Nov/Dec SS Thank You

[crazycanuck]

NMT..me too.. I've come to the conclusion it's about the postal services @ this time of year..

The post office gremlins are back

C

[snowtulip]

I'm also a little concerned about my secret sis package. It's been awhile since I mailed it. But I keep reminding myself that some people are still on family holidays and might not be in town until after New Year. So I'll wait a little longer.

[mimitabby]

NZ gals, i think it's the postal gremlins. No one i know in Italy has gotten their packages from the USA (OR NZ) yet either and it's been MONTHS!

[crazycanuck]

Kim/Possegal,

Thanks for the items! I love the hand lotion, it smells oh so mmmmm. Good thing you placed it in a bag as i think customs may have opened it but not sealed it properly. The tiny jars are really cute! I sure hope I can keep Ian away from the water bottles! The Burts Bees items are cool! (they didn't melt either!!!)

One of the Heinz items was siezed by customs and will be destroyed as it didn't meet customs regulations The letter states "Due to the specific risks presented by the items sent to you, treatment is not possible."

I guess the upside is Ian won't have to deal with my smelly behind

Thank you again for sending the package & I hope your trip home to PA wasn't too cold!

[mimitabby]

Is anyone still waiting for their package??

[Possegal]

how weird that one of the heinz jars was taken, i'm going to guess it was the mayo one and the ketchup and mustard made it?? i had no idea what to expect from the customs issues, i am used to mailing to canada to my family there, and adept at getting around the system by a number of tricks. but this was my first package to australia. so glad it made it safe and sound and so sorry for the huge delay. if it is any consolation, my hectic life lately has me equally as scattered at work so my bosses are dealing with my "oooops, when is that due again" problems as well!

[crazycanuck]

Hey Possegal,

It was the beans that didn't make it through Aust & NZ quarantine rules can be a wee bit strict

It's totally cool about the delay! I was worried that some postal gremlin had it. (some postal gremlin must have my mom's package too!)

I hope you can go for a ride & get rid of the scattered gremlins can you bike atm where you are?

[Possegal]

oh too bad, it was a cajun bean soup. oh well, i should have figured.

i felt so bad that i was so late, but as i've said on the board in darn near every post it seems, my sister has cancer and my life is rather taken over by it. the last two months was a lot of follow-up scanning after radiation and chemo and lots of appointments to determine the next plan of attack. now i'm off to PA again as she's going to have a lobectomy to hopefully take out the upper left lobe and the tumor (location of the tumor has us worried that he won't be able to get it with one lobe and he won't take them both). i am a dr of pharmacology and toxicology who coincidently works in the oncology field, so i'm the family member of choice to be present for all these things. i wouldn't be anywhere else, but it does cause me to drop a lot of balls in other areas of my life.

i'm a weather wimp so i get afraid of riding in the cold and wet weather. i have been able to keep running and spinning though and i plan to bring my bike to PA for the surgery since i could be there for many weeks and even in pittsburgh we do get some oddly warm days in january and february, so i'm going to count on a few of them.

anywho - so glad it made it, relatively safe and sound.