good tips for something quick and easy just to perk them up and get a bit of moisture back into them? I know I need to take better care of them, but alas, I have no beauty regime anymore and forget to moisturise anything more often than not :(

5 Letters

1 AU
4 NA

Incoming/Outgoing

Do you remember in my last post I pledged to get three letters posted by Monday? Well, YAY for me, because I did it ;) I may even indulge and write a fourth one today!

I still have 12 letters to reply to and 3 postcards to send, so thank you once again for your patience :D

I've found that now I'm not sleeping on the train so much I can actually write letters during that small space of time to myself. It does, however, mean, that every so often, my writing gets a little crazy thanks to the movement of the train, but I'm sure you all understand ;)

Incoming

A lovely and unexpected first letter from Sheilta in the States.


An equally lovely letter from the fabulous Darcy.

Outgoing

A letter to Michelle in Singapore. She sent me the amazing Kawaii package I most recently received.

A reply to the sweet, sweet Audrey in Malaysia.

And finally a reply to my niece in Ireland.

I've had a lot of fun with stamps because I'm finally running out of exact value stamps so I've been decorating the envies with a multitude of stamps, which has made me happy to no end!

I'm currently sitting on my kitchen balcony, trying to enjoy a home made cappucino from a sachet, which is proving difficult after enjoying milky coffees from cafes for the past two weekends. The air is fragrant and crisp, the courtyard is quiet and there is a light Autumnal mist hanging in the air.

I'm happy and inspired and I want this feeling to last all the way through to Monday... but with a 5.30am alarm call, I'm not sure it will :b

3 Letters

2 AS
1 EU

Incoming

Hello!! I know, I know, it's been an age, I'm sorry :( I've been at my new job for three and a half weeks now but I've still not found a routine. Although, to be honest, I've not been trying to find one. Oops!

I had an ok day at work but then the checkout lady at the supermarket totally ruined my day, so my list of things to do for the evening has gone out of the window and I'm going to veg out with a movie this evening. After posting and reading all your blogs of course ;)

If someone had told me a month ago that I'd only go online every 3-4 days for ten minutes to check my emails, I'd never have believed them. How life changes eh?

Incoming

Letters from Caiti, Muriah and Carla

Posties from Postcrossing and the red telephone is from Nicola

The above is but a small selection of the wonderful mail I've been receiving. Sadly there have been no outgoing pretties, but I have resolved to change that as of this weekend!! Also, sorry for the poor quality of the pics, I am on my balcony, having enjoyed another spectacular pink and orange sunset and now the sun has disappeared and I am left with autumnal blue twilight. Too pretty.

I wish you all fabulous mail days and make a pledge to get three letters posted by this coming monday! xx