Chrissy cards on their way!

I just thought I'd pop out of lurking to say that the first half of my
catslaves Christmas cards hit the post office today... look out for
the little red santakitty in a mailbox near you

Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other half!
I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!
--

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Kajikit wrote:
Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other half!
I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Victor Martinez wrote:
Kajikit wrote:
Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other
half! I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!

Don't feel bad, I haven't even started yet. I never send mind out until
after American Thanksgiving. I've got the cards, I've got the envelopes. I
don't have enough stamps. And I'm not used to sending cards overseas, so
I'm not quite sure how to go about that. Do I have to take them to the Post
Office for some special postage? I'm pretty darn sure 37 cents ain't gonna
cut it, but if I'm wrong please tell me

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

Victor Martinez wrote:

Kajikit wrote:

Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other
half! I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!


Don't feel bad, I haven't even started yet. I never send mind out until
after American Thanksgiving. I've got the cards, I've got the envelopes. I
don't have enough stamps. And I'm not used to sending cards overseas, so
I'm not quite sure how to go about that. Do I have to take them to the Post
Office for some special postage? I'm pretty darn sure 37 cents ain't gonna
cut it, but if I'm wrong please tell me

Jill


Someone in the US posted the fees for cards and letters from the US for
different destinations only a few days back. Let's see now...

Yes, there it is (Nov 16):

QUOTE
For anyone who might be interested...

I talked with my local postal clerk today. Here's the scoop on postage
and mailing dates for typical sized holiday season cards from/in the
US.

INTERNATIONAL
Postage is 60 cents for addresses in Canada and Mexico.
Postage is 80 cents for all other international addresses.

APO, FPO, and other MILITARY MAIL
Although this mail usually goes to someone overseas, the USPS treats
it as domestic mail. A normal 37 cent stamp will do the trick.

DOMESTIC
Normal postage applies. There are 6 different holiday stamps to choose
from this year. You can see them at
http://www.usps.com/holiday/stamps.htm

HOW LONG TO ALLOW?
The clerk said to allow 4-7 days for delivery of holiday cards, for
both domestic and international addresses. He also reminded me that
4-7 days is the "official line". Since the amount of mail in the
system builds up and slows things down as Christmas approaches, I was
reminded to take that into consideration when deciding when to mail my
cards.

Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha
http://www.jhedge.com
UNQUOTE

So like you guessed, 37 cents is not enough for all of your cards...

--
Christine in Vantaa, Finland
christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com
photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63

Victor Martinez wrote:

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!


Don't feel alone, Victor. I've also got the cards and envelopes, but
I'm waiting until after Thanksgiving and Mike's Birthday to get them all
done. Today I made Mike's birthday cake, and will be making pies
(Pumpkin, Blueberry, and Mince) this evening.

Tomorrow and Wednesday, I'm working, so I'll be cleaning house (what I
can't convince Rob and Mike to do) and making salads and other prepare
ahead foods. Thursday I get to put it all together. This year I
decided to save time and energy and am using paper plates to eat off
of. I feel vaguely guilty.

Pam S.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:36:26 -0600, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Victor Martinez wrote:
Kajikit wrote:
Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other
half! I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!

Don't feel bad, I haven't even started yet. I never send mind out until
after American Thanksgiving.

I usually head out to visit family in California. One year I hadn't
mailed them before I left home here in Oklahoma, and didn't have
enough stamps. I ended up hand delivering them to the folks out there.
And, on more than one occasion, I've been out there a few days before
the cards arrived.

OT Here in Lawton we've got a pretty crazy mail system. Mail here in
town ends up going up to Oklahoma City to be sorted. So, a letter
going across the street takes longer to deliver than one going to the
City.

I've got the cards, I've got the envelopes. I
don't have enough stamps. And I'm not used to sending cards overseas, so
I'm not quite sure how to go about that. Do I have to take them to the Post
Office for some special postage? I'm pretty darn sure 37 cents ain't gonna
cut it, but if I'm wrong please tell me

Jill


--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html

Well um .... I took the address list and gave it to one of my employees to add
into a database and she made nice labels (talk about ME being lazy). After that
I had her make up some return address labels and then do something fun to them.
You will have to wait to see..... Hey, why not use the resources, she is hourly
and she had nothing to do except answer the occasional phone call. I was going
to send her home but figured what the heck....

TJ

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
.. .
Kajikit wrote:
Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other half!
I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam he
Email me he

Don't feel guilty, Pam, and get others to help you. I do not know how you do
it.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Tanada" wrote in message
...
Don't feel alone, Victor. I've also got the cards and envelopes, but
I'm waiting until after Thanksgiving and Mike's Birthday to get them all
done. Today I made Mike's birthday cake, and will be making pies
(Pumpkin, Blueberry, and Mince) this evening.

Tomorrow and Wednesday, I'm working, so I'll be cleaning house (what I
can't convince Rob and Mike to do) and making salads and other prepare
ahead foods. Thursday I get to put it all together. This year I
decided to save time and energy and am using paper plates to eat off
of. I feel vaguely guilty.

Pam S.

CK wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

Victor Martinez wrote:

Kajikit wrote:

Now I have to sit down and make more cards so I can do the other
half! I had to buy more envelopes too... I ran out!

Ok, now I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I have all my cards and
envelopes, but I need to make time to sit down and write them all!


Don't feel bad, I haven't even started yet. I never send mine out
until after American Thanksgiving. I've got the cards, I've got the
envelopes. I don't have enough stamps. And I'm not used to sending
cards overseas

Someone in the US posted the fees for cards and letters from the US
for different destinations only a few days back. Let's see now...

Yes, there it is (Nov 16):

QUOTE
For anyone who might be interested...

I talked with my local postal clerk today. Here's the scoop on postage
and mailing dates for typical sized holiday season cards from/in the
US.

INTERNATIONAL
Postage is 60 cents for addresses in Canada and Mexico.
Postage is 80 cents for all other international addresses.

APO, FPO, and other MILITARY MAIL
Although this mail usually goes to someone overseas, the USPS treats
it as domestic mail. A normal 37 cent stamp will do the trick.

DOMESTIC
Normal postage applies. There are 6 different holiday stamps to choose
from this year. You can see them at
http://www.usps.com/holiday/stamps.htm


So like you guessed, 37 cents is not enough for all of your cards...


Thanks!!! I'll get to work on them tonight. The temps finally decided to
drop so it's almost like Winter here in west TN. Until Sunday afternoon it
was in the 70F range. Freaky.

Jill

TJ and The Dust saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told
us all about it on Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:23:33 -0700:

Well um .... I took the address list and gave it to one of my employees to add
into a database and she made nice labels (talk about ME being lazy). After that
I had her make up some return address labels and then do something fun to them.
You will have to wait to see..... Hey, why not use the resources, she is hourly
and she had nothing to do except answer the occasional phone call. I was going
to send her home but figured what the heck....

LOL! I made my own (nonfancy) address and return-address labels using
Word and mailmerge. It certainly makes it a lot quicker and less
painful to do the cards... makes up for the fact that I'm handmaking
my cards this year instead of buying them, so I'm spending all my time
'constructing'.

btw, this is the first year I've EVER been this far ahead of the game
when it comes to Christmas cards... I usually send them out in the
second week of December (maybe)... but I'm feeling pretty good and
mentally healthy so far this year and I'm looking forward to Christmas
and functioning a LOT better than I have for the last four or five
years... it still didn't occur to me to post the cards until I got my
first two in the mail!

--

Karen AKA Kajikit

Here kitty kitty kitty... visit http://www.catslaves.org!

Come and visit my part of the web:
Kajikit's Corner: http://www.kajikitscorner.com
Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating
Ample Aussies Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ampleaussies/