A day for myself

Today I've decided that, once I've got home from work, I would do only things that I love. It may sound obvious, but I so often keep busy with so many things, that I don't do my favorite things.

So, I'll read a book, write a letter, maybe play video game... and post here. :)

Want to see my mail?

Incoming

from Melanie, in the USA

from Teresa, in the USA

from Caddi, in Germany

Outgoing

to postcrossers

to Kelly, in the USA

What about you? If you had a night free to do all your favorite things, what would you do?

Does somebody want to see some mail?

Because that's what I'm showing you today. :)

Incoming

My friend Caio gave me a bunch of gingerbread men and this ugly monkey. Loved it!

This is part of Jessica's selection for me. Please note that I now have a license to kill.

More from Jessica, in Canada.

From Teresa, in the USA

From Kerri, in Australia

Outgoing

To Felicia, in Canada

To Kerri, in Australia

To Savindi, in Canada

To some fellow postcrossers

That's all for now. I'm glad that the Corpus Christi holliday game me some time to organize my mail and finally post in here. I hope I won't be so long without posting again. Have a great week everyone!

Beautiful kids

Pics of children have always been my favorites. Take a look at these two beautiful postcards that I'm lucky to have on my collection!

From my friend Ju, who went to Peru

From a private swap with a fellow postcrosser in Vietnam

Do you also like children?

My first penpal

* Yeah, I know it's been a while since my last post. I've been full of ideas for new posts, but life has been crazy lately and I've been too busy to catch up here. I hope you don't mind the dust, I'll soon clean the mess around here! *

Who was your first penpal? Do you still talk to him/her or did time separate you two?

I am lucky to tell you that my first penpal has been one of my best friends for the last 12 years!
We met through ICQ back in 2001, when I was 11 and she was 16, and started writing to each other due to a common interest: Card Captors Sakura. We've become great friends and she introduced me the pleasure of waiting everyday for the postman.

Many years had passed and Fer doesn't write letters anymore, but we always keep in touch through facebook, e-mail and celphone. She lives only a 5 hours bus trip from me, yet we only met a few times through all these years. It's always great to see her, and she's an awesome friend!

Fer and I the last time we met, on Easter

We went to a board games bar with some friends

There was an egg hunt and I got a board game as a prize!

The first letter she sent me

Some envelopes she sent me many years ago

I think it's a great luck when you find true friendship, no matter how you communicate or how far you live. And one of the joys of penpalling is to have the chance of meeting new friends anywhere.

Thank you Fer, for being there for me through all these years! I love you!

I'm back! (And so is my mail...)

It's been about two months since I last updated this blog with my correspondence. And, guess what? I'm also very late on replying my letters.
During these months I've received lots of beautiful letters, plus amazing surprises which I wasn't expecting and that made my days a lot brighter, as snail mail always does. I didn't take photos of everything, so I'm sorry if I'm not posting your letter/card. But everyone who sent me something will for sure receive a reply - even if it's a late one!

Well, to the mail now!

Incoming

from Bahar, in Turkey

from PostMuse. This was a very sweet surprise, since I had no idea she was sending me something. Plus, it's an AWESOME card.

from Laura, in the U.S.

from Eugenia, in Kazakhstan

from Frida, in the Netherlands

a giveaway prize, from Caddi (thank you SO much!)

from Joana, in Portugal

from Felicia, in Canada

from Anna, in the U.S.

Outgoing

to Shannah, in the U.S.

to Teresa, in the U.S.

to Olive, also in the U.S.!

Last but not least, this letter is my contribution to the awesome Fumi No Hi Project, which is about sending letters to people who doesn't penpal, in order to spread mail love through the world. I sent it to my friend Kassia, who lives in Rio. We've been friends online for many years, but never met in person. I hope she'll like finding this on her mailbox.

to Kassia, in Rio

Christmas cards

Merry Christmas everyone! How are you all enjoying today? I'm just home with my family and boyfriend, and it feels great.
Last month I felt like a Christmas card machine. I sent out almost 30 cards, and yet couldn't do my entire list. Lots of beautiful cards from my friends also filled my maildays, and I'm thankful for that.
Let's take a look!

Incoming Cards

from Sarah, in Belgium

from Mariselle, in the Netherlands

from Teresa, in the USA

from Emma, in England

also from Emma

from Kerri, in Australia

from Amit, in India

Outgoing Cards

Merry Christmas everyone!

December Mail

It's been a long time since I last posted my letters, right? So, I will cut straight to them:

Incoming

from Emma, in England

from Amit, in India

from Kerri, in Australia

from a postcrosser in Russia

beautiful Diwali card from Amit, in India

from Sarah, in Belgium

Outgoing

to Leticia, in Petrópolis, Brazil

to Felicia, in Canada

Yeah, Christmas cards took me so long that I'm way behind on my letters. I better keep writing!