30 days of letters.

I saw this linked on someone else's blog (365 letters, I believe) and I thought it was a cool idea. As we know, I'm not great at following through on these, but I'll give it a go.

Letter #1

Dear Best Friend,

You have more than one name. You have more than one face. And yet how I love you. My life is forever changed because you walked through it. How I treasure the times we have laughed together, gasping for breath with tears streaming down our cheeks. You are the cheese to my macaroni. Please believe me when I say that you are a blessing from God, and I thank Him for you often. I love you. Ps - let's go cause some trouble ;)

Love always,
Felicia

Phases like the moon.

When I was 12, my parents got me a subscription to (the now defunct) Brio magazine. Every so often, they would have forms that you could fill out, send in, and get a pen pal. I sent in for maybe 5 altogether, but as you grow older you stop writing. I still keep in contact with 2 of them, and they have become dear friends.

My second pen pal was Callie. We started writing at the very end of 1999 (like as in between Christmas and New Year's), and to this day we still write letters, as well as being friend on Facebook and following each other's blogs. It's been over 10 years, and we still have not met face to face. It feels like we've grown up together. We used to write about Lip Smackers and the latest movie we watched, and now we write about life, our dreams, our men, and God.

Callie got married in 2008, and she just found out that she is expecting her first baby!! I am so excited for her and her husband!! I really wanted to go visit her this winter on my Christmas break, and that might still happen, but if that doesn't work then I'm for sure going down there once this new person makes his/her grand entry into the world!

My fourth pen pal was Suzanne. I believe we started writing when we were 14, so 7 or 8 years. We bonded over music and writing. I was the one who introduced her to our teenage obsession, Josh Groban. For a while we were pretty consumed by him :P In the summer of 2007 I went with my mom on a road trip to NY, and we met for the first time! Because we were both massive Grobanites (at the time) we decided that would be a good time to meet, because Josh Groban was having a concert in her city. That was the best trip ever. I met my friend Suzanne and we saw Josh Groban together.

Suzanne has been working on a ranch in Arizona for the past couple years, and she just got engaged 2 weeks ago to a man that she met while working there! It was very funny how similar their story and our story is - we both started dating in February, and Suzanne and I had both never had boyfriends before!

So my one friend is having a baby, my other friend is getting married, and I am in love for the first time, and entering my final year of school. We sure have grown up a lot, and I am blessed to have these women as long lasting friends.

All I do the whole night through is dream of you. (Mail 1.9)

This morning when I woke up I thought it was Sunday. Then I realized as the fog cleared that I only wanted it to be Sunday, and that it was in fact Thursday. Sunday is mine and Chris' six month anniversary. He's planned a surprise for me and I'm excited because I love surprises :D Anyway, if it was Sunday, than this post would be early.


Incoming:

All of the above are postcrossing cards


Outgoing:

Letters to my friend Steph. Sorry about the middle picture there, it kept uploading like that, which is weird. The first was a letter I sent her, just after we went to visit her. Then a couple days ago I decided to send her a mix cd just to give her a happy mailbox.

(Again, kept uploading sideways. Sorry.)

First letter to Fanny.


I've been pretty busy with work and other things that I wanted to get done before school starts again. I applied for my student loans, which always takes me forever to get around to and I don't know why. At least this was my last time applying for them. I've been looking at my class schedule, trying to make sure that I get everything in order so that I don't suddenly end up a credit short in something that's not available winter semester. I got my field education sorted out too, which was great. The requirement is that you have to volunteer somewhere 2 hours a week for 10 weeks (so that equals 20 hours a semester). Well, I volunteer at church for 15+ hours one weekend a month! So that's 60 hours a semester! Way above the 20 hour requirement! However, in past years the field education director wouldn't accept that because it wasn't every week. At the beginning of the week I emailed the new field ed director and asked him about it, and he said "sure, let's go with that." So yay!! I'm happy :D

I saw this picture on Epbot the other day, and I absolutely love it. This woman is the epitome of a true woman.

She's got huge guns and a flawless manicure, working power tools and rocking the bling. I want to be her.


Last time I said I would tell you what the surprise was! Chris made a picnic for me, and we went to the park (the nice one) to enjoy it. It was such a nice evening, absolutely perfect weather. It was so cute of him! He loved my reaction and said he will be trying to surprise me more often. Apparently he likes that I get all whiny and impatient :P And I'll just say this, I'm sooo happy that my man likes to cook because I don't.

I wanna hold your hand.

Hey kids! I'm currently at the mall waiting for my friend to show up. How am I writing this to you? On my new iPhone! (please forgive any spelling errors - I don't always catch them) I am not cool enough for the iPhone 4. I purposely waited for that one to come out, so I could get the 3GS for cheaper!! Yes, I do have a Mennonite last name :D I'm having fun with it so far.

I promise to do a mail post soon! I haven't had too much time for mail this week. Over the long weekend I went to the lake with a few of my good friends. It was so much fun! I was so happy to just get away for a few days.

Tomorrow Chris is taking me on a date and it's a surprise. I'm super excited! I love surprises and no one ever surprises me! So I'll tell you about it on Monday (and hopefully have some mail for you then too)

Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer. (Mail 1.8)

Hi friends. Yes, I suck at posting regularly. I've been working 10 hour shifts at work, so I don't have a lot of down time. I like sleeping over blogging, sorry to say.

Here is a belated mail post, covering the last 2 weeks.

Incoming:

A long awaited letter from Belen! Oh I was so happy to see it in my mailbox. And look at all the goooooodiesssss!!!!!! Belen, you are so sweet!! I have never received such a wonderful package before!

Postcrossing cards. I am sooo in love with the first one!!


Outgoing:

 Letter to my church/school pal Megs in a homemade envelope.

Letter to my pal Steph. I'm so excited for Saturday, because me and a couple of my good friends are going out to visit her for the long weekend! Lake and relaxing - yay!! Hopefully the weather will be nice.

First letters going out to new pen pals from the postcrossing forum.

I ordered some stationery and postcards from Amazon. The postcards are on backorder, but I cannot wait to get them. I got my stationery today and I was very very excited.

I am loving the Milton fold and mail stationery. I totally laughed when I saw this, because Chris' roommate's cat is named Milton! I just had to get it.

Is this not so cute?!?! "All you need is lobe?" I LOBE it!!


A couple weeks ago I woke up and I wanted a haircut. So that afternoon I went to see my hairdresser. Here are before and after pics.

Oh I love having short hair. It suits me so much better and it feels nicer in summer!

On Sunday Chris and I had a very fun retro date. We went to a 50's diner and a drive-in movie!! The food at the diner was fantastic! So good, seriously. I'd never been to a drive-in movie before, but I had always wanted to go. And now I've been. We saw Iron Man 2, which I love, because I think Iron Man is the best superhero (plus Robert Downey Jr is soooo hoooootttt). I'd like to go when they have a triple feature.

We're weirdos, yes.


So for those of you that don't know, Chris is a very fantastic artist. Apparently I gave him a great idea, and he's going to start making postcards to sell online and stuff. I hope all you wonderful mail artists and postcrossers out there will help him out and buy his stuff. Here's a preview of one of his series. He's calling it "Fat Ninja" - what does a ninja do after his craft is no longer required?

I told Chris that I want to marry this ninja, but since I can't, I'll have to stick to the artist. ;)


Have a wonderful day, my lovelies! :D

Steal my heart and hold my tongue. (Mail 1.7)

Hola, mi amigas! As we know, it is Monday!

Incoming:

A sweet letter from Jiahui from Taiwan. Love the Charlie Brown envelope!

I got my last card from Deana, which I failed to take a picture of, and also received a letter from my friend Tiffany, who is one of my oldest and dearest friends. She also happens to live about 3 feet away from me. Okay, not 3 feet. Maybe more like 7 miles. Still. It was nice.

Outgoing:

Card to Deana. We sent each other 10 blank cards, and then sent them back to each other written and stamped. This was the last of hers.

A reply to my sweet Russian Julia.I bought a new stationery set and i think it's so beautiful!! I also included a magnet that I bought at the Forks, because I figured I should be nice and send people stuff.

First letter to Justyna.

First letter to Annie.

Because my mailbox has been so sad lately, I decided to get some more pen pals from the postcrossing forum. I have had some lovely responses already, so I'm excited to get to know these women.

Written to you in my own hand! (sort of)

I saw this on Bianca's blog, and I thought it looked like fun. So here I go.


How it works:Write down the following, snap a picture (or scan the document), post it, and tag others.

1. Name/Blog Name
2. Right handed, left handed or both
3. Favorite letters to write
4. Least favorite letters to write
5. Write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
6. Write in caps: CRAB HUMOR KALEIDOSCOPE PAJAMAS GAZILLION
7. Favorite song lyrics
8. Tag people
9. Any special note or drawing