A Holiday Card for You

Over the arduous, weeks-long process that is the sending out of holiday cards in my household, I often thought of you blog buddies and how deserving you are of the message I mailed out to the friends and family members whose addresses I possess. Since snail mail does not befit our Internet friendship, I hope you will accept the electronic transmission of this year's 24/7 holiday greeting. You all have made this past year richer and more enlightening than I thought possible.




Lest you ruin your eyes trying to view my poor attempts at getting the inside of the card to convert to readable jpg format, I will save you some effort by pointing you to the the original post from which I lifted the text, as it appeared here.
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Comments

  1. LaurenDecember 29, 2006 at 1:46 PM

    Best. Holiday. Card. Ever.

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  2. jenDecember 29, 2006 at 2:07 PM

    smart, funny, AND gorgeous.

    i knew it.

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  3. LaurenDecember 29, 2006 at 2:52 PM

    Dear The Partner,

    We all have the hots for your wife.

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  4. T.December 29, 2006 at 3:51 PM

    Setting the bar high. Damn.

    Never gonna be able to reach it at this rate.

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  5. Mary-LUEDecember 29, 2006 at 11:28 PM

    The pictures are great... I agree that it is nice to put faces with the stories!

    The Boss looks like a perfect mix of you and The Partner. And of course, canine freak that I am, I love you pooch.

    Happy New Year and thanks for sharing your holiday card.

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  6. JeniferDecember 30, 2006 at 8:06 AM

    1st off.... The Partner's hot.

    2nd, I could never be as articulate as you are.

    3rd, The Boss is so so cute!!

    Love it!

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  7. SandraDecember 30, 2006 at 3:02 PM

    fabulous card! Happy New Year to you

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  8. KateDecember 30, 2006 at 9:11 PM

    Love, love love the card!!! Thanks for giving me such a great read. :)

    Happy New Year!

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  9. WhirlwindDecember 31, 2006 at 2:36 PM

    Love the card! Actually, it is hanging up with the rest of them. I have to say though, the confetti with it made a mess, exc\ecially after the girls realized it wasn't atached to the card!

    The one thing I hate about after the Holidays is taking the cards down!

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  10. MicheleJanuary 3, 2007 at 7:50 AM

    Wow - thank you for sharing. I love The Boss's picture and the way you described her growth was so beautiful.

    Ditto on the hot Partner. Mmmhmm...

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  11. toyfotoJanuary 3, 2007 at 8:15 PM

    That was wonderful. Happy Holidays, to you and yours.

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