New stuff

There are new updates coming!! We are going to relaunch the member of the month and the photo contest, and if you have any ideas sure let us know!!!

Stay tuned!!!

Jamie

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So here's the deal

So it has been a crazy few months. For everybody I think. Life sure gets in the way sometimes for you have to put the fun stuff on the the back burner. I know my life here in Arizona has been wicked crazy. I'm sure everyone else has had their moments too.

I hope everyone is doing well. I will be updating the group blog when I have a free moment.
I'm hoping it will be this weekend.

Best wishes

Happy Father's Day

Jamie

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To see if this works

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New Members!!

So life has been EXTREMELY busy for all of us!
We have gained some new members-- Actually a lot of members which is fantabulous!


Debra Ann Thompson 

Tisha Tebo-Thompson


Reeda Harris

Red Rouge


Hazel Inglis

Cec Haynes

Mary Hernandez-Dutton

Tracey Myers Lewis

Heather Brockway Williams

Melissa Dias Kerr


Jackee Jones


Nancy Hall

Maria F Brown

Kari Huntress


Gemma Clark

A massive update!!

Hey there everyone!   I know it has been a while since I have updated our blog.  I like having a group blog, and honestly, I would love a co-author.  Any takers??  Anyhow, there is much to tell.  There are a few contests going on and the     Member of the Month was decided.  Lets start with the question asked by Misty: Competition Question (Winner Will Be Announced January 31st): What is your favorite thing about snail mail? Cathy Wienke: I love getting to know people thru snail mail. Its a wonderful thing to know different people all over the globe. Simone Gunzburg: Getting to know ppl I wouldn't have the opportunity to...I love getting mail Jamie Marshall: Oh, awesome question, girlie Joyce Wright: getting to know people and learn about other places and cultures Sherri Johnson Akers :  Makin new awesome friends all over the world to share our lives with! Ashlie Yazzie:  Instead of getting bills and junk. Getting awesome mail ... Plus hearing stories from other people on how their day is going, if they got kids or not. Leontien Groenewold: sharing your life with friends all over the world and I just love getting letters in my mailbox Kerrie Foulsham: I just love reading letters and writing to all my lovely pallies  and using cute paper makes it way more fun. I love making new friends and knowing there are other people out there who like snailmail too Holly Vandver: I Love Reading The Letters And Learning Everything About My Pen Pals.. I Love When They Ask A Lot Of Questions... I Love When My Mailbox Is Full.. Everyday I Watch The Mail Man From 2 To 4:30.. So I Won't Miss Nothing Or He Won't Drop Nothing.. Cause My Mail Man Is Bad At Dropping Things.. I Love Hearing About My Pen Pals Day... I Love Making New Friends Cause I Have No Friends Here So I Tend To My Pen Pals..... DanaBear Marie Shepard: I love about snail mail is that it brings back the old days. ITs not about texting. Its about having fun and being creative. Its about having showing the true you. I believe that handwriting tells all. I love it. I always sit and wait when the mail gets here and so excited when I receive the mail. Jamie Marshall: It occurred to me that I haven't answered this question!! Well, what I like about snail mail because it fills a void in my life and allows me to be creative. I am also an "old soul" and I think sadly that snail mail is dying. With technology now, it is easier to write an e-mail than a letter and you can receive it immediately. And they are so impersonal! Today's world is in such a rush with everything and everyone. I mean, I LOVE my cell phone, but now people text instead of making a phone call. People are so dependent on their cell phones too; it's like "oh my god what would I do if I forgot it" and "what if I miss Bobby's call" Don't get me wrong, cell phones are awesome, but land-lines are dying too. If land-lines were still the only way of communicating I would sooooo get one of those rotary phones ( yeah, old soul here), but I would never get the chance to use it. What if cell phone towers died and we were unable to use them? We would have a massive panic! ANYHOW, sorry for the massive rant, but snail mail allows me to keep a dying art alive. I also don't have any friends here and this fills a void of emptiness I feel and gives me a hobby. You all should come over and see my side of the study!!! Nimmy Francis: snail even slow reaches its destination...we always wait for the mails from the dear ones with great excitement..I still remember my child hood when I was not having Internet connection at home and I used to wait for the letters from my dad working in Indian army and my aunty in Italy...I reckon that pleasure of waiting and personification of letters are the beautiful parts of snail mail...our own snail mail..person takes effort in writing..he or she is trying to pour out their emotion into a piece of paper..u cant just copy ND paste in those cute snail mails..I do have those mails even now with me..when ever I read it,I feel the presence of my old cute dad n aunty Desirae Vaccaro: I love putting love into each envelope I make and I love how personal letters are. Some of my closest friends I have made through penpalling Haley Hubbard: Getting 2 meet new people writeing each letter wiv love and sand out letters and gifts 2 all my penpals and getting letters in the post I love writeing letters xxx The winner to our lovely question is the fabulous Nimmy Francis.  Awesome answer to an awesome question.   GOOD JOB LADIES!!!! Okay, now onto some related crafts. Sandra Paz-Daniels made these:    Adorable! And now, introducing January's Member of the Month: Sherri Johnson Akers Member of the Month interview very soon! Jamie  "Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point." The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of

Hello all.

Sorry I have been away for so long.  With the holidays and then the massive plague that has been attacking my family has been knocking me off my feet. Today is the first day I actually feel pretty decent.  So here, is an update.

We have received some new members:  These are the most recent ones.  I am behind; in EVERYTHING at the moment!

Tammie Tackett

Jennifer N Matt

We have a new contest question apparently:

Competition Question (Winner Will Be Announced January 31st): What is your favorite thing about snail mail?

answers so far:  

Cathy Wienke: i love getting to know people thru snail mail. its a wonderful thing to know different people all over the globe.

Simone Gunzburg: Getting to know ppl I wouldn't have the opportunity to...I love getting mail

Jamie Marshall: Oh, awesome question, girlie

Joyce Wright: getting to know people and learn about other places and cultures

Sherri Johnson Akers: Makin new awesome friends all over the world to share our lives with!

Ashbash Yazzie: Instead of getting bills and junk. Getting awesome mail ... plus hearing stories from other people on how their day is going, if they got kids or not.

Leontien Groenewold:  sharing your life with friends all over the world and I just love getting letters in my mailbox 

and then there is The Member of the Month.  We didn't do December because of all the massive holiday craziness.  More news soon!

---Jamie. 

November Member of the Month: Jamie Marshall(me!)

- Tell us about yourself, your hobbies, personal life, and interests!
Hello all!  The name is Jamie Marshall(some where in the familyline is was Von Marshall but they dropped the Von(or Van—excuse my lack of German) and am a 30 year old girlie living in Arizona and was actually born here.  I live with my boyfriend of 7 years and I am crazy and work in the Childcare field

- Describe yourself in only 5 words!
Honest, respectful, random, thoughtful, creative

- How and why did you start pen palling?
Well, I don’t really have any friends so one night in 2009 I was searching around the internet, wondering if there was still such a thing.  Well lo and behold, I came across a website called interpals.net and am still paling with some of the girls who were my first pals.

- What do you like/dislike about pen palling?
I like that you can be yourself. Usually, well, I have found that when you meet a person they judge you, based on what you look like, how you act, etc.  And become your friend to see what they can get out of you.  I have had friends in the past that have written me e-mails saying that they hated being my friend. Yes, true story.  What I dislike about pen-paling is when someone is requiring rules.  I mean, sometimes when I have the time I will go all out on making my letter fantabulous, sometimes it may be a intro letter.  And then later on they’re like, “How come you haven’t wax sealed your letters in a while?”  Um… excuse me?  We are all living busy and hecktic lives.  I do not always HAVE THE TIME to wax seal letters, you know?

- How many pen pals do you have and where are they from?
at least 15 right now.   The majority of them are from the USA, a couple from Canada and Europe.

- What do you look for in a pen pal?
Someone who I have common interests with.  Someone who is loyal, and doesn’t write more than a paragraph.  Someone who doesn’t judge

- Where do you find new pen pals at? Do you rely on friendship books, Facebook, or other websites/blogs?
Well, I started out on the interpals site, but then I went to facebook  and then just continued to stay around there.  I am not to keen on FB’s because I don’t want any possible creepers getting my address

-          Do you keep track of your mail? Share your tip on how to stay organized.
I have my own 3 ring binders for those I write with often. I don’t have a binder for everyone,  I have a couple zippy large ones that I place possible “own folder” pen-pals.  I should create a fact sheet, but I haven’t done that yet

 "Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of