Just a couple of things before we sit down to rot our brains with Survivor…
ovrclokd started my day off with a gigglefit as I read the link she posted: I Has a Sweet Potato. No, it’s not a picture of an animal with cute, poorly-structured statements on it, it’s something that’s far funnier than that. Just click. Trust me.
Looks like we’re going up to Kettle Moraine State Park in Wisconsin. It’s still up in the air whether we’re going to the Southern Unit or the Northern Unit, but either way it should be a pleasant hike with some good company. I’m really looking forward to it.
A minor annoyance: when I was buying stamps yesterday I wanted to buy postcard stamps that I could use after the rate increase that goes into effect on Monday. They’d happily sell me several 100-stamp rolls of 24-cent postcard stamps…which won’t do me much good when the rate goes up to 26 cents. When I asked if they had any of the new 26-cent stamps, I was informed that they didn’t have any of those in stock. Gah! I understand that postcard stamps are in less demand, but it’s less than a week before the rate hike, and they don’t have the stamps in? Since when did the post office become a JIT operation?
There. I feel better 🙂
Yeah. This alone is why I’m not gunna delete my journal. WIsh I had seen that this morning 🙂
*wipes many tears of laughter offa his face*
*crunch*crunch*crunch*
Sweet potato was tasty!
*grin*
Oh my god… that could be my house in TN… only with another dozen dogs asking where sweet potato came from, how can they get one, why she got two….
actually, i don’t know of any new rate stamps being availale [besides the forever stamps]. the only other thing to do would be just to put 2cent stamps with the 24cent stamps, or just wait until monday. there is a service where you can order stamps and have them delivered to you, just ask. i think it is called stamps by mail/fax/ &/or phone. usually used by businesses and those who can’t leave their homes.
I’ve got no problem putting an extra 2-cent stamp on a couple of postcards. Now, 500 postcards, I’m not so keen on 🙂 Yeah, I wound up just getting enough to cover the hundred or so cards I sent out and I’m going to go back later (or use their Stamps-at-Home program, which didn’t have 26-cent stamps available when I looked on Wednesday either 🙂
Actually, I think the Post Offal has been a CL (Chronically Late) operation for an awfully long time now. This newest rate increase is just another example of their stellar lack of management accumen, and the so-called “forever stamps” are evidence of their lack of any foresight whatsoever.
Oh, and BTW, my post card came yesterday. Cute art work, and I’m pleased to see that the mailing labels now show whether the membership is as a sponsor. Nice job!
You can take credit for the membership level being added to the mailing labels, actually. I believe it was an idea that you and mentioned and I was happy to run with it 🙂
I’ll share the credit with because I’m not sure which of us suggested it first. I know he had a bad experience with a misdirected registration a couple of years back, so it may well have been his original suggestion.
I reserved my hotel room earlier this week and was also pleased that I could now do it online.
Reading a gigglefit post in a quiet office is quite a task. OMG, funny. Thanks for sharing.
That is an AWESOME link…
Also… I have 53 24-cent postcard stamps in my drawer here… What am I to do with them now?!?!
*earsdrop*
I’ve had almost that exact conversation with Briana.
“Starving!”
“No, mom just fed you an hour ago.”
“Wasting away!”
“You gained 10 pounds in the last 2 years.”
“I wonder what having food is like?”
That was some excellent giggles 🙂