Aging: The Mailbox is Just Not any Fun Anymore!

We used to get things like offers for free vacations and catalogues from exotic companies in the mail box. Now we get some really strange stuff aimed at people that are old and bills of course. Seriously, the mail is just not what it used to be.

Did you know that you can actually buy a fake mailbag online...I mean isn't that illegal or something? Isn't there a law that only mailmen can carry the trusty bag? If there isn't, there should be...I'm just saying.

Speaking of mail, we did get some today. My Fitbit wristbands came and they are just as beautiful as I thought they would be.

Now if my Fitbit would just give me my 15,000 steps I earned today walking 18 holes of golf, I would be all set. My husband got them and they are equal to 7 miles or something. I want mine but NO...I only got 8000 even though I am much shorter than he is and I hit the ball a lot more times. I love the bands but the Fitbit is really making me mad!

Then there was the offer from the National Cremation Services...I know...do they know something that I am not aware of? Seriously, this was not good news. My husband thought it was contest and we might win a free one...cremation that is. I just reread the flyer and I don't think it is a contest. I think it is a warning of some future storm. I am going to do what Scarlet O'hara would have done and think about that tomorrow.

So there you have it from the virtual mail bag (I did not buy one...really) of b+. Just in case you do want a mail bag, here is a beauty featured on Amazon.....

Have a wonderful day.

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