I had a LONG list of holiday stuff I needed to get done over the weekend, and I made a really good dent in it. Right now, I'm printing the holiday letter/cards. This is quite the endeavor because the double-sided matte photo paper I love (Staples brand) refuses to feed in my printer. So I have to HAND-FEED. This gets REALLY tedious when you have 150 double-sided cards to print. So I reach over every minute and push the next sheet in. I think I'm getting a great workout in my left arm. Maybe I'll have to sit with my back to the computer when I print the other side so that I don't have much larger muscles in my left arm from all of that reaching and pushing I'm doing.

So, I still have to do a major craft gift. I won't get to it until Thursday at the earliest, so I'm a wee bit freaked out by the fact that I will be putting it together so late. I never do things this late. I simply haven't had time to get to it sooner. I almost finished the other craft gift over the weekend, so I am making some progress.

The reason I won't get to it sooner is because tonight I have a holiday party. Wednesday night I have a holiday party. And tomorrow night I will be cleaning and baking cookies since Wednesday's party is here.

I'll probably still be printing holiday cards at that point. It's a loooooong process. So, if you are expecting a card from me, it'll likely be late. And if you get a card from me, you are a very lucky individual because I cut my list down a bit this year to save a few trees (people I hadn't heard from in years? Off the list...).

On a somewhat related topic, my brother got his cards on Friday and he said they turned out AWESOME! Like really really really super great. So I can't wait to get the one he sends me in the mail to see the results. I'll probably go that route next year -- I just have to have myself in gear earlier on that particular front is all. So, here's some free advertising for the company who printed them: Overnight Prints. They printed full-color, full-bleed, double-sided cards (only place I could find online who would do that)... outside is glossy, inside is matte. And apparently gorgeous. So use them!!!