pajamas in paris

The traveling pajamas have gone to Paris. Here is a photograph of Rhonda, wearing them in Paris, and enjoying (I think) some French wine. Drinking French wine in pajamas is truly one of civilization's greatest pleasures.

Thank you Rhonda for including the pajamas in your adventure, and for providing the photo for this blog. Thank you also for sending them on their way to Egypt. Perhaps a photo of the pajamas at the pyramids will be our next installment? or maybe the Sphinx wearing pajamas?

pajama thought - "the Sphinx's pajamas"

news at last (of the traveling pajamas)

After a year of waiting, I was resigned to the idea that my traveling pajamas had found their way to the bottom of a dresser drawer, never to be heard from again.

But now, I receive this message on my facebook wall, from Rhonda, who got my pajamas last winter:

"hey Sue, you might be interested to know that the travelling pj's are in Paris - it took them awhile but they finally got on their way. I have a picture to post on the blog (!) if you still have it...."

Paris!

I will find out more and post the news.

pajamas - flannely patience is rewarded

where have all the jammas gone?

The pajamas arrived safe and sound and have been worn, but are not yet posted. I am waiting to hear from them, although I am not worried. They are safe, only dormant. I wonder, will they continue their journey through springtime? or hibernate in a dresser drawer? Will they be lost before winter?

I just had an idea. More later.

The jam's in the mail

I mailed the pajamas on Monday. I stuffed them into a padded, slightly-over-legal-size envelope. It cost $8 and change, but that included a 89 cent (I think) stamp for a letter to the US, and GST of course. Tax on stamps is about the silliest thing I can think of. What next? Tax on tax? Oh well, this blog is not about tax. It is about pajamas.

The lady at the post office said "Two Business Days," so the pajamas should arrive today or maybe tomorrow. I hope Rhonda like them. I hope the letter carrier appreciates how special and flannely this package is. I'm giggling about protecting flannel pajamas in a padded envelope. Well, they won't be bruised.

Now I'm prickling with delight, waiting to hear from Rhonda that the pajamas have arrived. Isn't mail fun? Aren't pajamas lovely?

pajama thought - if church ministers wore pajamas we could all show up at 11:30 and drink coffee and eat toast during the service

The last time I wore the pajamas

This is me, M.M. pajamas, wearing the blue flannel pajamas with penguins and snowflakes. I am about to set them free.

pajama thought: if police officers wore pajamas, all troublemakers would be hugged and offered hot cocoa and a muffin

The beginning

Last week was snowy and cold. My friend Rhonda posted a new status line on her facebook page. She said she wanted to dress in flannel but she didn't have any. My heart wept for her. No flannel? We must have flannel in our lives for sad days, cold days and days that we just want to feel cuddly and safe. Flannel keeps us inside our nests. Flannel is forgiving, understanding and comforting. Flannel is a gift we must give to ourselves and to others, it turns out.

Right away I wrote on Rhonda's wall, "I will mail you my pajamas."

So begins the adventure of "mail my pajamas." I will mail the pajamas to Rhonda tomorrow. She'll wear them and enjoy them until she is ready to set them free, then she will mail them to someone else. I hope that the pajamas will touch many lives.

Pajama thought - If teachers wore pajamas, there would be no pop quizzes, no detentions, and everyone would get an A for trying.