Christmas Card Update

Well, the sickness kinda put my Christmas cards on the back burner. I will admit to having them here in the house for quite a few days. However, with everyone getting sick and getting married, well, I haven't sent them out.

I told you that there was a lot that could go wrong with my whole Christmas card sending thing!

In the spirit of full disclosure, I have looked at them, talked to them and even thought about needing to send them. Tonight I came one step closer. I made labels to put on the back (I stole the idea from my wonderful, really smart friend, Misty) with our blog address on it. I also created a mail merge file with all of the addresses and merged them! I have even printed the labels. Now, all I need to do is put the labels on (I am sure that I can find some volunteers for that job!), buy and stick stamps and MAIL! Surely I should be able to get that done in the next day or so.

Thanks for keeping me accountable. I have been known to hand make cards (it takes hours to make special cards!), get pictures printed (Hello, money involved here!) and yet never send them out. If I know that someone is waiting for it, I'll just have to make sure that I send the cards.

By the way, who decided that cards were something that we needed to do during what is absolutely the most busy time of the year? As if there isn't enough pressure on us women (I don't know any men that send out cards!) to create the "perfect holiday" during Christmas. No wonder so many people commit suicide during the holidays...they can't stand the pressure of getting cards out on time! Why can't we, as a society, send out Fourth of July cards? There isn't a whole lot going on in July. Or better yet, why don't we choose a random day in May and call it, "Special Card Sending" day or "Catching Up with Cards" day. What do you think? Can we change the card sending rules one person at a time?