Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Out of Our Hands

136 cards, stirrings of carpal tunnel syndrome,
envelope tongue and some relief...Sweet Fancy Moses we're done!!





Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

**Are you an early, middle or
late in the month card sender?**

P.S. I am inexplicably grumpy today and have successfully undone any fun-mom feelings I sparked yesterday. $#@!

22 comments:

Heather said...

YAY for finished Christmas cards! I hope your day gets better.

Natasha said...

I love that you do your own cards but I could not wait until the last minute like that. It would wreck me! Hooray for finishing in time!

Kirsten said...

That is an amazing amount of cards...wow! This is why you have the label...Good mail Queen. Merry Christmas!

Price Cream Parlor said...

We were a little late this year - I still have a few that haven't reached the post office as of yet.
YAHOO for you to get them finished! I love the family effort - I HATE licking the envelopes!!

I was grumpy ALL DAY yesterday. I blame it on being house bound. The beautiful white fluffy stuff is gettin' old!!

Hope you are able to shake your grumpiness! I think you need dinner and a movie! Worked for me last week!

Amy said...

136!! I'm not sure I invited that many humans to my wedding. :) I'm loving your "sweet fancy Moses" expletive.

Laurie said...

I'm inexplicably grumpy today too! Glad I'm not the only one.

rmt said...

Wow! That is A LOT of cards! Hooray for you for getting them done.
Sorry about the 'grumpy' mood! Hope tomorrow is better.

Kim Sue said...

yeah! a huge stack of good mail love right there! but seriously you need some return address stickers or a stamp.

Melinda said...

That is a ton of cards. That is pretty cool that you do them yourselves. I wish I was that talented!

My kids have put me in a mood. Why must they challenge me on whether or not I will return presents?

Denise said...

Haven't even thought of Christmas cards yet. Happy New Year cards, perhaps. . . .

Ann On and On... said...

I just got out of the car after 13 hours... Did I mention that I have 12 more to go and I have been in the car for three days now. Thankfully, we are doing really good. We are safely tucked into a Days Inn for the night.
Oh, New Years cards are the new Christmas card...it's all the rage. hee hee.

Ann On and On... said...

That is a huge stack of cards... I would have to open the phone book and just pick random people to send that many out, but you are the GOOD MAIL QUEEN.
Merry Christmas Eve!

michelle said...

I'm happy for you, I really am.

But I get grumpy when I think of the fact that we have NO Christmas card. Not even the beginnings. I never thought I'd skip them two years in a row...

michelle said...

p.s. I really enjoyed your Christmas letter -- it struck just the right tone.

Doodle Bugs said...

YEA for getting them done. I also love that your whole family helps out.

Merry Christmas!

patsy said...

Hurray! I got mine :)

Heather said...

Merry Christmas, Jill!

Susan said...

Congratulations on an overwhelming project! Even when it's something that you really want to do, it can seem like it's just too much to deal with.

And, I saw the fruits of your labors and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Merry Christ to your cute family.

Anonymous said...

Your good! I did not get mine done. So I have elected to start a new tradition. New Years Cards!

Anonymous said...

YAY for you, jill! awesome that you have a team effort going. as the kids get older, it is fun to have help i have found

yet, since eleanor has been born we usually send new year's cards.

we need the cushion just in case we get (or should i say, when we get) caught up in the holiday hoopla.

i love my tradition of sending Valentines' cards to my friends. it makes me feel less guilty about the not making cards, not writing a whole lot in cards and not sending to everyone in december.

plus, you know how i feel about "taking back Vday" so it works for me

-carlo

Amie said...

Have I been exed? Mine hasn't come yet?!

I still have a few to get out but now that they are late does more late matter?

Anonymous said...

I loved your card and letter and picture. The style (I assume Randy designed it again?) is awesome. I thought it was cool that it arrived on Christmas Eve too!

I really, really hope that we can send them next year. The expense is always the issue for us. Any other month and it wouldn't be as hard! I have this whole plan for next year...lets see if it comes through!