When I was in Kansas for Christmas, Cop Car and I discussed what I needed for my home. She had plenty of tools for which she no longer had use for, and I gladly accepted her offer to pass them on to me.
Last weekend her care package arrived, and although I won't bore you with the details of what was in each package (I'm sure I'm the only one that really cares), I will share a few photos.
The first thing I saw upon opening the package was a sander. I had forgotten about it, was delighted to see it! I have a lot of furniture to refinish (most of it tables or items with large flat surfaces), and this will be much faster, easier and better to use than the small palm sander I have (in all actuallity, I'm not sure the palm sander is mine - I happened to pack it up with my things so WS may come to claim it one day). The drywall mud tools have already been used, and will see much use during the summer.
As I mentioned to a friend in a text, only my mother would use toilet paper as packing material! It did the job admirably and hey, I won't have to buy TP for a very long time now - LOL!
Cop Car was very good at labeling things - like what I should open first
And a nice "carefull" message (the retainer box made it thru the mail just fine by the way).
The care package was well appreciated and I will be using the paint mixer today. I will be posting pics of the latest project next week (assuming no more computer mishaps.
Rolls of toilet tissue are so much easier to recycle than are packing peanuts. *smiling* Glad everything got there OK. I could foresee disaster coming if you were not cautioned about the retainer box. You've had that box too long for me to, carelessly, let it be smashed to shards at your feet.
Posted by: Cop Car | February 23, 2014 at 09:16 AM
P.S. I assumed that you knew for whom the jeans were intended - for a quilt.
Posted by: Cop Car | February 23, 2014 at 09:40 AM
You are right - I have a huge bag of peanuts that I have no idea what to do with since I don't do much shipping. I used to be able to take them to where I worked and recycle them that way, but I no longer work in a place that uses that particular protection technique.
Posted by: bogie | March 09, 2014 at 07:45 AM
By the way, I did figure the jeans were for quilt making, and have set them aside for Karen.
Posted by: bogie | March 09, 2014 at 07:47 AM
There is another pair of jeans - from your dad's fall while running. I won't put them in the box of books (whenever I send it) because the books, by themselves, qualify for a special rate.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 09, 2014 at 10:22 AM
There is another pair of jeans - from your dad's fall while running. I won't put them in the box of books (whenever I send it) because the books, by themselves, qualify for a special rate.
BTW: If you have a UPS Store (or similar "let us ship it for you" store), they will probably take the peanuts, or any other packing materials, off of your hands. Our local UPS Store is always delighted to see me come through their doorway.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 09, 2014 at 10:24 AM