tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post5216060667053242921..comments2024-03-26T08:41:43.172-04:00Comments on A Breath of Fresh Air: A busy week........and postage!Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-72401346349210141412021-11-22T15:32:46.974-05:002021-11-22T15:32:46.974-05:00My cards are ready to send, but waiting until next...My cards are ready to send, but waiting until next week to put them in the mail. Thanks for the reminder on overseas though. I think I will send those today since I need to go to the USPS.Marilyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115440271615593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-88691186290849886952021-11-19T22:21:23.312-05:002021-11-19T22:21:23.312-05:00Thanks so much for stopping by. I see you're i...Thanks so much for stopping by. I see you're in Nashua - my hubby is from Manchester and I lived there for several years (and in MA for a few more) before coming south. Know your area well.<br />Like you, I'm still sending cards this Christmas even though many have to go overseas to family and friends. Fortunately we're all too old now to require parcels of things we really no longer need. At this time of life just a card with nice greeting is welcomed!<br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-54311583499838289672021-11-19T17:11:34.987-05:002021-11-19T17:11:34.987-05:00Hello Mary, I am a first time visitor to your blog...Hello Mary, I am a first time visitor to your blog and came here after reading Vee's blog and seeing the photo of the lovely cowl you sent her. I agree that the high cost of mailing anything is distressing and even more so at holiday time. Even though the cost of postage has gone up, I will still send cards, but no packages will be sent.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-3784305040255104762021-11-19T10:15:29.409-05:002021-11-19T10:15:29.409-05:00.....can't send a red envelope!!!! WOW, that&........can't send a red envelope!!!! WOW, that's a new one. How about green, blue etc?<br />Life is going crazy - life was once much easier and less stressful than it is these days.<br />Britta, those letters and decorated envelopes must be beautiful - great that you kept them - your postman must have been a romantic, hahaha!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-71294915344695757652021-11-19T10:10:13.928-05:002021-11-19T10:10:13.928-05:00We need a lot of new 'people' in many gove...We need a lot of new 'people' in many government positions - but I won't go there on my blog, haha!!!<br />Thanks for the good wishes, nice you stopped by.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-77231917678315645602021-11-19T10:09:04.983-05:002021-11-19T10:09:04.983-05:00Thanks so much.Thanks so much.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-91765116808996208872021-11-19T10:08:39.964-05:002021-11-19T10:08:39.964-05:00Dear Gina - I'm really sad knowing your beauti...Dear Gina - I'm really sad knowing your beautiful tiles are not getting shipped with care, and damage is occurring despite paying so much to send them on their way to those lucky customers. I really don't see shipping of anything improving - it's really become a nightmare.<br />Thanks for the get well thoughts - I'm doing a bit better day by day.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-26955660375521574752021-11-19T10:05:29.808-05:002021-11-19T10:05:29.808-05:00Delivery people are desperately required here - es...Delivery people are desperately required here - especially long distance truck drivers! Salaries offered plus a sign up bonus are huge, people just don't want to do that often very hard and dangerous job any longer. They have always said "America moves by truck" but not anymore! Of course shipping is in a terrible mess too - nobody to unload all those mountains of containers waiting at ports!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-67036687646931833802021-11-19T10:01:05.554-05:002021-11-19T10:01:05.554-05:00Seems we have similar problems with post offices/d...Seems we have similar problems with post offices/delivery companies - life is getting sad when one can't even send a little handwritten card without 'breaking the bank' as we say! I don't really like e-cards either - and found when I subscribed to a really lovely service (Jackie Lawson) most people never opened <br />them! I've canceled membership.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-49614371878088053012021-11-19T09:57:16.265-05:002021-11-19T09:57:16.265-05:00Prices going up drastically for just about everyth...Prices going up drastically for just about everything here - I refused to pay $3.00 yesterday for one skinny Romaine lettuce! Boxed cards here are hard to find this year - I was really fortunate to find mine at the usually expensive nearby independent book shop for a really good price - they are from England too!!!!!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-29315746701099721862021-11-19T09:50:32.218-05:002021-11-19T09:50:32.218-05:00Mark, we can get Walker's mince Pies, Christma...Mark, we can get Walker's mince Pies, Christmas pudding, biscuits etc. for the holidays. I like to make my own mince pies and was lucky to find jars of Robertson's mincemeat, which is good, this week, so I bought several because they have a long shelf life. During the year many British staples are available too, especially chocolate items, jams, marmalade, fruit drinks such as Elderberry, cheese crackers etc.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-23923834137435543602021-11-19T09:48:06.571-05:002021-11-19T09:48:06.571-05:00AMEN! 📦AMEN! 📦Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-25094041693398084282021-11-19T09:45:31.679-05:002021-11-19T09:45:31.679-05:00Thanks Vee - I'm doing OK and hoping to improv...Thanks Vee - I'm doing OK and hoping to improve!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-76530888927419908852021-11-19T09:44:34.593-05:002021-11-19T09:44:34.593-05:00We've been saddened seeing all that has happen...We've been saddened seeing all that has happened in that terrible storm dear - thankfully you are safe.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-78877126372474196762021-11-19T09:43:33.154-05:002021-11-19T09:43:33.154-05:00I'm picking out the square format I bought and...I'm picking out the square format I bought and only sending to the US even though they will still cost more. All my overseas cards will have to be rectangular - such a pain!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-43505230957628734842021-11-19T09:41:25.433-05:002021-11-19T09:41:25.433-05:00Yes, we always joke that that soon it may be cheap...Yes, we always joke that that soon it may be cheaper to buy a plane ticket and carry the parcels with us these days! <br />I check the TJMaxx, Homegoods, Maarshall's etc. too around the holidays (better get there soon) for imported food items, but find World Market my best bet for British foods. LIDL and ALDI also have plenty of German/Italian items too - especially Stollen, Pannetone, cookies, chocolates marzipan items (my downfall!) etc.<br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-7442544414353427422021-11-19T09:13:59.154-05:002021-11-19T09:13:59.154-05:00Dear Mary, I thought we were the only mad country ...Dear Mary, I thought we were the only mad country with post/mail going crazy! But when I read your blog, I see: same as here! <br />I sent a red envelope - forbidden. <br />I sent an English envelope: 1 cm different to the allowed. - forbidden. <br />And, and, and. <br />I remember about more than 100 letters my friend Beate and I exchanged as young girls when her parents moved to another town - and each one was so decorated that it was very unusual. The most exciting: an envelope completely framed with the huge fragile seeds of a plant from which I cannot find the translation, but you might know it: almost opaque Thaler - the plant itself (lunaria annual) has plain purple tiny flowers. Ah - it might be called "honesty" in Britain. <br />And that fragile decorated letter arrived! In whole! Without postage due - on the contrary, with all the admiration the postman could offer! <br />(I have all those letters still - might make something of that.) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-6679436190849580322021-11-18T12:41:04.461-05:002021-11-18T12:41:04.461-05:00We need a new Postmaster. I think he wants to elim...We need a new Postmaster. I think he wants to eliminate the USPS and go private. Hope your medical issues improve with a good MRI result.Eileen in Fla.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16268128643948167777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-89732063927599786492021-11-18T09:48:37.449-05:002021-11-18T09:48:37.449-05:00Beautiful blogBeautiful blogRajani Rehanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439571117569471650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-67509569147350429542021-11-18T09:28:16.280-05:002021-11-18T09:28:16.280-05:00Dear Mary, Hopefully your Drs can help you feel be...Dear Mary, Hopefully your Drs can help you feel better. Living with so much pain and for so long is so devastating. I hope that your new tests will shine some light on your injuries and provide answers.<br />Because I have to mail so many heavy packages (ceramic tiles are very heavy) I have had to shell out large amounts of money for shipping. I was told that it is because of the upcoming holidays. Not only has shipping become too expensive but also packages and their content never make it to the recipient without at least some damage to the content. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-22462194430779384812021-11-18T02:59:48.934-05:002021-11-18T02:59:48.934-05:00Oh how lucky we are to take Marmite for granted he...Oh how lucky we are to take Marmite for granted here in the UK - I don't think I could enjoy toast without it! I hope you aren't lacking too many British goodies. We see the odd empty shelf on supermarkets here due to delivery driver issues. Food prices are certainly creeping up here so I presume British imports will be even more costly for your part of the World. I am trying to buy locally grown produce rather than fruit from South Africa and apples from Australia - it's surprisingly difficult in the UK to get our own produce!Elderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-25958999679472120312021-11-18T02:37:11.822-05:002021-11-18T02:37:11.822-05:00It is similar here; and ever since Brexit became e...It is similar here; and ever since Brexit became effective, all my letters, cards and parcels to my family and friends in the UK cost a fortune and take much longer to arrive. I will try to get my Christmas parcels for them ready this weekend and send them off on Monday, so that hopefully they will arrive in time for Christmas.<br />Also, it is the same here with formats that are not to the mail service providers' standards. They do accept them, but postage is enormous.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-57330748906079624172021-11-17T15:05:42.977-05:002021-11-17T15:05:42.977-05:00Automated address reading machinery apparently not...Automated address reading machinery apparently not able to read square format - how stupid is that? I love square cards but the additional postage to mail them has become so high. With the shape, weight, additional postage for different sizes, just mailing cards has become ridiculous. <br />How did we ever put man on the moon but can't mail a sweet greeting card with ease!!! I'm screaming with you dear Loree.<br />Thanks for the good wishes - hope to be up and running (well at least walking!) and bending again soon!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-25102015267732699432021-11-17T14:38:55.814-05:002021-11-17T14:38:55.814-05:00What's wrong with square cards? I am so tired ...What's wrong with square cards? I am so tired of keeping up with all the new rules that seem to crop up everyday that I feel like screaming like a demented being.<br />Hope your appointments go smoothly and won't be too much of a headache.Loreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520908604580765632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310317081887553860.post-34105563174997477752021-11-17T14:33:30.602-05:002021-11-17T14:33:30.602-05:00What a beautiful autumnal spot to enjoy.
I hope a...What a beautiful autumnal spot to enjoy. <br />I hope all of the health problems soon clear dear Mary, but pleased to learn that at least your painful leg issue is improving.<br />I have just bought some Christmas cards and was really surprised to find that the charity shop which I like to support had hardly any left and very also very little choice. Perhaps I too am in for a shock when I visit the post office tomorrow. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com