I was at Michelle's again today to watch Eva and also so I was close to the doctor for Whitney's 2nd eye doctor's appointment (this one went much better, no bad vibes, the bow tie was undone, and his pants and shirt matched, and he wasn't condescending), so she's supposed to have surgery in a few weeks. I finished making Betsy's birthday present and am so excited about it (though I can't share it until next week). It's such a relief when something turns out well enough not to be discouraged, and it's a huge bonus when I actually love it. Woohoo.
Anyway, when I got home, the mail today was good for me because I got a darling thank you post card from Kristi, and a cute hand-stamped thank you from Collette. (Perhaps the benefit of having no mail yesterday is double good mail today!). Anyway, thanks to both of them for their kind words and thoughtfulness. I enjoy writing and sending thank you notes, but tend to want to make them really creative and often let a long time lapse. It hangs over me and makes me want to call the "thankees" to say "yes, it's coming, but you know how I work and the idea hasn't been formulated or designed yet, and then you know it will take me a least a day to put them together and then another day to compose my message and get it in the mail" is that so wrong? Yes. I think one of my goals for this year (starting now) is to be more prompt with my thank you notes (this can go on my list of intentions which will be turned into art at some point).
**How do you feel about thank you notes?**
11 comments:
I love to give them and recieve them. I think they are important and I always appreciate a heartfelt expression of gratitude. You always do good ones Jill! I love thank you notes in both regards.
So.... I guess I should apologize that I haven't sent you thank you cards. D'oh!! I need to send an apology letter. crap.
Whatever, no you don't, but that was funny anyway.
I love getting anything personal in the mail. It is always extra special to send something that you know will be appreciated - whether it is homemade or has any imperfections! Yes, I see my glaring stamp smudge in the photo BUT I knew you'd appreciate the words (hopefully) more than the smudgy ink.
I love "thank yous" and think that they are a must especially for wedding or shower gifts. I got that pet peeve from my mom. Although, there have been times in the past that I let them go, but I just got a new thanks stamp from impress and I'm ready to go now. I think I'm the only one in my family that sends out thank you notes
It is always nice to feel appreciated. I like to send and receive them. Although I am sometimes very tardy! I always hear you saying, it's never too late to thank someone...which has been good for me to get over not sending it at all because I am embarrassed it is late!
Thany you notes are so important. It's one of the things I really remember my Mom stressing when we were little. Last year I was visiting my Granparents. We have some cousins who are semi estranged from the family (messy divorce), but my granda was lameting the fact that she had to send another graduation present to a grandchild who would not appreciate it nor acknowledge receipt of it. "They never send thank you notes!" was really all she said--my Grandma is really the sweetest most giving person in the world--but it made me grateful that I always send a thank you to her.
I feel the same way, Jill. Love sending them, love receiving them. I wait way too long to send them because I feel like they need to be really cool. But why do we need that pressure? I know I enjoy any mail I get, it doesn't need to be handmade or a work of art! I think I will join you in the send thank-you notes faster intention. A good one for sure. (For me, it will be more often as well.)
i have the thank you note curse. i will carry with me my whole life. i did not send any wedding thank you cards. i hate that i didn't. after 6 months i just threw the list away. i know my mother inlaw still harbors some feelings about it although she is too nice to ever say anything.
so i can never ever complain about not getting any thank you cards for something becasue there is a large amount of people who never got one from me.
my best wedding gift ever was the gift certificate to Borders books from you and randy and of course the best card ever that i will never part with. we were so excited to get the GC becasuse it had nothing to do with a kitchen or towels.
So thank you.!
does this count as gettingoneoff mylist?
I didn't even remember what we gave you, so I didn't know that I was never thanked. Check us off your list (though I'd love to see the card again sometime).
is this a rhetorical question? because, of course I LOVE to get them and of course, I have good intentions about sending them!
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