When did you mail it? Reg Priority should take 2-3 days.

I mailed it priority on the 18th. Most everything I've shipped priority has gotten to where it's going within 3 days. I hope this one does also. I mailed a couple more out yesterday and will see what happens with them.
Karyn

I hope my person gets theirs today too. It went out the 17th. Mine didn't get here today and we are going to be closed til next Thursday. I gotta go to the post office this afternoon and beg them to keep my packages aside for me to pick up instead of putting them in "the room", which the jerk at the counter will say "I'm not going in there to look for one box with all that stuff in there" Then I will go to jail on Christmas, lol.

They should def get it today or tomorrow. If you brought it to the PO in the morning, than better chance of it today. If the afternoon, like after 3 or so, then prob tomorrow. Don't worry your pretty lil head about it, lol. I'm sure everything will get to where it needs to go safe and sound. Hopefully the recip will let you know as soon as they getit to ease your worrying.
Daniella

SEE If you would have just sent it to me...There would be no worries... I pray for patience every day..LOL It will make it and I know who ever gets it will be thrilled!! You always send the best! Worth waiting for!!!
Kylie

Lol, I know you would have gotten it already, lol. Marian got hers already. See Marian you could have given me and Kylie each others names and we could have had it easy, lol.

I'm thinking the same thing. I mailed mine out on Monday morning!
Theresa

I am hoping my SS person got theirs as well! It had to be re-thought for shipping purposes and since I could not send what I originally planned I had to take an "alternative" route. Hope it arrives safely. I am still waiting with anticipation for my package which I am sure will be wonderful--I am easy to please so will be thrilled when I get it and unpack it! I hope everyone gets thjeirs soon and lets us know what great goodies they received.
A merry Christmas to all my wonderful firends on this forum!
Linda

Kylie,be careful how you pray,I prayed for patience 27 years ago,and got twins,so now I pray for wisdom.LOL,
Bonnie

Lol, bonnie. I needed that laugh. I think my packages have gone to "the room" I better not threaten the PO publicly,not a good idea. On a good note though, I have a freind that works for UPS and he was able to track down my best friends package that ended up in Illinois and is bringing it to me so I can have it in time our gift exchange tomorrow! I am very happy about that since the people I talked to on the phone said nothing could be done about it til Monday. I found out they just didn't want to make the courtesy drop off they are supposed to do since the schedule is so busy right now but its good to have friends in different places, lol.

Yelp it's getting a little close for our packages to get to people before Christmas. But just like Kylie said, if they are a little late I'm sure the person on the receiving end will understand and still be just as pleased with their gifts. After all we're not talking underwear, socks, pj's, and junk like that here. We're talking about the good stuff brug cuttings, plants, seeds, garden tools, gloves, birdfeeders, windchimes, lanterns, gift cards, and so much more.

Too bad I can't have this kind of Christmas exchange with my family memebers. I'd be in hog heaven. LOL Instead I have to do alot of the traditional stuff.(wink) Just 3 days to the BIG DAY.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good day.
Marian

I sent 2 boxes - flat rate - priority - one got there on Friday - the other hasn't arrived yet - not on Saturday either.

Not good. . . .not good at all. That's over 4 days.

A different one - I got out of here late so it won't arrive until after Xmas - but that's ok. They're really packed well with lots of water/paper towels. They're hardy and will be ok. I had to get them out of the chicago land area immediately and take my chances with a couple extra days rather than hanging on to them - and trying to send them later with freezing temps here.

But that other one that hasn't arrived yet really annoys me. Sent it out at the same time as the other one.

"Priority" doesn't seem to mean anything.

Daniella - I hope it gets there.

Those poor things will have been in the box then for over a WEEK if they don't arrive before Xmas.

I'm really sorry. Hopefully they are big enough and can take it. Jim's got there on Friday already.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for today.

If my SS doesn't get there today I'm afraid that it will be too late because of what I packed. The other packages I sent I knew it was a crap shoot but I expected the SS gift to arrive on time. Is the PO open on Monday? Now I can join everyone else's rant about the USPS : (
Karyn

I was told at the post office today that priority mail is not "guaranteed" 2-3 day delivery. They say I don't have any packages but I bet they are in the "room". Waaahaaaa! I have a few things I am expecting from family that should have been here Thursday. I spent the day potting up all my cuttings that were still in water and making room for new stuff, lol. I don't know where we are going to eat Christmas dinner. The table is full of brugs that John claimed for himself and he put his in huge pots already, lol. I am hoping most of mine can wait til spring to go in the big pots or ground.

Dweeb, I am nervous too. I went to the PO as soon as I emailed you and they were closed already, dang PO..but the sign on the door said they'd be open Monday till 1:00. I'm goin there 1st thing Mon morn to see if it's there and I can get it. *fingers crossed* Thank you again!

Kristy..plates in laps on the couch, lol.

O Karyn, maybe your recip got it today and just hasn't had a chance to let you know..hopefully? I hope it all survives.

Daniella

Lol, that is where John and I eat usually anyway. Karyn, I hope whoever got yours just didn't get a chance to go online yet today and got it. I sent you an email by the way. Let me know if you need one of those so I can know how to pot it up. its got good roots already. I was so relieved Mike got his and told me. There are 3 more people getting a little something from me but may not get them til Monday. None of those are things that will hurt to wait I don't think so I won't stress out about those. Since my neck got messed up I couldn't really send what I had planned to the last 3.

Karyn, do you know if your package made it? I checked the other day and the p/o is open on Monday.

I just checked in here!!! LMAO... Bonnie you crack me up.. TWINS!!! Wisdom is a good thing...Hope everyones stuff makes it!..SOON!
Kylie

I will be there Monday with evil intent in my heart. I just found out that they said they tried to deliver my package this morning and nobody was there. I get my mail at our business. That is why I put a stupid hold on my mail and gave them my cell # to call me if I got a package so I could pick it up and asked them to check today and they said I didn't have anything. Whoever sent mine I am terribly sorry. I will have it Monday morning or go to jail for throwing such a fit. I hope it will be ok I know the person who sent it must be upset.

If my recipient received their package I haven't heard about it. Maybe they hate it and don't want to hurt my feelings?
Karyn

Lol, you forget we have all seen your stuff, no way could anybody hate anything you sent. We all have Karyn envy! Did you get my email?

I have not heard if my recipient got their SS gift either. I hope if they get it they will let me know! I have not received mine yet but hoping it may come Mon. I have heard that PO is not delivering mon though here in FL so I may not get it til after Christmas. I will still be happy with an "after Christmas" package
Karen--I know whoever gets your package will be thrilled--wish it was me!! I know I would have some great goodies!!
I hope everyone gets their packages soon and all of you have a very Merry Christmas!
Linda

Just found out Sandy got mine! Yeah--PO was working!

I'm wondering now why EXACTLY do we pay the Post Office the big bucks - if they can't get an item to it's destination in a reasonable time?? Priority mail in 2-3 days means "SHOULD BE THERE" in 2-3 days - not 4-7 days! Wow! Post Offices CLOSING for days & even a week! No deliveries for a week? What's that all about? Almost makes me want to see the horse & rider! What were they called? Oh yeah - the Pony Express! Bet packages would have been on time in those days! :) Need I rant more??

Mike

This sucks. I'm really afraid what I sent is not going to make it so long in a box. As a matter of fact I'll be shocked if 3/4 of it is viable. I will send a replacement. It won't be exact but I'll get it as close as possible. I'll wait to hear when it finally arrives. I'm hoping the other two things I sent out are ok. Kylie you know that you are getting something and so is Danielle. Please let me know if what I sent you two is in decent shape.

Karyn

Karyn, don't worry. You know those cuttings you sent me a while back that the post office kept all weekend extra? I babied them and they all look fine now so whatever you are sending hopefully will make it to its new home ok. At least the post offices are climate controlled so it won't be freezing someplace. I'm sure nobody would expect you to replace a gift if some of it didn't survive. It is a gift after all and the thought is what counts. Some of the bulbs I sent out didn't look so great either but the lady assured me they would be ok. I can only hope they do well for Mike & Marian.

The Post Office loses mail frequently, but I thought the following article was an example of how bad they have been for many years

OBERLIN, Kansas (AP) -- A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.

The Christmas card was dated December 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.

It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said.

"It's surprising that it never got thrown away," he said. "How someone found it, I don't know."

Ethel Martin is deceased, but Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative.

That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois.

"That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there."

The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin -- the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.

"We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect

I hope it doesn't take 93 years for my Secret Santa package to arrive! LOL
Linda

Linda

I read that article online! That was one beautful card - they had shown a picture of it! But 93 years to deliver?? If they had been brug cuttings - poor things! lol!

Mike

Karyn, thank you so much for sending me something..you ladies are the best I tell ya!
I will let you know as soon as I get it..and if something didnt make it I would let you know, I couldn't lie about it, but would never expect a replacement..it's not like I bought them from you. Hey Karyn..any CHanukah leftovers in there for me? lol! My stepfather was jewish and so I celebrated Chanukah for 10 or 11 years as well as Xmas..O I miss that food..SOOOO good!! (except the G-Fish LOL) SSHHHH..don't tell my Grandmother (Where I go every year for xmas eve) but I'd rather a CHanukah dinner than an xmas dinner anyday!! Thank you so much Karyn ((hugs))
Daniella

F4F, did the package I sent to you ever get there yet? Now I'm getting worried too lol.

No, SJN it didn't. I'm sure it is in the evil room with the rest of my stuff that they said wasn't here Friday. I going to throw such a fit in the morning. My sister sent me something I haven't gotten also.