{"id":1217,"date":"2022-08-30T18:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:36:14","slug":"usps-tote-bag-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"USPS Tote Bag Gifts :)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My local USPS helped me in a huge way recently. I was hoping to purchase some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelsilverstein.com\/about-shel\/\">Shel Silverstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/newsroom\/national-releases\/2022\/0408-usps-giving-tree-forever-stamp.htm\">special edition stamps<\/a>, but the other nearby USPS that I typically visit was completely out. I decided to stop by a different <a href=\"https:\/\/usps.com\/\">USPS<\/a> branch (also nearby\u2014and also my new <strong>favorite <\/strong>branch) to inquire about the stamps there as well\u2014juuuust in case! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The friendly Postal Support Employee (PSE) at this branch called all of the other local USPS branches, and was able to have 3 whole sheets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelsilverstein.com\/u-s-postal-service-shel-silverstein-stamp\/\">Shel Silverstein Stamps<\/a> (say that 5 times fast) delivered to her branch. I received a phone call today to pick them up. It took <strong>ONE<\/strong> day! What a wonderful world we live in. It&#8217;s the little things that mean the most sometimes, wouldn&#8217;t you agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a custom-designed handmade tote bag that I gave to the PSE and her colleague as thank-you gifts for absolutely making my day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220830_174059768-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2260\" height=\"2271\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220830_174059768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1219\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Made using upcycled fabric from a lovely woman who gave me all of her fabric from her San Francisco storage facility:)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220704_23291661012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2225\" height=\"3268\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PXL_20220704_23291661012.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1220\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The larger, longer tote bag that I gave to her lovely colleague.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I challenge you to make someone&#8217;s day today\u2014even if it&#8217;s just your own! Be kind to yourself. It goes a long way \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelsilverstein.com\/shels-books\/\">Shel Silverstein<\/a> poems are incredible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My local USPS helped me in a huge way recently. I was hoping to purchase some Shel Silverstein special edition stamps, but the other nearby USPS that I typically visit was completely out. I decided to stop by a different&#8230;<span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1217\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending"},"categories":[9],"tags":[304,22,305,265,303,300,306,301],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}