Sunday, December 12, 2010

Christmas Card Exchange

The other day, I received a lovely Christmas card from another Bookcrosser; this time it's from Finland.  The verse that's printed inside the card - as well as the wording on the front is in Finnish.  What a lovely card!  I love cards which are written in other languages; they are so beautiful... and show how diverse our world really is.
Thank you again heelinae for this lovely Christmas Card; it will join the others on the piano this year.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ornament Swap Arrives... but...

Today, my Ornament Swap for Bookcrossing arrived in the mail.  However, it wasn't really meant for me.  It was supposed to be on its way to oi-reader who is Twynnie's partner this year; and oi-reader was the person who was supposed to send something to me.  TexasWren fixed this sad dilemma and asked Twynnie to sent oi-reader's ornament to me instead.  And I thought it was such a true and touching gesture.  I love it; as oi-reader would have too.
Thank you, Twynnie for sending me this gift.  It will take pride of place on the tree; and your card will be one my piano as well with the others that are arriving as well.  

Friday, December 3, 2010

A Week of Deliveries

I received a few items this week that I didn't get the chance to put up here mainly because I've been so busy with Christmas shopping other things to do with this time of year.  I'm terribly sorry about this; but here are the parcels that arrived.
I didn't get mail until Wednesday; and I was very excited to find that I had to sign for one parcel.  So, I signed for the parcel and found that it was one that had been traveling around the world for almost 2 years!  This was the 'Tea, Read and Journal Bookbox' I had sent off in January 2009.  It's been stalled a little in Indonesia; but I won't go into details of why it was.  However, there were a few things that went astray, such as the tea and the bookmarks; but the books and the journal were still inside.  This is what I was grateful for.
The next parcel that I had received that day was a bookray of 'How To Be A Villain'.  Now, this book is hilariously funny and I read half of it in one sitting. so, I'd say it's going to be a really quick read.  However, seeing how good and funny it is, it's worth reading all the little quotes put in by the author of Darth Vadar, and Montgomery C Burns as well as a few others.  they are pretty funny on their own outside their usual context.
Today, I received a postcard from Charleston, South Carolina.  It's a lovely card and of a view from a beautiful house.  Thank you very much casadchick for taking the time to write to me from your lovely city of Charleston.  I've seen some television shows about the place and would love to visit it one day; as I've heard so many things about it.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Another Lot of Labels Arrive.

It's been very wet for the last few days; and so I'm happy I've gotten the PO Box because anything that arrives is always dry; no matter what it is.  Today, there was only an envelope in the PO Box and it was of a Label Exchange; and the BCer put in a Christmas card which I'll be adding to my little collection on the piano.
And aren't they lovely?  I'll most definitely use them all at some point in the next year or so.  And the ones I don't get to use will be swapped or added into parcels.  Thank you so much for sending these to me Heaven150, I really appreciate it.