I think my blog is haunted. I posted my croc blog the other day and it disappeard. Carrie wanted to read the comments and couldn't find the blog. When it did show up. I couldn't click on the comments to read them. The Croc blog is back, but when it reappeared on the main page it had a date of Dec. 31, 1969. Freaky. Recently, I've tried to click on comments to read them and it tells me I don't have access to this site. LOL

I just found out that my good friend Postal Texan left me a comment on one of my blogs and the comment disappeard or deleted itself:( Sorry PT. I would be honored to have a comment from you anyday!!!!! So, I just wanted everyone to know if you leave a comment on my blog it may not post. If it doesn't please try again.

George started the interactive blog idea.... so I'm going to copy from him and ask what is your favorite shoe to wear around during the summer? Flip-flops, sandals, Birkenstocks, athletic shoes...........there are many choices. Normally I would have listed flip-flops;however,I find myself digging in my closet for last years crocs. That's right! I wear the ugly shoe. I own a navy blue pair and I'm proud of it.

Believe me, I resisted buying these things for a long time. I didn't care how comfortable others said they were. I thought they look like plastic Dutch clogs. Very uncool,but I noticed a phenomenon. Usually the "fashion minded people" purchase the latest styles for vanity sake, but it wasn't the "fashion minded" purchasing these shoes. I noticed the gardening freaks wearing the bright green crocs, the boater's wearing the navy crocs , and the team moms wearing the pink crocs......... so I thought......there must be something to the shoe. These people aren't wearing these shoes to make a fashion statement, so they must be wearing them because of the comfort factor. Justification for purchase! I know my deductive reasoning skills aren't very scientific, but HEY, it made sense to me.

I own two navy blue pairs and all I can say is "I LOVE my Crocs". They are convenient, comfy, and ideal for those of us that like to hang around the water. They may look nerdy, but I challenge you to slip on a pair and find out for yourself what true comfort really is. Crocs really aren't a crock.

I was going to post last night, but I was too full of popcorn, snowcaps, and a few other goodies I mooched from others around me:) I went to see Prince Caspian with my son's 5th grade class. C.S. Lewis fans will not be disappointed. The movie takes us back to Narnia with Lucy, Edmond, Peter, & Susan. They are helping Prince Caspian reclaim his kingdom and restore peace in Narnia. It was magical and kept my attention for the whole 2hrs20min:) C.S. Lewis left us with many hidden messages in his books. The movie does a great job of weaving his messages into the screen play. It is a kids movie, but it's usually the kid's movies that do the best job of telling the stories of heroism. Prince Caspian is a movie about faith, courage, and sacrifice. It has it all..... comedy, action, adventure, war, a little romance for the ladies and the violence is often left to the imagination which is good for the little ones. Spauldo gives it a ***** 5 star:) Switchfoot is playing on my blog. This is a song from the soundtrack. Enjoy the beginning of a great movie season. Next on my agenda.....Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

At least mine does. Since I am a Rural carrier, I deliver mail to a lot of farmers. Hard working farmers. One of the great experiences of a Rural route is the opportunity to see the combines harvesting the fields in the fall. It gives you that deep down feeling of American pride. However, that is not the feeling on my route today. The farmers were out "fertilizing the fields". Many........many....... fields. They call it fertilizing, but in reality they are spreading manure. For 4 hours I had to smell the methane laden "fertilizer." I'm sick and my head hurts! Today...I actually may have CRAP FOR BRAINS. Is there such a thing as a workmans comp. claim for manure poisoning? LOL I tried using the Oprah endorsed Neti pot. It's not working. So the only thing I can do is what the SS would probably do. OD on Tylenol PM and hope for a better day tomorrow.

Where are Mulder and Scully when I need them? An X-file needs solved before the entire Rural Craft at my post office gets fired. We've had 3 Express Mail failures in 3 weeks.The X-file question "What is causing the express mail failures?"
The Carriers missing the scans are 15-25 year regular carriers who never miss a basic delivery confirmation scan. So how can they miss the most important scan of all and one that requires so much input? They have been scanning Express Mails for years and suddenly they don't know how to scan them anymore? If veteran carriers, who never had an issue before, suddenly begin missing scans, I might question the scanner docking station. Is it downloading the information? One carrier was told she missed 5 DC scans and an Express mail scan. She was issued a LOW today. She says there is "NO WAY" she missed them. So what is a carrier to do? If management tells us the scan is missed, what recourse does a carrier have? Is someone prematurely checking the Express mail scan log on the computer and getting the wrong information because the system does not update until later? If the system is saying it was not scanned(because it does not update until later) and then someone "freaks" and thinks it will be a failure, manually inputs before going home, does this void the carriers successful route scan and then cause a failure? I guess I'm worried the X-file will continue through the craft. At the rate we are going, it's a new carrier every other day so the odds are against me. Am I next? I check my scanner before docking and make sure the Express mail scan logged.The carrier that got the LOW today says she checked her scanner before docking and the express mail was in her scanner. So did it get lost when downloaded? Are any other offices having these failures? Do the new scanners malfunction? If they do, how does a carrier go about proving they fail? A lot of us are having trouble believing human error is the cause of ALL the recent failures in our office. Especially, since it's the long time carriers missing the scans:(