Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, miss and ...

I had the day where I wondered why in the heck I ever decided to do all the things on my to do list that day!

I had five letters I HAD to get out because they were going overseas and I needed a response from them two months ago. I did not have email addresses and anyways, they were the type of letters that I wanted to put some special personalized attention a la Lisa style. 

After kissing my beloved off to work, I sat down to compose these letters on my laptop. That part went okay. I scamper off to the printer in the back bedroom to run off copies which I have finally mastered after all these months of trying. Of course, simple white paper will not do and so I buzz downtown in the car to go look at fun-whimsical-Lisa paper which is a style of paper that is in my head but not on the shelf. I buy "second best" paper, zip it back into the printer at home and discover it will not fit my letter format!

Zoom to another shop where they have more fun-whimsical-Lisa paper, but still not exactly "the paper in my head", so I roll my eyes, say some choice words under my breath, and buy it anyways because time is a-wasting-here-for-me. I load it in the printer and discover it will not fit my letter format either. Since I am computer and time challenged to figure out margin format and all that crap, expelling a huge sigh of defeat, I print out the letters on white linen paper which turns out looking pretty spiffy. Undaunted once again, I zigzag out to another store to buy fun-pretty-artsy-sparkly-Lisa stickers to add pizazz to the letters and recipients life when they open the envelopes. 

I just can't do ordinary. I just can't. It has to have sparkle, a whimsical trait, a magical element that makes you smile and feel good. As I assemble the letters with stickers, I thought my friends might just think I have lost my marbles when they get these missives but it also might make them pause to consider my request to meet up for tea, or a glass of wine.

The letters have been posted and I didn't even get a parking ticket with all my scooting around the city...I am hoping with all those misses, I will have scored a hit in the long run!