The Christmas Cards Have All Been Sent. . . or Have They?

Happy Christmas Eve to all!

I have a confession to make. . . I goofed up a bit this year when sending out Christmas cards. We took our yearly picture in front of the tree. David sets the digital camera on the ledge overlooking our great room. We get the children posed and tell them to freeze and to keep smiling, no matter what. Then David sets the camera to go off and has under 10 seconds to run back to his spot, sit down, and smile. The actual posing for the camera went off without a hitch. . . the easiest one yet. It was what happened after the cards had been ordered that was my blunder.

After I picked up our 60 cards from being made at Wal Mart, I discovered that my Palm was dead and refused to charge. Because my Palm is where I store my addresses, this was slightly inconvenient but not impossible (or so I thought). With the help of my mom and the internet, I managed to get most of the addresses I needed. The one's I couldn't locate, well I thought. . . I'll just wait until they send me a card and then use their return address to send them a card back. Everything was going great until I realized that I had mailed most of the 60 cards, but had kept no record of who I'd sent the cards to.

At the time I was addressing them, I thought. . . I'll remember who I send these cards to. . . no problem. But, unfortunately that method didn't work like I was counting on.

So now, I've sent out all 60 and have had to reorder 20 more

To all my family and friends. . . if you don't receive a card from us this year (or if you receive 2 or 3), please forgive me for not being as organized as I should have been and please don't take it personally. Just know that I will do better next year.

Have a Merry Christmas!