Stamp and deliver

That's really funny!! Ha hahahhhhaaa!!

You want  ME to help you sort out the foreign stamps in that pile?!

Oh.

You are serious. 

Well, if it's for the Retired Greyhound Trust I'll give it a go.

No. I'm sorry. They all look alike to me.

You're on your own.

Seriously. Thanks to EVERYONE who has been collecting used stamps for us. And PLEASE don't feel sorry for the Lady Of The House. She really enjoyed sorting them out. (Personally I think she needs to get out more).

She kept showing me pretty ones from America and Australia where so many of our fellow pet bloggers live. She also found some nice UK ones she'd not seen before commemorating films and stage shows.

And when she found a very old one from when British stamps were one and half penny in OLD money she got VERY excited.

If you would like to collect stamps for the RGT yourself - or find out how they use them - take a look at this website page about the RGT Used Stamp Appeal.

Homer gives us a mention

Homer is the official newsletter of the Retired Greyhound Trust - and how excited was I when the latest copy dropped on our doormat this morning and I found out that I was their Page 4 girl.

Well, I was ON page 4 anyway.

They'd given me - and this blog - a mention in return for the used stamps I've been helping the Lady Of The House collect. I have written about the appeal for stamps before, but you can read more here on the RGT website if you want to catch up.

Huge thanks to Alyson, Eileen and everyone else who has been helping me collect my stamps. I have another bag-full nearly ready to go now.

A very nice lady called Janette wrote on the wall of my Facebook page a couple of days ago that she'd seen me in Homer magazine - but I didn't know what she meant at that stage.

What a nice surprise!

The newsletter also says what a tough 12 months it has been in the UK for so many people - and that the RGT has been no exception.

More than 4,200 lovely homes for retired dogs were found in 2010 through this one greyhound charity - but they need more help to continue their great work.

I was shocked to see that the RGT's annual veterinary bill alone is more than half a million pounds!!

The newsletter also talks about model Twiggy's support for RGT which I blogged about last month.

If you are in the UK and able to help the RGT fundraise through collecting used stamps - or loose change - or anything you can contact them through their website or by ringing 0844 826 8424.

Stamping around is a sneezy business

Bless me

What is this odd expression all about, you may well ask?

It's not me giving you a cheeky wink, actually.

It's me caught as I was about to sneeze.

All because I was being helpful.

I volunteered to 'help' the Lady Of The House pack up a HUGE box full of used postage stamps - to help raise money for the Retired Greyhound Trust - into a couple of BIG envelopes

We've very kindly been given a lot of stamps recently and we thought it was time to get them away in the post. But we'll keep collecting them off the Christmas envelopes - and if you'd like to donate your stamps to a good cause, here's the info on the Retired Greyhounds website.

But I think a bit of dust had gathered in the box along with the stamps. But one good Atisshooooo!!! later and all was well.

There's some more in here L O T H!

Thank you for the stamp support

Hello

Just a quick posting today as I'm busy enjoying the Sunday sunshine in the garden - lounging on my doggy duvet on the patio and occasionally taking myself off into the shade when the sun gets too hot.

Just wanted to say thank you to the nice people who have contacted me through the Lady Of The House to say they will pass on their used stamps after I appealed for them through this blog last week.

The Retired Greyhound Trust collects used stamps and is trying to raise £1,500 this year - the cost of keeping a greyhound in kennels for a year.

The L O T H is happy to post stamps off if you send them to her or you can send them direct to the RGT. See the previous posting for more information.

Save your stamps to help greyhounds

Afternoon

Hope it's been a lovely afternoon where you are. I had a great walk in the sunshine this afternoon and a few minutes ago I frightened a cat that was balanced on the fence in the back garden by standing on my back legs and doing my best Scooby-Doo impression. (I KNOW he's not a greyhound, but when my ears fly up in "I've-spotted-a-cat" mode I do look like I could be his skinny cousin.)

Anyway, enough about me, I wanted to let you know about a really easy way you can help support the Retired Greyhound Trust who do so much good work finding homes for lots of retired racers like me. The Lady Of The House was quite impressed because she says it's something they used to do to help charities in the "olden days" and she didn't know it still made money.

When your post arrives in the morning, can you spare a second to rip the corner of the envelope off, which includes the used stamp, put them to one side and then every now and then post them off to:

Retired Greyhound Trust
2nd Floor
Park House
1-4 Park Terrace
Worcester Park
Surrey
KT4 7JZ

Save your stamps to help retired greyhounds

Every kilogram of used stamps collected can then be sold in aid of the RGT. So far in 2010 they have made £300, but their target is £1,500 which is the cost of kennelling a dog for a year.

So don't bin them, please send them to the RGT!  Tell all your friends to save their stamps too, and maybe if you know anyone who works in an office they could help out too.