Songs, Stamps and Checks
Maybe you've seen this flying around the Internet. Ann sent it to me recently and it brought a smile to my face.
It was fun being a baby boomer...till now. Some of the artists of the '60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers. They include:
Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker
The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Hip
Bobby Darin - Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' a Flash
Ringo Starr - I Get By With a Little Help from Depends
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face
Johnny Nash - I Can't See Clearly Now
Paul Simon - Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver
Commodores - Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the GrapeNuts
Procol Harem - A Whiter Shade of Hair
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Napping
The Temptations - Papa's Got a Kidney Stone
Abba - Denture Queen
Tony Orlando - Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if You Hear Me Fall
Helen Reddy - I am Woman, Hear me Snore
Willie Nelson - On the Throne Again
Leslie Gore - It's My Procedure and I'll Cry if I Want To
I don't particularly feel stressed about anything but I must be. I've been having crazy dreams again, for the past week or two. I was just telling Jennifer a few days ago that I've decided not to be annoyed by my dreams, it's just who I am. (Last night I was hanging out with The Monkees and we were invited to the Letterman show. And there was tons of goofy stuff within that premise.)
Today, I felt that familiar sleep-deprived running-on-empty feeling. That means I'm not sleeping deeply enough, my doctor says. Tonight, I'm going to bed at 9:00 and taking two Trazodone to insure I really get some decent sleep. When I get like this, I don't feel sleepy, just not running on all cylinders. It's no fun.
While I'm watching the clock, waiting for 9:00 to roll around, let me tell you about a cool thing I saw at the National Stationery Show.
PhotoStamps are just that - you upload your own photos and create your own postage stamps, which are printed and mailed to you - and they are USPS approved! The downside is you pay $16.99 for a sheet of twenty 37 cent stamps, which would normally cost $7.40, so there's that. But it's not unreasonable to have to pay for their technology and service. If it wasn't quite that expensive, I would definitely do it. Think of the possibilities! Pine Tree Designs postage stamps. Reggi stamps! I could turn my card designs into postage stamps.
It was fun being a baby boomer...till now. Some of the artists of the '60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers. They include:
Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Walker
The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Hip
Bobby Darin - Splish, Splash, I Was Havin' a Flash
Ringo Starr - I Get By With a Little Help from Depends
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face
Johnny Nash - I Can't See Clearly Now
Paul Simon - Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver
Commodores - Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the GrapeNuts
Procol Harem - A Whiter Shade of Hair
Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Napping
The Temptations - Papa's Got a Kidney Stone
Abba - Denture Queen
Tony Orlando - Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if You Hear Me Fall
Helen Reddy - I am Woman, Hear me Snore
Willie Nelson - On the Throne Again
Leslie Gore - It's My Procedure and I'll Cry if I Want To
I don't particularly feel stressed about anything but I must be. I've been having crazy dreams again, for the past week or two. I was just telling Jennifer a few days ago that I've decided not to be annoyed by my dreams, it's just who I am. (Last night I was hanging out with The Monkees and we were invited to the Letterman show. And there was tons of goofy stuff within that premise.)
Today, I felt that familiar sleep-deprived running-on-empty feeling. That means I'm not sleeping deeply enough, my doctor says. Tonight, I'm going to bed at 9:00 and taking two Trazodone to insure I really get some decent sleep. When I get like this, I don't feel sleepy, just not running on all cylinders. It's no fun.
While I'm watching the clock, waiting for 9:00 to roll around, let me tell you about a cool thing I saw at the National Stationery Show.
PhotoStamps are just that - you upload your own photos and create your own postage stamps, which are printed and mailed to you - and they are USPS approved! The downside is you pay $16.99 for a sheet of twenty 37 cent stamps, which would normally cost $7.40, so there's that. But it's not unreasonable to have to pay for their technology and service. If it wasn't quite that expensive, I would definitely do it. Think of the possibilities! Pine Tree Designs postage stamps. Reggi stamps! I could turn my card designs into postage stamps.
For now I'm glad the postal service continues to come up with mostly interesting postage stamps. These American Indian Art stamps are what I'm using now. And boy are they big! Each stamp is 2" tall and 1-1/2" wide. I love colorful stamps - like little works of art for the envelope! To no one's surprise, Mr. Conservative Not an Artistic Bone in His Body Steve, uses regular ol' flag stamps. Purchased by the 100-stamp coil. Nothing wrong with them but c'mon - shake it up once in a while. Variety is the spice of life, man. I switch designs every time I order stamps - about every couple of months. And yes, I buy my stamps online. Couldn't be easier, only costs $1 for shipping.
You should have seen the look on his face when he saw which checks I ordered for our joint house checking account - hot peppers! He loves hot peppers and I loved the colorful design. I think there was some eye-rolling involved. Mr. Safety Check Blue over there. Sheesh.
posted by Stefani at 8:32 PM
7 Comments:
Thats such a cool idea for the stamps..especially if you are a business owner. But like you said..that's too steep for me..I'll keep buying the premade ones for less then half the cost.
So I was tagged recently..I'm tagging you next! See my May 23rd blog post :)
chili pepper checks? really Stefani! I prefer the sedate and understated beauty of my Sesame Street checks. Go Grover!
I didn't know about the custom stamps. That is very cool. They really should promote that more. Can't you just see wedding invitations going out with photo-stamps of the bride & groom? Stuff like that? Way cool.
Recurring nightmares, oh yes, I still wake up screaming from the mare of our auto accident. In my nightmare Heather's headless body sits in the passenger seat. In actuality she was helped out of the car and was being checked over by the EMTs and perturbed me no end that I couldn't hear her voice, just EMTs telling me she was alright. Ah, well, every month or so ain't so bad.
Tickled to read the rearranged lyrics of days past. Now back to my Metamucil - prune juice breakfast. Hi ho.
I thought I read some where the p.o. had discontinued those stamps.
I hear the plain old stamps and checks. I finally convinced hub to using prettier checks and now I won't admit it is hard to read them sometimes. :-)
I can't stand boring stamps on envelopes. I always go for the pretty/wild ones and love to order them on line.
Safety paper blue for checks, those couldn't hold a candle to my Mickey Mouse checks!
Cool stamp idea!
I have Dr. Suess checks and love them. Prior to that it was The Munsters.
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