Postage going up

[Faerie]

Just a heads up for swappers - postage is going up!

http://www.usps.com/ratecase/welcome.htm

As of May 14, 2007, a flat rate envelope will be $4.60

From the FAQ:

Priority Mail FAQs
Is there a new price for the Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes?
Yes. The Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes are now a permanent feature of our product line, and the new price is $9.15, regardless of weight, contents, or distance traveled.

What is the new price for the Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope?
The price for the Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope continues to be the same as the 1-pound rate, $4.60.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Thanks!!! Good to know!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

ERGH!!!
Guess I will be paying even more bills on line to support my swapping habit!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

So, I am going to have join every group or cut it down to only fit in an envelope.

 

[hopemax]

Or KAMommy and SIOH will have to host all swaps so we can send mulitple swaps in one box!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Or KAMommy and SIOH will have to host all swaps so we can send mulitple swaps in one box!

Yes, we can sign them up now!! We can do this because they are in the WORLD and they have yet to check in while waiting in the lines!!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

ERGH!!!
Guess I will be paying even more bills on line to support my swapping habit!

Paying online is the only way I do things..unless it is something I can drop off in town (insurance, water bill, softner bill)

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I'm paying more and more stuff on line but I feel like I may forget to pay something if I don't see an actual bill. KWIM? Plus there are some CC companies that charge a fee if you pay on line.

 

[New England Eeyore]

Paying online is the only way I do things..unless it is something I can drop off in town (insurance, water bill, softner bill)

I'm trying to figure out what a softner bill is.

Ever since I signed up for online banking last year and automatic bill payment for every bill that offered that option my life has gotten so much easier! I also put everything that allows that option to be billed to my credit card so I only have one big bill to pay and I rack up points for Disney.

I saw the postage increase yesterday. It seems reasonable. I was afraid it was going to be higher.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

I'm trying to figure out what a softner bill is.

Ever since I signed up for online banking last year and automatic bill payment for every bill that offered that option my life has gotten so much easier! I also put everything that allows that option to be billed to my credit card so I only have one big bill to pay and I rack up points for Disney.

I saw the postage increase yesterday. It seems reasonable. I was afraid it was going to be higher.

We have a water softner... Even though we live in the city and have city water the water is still really, really hard.. so our plumber insisted we get a softner to extended the life of our water heater.. So far so good..and my clothes are cleaner & softer than before we got the water softner!!

So far Buffy, I have a list of what bills need paid and when(as I'm sure you do too).. I still get paper bills so I can account for everything... I'm always afraid of missing bills too.. The only bill that doesn't come to the house is the satellite bill and I have requested a paper bill for over a year.. I just have to keep that one in my pop up calendar and pay it the 1st of every month!

 

[New England Eeyore]

Oh, that makes sense. All I could think of was fabric softener!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Well, she does do a lot of !!

 

[maria34a]

Well, she does do a lot of !!

Well with all those kids, you would too!!!! I can't imagine having all those kids running around!!!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Well with all those kids, you would too!!!! I can't imagine having all those kids running around!!!

Trade you for a day!!!
Speaking of I'm now only load number 3 of 8 baskets! Can you believe that stuff.. I cleaned DD's room yesterday..and for someone who is at school or extra curricular activities she came up w/ 3 baskets herself! I'd like to know what she is doing that she goes through that many clothes!! (2 of the 8 baskets were towels.. 3 for dd, and the last 3 were for 4 people combined!)

 

[maria34a]

Nancy, you scare me!!!!! Don't get lost in the mountain of laundry! If we don't hear from you, will send a search party! Just yell!!!!!!!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

***alpha bravo**
***come in alpha bravo. this is base command***
**we need to send out a re-con team, PN96 has gone MIA somewhere near Maytag Mountain***
****over***

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

**copy that base command**
**requesting troops from Camp Kenmore assist**
**over**

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Nancy, you scare me!!!!! Don't get lost in the mountain of laundry! If we don't hear from you, will send a search party! Just yell!!!!!!!

I promise to send up flares or something.. Well shoot..can't do that.. I'd probably catch all the clothes on fire..but boy would that elminate some of my problems, huh?

 

[PrincessNancy96]

*base command*
* screeech* *Screech*
*base command, I'm stick somewhere about "Whirlpool Ridge"*
*copy, over*

 

[New England Eeyore]

Nancy, I hear you on the teenage girls and laundry. My DsDs are only with us 2 days a week and they generate about a basket a day each. My oldest goes through a MINIMUM of 8 towels per weekend - 4 full size, 2 hand sized and 2 facecloths. I have not yet figured out what she does with the hand towels since obviously the rooms with sinks already have them hanging. I told my DH that we got off easy - we had full custody when they were young and dirty. You practically had to pay them to take a shower and they were more likely to shove dirty clothes back into their drawers than into the hamper. We just followed the scent to find them.