12 on the 12th--May 2018 Edition

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1. Randy slept in his clothes on the couch all night after falling asleep there, weird.
2. I worked on my primary lesson while watching The Durrells in Corfu (delightful).
3. I spent a long time cutting things out, but I was happy with the results.
4. A pleasing pile of cancelled posted I recently purchased on Etsy.
5. Mother's Day tulips for my mom and cute jars of flowers for Robyn and Amy.
6. I changed the pictures in the frames over our bed after having the previous pictures there for 11 years.
7. Landon did a marvelous job mowing the lawn, it's so nice having him home from Utah State.
8. What I'm currently reading. It's so charming and makes me want to move to Cornwall, England to live in a cozy cottage.
9. The current message on our letterboard.
10. Randy doing some work on his laptop.
11. Our Allium are in bloom.
12. Reading in the cozy with Ferris purr/snoring on my chest.

Say It Isn't So

Postage rates go up today!

The price of a first-class stamp will climb to 44 cents, though people who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate. (I have some, but didn't do an official stock up.)

While the new 44-cent rate covers the first ounce of first-class mail, the price for each additional ounce will remain unchanged at 17-cents.

Postal officials estimate the increase will cost the average household $3 a year. (Ha!!)

Other changes taking effect today:

• The postcard stamp increases by a penny to 28 cents.
• The first ounce of a large envelope increases 5 cents to 88 cents.
• The first ounce of a parcel increases 5 cents to $1.22.
• New international postcard and letter prices are, for one ounce, 75 cents to Canada; 79 cents to Mexico; and 98 cents elsewhere.

{Oh happy sight to see!}

Even though postage costs definitely add up, I still think it's amazing that it only costs .42...I mean .44 cents to send a card or letter all the way across the country, and that it only takes 3-4 days to get there.

Because Michelle and I have missed the past 2 weeks of Creative Friday (for Women's Conference and then flooding/sick Eva issues) I haven't sent anything lately. I think about it daily and feel out of sorts because of it. It's just something I NEED to do. I am capable of writing and sending cards in a nonCreative Friday setting, it's just easier to do when we've set aside the time like that.

**Did you stock up on Forever stamps?
Are you amazed by the postal system?
Do you have cards you need to write?**