# of cards we are sending out this year: 125
# of new friends added to the sacred Holiday card list: 6
# of people removed from the list: 4 (for shame! for shame!)
# of times I feel ridiculously powerful for wielding the power to add or remove names from the sacred list: the entire holiday season.
# of hours I spent designing the card: approximately 2.5
# of phone calls received from the Tiny Prints rep telling me my carefully selected photo choices did not work, as the "pixels" were too large: 1
# of photos from Brian's phone we had to download to find a suitable "pixel-appropriate" photo: 4
# of days it took us to stuff, address, and stamp all the cards: 3
# of minutes Brian and I debated about using return labels sent to us ("for free," I believe, while Brian argued, "donation required") by the good people at the ASPCA and St. Jude Foundation: 12
# of arguments Brian won that night: 1 out of 1
# of minutes I spent designing and printing out new return labels on the upstairs computer: 45
# of minutes I spent swearing when I realized I lined up the margins incorrectly and thus wasted 4 precious sheets of labels and countless gallons of ink: 27
# of sheets of return labels Brian successfully printed at work, thus eliminating me from having to engage in the whole retched process for another night: 4
# of minutes I spent cursing myself for dragging a toddler sans stroller to a US Post Office during the holiday season ("I'm just buying stamps! It'll only take a minute!"): 4
# of times I had to stop Scotty from eating garbage off the ground while standing in line at the post office: 3
# of times he waved to disgruntled people in line: 6
# of disgruntled people who waved back: 0
# of times Scotty pulled down my shirt while in line, thus flashing the entire crowd: 1
# of times Scotty tooted loudly while standing in line: 1
# of times I wondered why the heck we are actually sending out cards this year, since it's always a ton of money and effort and totally pointless, as all 125 of our cards will be thrown away by the new year: 98
# of times this thought actually stopped my behavior: 0
Happy Holidays, everyone. Keep an eye on your mailboxes! :-)
# of new friends added to the sacred Holiday card list: 6
# of people removed from the list: 4 (for shame! for shame!)
# of times I feel ridiculously powerful for wielding the power to add or remove names from the sacred list: the entire holiday season.
# of hours I spent designing the card: approximately 2.5
# of phone calls received from the Tiny Prints rep telling me my carefully selected photo choices did not work, as the "pixels" were too large: 1
# of photos from Brian's phone we had to download to find a suitable "pixel-appropriate" photo: 4
# of days it took us to stuff, address, and stamp all the cards: 3
# of minutes Brian and I debated about using return labels sent to us ("for free," I believe, while Brian argued, "donation required") by the good people at the ASPCA and St. Jude Foundation: 12
# of arguments Brian won that night: 1 out of 1
# of minutes I spent designing and printing out new return labels on the upstairs computer: 45
# of minutes I spent swearing when I realized I lined up the margins incorrectly and thus wasted 4 precious sheets of labels and countless gallons of ink: 27
# of sheets of return labels Brian successfully printed at work, thus eliminating me from having to engage in the whole retched process for another night: 4
# of minutes I spent cursing myself for dragging a toddler sans stroller to a US Post Office during the holiday season ("I'm just buying stamps! It'll only take a minute!"): 4
# of times I had to stop Scotty from eating garbage off the ground while standing in line at the post office: 3
# of times he waved to disgruntled people in line: 6
# of disgruntled people who waved back: 0
# of times Scotty pulled down my shirt while in line, thus flashing the entire crowd: 1
# of times Scotty tooted loudly while standing in line: 1
# of times I wondered why the heck we are actually sending out cards this year, since it's always a ton of money and effort and totally pointless, as all 125 of our cards will be thrown away by the new year: 98
# of times this thought actually stopped my behavior: 0
Happy Holidays, everyone. Keep an eye on your mailboxes! :-)
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