One of my favorites: the bluebird ornament. I have two of them. This one has the indented center which works as a reflector. Something tells me they were called thumbprints, but I may be wrong about that. The other, which I found several years later, is a smooth bulb.
Well. Christmas is one week away. Suddenly, it’s almost here. I’m now wanting to slow time so it lasts longer. When I was a kid, I wanted it to come QUICKLY! Now, I want it to be ‘in the offing’ a bit longer. I want more time to listen to Christmas music, to indulge in being smack dab in the middle of the Christmas season.
USPS woes: My package, which came from Spain, landed at JFK, then went to the Jamaica, NY processing center where it went through customs, then went to the Metro NY Processing Facility, then suddenly ended up at a postal center in Pennsylvania. After two days, it landed at processing center in New Jersey, then traveled all the way back to the Jamaica, NY International processing center, where it sat for 3 days, then to the Queens NY facility, then to Newburgh where it sat for two days, and finally to my local post office. It’s being delivered today. It should have been here a week ago. Needless to say, I live 75 miles north of NYC – this should have been a no brainer.
My customer’s package – she paid for priority mail and lives in Virginia – left my local post office on the 14th, went to the Queens NY Distribution Center, left the center on the 15th, landed in Richmond, VA on the 15th, and then – for some reason – ended up in Grand Rapids, MI on the 16th, where it remains. It is now 2 days later and there has been no movement.
It makes me crazy. But it especially upsets me when a customer has paid for 2 day delivery and doesn’t get what they paid for. I am tracking it as best I can, but I can’t submit an inquirey until the 21st. Hopefully, she is tracking it as well.
I imagine that it all happens in the sorting. Packages mistakenly get put in the wrong bin. This has happened to me more often than not. Sigh. I imagine all of you have stories to tell about the same thing.
We’ve started watching a Christmas movie every night. Last night was A Christmas Story, tonight is White Christmas. We have no interest in modern movies, they’re not our thing. Yes, we’ve seen Elf. It was immediately disqualified from any future viewings – cute, but not something we want to revisit.
And finally, Queen Sophie, my first Blythe:
She always looks slightly skeptical, doesn’t she?
Stay safe.
Happy Wednesday.
You must be so frustrated with the postal system. Especially frustrating in the case of the outgoing “two day” package. Good luck — I hope it gets there in time for the holiday. And that you get yours today.
White Christmas is my all-time favorite and that might be tonight’s movie for me, too!
I cry every time they say “Attention” and Dean Jagger comes into the theater.
Stay safe, Jeanie.
Started off with a foggy morning. I like foggy mornings. Don’t know why.
Not only does packages take detours ( I had one that went to Oregon by way of Hawaii). We lived in Texas at the time. But, anyway, our daughter is coming to visit us for Christmas and she is flying up from NC to Virginia by way of Maryland. Why? We are the next state over!!!!.
I love the movie White Christmas. Have you seen the movie “It Happened on 5th Avenue”? Another favorite is “The Man who came to Dinner”. Didn’t care for Bette Davis as an actress until I saw her in this movie. Another actor I didn’t care for was Humphrey Bogart until I saw him in “Sabrina”.
I wonder if Queen Sophie is thinking “What are you up to now?” I hope you have a wonderful day.
Yes, I’ve seen It Happened on 5th Avenue as well as The Man Who Came to Dinner. Since I’ve coached the original play version of The Man Who Came to Dinner, I know how it can (and should) be done. I feel that the movie is a bit over the top, especially Monty Woolley’s performance where he seems to be yelling every line as if he’s onstage instead of in front of the camera. The only performance I like is that of Bette Davis. She’s wonderful in the role.
Stay safe, Trina.
You are so right about Monty Woolley.
xo
I have four out of six left of my parent’s indented ornaments. These are indented on three sides…with snowflakes, and all are tri-colored. Precious to me, and easy broken, unfortunately. Your bluebird ones are lovely. Were they originally from your parents collection?
Sounds like your packages both sending and receiving are getting the run-a-round. It is ridiculous that a Christmas card to a neighbor across the street has to travel to Milwaukee first to be processed, before it can return to Madison, 75+ miles away, to be delivered. Why? And, I don’t expect anything to improve either.
When our sons were young they didn’t care for movies like a White Christmas (boring), or It’s a Wonderful Life (where’s the color, mom?). So we watched a lot of the ‘new’ Christmas movies…they had more ‘action’. Now…I have two sets of Christmas movies to watch each Christmas….those I watched as a kid, and those I watched with my kids. So…we watch both.
Enjoy your day! ;)
No. I really don’t have any of my parents’ ornaments. There are a few that I wish I had.
Re: the post office. Louis DeJoy is ruining it. I know Biden can’t do anything about it, but the Board should vote him out.
Sounds like the perfect Christmas movie schedule!
Stay safe, Donnamae.
It’s so fun to have the vintage ornaments. I have some from my parents early trees. That’s so frustrating about the packages…I can only imagine what the postal system is like this time of year. Reminds me of the post office scene in the original Miracle on 34th Street. I saw The Bishop’s Wife last week…and I love White Christmas! Enjoy and stay warm!
We held off on The Bishop’s Wife because we like to see it closer to Christmas.TCM likes to program it on Christmas Eve.
Stay safe, Barrie.