I am glad everything got to you. I would hate to hold everyone else up. It is nine days from winter solstice - a big day for those of us who like to wintersow seeds. One can keep wintersowing from mid December until February - snow and sleet permitting.
I should keep in mind the holiday rush and send things express mail instead of two day mail om December. Now the post office is used to me printing mail (I moved here a year and a half ago. I suspect that I was the first person at the local post office to print postage. Some of the things I send for work are insured for larger amounts than your average package). In rural areas, it may be a learning curve for both the mailers and the post office. In our area, the mail delivery people are part time independent workers, not postal office employees. I haven't seen a mailman in uniform or an official mail truck since I was a teenager!
It probably helps the host if people get tracking for their packages. It makes it easier to see what happened if packages go astray.
It is much better than the place where I used to live. Someone there was stealing packages. I had two mail order prescription orders stolen and two opened. Of course, my insurance company discouraged non mail order prescriptions. I was stuck with that company for a year. What a nightmare!
After printing my labels, as I was packing my seeds I decided to upgrade my internet computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Unfortunately, I didn't check to be sure that my laser printer and HP inkjet printer were supported in windows 10. My other computer is newer. It doesn't have an old fashioned connection for my laser printer, only usb connections. While multitasking, I microwaved a cup of tea. I was holding the hot handle of the cup with my sweater, heading to the desk and nearly tripped over Winston the pug. While making sure that I didn't burn poor Winston, I spilled tea all over my already printed labels. Good thing the seeds were safely in their jars on the other table and the already packed seeds were bundled together in their box on top of the bookcase. I cleaned up the mess, took a break and started to reprint the ruined labels with the Epson printer on the other computer. Good thing I had the foresight to backup my windows 7 computer to my "cloud" and to back up files to a backup stick. I was printing along on the epson printer (the backup inkjet printer) and I ran out of blue ink! That silly printer won't let you print in black and white if one of the colored cartridges runs out of ink. It won't let you use a syringe to add more ink in the cartridge either. It has a chip on the ink cartridge to make you buy only Epson ink cartridges. I ran next door to ask if I could print a few seed packets. Luckily, my neighbor is a gardener. In jest, he said I owe him tobacco and zucchini seedlings for the emergency printing. I seem to create crazy problems for myself. Other people's lives seem to run more smoothly than mine! I am back where I started on Windows 7 on this computer. Replacement ink cartridges are in the holiday mail somewhere. Humbug.
