Baby Girl Turns One!

And so the mail flies out the door! Thank you cards, photos, and might I add a few Easter notes. It is almost April! Wow, time has flown by but my mail has been a bit relaxed lately - time to get back on track. This little cupcake eater to my right has been keeping me busy. This birthday photo was taken by Stephanie Young of http://www.moonlightmedia.ca/ fame - check her out. Love the cupcake mustache :)

In other mail news...I lent out a cookbook to a dear friend who lives down the lane (or a couple blocks over) and upon its return, it sat quietly on my shelf giving nothing away. About a week later I thought I'd flip through and came across a little treasure tucked inside. A lovely little mouse-doodled pink envelope was awaiting my return, with an even lovelier thank you note inside. Wow. Thanks Colleen - it made my day!

I also have to mention a very cool handmade pop-up card that my little Piper received in the mail for her birthday. She may not appreciate it yet but I'll be singing its praises in her journal for now. Thanks Katie - I did a little skipping on the way back from the mailbox.

Today's tally: local x 7 (Delta x 1, Surrey x 6), not so local x 2 (Osoyoos, Kelowna), out of province (Ontario), stateside x 1(Iowa), world stage x 1 (Norway).

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Have you made anyone's day lately?

What I love about this project/blog/mail is that it is all about making someone's day! I just found out that I sent about three pieces of mail to my beautiful cousin Steph's new place (yay) only to find that I'd sent them to the wrong address (off by one digit in the street address and one in the postal code). Now the odd thing is that none of the envelopes have made their way back to me (re: return to sender) so I'm hoping that perhaps they have touched and brightened the day of a complete stranger :) - now if I remember correctly, at least one is a recipe (so that's cool, anyone can appreciate that) and the other, an invitation to a family gathering - my daughter, Piper's first birthday (hmmmm...I guess we'll see who shows up...but so far no odd RSVPs).

So speaking of brightening the day of a stranger, I did something today that I haven't done since I moved to my new house and it was totally overdue to happen. If mail isn't your thing but you really want to make someone's day here's an idea. On my way out today I zoomed through my local Starbucks' drive-thru (through - typing 'thru' hurts every time), okay, I didn't actually zoom, it was a little slow. As I was sitting there I thought, "I just need a tall chai, nothing fancy, just something warm and tasty to get me on my way." So I ordered my chai and got to thinking about the people behind me and what they might be ordering and that's when I decided I would pay for their order as well. Total strangers. I had no idea what they were going to order but it didn't matter because I'd made my decision (in for a penny, in for a pound - is that how it goes?). Turns out two drinks, two breakfast sandwiches. I paid and then zoomed away before I could get "caught." It made for a fun morning. The cool thing is that you can do this at any drive-through and you don't even need to pay for the whole order - just $5. toward the next order or what have you. Try it, you might like it.

With gratitude:  local x 2 (Delta, Surrey), Out of Province x 2 (Ontario) = 4!
More to come soon :)

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