Christmas. It's finally over.
Last night I finished addressing and writing out our Christmas cards. What's that you say? It's not Christmas anymore? I know. It's not even NEAR Christmas anymore.
I was able to get a first batch of cards out before Christmas, writing them out while Marty was in the hospital. I had good intentions of getting them all done during that time, but it turns out that Marty needed me, with all that healing and all.
And then I decided not to finish them before Christmas, spending time instead first buying then wrapping presents. Because that had a really definitive deadline.
I told Marty that I would use that lull between Christmas and New Years to get the balance of my cards out, telling him that New Years was still a perfectly acceptable time to send and receive holiday cards. But that lull never came, forgetting I guess that I have two kids and that the only lull around here is the one that happens in that two-second time span after one of the kids punches the other and before the injured one starts crying.
My next goal was to complete the cards before the first week of January, telling myself that it was still pretty much a new year, at least for the first week. And then, oh my gosh, all the sudden it was almost Meggie's birthday (which is pretty much a national holiday - and hey, it's TODAY, Happy Birthday Meggie!).
Then I started thinking that it was kind of embarrassing to even send them out this late. But why? Just because it's late doesn't mean that I didn't WANT to let the person know I was thinking about them. And "Happy Holidays" can legally (in the greeting card sense) be extended to include Valentine's Day. And I don't want to just throw away the unsent cards, I had, after all made them and they were just sitting there waiting to spread words of joy.
So I sent them, even though it is just past mid-January. And I left behind my embarrassment at sending them so late in order to trade in the self-imposed guilt I would feel all year about only sending out cards to part of my list.
Happy Holidays from The Nelson's - and that includes Christmas 2007, New Years 2008, with a possible extension to Valentine's Day '08.
I was able to get a first batch of cards out before Christmas, writing them out while Marty was in the hospital. I had good intentions of getting them all done during that time, but it turns out that Marty needed me, with all that healing and all.
And then I decided not to finish them before Christmas, spending time instead first buying then wrapping presents. Because that had a really definitive deadline.
I told Marty that I would use that lull between Christmas and New Years to get the balance of my cards out, telling him that New Years was still a perfectly acceptable time to send and receive holiday cards. But that lull never came, forgetting I guess that I have two kids and that the only lull around here is the one that happens in that two-second time span after one of the kids punches the other and before the injured one starts crying.
My next goal was to complete the cards before the first week of January, telling myself that it was still pretty much a new year, at least for the first week. And then, oh my gosh, all the sudden it was almost Meggie's birthday (which is pretty much a national holiday - and hey, it's TODAY, Happy Birthday Meggie!).
Then I started thinking that it was kind of embarrassing to even send them out this late. But why? Just because it's late doesn't mean that I didn't WANT to let the person know I was thinking about them. And "Happy Holidays" can legally (in the greeting card sense) be extended to include Valentine's Day. And I don't want to just throw away the unsent cards, I had, after all made them and they were just sitting there waiting to spread words of joy.
So I sent them, even though it is just past mid-January. And I left behind my embarrassment at sending them so late in order to trade in the self-imposed guilt I would feel all year about only sending out cards to part of my list.
Happy Holidays from The Nelson's - and that includes Christmas 2007, New Years 2008, with a possible extension to Valentine's Day '08.
Cookies are a good theme for all holidays, I think Martin is actually cutting out heart shaped cookies. Just pretend along with me, okay?
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Have no shame in sending them out after New Years. Last year I was not able to get mine out before the New Year either. Most likely many of the people receiving them are Mamas themselves and know exactly how time slips away. Think of it as a nice surprise for people to get adorable cards on a random day. The cookie receipe is perfect for Valentines cookies.
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Still sending cards myself.
No worries.
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