In Which the Culprit Is Revealed

Y'all can sit back and rest from the edge of your seats now. The anonymous sticker mail is anonymous no more.

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from:		Ashley Grice
to:		Erin Goettsch

I can't take it anymore. I was going to hold out until you told us your (presumably) hilarious conspiracy theory, but alas. I give in. Two things* I'd love to know:
1. Exactly HOW FRUSTRATED were you? I've been so tempted to call Nathan P** and ask, but I feared he'd tell you I was behind it.
2. Did any other envelopes arrive? Should have been 3 more.
I LOVE YOU! Thanks for playing!

From Erin: 
* I ended up answering both of those questions here. To sum up: Very, and yes.
**Y'all know she means Another Nathan, right? He actually has a legit last name, outside this blog. (Also heck yes he would have told me.)

In Which the Culprit is Revealed

Dear Erin’s Readers,

Ok. I’ll ‘fess up.

Many moons ago, Erin ranted about preschool homework (her words: "I think we've well covered how I feel about preschool homework").  This was the FIRST THING that popped into my head when “Liam” got a chain letter from “Anneliese.” (Use of quotes permitted because CLEARLY the letter was from Erin to me, and the assignment could not in any way, shape, or form have been completed by Liam AT ALL.) (Not even ONE BIT.)

So, there I was. Stuck holding a chain letter. In the same boat I found myself 20 (TWENTY!) years ago. (You know what we normally do with chain letters now? DELETE THEM FROM THE INBOX.) 

There are not 6 people in my life who I dislike enough that I would actually send them a chain letter. Also, Liam doesn’t play with stickers.  But, I wanted Anneliese to get her stickers! And I wanted to get back at Erin for passing along a stinking 1990’s chain letter! (WHO DOES THAT?)

Fortunately, I have friends around the country who are more than happy to send  pre-addressed, pre-stamped, stuffed and sealed envelopes from their home towns. I sent Finn his stickers (he liked them! Yay!), then I mailed ready-to-send envelopes, addressed to Anneliese from various fictional characters, to friends around the country. 

Please note: My friends are awesome and so, so helpful!

In the end, Anneliese was THRILLED! Erin was STUMPED! The chain letter stops here!*** Everyone wins!

By the way, I have a brand-new smartphone and I no longer use T9! And I use an rss feed (whatever that means) to read blogs on my phone!  Sadly, if I read those blogs on the computer, I still type the address in the browser.

I will finish this riveting story with some advice. Should you choose to imitate this prankish project, may I suggest the following improvements:

1. Use different sizes/styles of envelopes (to further confuse Erin). I was just lazy and used what I had in the desk.

2. Have 6 different kids address the envelopes, so that each one has unique kiddie handwriting (to further confuse Erin).

3. Use different brands & styles of stickers (to further confuse Erin).

You’re welcome!

Thanks for playing along in today’s mail mystery game!

Patiently awaiting my kiss on the mouth,

Ashley

***Only your wing of it, dear sister. Besides the anonymous ones, we have kiddie stickers coming from five other arms of that chain. xoxo *mwah*