Postage Increase 2013

Merchants to Be Squeezed by Postage Rate Increase in January By Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes.com October 12, 2012

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Online merchants are increasingly feeling the pressure to offer free shipping, but, as they are fond of saying, there is no such thing as free shipping. That point is being driven home this week after the U.S. Postal Service announced it would raise postage rates on January 27, 2013, pending review by the Postal Regulatory Commission.
The popular Priority Mail service will increase overall an average of 6.3%. Retail prices will increase an average of 9%, but the approximately 3% of the increase is for free tracking visibility which will now be included at no charge.
The average price increase for Priority Mail Commercial Base will be 3.7%, available to those who use online postage services - clearly this is an incentive for online sellers to investigate such services if they don't use them already. The Commercial Plus price category, which offers even lower prices to large-volume customers, will see an average price increase of 3.8%.

Man!!!

Happy Labor Day
We bought some more apple trees, a plum tree and a maple we will be planting today.  I might go back for a pear tree today.  I did  some research and I think I found a pear that is self pollinating, which Home Depot sells.  I hope think the plum I picked is also self pollinating.  I just don't want to of each of those trees.  Plums and Pears aren't the favorites in the house.  I like both and I know I can't eat fruit from  2 trees.  I do have an ornamental pear, I read somewhere that an ornamental can also pollinate a fruit baring pear tree.  We'll see.

Well better get to it, weatherman is calling for rain by noon! 

Bye... Summer 2012

Labor Day weekend is here.  I'm so sad, I'm mourning summers end.   I love summer and the weather summer brings.  Even with the heat of July and unusual length it hung around..  I loved it!  The cool evenings and the sun disappearing at 8:00 pm that fall brings makes me sad.  It's already started.  Fall brings ripe apples and fall harvest which I do enjoy but it's hard for me to eat the apple pie having to say goodbye to my beloved summer.  Winter is my least favorite season and fall is just the first step into below zero temperatures and blizzard like snow storms.  Plus by the end of September the rummage sales are nonexistent.  I don't enjoy many winter activities.  Last winter was a very mild one so I was able to walk on our road throughout the season.  But believe me that is very rare.  Most years our country road is the last to plowed of snow and after it is plowed it turns into an ice rink that you can barely drive on much less walk on.  I was thinking I could enjoy the horses my neighbor is boarding would be a great thing to walk by each day in the snow.  However now I found out the horse will be going elsewhere because the water supply to the building the horse are in right now freezes in the winter so they can stay there.  Man!  The one beautiful thing the winter could bring won't be happening anyway.  Well I always have the customers on ebay to keep me on my toes during the winter.

Charles Wysocki Puzzle Mansfield Air Spectacular

Charles Wysocki Puzzle Lobster House

Charles Wysocki Puzzle Benjamin's tools

Charles Wysocki Puzzle Birds of a Feather

Vintage Brim Coffee Mug

Yankee Candle Wax Tarts Lot of 15 Variety of Scents

3 Electric Christmas Candles

Elmo Wear Tie

4 Jello Jiggler Dinosaur Molds

McCalls 3897 Barbie Fairy Clothes

A Pair of Build a Bear Monkeys

Lot of 35 Childrens Chapter Books

Riders Denim Skirt

The Day Has Come When You Don't Feel Safe in a Movie Theater

So sad... when you can't go to a movie theater and feel safe. 

My heart, thought and prayers go out to the survivors, the families and Aurora. 

I pray there won't be any copycat shootings.

The only thing I can say is Why?

Joyful Noise Dolly Parton

I finally got a chance to watch Joyful Noise.  It was good but the editing was horrible.  Big gaps, it didn't flow well.  The gaps seemed like we missed big chunks of story.  The biggest distraction was this

Why does she look like this?

 Granted she is older now then when this photo was taken.  But could normal aging be worse then what she looks like after surgery?  But she is not alone

Aging is hard..  I know, however these stars are extremely hard to watch.  It's distraction.  Whats the first thing that goes through my mind when I see them.  Why did they do this?  They can't be broke and can't retire.  Then I wonder how old are they.  Gee I can remember them all from the 70's.  So how old were they then and it's 2012 and I go to work figuring...  Of course then I'm not paying any attention to the movie or the interview they are doing.  Is it worth it for them to do this surgery rather age naturally?  I don't know?  Would they work if they looked their age?  I don't know.  I would like to say yes...  Betty White is 90 years old and is still working.  She doesn't look like she has any surgery and she is higher on the A list now then she has ever been. 

You go girl!!! 

Please note I love each and every person I spoke about here.  I probably will always enjoy whatever they do. 

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Hope it's fun and safe!