Showing posts with label Storm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Storm. Show all posts

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Mail post 3.11

Observe: Storm the jerk.
Hey peeps. So I'm sitting here, feeling like Wolverine crawled into my throat and started slashing around in there for fun, and my nose is going at a steady drip, so what better way to spend my morning but to finally do a mail post?!?!? (I'm not really that excited but I got carried away with the punctuation there)




I received a delicious letter from Katyha - literally! I love Tim Tams! Australian peeps, take note.
From miss Kate in Alaska

Pac-man comes a chomping! Thanks Penny!

From Steffi. I believe this letter included a lovely postcard. (I'm not home to check so I'll just say that my memory is awesome and it did.)
Miri sent me a sweet pen and bookmark from her hometown.
My lovely sis-in-law Melissa sent me an accordion letter! I love it!
Olga sent me a sweet letter, and I love her glittery doodles on the envelope. And of course, a portrait of me and Chris!

A sweet letter and postcard from Callie. She also included some nail stickers, which I am so excited to try out!

From my new friend Zada in England. Thanks for all the treats! So sweet!
From the ever awesome Olive
I received a lovely swap from Elena. I requested matryoshka dolls and she delivered!
Yesterday I got my very first letter from Patty, who poached my address off of my blog here! Patty, you made me feel so famous! :)
From miss Lady Kay. I need some "hello my name is" stickers! So cool!

A cute letter from Elizabeth in Mexico!




This is how my desk used to look when I wrote letters but now that we don't have Netflix or internet that computer doesn't get taken out much.



Reply for Penny


Sorry I didn't have a velociraptor, Laura! Hopefully my Triceratops friend is good enough!

A reply for Katyha

What I sent to Elena for the swap. It included some airmail and bird items because she asked for either and I'm random like that.

For my auntie who moved to Ontario.

Suzanne is the only pen pal I've met in real life, 5 years ago already! We've lost touch through snail mail but we're hoping to start that up again.

For my cousin who got married and moved to the States. Why her hubby wouldn't want to move here, I don't know. Haha.

For another auntie who moved to Saskatchewan. I'm realizing that my family is becoming quite widespread here...


These are a bunch of notes I wrote for friends at church/school (which is actually the same thing haha). Now that you read this, I dare you to write a note to one of your real life friends and mail it to them or leave it in their mailbox at work or church or wherever! I double-dog dare you! Hahaha I don't think I need anymore medication, thanks. Wolverine, get out of here...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

The pitter-patter of little feet...

Meet the newest member of the Barkman household.


This is Storm. 


She is the sweetest kitten ever. A couple weeks ago she just showed up at my parents' place. They live out in the country, so there is really no way of knowing where she came from. For all we know, she was hanging on someone's undercarriage and fell off on the road somewhere. So Chris and I willingly adopted her.

We named her Storm after the character from X-Men. We watched the X-Men trilogy and Wolverine on our honeymoon, and then saw First Class a week or so later. So we have a soft spot for the X-Men (plus we're geeky like that).

Storm has certainly brought some entertainment into our lives. She is very affectionate, and she won't leave us alone! She "hides" and then jump-hugs our legs when we walk down the hall. She doesn't meow - she chirps. Seriously, I was watching a movie where a bird was chirping and I thought it was Storm. 

Today she did the most random thing. I was trying to have a nap, and she was sitting there, staring at my face curiously, and then she just poked me in the eye! Seriously! And she did the same thing to Chris! I have no idea what she was thinking. She is absolutely nuts. But who could help but love her when she does things like this?