I just heard that the package has arrived at it's first destination....finally. Nannykins sister, Marilyn, was visiting with her when I first announced this swap and even though she is not a member here I decided to let her play with us. She lives in Burlington....just 20 minutes south of me and it took 13 days to get to her! When I mailed the envelope I asked if the address label would stick and was assured that it would. Marilyn told me that her address was written on the envelope so I think that the label fell off somewhere between Milton and Mississauga. I called Canada Post on Friday to trace the parcel and I assume that is when they wrote the address on the envelope.
I have enclosed instructions in the envelope but did not say to put a piece of tape over the address label to secure it to the envelope but with the events of the past 13 days, I think it would be a very good idea.
Marily will be mailing the package out tomorrow so I will post the tracking number as soon as I hear from her.

Hopefully this swap will go smoothly from this point on.

Mary

I just heard from Marilyn and the "Robin" is on it's way to it's next destination. She taped down the address label so it should arrive in a matter of days.

The new tracking number is:

0103 6050 0022 2917

Mary

Our "Robin" is on the move. She started in Burlington on Thursday and was processed in Mississauga on Sunday. What direction we she head from there?

Our "Robin" is out for delivery in Stratford, Ontario today.

Please let us know when you have received it and it is on it's way again.

I will post a list of participants and indicate who has received it.

received... swapped... repackaged. and once the rain lets up it will be off to the post office. likely this afternoon.

sloth003:
Do we have a tracking number?

Mary

just sent today. i wasn�t gonna bike in the snow yesterday.

0103 6410 0010 0442

There will be no mail delivery in Canada until tuesday but our package has been on the move! It was mailed by sloth003 in Stratford on Thursday and as of Sunday, had been processed at the Mississauga sorting plant. Where will it land next?

The "Robin" has landed in Winnipeg!!

Yes...the robin arrived in the mailbox today..here in Winnipeg, Manitoba...it will resume it's trip on Friday. I will post the tracking number as soon as I get home that day...

The ROBIN is once again at Canada Post here in Winnipeg...the tracking number is 0437891000375676...where will it stop only the sender knows...haha

According to Canada Post Tracking...which hasn't been updated since the 1st...the parcel is still in Winnipeg...has it arrived at its destination yet??? or is it really still here

Checked Canada Post...the Robin has been sucessfully delivered to Smith Falls, Ontario...

The robin is on the move!

Here is how things stand.

tuppermom - sent

Marilyn - rec 'd and sent

chickadee_3a

faytay

lockeb

sloth_003 - rec'd and sent

day2day

Susan G

Nana_2009 - rec'd and sent

nannykins

cziga

The robin is on the move again! Susan G. in North Augusta,ON has rec'd the package and has sent it on. The new tracking number is 0414719000254311

Here is how things stand.

tuppermom - sent

Marilyn - rec 'd and sent

chickadee_3a

faytay

lockeb

sloth_003 - rec'd and sent

day2day

Susan G - rec'd and sent

Nana_2009 - rec'd and sent

nannykins

cziga

The Robin has arrived in Montreal today - I hope to get it sent on it's way again tomorrow...will post when I get back from work tomorrow evening!

We are halfway through the swap!

ON the way back to Ontario - under tracking number:

0225 0450 0064 2147

Postal Code P0J 1C0 - wonder who that may be :-)

The robin is on the move again! Bill (lockeb) in Montreal has rec'd the package and has sent it on. The new tracking number is 0225045000642147
Here is how things stand.

tuppermom - sent

Marilyn - rec 'd and sent

chickadee_3a

faytay

lockeb - rec`d and sent

sloth_003 - rec'd and sent

day2day

Susan G - rec'd and sent

Nana_2009 - rec'd and sent

nannykins

cziga

Our robin hasn't moved since Bill sent it off.
Doesn't seem like Canada Post is very efficient,does it?

~Geraldine

A different tracking program says it is on its way to delivery, expected to be delivered tomorrow ( Tuesday).

I just checked and it says it has been successfully delivered today.

The robin has made a trip to Northern Ontario, but won't be staying long. It probably arrived in Cobalt on Friday, but it takes another day to get out to where we live. So Canada Post isn't too badly with our robin. What fun!! I'll post when it flies away again.
Carolyn

Yes, I see now that it has moved. I guess I spoke too soon.
Hope you all have a great day

~Geraldine

Robin is on its way again. Mailed this afternoon.
Tracking number is 0450 5530 0013 0105
Carolyn.

And arrived this morning. Will try to get it on its way tomorrow since there is some talk of a Canada Post walkout next week.
will post tracking number ASAP.
Theresa

Tracking number 0388 8660 0040 0975

The Robin has already flown east, west, north and south.
Which direction will he fly now??? Or is he getting dizzy?

Here is how things stand.

tuppermom - sent

Marilyn - rec 'd and sent

chickadee_3a - rec'd and sent

faytay

lockeb - rec`d and sent

sloth_003 - rec'd and sent

day2day

Susan G - rec'd and sent

Nana_2009 - rec'd and sent

nannykins - rec'd and sent

cziga

Only 3 more stops until our Robin flies home! Hopefully it will arrive at it's next destination before there is any disruption of mail service here in Canada.

tracking shows it has reached its next destination.

Yep, I got it in the mail today :) Hopefully will be able to swing by the Post Office tomorrow to get it back on it's way ... I will post a tracking # once I do ...

Wow!!! If Canada Post could give us service like this all the time we wouldn't mind the increases in postage.

cziga- Please keep in mind that there will be no postal service until Tuesday so perhaps you should hold on to it until we see what happens on Wed.

Mary

You know what ... I totally forgot about the possible strike about to happen and have already dropped it off in the post today to wait for Tuesday (I'm going to be really busy in the next couple days and didn't want to forget).

At least it is not live plants or anything, so the fabric will keep ... I wish I had remembered though!

Tracking # is: 0078646000989757

And hopefully it will go through ok ...

It looks like the postal strike was averted so our robin should be whisking it's way to the next destination. Just a few more stops before she flies home. I can't wait to see if any of the original FQs remain!

Mary

It looks like our robin has landed in Moncton after a long journey from Richmond Hill. I think our postal workers were practising for a walkout....it was mailed on May 22nd and didn't go out for delivery in Moncton until June 2nd. Or maybe they walked it to Moncton!
Just 1 more stop then she flies home.

Yes, she has landed in NB and should be bop bop boppin' and hop hop hoppin' along to her last stop first of the week. :)

Our feathered friend is once again aflight. 0013 1960 0080 0802.

:) Faye

Here is how things stand.

tuppermom - sent

Marilyn - rec 'd and sent

chickadee_3a - rec'd and sent

faytay - rec'd and sent

lockeb - rec`d and sent

sloth_003 - rec'd and sent

day2day

Susan G - rec'd and sent

Nana_2009 - rec'd and sent

nannykins - rec'd and sent

cziga - rec'd and sent

Looks like our robin has one more stop before flying back home. Hopefully she won't be held up too long in the postal system.

Mary

The robin arrived today!
It will be winging its way back home tomorrow or Monday. Will post when I have mailed it.
Thanks to Mary for hosting and to all those that helped Robin on this exciting trip.

~Geraldine

The Robin is headed home.
I mailed the package this morning.

Confirmation number is 0005 7970 0008 5179

~Geraldine

I can't wait to see the FQs I get back. Thanks to all of the participants for sending the package on so quickly. Hopefully Canada Post co-operates with us and our Robin will quickly wing her way home.

Mary

Thank you Mary for hosting this ... it was a lot of fun, even with the Canada Post strike. At least it doesn't seem to have affected much yet (fingers crossed that I didn't just jinx this!)

Yes Mary! Thank you!
It took some organizing and you did it well.
Theresa

I enjoyed hosting the RR. So far the cities that have been on strike don't affect me but if things don't go forward in the talks I am sure they will cripple Southern Ontario. We can hope that our Robin arrives back in the nest before that happens.

Mary

Windsor was out this morning along with Cornwall and Niagara Falls.
But these are rotating so expect they will be back tomorrow or Wed.
Luckily I think we missed the worst of it.
Theresa

It seems our Robin is stuck somewhere in the Postal system between Nfld. and Ontario. Hopefully she will fly home soon now that the postal workers have been legislated back to work.
I will let you know when she arrives.

Mary

The Robin has landed!! Thanks to all who participated. I sent out 10 FQs and rec'd 11 back so perhaps our robin found a friend on her travels ;)

Mary

Yay! I can just see our little robin holding a sign on the picket line.

Hope you like what you ended up with. Any of the originals make the full round?

So happy the robin made it back. I was beginning to think ha would be permanently stranded. So, did you get back any originals?

~Geraldine

Mary, did you get the info sheet that I posted separately? Just wondering.

I sent a package to DH's nephew on the same day that I posted the robin.....that was June 10th. It was delivered today...that's 32 days and it was posted to an address here in my own province.
Snail Mail for sure!!

~Geraldine

Yes, the envelope arrived sometime this week. I was in Montreal for a few days and it was in the mailbox today when I got back. Funny how the package arrived first. Thanks for the extra fat quarter.

It seems to have taken Canada Post a long time to get caught up. Perhaps they were in `snail`mode because they were forced back to work.

Mary