I was able to get two more letters sent out. These ones are both on thier way to England! I had to cut the second one short as I was in a time crunch to get to the post office. So I am hoping that they will still reply.
I was unable to add any questions in it which I hate. I have my fingers crossed though. Although right now I am sitting outside the bank waiting for my mother to finish up with her appointment.
I only managed to get one letter done this morning so I sent four off this afternoon. I need to send the three going over seas by air mail of course (all four ended up going this way). I told them it needed to be airmail then I was told it was going to cost $65.00 CAD each! I told them straight out that was not right. I am sending letters not parcels. Something got crossed with information and all four cost me less than $10.00 CAD. After which I was told that the wax seals I use on my envelopes are not allowed. I have been using wax seals for over a year now and have never heard that from any post mistress or post employee before. They are not stickers but actual seals. They are not about to wreck anything more than some of the stickers or embellishments I have seen on some letters. To say the least I will be checking the government website to find out.
Than I called to book an appointment for both my dogs at the vet (which is an hour a way from me). I get told I cannot book Galaxy in till December. I said fine than Bullet can wait till than to go in for his appointment. I live an hour a way and I tried last year to make sure the dogs would go in on the same day. I was than told that Bullet’s due for his shot at the end of the month. I repeated myself. I then get told that Bullet will have to come in the following year to for his shots again. I said that was fine and said the good byes.
I was very clear last year about my dogs coming in the same time last year. I can let that go because I will make sure it is done this year. The thing is though, Bullet gets his shots every year. He gets his wellness exam and a through look at his teeth and then we shoot him up with everything he needs. Honestly it will be cheaper for me as well. I am doing one trip to take my dogs in, not two. Plus I do not like driving in the winter when I do not have to.
I am ranting and raving. On the bright side one of my friends is coming down tonight. Easter weekend went horrible so here’s to hoping this time goes better. Either way she needed time a way. It would be filled with partying or anything but lots of horror movies are going to be happening.
I went and registered for International Pen Friends about 3 weeks ago now. I had found a few links to the website based in Finland and I decided to give it a go. I was only able to find one review (this may have just been me and not the fact there is not any out there). I got nervous because this is a paid subscription. I took my chances. Well, I am an impatient person to begin with so waiting for an email just made me that much more nervous that I was ripped off.
Yesterday I in fact received my list of new pen friends. I am quite excited. I have 2 out of 15 written up to this moment. I go to the post office tomorrow and I am hoping to get two more letters done tonight. That means I should have five to send (I did not make it to send my other pen friends letter).
So far I have these following (including my current friends)
2 x USA
1 x Hong Kong
2 x Australia
2 x England
1 x Belgium
4 x France
3 x Germany
1 x Italy
1 x Qatar
I would say I got enough of a selection. I was not looking for any where specific anyways. There are also a few males in that list. I have yet to write to any males (besides my cousin when he was incarcerated) so that will be a new experience that I am looking forward to.
I am not about to assume that all 15 are going to right me back but it would be amazing if they all did. I mean the first letter sets the impression but I like to babble so I am not sure how well they will get read. I also believe that my address will be given out to 10 people in the same fashion.
I still am waiting to hear back from my one pen friend though to see how she liked her parcel. I know that it was much larger than anything that had been sent before but I had to make of for months of not writing back.
I need to get back to work so I can get on my way back home. I have chores and letters to do!
I have a letter that is about half way done. I had been hoping to send it out two weeks ago but things started going on and I had to put it aside. Unfortunately Galaxy did find it and it got kind of dirty. I will have to try to clean it up the best that I can.
Aside from that I have not received any new letters, so I really am not that far behind. I believe my other letter friend has gone back to school now too. I am not really sure when I should expect another one from her. The others are pretty much just at random. I mean I reply asap but I am not sure when to expect one from them.
I am hoping to get new letter friends here soon. I really do quite enjoy it and I find it a much more personal relationship then just online friends. I mean thought goes in to writing letters (I tend to babble but hey those are thoughts too ha-ha), some people doodle, some send small items. You never know what to expect. They are always personalized in some way.
All that being said. I should get back to work and hopefully tonight I will finish that letter. I go to the post office tomorrow. It would be great timing I think.
No I do not mean that I am changing peoples thoughts or beliefs. I do however keep showing people that eating healthier is just as quick and tastes so much better. Really it has saved me a load of money too. Recently I was hanging out back with the dogs and the neighbours son. I had yet to cook supper and I started talking about food. We got on the conversation of real vs processed food.
I was planning on making spaghetti squash with fake chicken, topped off with a marinara sauce. Which takes a total of 45 minutes, so I invited him over to try it. It was a hit! I mean to be fair I did use jarred marinara sauce only because I did not want to take the time to make my own. It definitely was not one of my best meals for that reason.
I am always doing something else when I am cooking though. To me it does not matter if it takes twenty minutes or if takes ninety minutes. I’m cleaning in between mixing or checking or adding the next ingredient (sometimes I am even so lazy that I watch TV instead of cleaning).
Do not get me wrong I never judge people for what they eat. I have issue sometimes with people that feed their children nothing but fillers with no nutrients. I keep that opinion to myself however. I have no problem educating someone or showing them how to cook. I have always adjusted my cooking style to how the other person normally eats anyways. The only thing I refuse to cook is pork, I have maybe cooked it three times in my life. I have never liked it and I would not want to make someone sick from cooking it improperly.
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