26/01/2026
I can’t believe I’m doing another snow post, but I spent four hours shoveling between yesterday and today, including our driveway, and this might be the greatest achievement of my lifetime. Well. Of 2026 maybe. And of course I shoveled a cute little path to my mailbox so my beloved mail carrier could pick up my packages, because as I’m sure you’ve guessed, jewelry does not get a snow day.
When my forearms got so sore they stopped working, I invented a new shoveling strategy that I’m calling The Drag and Deposit, named after my best friend who was once dragged and deposited by a ski lift after she was fooling around and ignoring the ski lift rules. I was feeling very proud of myself until my male neighbor across the street came out to shovel his driveway, and was tossing snow at 10 times the rate that I was, like, “Look at my amazing male forearms, I can just pick up this snow like it’s baby bird feathers.” And I felt determined to beat him at something, so I raced to be the first one to clean the snow off the trash cans, only to realize that he had the smarts to put his trash cans in his garage before the storm so they’d be snow-free. He is now my nemesis.
After all that, I came inside to find an email from the post office saying that they would NOT be picking up my packages. What. I thought the motto of the USPS was, “Neither sleet nor hail nor snow piles nor annoying winds will keep us from delivering your junk mail always and forever.” I’m paraphrasing, but that is basically it. I guess it’s more of a metaphorical motto.
Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that if you got a message from me saying your order shipped today, please pretend it said tomorrow. Which is when I will be marching these packages down the post office myself because nobody should have to wait even ONE SECOND longer than necessary to get their jewelry, not even in this winter storm of the century. Stay safe in the snow, if you happen to be in one of the 46 states affected by the storm! 💛