Ready to mail
Originally uploaded by me.

Okay, Christmas, I’m ready to take you on. In the last 48 hours, Pete and/or I:

• printed mailing labels
• affixed them to envelopes
• signed the cards (which he designed – he had them printed on Friday, but they sat all weekend while we painted)
• stuffed ‘em in the envelopes
• began writing our family newsletter, which I had to lay out using InDesign – no more PageMaker! – learning some new features in the process
• took a few of the photos for the newsletter (yay, digital cameras!)
• finally finished the newsletter, while trying to eat dinner
• took the original to Kinko’s and ended up using a self-service copier
• folded, stuffed, sealed
• went to the post office, bought stamps and found a place to stand and affix said stamps to envelopes
• mailed those suckers

No matter how much we talk about getting an early start, it’s so much more entertaining waiting until Christmas is less than a week away.