-30 Celsius

So it is super cold outside and it is the weekend so a Saturday afternoon is perfect to catch up on some mail art. Here is some highlights of what I'm working on: 

This card was purchased at a Trading Post in Temagami (which is a few hours from where I live).  I love vintage postcards and I hope that the person in China (postcrossing) also likes it. Temagami is a small town of less than 1000 people.The trading post is located next to the gas station and restaurant located on the highway between two larger cities. So I got a comical laugh when the employee at the trading post asked me if I was just passing through.  Isn't everyone?

This card is from the Netherlands.   Zet 'm op! = come one.  If you flip this over you get :

Jammer = Come on! Thank you Regina for this card!

I am sending this to Poland (postcrossing) because the user requested a vintage and/or city card. I bought this card in Toronto. It is also one of my favorites.

This card came was sent to the Kate and Rob postcrossing account. I think it is neat. Thank you Tanya from Belarus.

And this card is going to Belarus (postcrossing). She doesn't like tourist cards so I send her a homemade one. She also loves Big Bang Theory (who doesn't).  So I wrote Bazinga on the back. Ha.


Okay so this is it for now. Take care everyone!

-Rob

Website:

I stumbled across this blog by fluke. Here it is : http://www.stealthisblognow.blogspot.com/. I think it is a neat idea.


-Rob

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Boujour mes amies!

Happy 2012 to everybody!!!! I hope all is well for my fellow postcrossers and to anyone who follows my blog. May 2012 be the year of the mail! Ha. I just made that up.

Here is something I have been working on to send to a my pen-pal in France :

My art skills are extremely limited but I'm working on it. My French needs a bit of upgrading though:

C 'est vrai I'm afraid.

-Rob

Good Eats!

Sorry for the delay in my blog posts. I'm having too much fun over the holidays with my favorite gal and I don't want the good times to stop. I feel on top of the world right now. I still have a another week off work so let the fun times keep a rolling.  For the record I am extremely tired.

Here are some funny pics of the holidays in no particular order :

The Christmas dinner is served!

Here is how I eat it!

Cafe Mocha at my favorite coffee house.

Here is how I drink coffee.

Sometimes I get some help when I'm too lazy to stir. 

Alright I have a wedding to get ready for. For the record I think that scheduling a wedding for New Years Eve is silly.  Happy New Years everyone!

-Rob







Happy Festivus!

Greetings followers. Today is a special holiday!!! Can you guess what it is?  It's Festivus!
If you are over 25 you may understand what all the excitement is about! If you are under 25 please watch reruns of Seinfeld and check google for more information.

So without further ado I give you step by step instructions to make your own Festivus Pole. Caution: results may vary. Here goes:

Step 1 - Assemble materials

Step 2 - Wrap cardboard pieces with duct tape

Step 3 - Wrap foil around the tube

Step 4 - Make sure Festivus Pole can stand upright

Step 5 - Pose for the camera

I hope everyone enjoyed this Festivus lesson. Happy Festivus for the rest of us!

And I'm so glad I got a haircut and a beard trim up. Another Festivus miracle!

-Rob



Sleigh Ride!

So my Christmas vacation has officially begun. And I feel like the clock has started to the madness that I love and call Christmas time. I have tons of things to do (ie cleaning, wrapping gifts etc, visiting family and friends)  over the next week that I barely will have any time for the mail. So I have four hours right now of free time before the rush so I'm trying to finish up all my mail items.

So here goes :

This card is not really  Christmas themed but I sent it out to a person in Estonia. Their profile said they love any type of card. So I hope they like this.

This card came for my brothers account (which I ghost manage). I like it and I know my brother will love it.


I am jealous because the following also just came in for my brother :

This card shows how the first Finnish Christmas trees looked like. The sender also explained that they decorated the tree with "flag thread" which were flags that represented the closest Scandinavian countries. Finnish people also decorated the tree with candies, candles and glass balls (rich families). As I am part Finnish  (Laamanen) I appreciated this card and my brother will also. Thank you Minna!

Okay I'm out of time and have to head to martial arts. Merry Christmas everyone!

-Rob