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Tackle It Tuesday – Christmas Thank You Cards

February 5, 2008 by Janice

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I am terrible at getting out Thank You cards

In fact, those who know me – and should get thank you cards from me – know that I rarely ever get them done and mailed. And if I do actually tackle the task, it is months over due.

It is not that I don’t appreciate people or want to say thank you. I love to thank people. I just can’t seem to get organized enough to get thank you cards completed and mailed.

(But actually, I am a firm believer that the best baby gift you can give at a shower is to tell the new mother NOT to send you a thank you card. I mean come on – do we really want our exhausted new mothers worrying about getting out thank you cards?!? Do you want to help me start the movement to end thank you cards from new mothers?)

And in case you are wondering – no I have not done thank you cards for all of Olivia’s baby gifts. I feel terrible about it. But I just have been so overwhelmed trying to keep my sanity as it is. (You know what is funny – I made all Susan’s thank you cards when Julia was born. But back then I had a bit more time on my hands! I love to make cards, I just don’t have the time anymore.)

And to those of you who came to our cyber shower – thank you so much for attending! I hope you won some fabulous door prizes. And I am so sorry we haven’t sent you any thank you cards for attending or for your gifts.

Which brings me back to my point – my friends at my real life shower are probably NOT surprised that they haven’t received any thank you cards from me.

I did give thank you cards and gifts to my shower hosts at the party – I really do love to thank people. As I said, I just can’t seem to get the mailing a card thing down. Those steps of finding addresses, envelopes and stamps and then mailing them – well it is just proves to be too much for this procrastinator.

Yes, I should send e-cards. I need to do that! But again, I need to find email addresses, press send… wow, I really am a horrific procrastinator!

But there are a few thank you cards for Christmas gifts that I really do need to send. Plus – I was so disorganized that I didn’t send out any Christmas pictures of Olivia and Jackson either. So, tonight, I thought I would whip up a few simple cards with Christmas photos of Olivia and Jackson. Yes, it is a little strange sending Christmas pictures in February. But I love the picture, so I am doing it anyway!

So – here is my tackle mid-way. Let’s just hope I do find my way back to it and I actually get them finished, written, addressed, stamped and mailed!

I will update you on that next week. (I need that accountability!)

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15 Comments

  1. corrin says

    February 5, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    better late than never. i think people are more forgiving when they know you have bigger tasks to handle. 🙂

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  2. Stephanie says

    February 5, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    I completely agree! New moms should be exempt from the sending thank you cards “rule.”

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  3. Hopefulmom says

    February 5, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    Thanks so much for hosting this! I actually look forward to posting (and getting something accomplished) each week!

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  4. Daisy says

    February 5, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Cute picture! I’m organizing my pictures and getting ready to put them into albums.

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  5. donetta says

    February 5, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Hi, I sure know what you mean all those good intentions of sending out kindness get flooded over with the tasks required. I love the winning selection for the blog party so bright and pretty!

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  6. Amy says

    February 5, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    I am tackling our stacks and stacks of books. I blogged about it and added some tips about what to do with those books that are no longer wanted or needed.

    I like that you are sending out Christmas thank you’s even though it is February…. in a couple of days we have Valentine’s to tackle!

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  7. Deb says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:41 am

    I NEVER write thankyou cards for Christmas, only bdays.

    Very good! I did a SEMI- tackle, but it looks better then it did!

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  8. Heather says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Ohhh, I have thank-yous to do, too. Your cards are precious! Good luck getting them done. ;o)

    I had such a great experience last week with my first “Tackle it Tuesday,” I’m back for more much-needed motivation! Today I have another room to paint. Will this project never end???

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  9. kj says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Today I am just going to tackle dying my returning gray hair! Love Tackle it Tuesday!

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  10. Beckie says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:22 am

    I love the photo on your card! Very cute! Me, I haven’t even sent out Christmas cards. I am thinking we’ll be sending out Easter cards this year.

    Happy thank you writing!! 🙂

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  11. Tyra says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:16 am

    I have to admit I’m bad about thank you cards myself.

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  12. Morning Rose says

    February 5, 2008 at 11:12 am

    My tackle this week involved Christmas cards too, but I was putting mine away. 🙂

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  13. Lynne says

    February 5, 2008 at 10:31 am

    I always say, better late than never with the Thank You cards! I’ve been asking around, is it no longer the thing to send out birth announcements? My niece and stepdaughter both had babies and neither one sent out announcements, I was disappointed.

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  14. Courtney says

    February 5, 2008 at 10:03 am

    Cute picture! I tackled the boys’ closet this week.

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  15. Danielle says

    February 5, 2008 at 7:56 am

    Those thank-you cards are awesome! 🙂 So cute.

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