Mr. Postman

It's a long cold and slippery walk to our mail box.  They used to deliver right by our drive way,  But the youngest son thought it would be funny to lay in the road in front of the mail lady when she came to deliver the mail when he was a young and wild child.  Yep, he did that and many other things when he came to live with us.  Now all the boxes are at the end of our little street.  This is my neighbor Amelia riding her little bike as her Mommy shovels the driveway.  If you look at the first picture in the top windows where the curtains are parted that would be where the dogs are looking out at me.  The hike to the mailbox is to retrieve the packages for the heart swap.  As I took the picture of our house Amelia's mom yelled at me twice, not once, twice that a car was coming.  Now, come on, I saw it, that weren't going to run over me.  She is kinda the principal of the neighborhood.  I asked her if she felt she had to take care of the seniors as well.  Yes, I did.

The first mess on the table is all the packages.  Oh my oh my, where do I start.  The last package is getting organized.  It looks a bit better.  I counted and counted to make sure every one had five hearts.  Some of the swappers were in other swaps with some of the same in this swap.  I wanted them to get to know new people so I tried to mix it up a little.  I mailed 12 packages today.  I am still waiting on two swappers.  One contacted me and said hers was on the way.....another hasn't.  I have hearts waiting.  This was my first swap that I did as a group where I mail them back.  I didn't know how much to charge for postage.  I charged $5 for each person.  I bought mailing packages.  I hope that everything arrives safely.  I had originally planned to send back the money if I charged too much.  That would have held the line up too much.  Once I had the packaged was weighed it had to stay behind the window.  So I may have over charged by about $1 per package.  I am sorry about that.  I will post pictures of the hearts in a couple of days.....I want them to be a surprise.  I just love how they all came out.  All of them are so different.   Thank you for joining in on all the fun this year.  Please let me know when you receive your packages. 
I am thinking we need a little bunny swap in a couple months.......maybe one on one this time.......what do you think?
Oh and.....thanks for all the special little gifts.  I wasn't expecting that.  Some made extra hearts for me and special gifts. So sweet of you.  ((((((HUGS)))))