Today Was A Good Day

I am truly blessed to have such a good friend as J!  Check out her blog at Just Another Anonymous Witch.  Today she sent me this gigantic box of goodies.  And it was wrapped like a ninja.  I told her she should wrap for the secret service, lol.

Here is everything she sent me in one teeny-tiny-ninja-wrapped box.

A beautiful journal with one of those magnetic closing covers.

Cupcake cuteness inside.

 

Pretty note inside almost made me cry!

She MADE me this necklace. And two turquoise stones came along for the trip.  Awesome!

A super thoughtful coupon.

A purpley purse for all my purple purse needs.

A crap-ton of stamps for crafting.

2 nail polishes, and some makeup samples.

Squee!!! Pens in my favorite colors, pink and turquoise!

A box of stationery.

A totally uplifting book.

Inside the book.

Love you, Jen!

She knows I hate scary stuff.

This purple shirt, no joke, I have been wanting for 2 years. I even have the magazine ad clipping to prove it...somewhere. 

In addition to my bff's awesomeness, I had some postcard stuff too, today.

Here's some of what I sent out:

Here's one I got in return.

PLUS, my 4 year anniversary with my husband was yesterday.  Here's the card he got me.

Bahaahahahaaaaaa

 And Mother's Day is tomorrow, so he got me a Dog Mom card.

Inside:

See? Today was a good day.

Swap-bot: Let's Fly Away! Postcard Swap

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For this swap, we'll be swapping postcards that feature things with wings ... birds, butterflies, planes, anything that flies! (Have postcards featuring birds that can't fly? Penguins? Ostriches? That's okay, too!) Store-bought postcards only, please. Postcards can be sent naked or in an envelope, sender's choice.

Here's what I sent:

Here's what I got in return:

Received April 10, 2011 from Aimee in NY.

Isn't it awesome?

Swap-bot: Food PC Swap

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Description:

This swap is going to be a postcard featuring any type of food.

Everyone will have one partner and you can send a homemade card or a store bought card. The food can be either a cartoon, have a recipe on the front or the back, or just something that you like or have in your stash.

Here's what I sent:

I'm pretty sure I got this out of a Seventeen Magazine about 11 years ago.  It has an ad for Target on the back.

Here's what I got in return:

Received April 7, 2011 from Lollipop Marie.

I love it! So cute, yet so simple!

Swap-bot: Crowd Postcard Swap

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Description:
Send one postcard to one partner of anything with hundreds or thousands of people on it. A stadium, fairgrounds, the beach, a rally, etc. Store bought only, and written on and stamped.

Here's what I sent:

Does this count as a crowd? It's all I had.

Here's what I received:

Received on April 7, 2011 from Aladyde in Germany.

The description reads, " Bahnstation, 1844. Railway station - Gare. Bundespostmuseum Frankfurt am Main." No idea what that says. :)

Swap-bot:The Super Boring Scenery Postcard Swap

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The description:

Here's your chance to get rid of that postcard that's been sitting in your stash forever because it's just too dull to actually send out! (Or if you just want the challenge of shopping for the most boring postcard in the souvenir shop, that's okay too!)

Cards should show some sort of scenery - natural or manmade. The more boring, the better! 

Here's what I sent:

Here's what I got in return:

Received April 7, 2011 from Moowee.  

It's so great! It even arrived dirty (she said she didn't send it that way, lol).  The caption says "Snow Capped Mt. Washington as seen from Highway; WHITE MOUNTAINS, N.H."

Swap-bot: Grammer Airs

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This one was a swap I really enjoyed! Being a former 8th grade English teacher, I have seen such horrors in grammar that would give any sane person nightmares. 

The back of the postcard must have a friendly greeting or anecdote, and be full of grammar errors ... phonetic spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.  As for the front of the postcard: anything goes. Senders choice.

Ooo, the former English teacher in me is going nuts right about now!!!  This reminds me of a few good books and one of my favorite bumper stickers.

I will now share with you some of my favorites. These first ones are books by Lynne Truss. The pics are from her website, go check it out!

The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! 

Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts!

Aaaand a bumper sticker, courtesy of facebook.

The card I sent, sadly, will not be depicted here because I'm moving and I forgot to scan it before sending it out.  Trust me, though, it had plenty of "grammer airs."

Here's what I got in return:

And the back:

It says:


Hi jenny-
   Sea that u were a farmer english teacher. I are sure u have many humerus storys from the daz in your classroom! Like most whom teach u could probably right a book.
   Do u mess teaching at all.
   This is a postcard I baught while on a mini-vacation with my honie last month over to the panhandle of florida along the golf of mexaco four a short stay of too nites. It was verry party!!
   This postcard is verry hard to right.
Sallie


Personally, I would have added more inappropriate uses of you're/your and more incomplete sentences, but this was pretty good. I found mine hard to write, as well. I kept messing up and writing properly!  Can't spot all the mistakes? Here, I'll help you out:

Hi jenny-

   Sea that u were a farmer english teacher. I are sure u have many humerus storys from the daze in your classroom! Like most whom teach u could probably right a book.

   Do u mess teaching at all.

   This is a postcard I baught while on a mini-vacation with my honie last month over to the panhandle of florida along the golf of mexaco four a short stay of too nites. It was verry party!!

   This postcard is verry hard to right.

Sallie

Not sure why some of them are wrong? Then you need to go back to 8th grade.  Here, let me translate for you:


Hi Jenny,
  I see that you were a former English teacher. I am sure you have many humorous stories from the days in your classroom!  Like most who teach, you could probably write a book.
  Do you miss teaching at all?
  This is a postcard I bought while on a mini-vacation with my honey last month, over to the panhandle of Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico for a short stay of two nights.  It was very pretty!
  This postcard is very hard to write.
Sallie


Just call me the Grammar Nazi! :)

Swap-bot: Postcard Swaparoo

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This one was along the same guidelines as USA: Then & Now swap.  

As a kickoff to the new school year, the Fletcher Library is hosting a program on August 13 entitled "Postcard Swaparoo." Children will come to the library to design and decorate postcards that will be sent by the library to those who sign up for this swap. Also, those who sign up should send one (1) postcard to the Fletcher Library, which will be distributed to the kids at the program. The postcards that are sent to the library should ideally represent where you live and say something cute and fun that the kids will enjoy. The kids should enjoy getting postcards from all over the world! Feel free to send multiple postcards - the more the better!

Hey, anything for the kids! *grin* I don't have any "Iowa" postcards, and the description said it could be handmade, so I made these two:

I sent the top one to the library kids, and the bottom one to my swap partner. I liked the map section card so much that I might make more!

Here's what I received in return:

Received July 29, 2010 from Anna in (probably) California. Not my fave, but who cares?

Swap-bot: Postcard Blizzard V - International

Here are the directions:

Send one postcard to each one of your 5 partners. Store bought only. Sender's choice, but send something nice, you yourself would like to receive.

Pretty straightforward.  After reading my assigned swapees' profiles, here are the five cards I sent:

Here's what I got in return:

Received July 26, 2010 from Schuyler in Colorado.

Received July 29, 2010 from Donna in (probably) Florida.

Received July 31, 2010 from Susan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Received August 3, 2010 from France!

Received August 4, 2010. By far my favorite one.

Lesson learned: when it's sender's choice, they will send you their crap.  Sometimes their crap is awesome, sometimes not so awesome.