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My daughter, er, no, my HUSBAND’S CHILD got into our office drawers in the wee hours of the morning. She proceeds to take a sheet of stamps. And another sheet of stamps. And some tape.
It’s too traumatic for me to go much further.
So, does anyone know? Will the Post Office swap ruined stamps for ones still fit for circulation?
Also? What does one do with a child who is remaining grounded until age 40?
Posted by holly on Thursday, December 10th, 2009, at 9:36 pm, and filed under Parenting.
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Regular dishes on life in New Orleans, historic home renovation, raising kids, completing a PhD, travel near and far, global concerns, and health issues.
You know the story, right? International health... work all over the place... drag my kids around in sacks through villages in Central America... yadda yadda. I decided to go for another degree, so in 2004 we moved to New Orleans with no intention of staying. Then Katrina. And then *blink*blink* New Orleans is a completely different place and we just can't leave. Suddenly I'm on TV talking about immigrants and health and Paul is starting a company. Or two. His side is high-tech, mine is community health and our lives are yearly evacuation, regular celebrations, and nonstop work here, there, and everywhere. Our door is always open. I only ask that if you decide to go ahead and make yourself that mint julep, you make one for me, too.
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Jette | 11-Dec-09 at 9:52 am | Permalink
I remember taking back whole rolls of stamps that had become glued together by the humidity, when I worked in the LA State Capitol back in the early 1990s. The postman fussed a bit, but did exchange them. So hopefully the post office near you these days will be as accommodating.
kaye | 11-Dec-09 at 11:13 am | Permalink
LOL! I guess you could put her up on ebay and hope you get at least enough to cover the loss of the stamps 😛 JK!
shokufeh | 11-Dec-09 at 1:28 pm | Permalink
Maybe you could sell pictures of the debacle to recoup the costs, because I suspect they’re hilarious. Maybe they’ll be hilarious to you only once Kate is a teenager (I mean, 40), but I’m already laughing, and I haven’t yet seen them, except in my head.
kitty | 12-Dec-09 at 3:33 am | Permalink
Man o man. LOL. My daughter once made a palace out of tampons. Not nearly disasterous as this stamp act, but kids… they have to get their creative energy out.
gwen | 13-Dec-09 at 9:50 pm | Permalink
arrrrghghg! if it makes you feel any better clare used sheets of my stamps recently as ‘stickers’ and i just had to chalk it up to a very expensive lesson for mama b/c they were ALL over the place.