Good Mail Day!

Wow, has it really been over a week since I last blogged?
So sorry- I was doing so well too...Anyway, I thought I'd hop on and share with you all my today was a good mail day.
I love getting mail. Never used to, but since I now have so many scrappy friends, the mail is something I always look forward to. I got an ATC card- for those of you who do not know what those are, they are called Artist Trading Cards and are like baseball cards that scrappers make themselves and trade or give away. I also got a new scrap magazine- cutest layout on the cover, cannot wait to see inside and figure out which of my friends are published in THIS issue- just love turning the pages and saying, "I know her, and her,...okay, not that lady,...but HER!"

My mailman has gotten used to me, but he used to always give me the "crazy lady" look.
He told me once that no one but me gets happy and dances a little jig when the mail arrives. No one runs out to the mail box skipping and singing - just me. He said he used to wonder what was in those packages I so enjoy getting (hahaha- what was he thinking was in them?) but I started showing him my scrap stuff and I always give him home made treats at the holidays and he seems happy now to bring me nice stuff...He knocks and says "Gail, a box from AC Bailey- AGAIN and he smiles- hahahaha:) So, he said today- I think someone made you something and he handed me a small brown envelope-he was RIGHT! Check this out-


a handmade thank you card from my SIL's daughter -in-law (so is she my niece-in-law??) Miek and Renee have the cutest son, but she just had an adorable daughter. I love new babies and this one is a cutie and she named her MEGAN!!! (coincidence???) So I made them a bo bunny baby album- don't think I took pics, if I did I cannot find them....but she MADE me THIS card- how cool is that??
Didn't know she was also a talented scrapper- coulda sent her the stuff and watched HER make the album I bet. I love mail!

And wanna know a funny thing about my mailman? He is deathly afraid of DOGS! All dogs, but MINE! Found out when I had a mail issue once, I called the post office and explained that the mail man left a slip on my porch and the lady on the phone asked, "Where do you live?" THREE times and then insisted it was not MY mailman leaving anything on the porch cause I have a dog and he would NEVER get out of the mailtruck here. But, we fooled her! I get lots of mail, somedays it does not fit int he box and I have an oversized box too! So, he'd meet me out front and I explained to him that Casey (the dog) has an underground fence wire thing that beeps when she is leaving her boundary and if she crosses the line she gets "bit." I showed him where she could go and could not go and he liked that she could not reach him in the driveway or walk. He was funny to watch, he'd turn to always have an eye on her and he'd carry a biscuit and tell her if she was good he'd toss it to her after. But in time, her cuteness got to him. He now knows her name, calls out to her, tells her to sit and I think I saw him pet her once!

Here is a layout of Casey with my son Anthony who loves her even more than the mailman does.
Who knows, maybe Casey will get mail someday and then what will he do then? HAHAHA:)
Old layout- sorry! I am scrapping this weekend, will post even better layouts for you by Monday-promise.