Snail Mail Fortnight....

...... this is what we have received this past couple of weeks.....

Few little mail goodies that have cheered up a couple of cloudy weeks in our world.

Many thanks across the world.x

today ...

We received a post card and a "tag" parcel .

Our postcard comes from The Netherlands -  From a lovely lady called Yvonne  - she even has a cat that has the same name as Olivia :)

My "tag" parcel comes from "Manda10" in Hungary and was part of a cross stitch  -  which has to be one of the best "tags" to receive. I love sharing my passion for cross Stitch -  Olivia likes it best when we get Stickers :)

How does a "tag" work you say ?


Well your more or less choose a random person to send things too! And a random person also picks you to send things to as well. Its a little like Christmas with strangers :)

You just find a "tag" group that seems interesting to you e.g a postcard or stickers or cross stitch and tag the last person that has commented. you then message them and ask for there address and send on to them :)
Then some one might tag your comment and send you something :)
On the Postcrossing forum, there are hundreds to choose from ...

See!---------------> For Postcards :

http://forum.postcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=68


AND/OR 


For other exciting things :

http://forum.postcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=90

There is also a thing called "Swapbot"  -  but that's a story for another day as I only discovered it yesterday.

So go on get "tagging" and see what lovely things you will get zooming through your letter box :)

Oooo

While we were out a lovely postcard fell onto our door matt :)

 It has travelled from Russia :) Olivia loved the teddy stickers on the back xx

I must tell you my letter box has cheered up loads since we started postcrossing  - beats getting bills and takeaway menus etc x

Its Been A While....

.... since we posted. Boy has August been an a busy a month with us.

It brought my first nephew :)

Oscar Maurice joined us here in the world on the 15th and he is very handsome - a perfect little man to mix things up with all the little girls.

Also this month saw us attend my cousins wedding  - she looked beautiful and the day was wonderful , was nice to see family all together. I wish Chantel and Paul a long and happy life together... roll on my wedding next July !!

Olivia and I also enjoyed trips away with Andy/Daddy this month  -  A camping trip to Whitby for 3 days at the beginning of the month and then last weekend we went to stay with him in Reading -  and the two train journeys via London with a 3 year old went better then expected. While down there we went to Chesington World Of Adventure - Olivia got to see Madagascar live - she loves this movie !!




Reading is where Andy works Monday to Friday at the moment - He is in the Army and on a course, so is away in the week. We hope to live together next year when we are married  -  A big move to Ipswich  - very very Scary.

So now we are home we are playing catch up with laundry and making the most of our last few days together before I return to work and Olivia starts nursery on the Tuesday afternoon. - will keep you posted on that  - i can see tears (mine) falling.

So what have we received this week ? I forgot to take pictures of what we sent (my bad sorry) , but we have a few postcards traveling at the minute so keep your eyes pealed.

the above group come from Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Austria and Portugal :) Andy was mightly impressed with the bicycle postcard.

Letters we have received :

This little pile is from the lovely Shannon and her daughter Jocelyn  -  they live in Canada and we have become good pen pals :)

This lovely Hello Kitty letter comes from France from a lovely lady called Jessica - here's to more letters to read :)

This is from Lok in Hong Kong xx

And Finally this is from Cathy and Helen in China :)

So best get down to replying to the lovely letters and work out if i can send any more postcards or i am over the limit :s

take care all xx