Happy Birthday
August 18 (otherwise known as yesterday) was Tom's birthday (that's Phil's Dad for those of you not paying attention). Phil is still hunting, so us girls - Grammy included - went to dinner and had a big fat slice of lemon meringue pie, Tom's favorite.
Then the little girls and I came home, I had a drink (Mike's hard lemonade, staying with the lemon theme) and I wrote thank you notes for about an hour and a half. Who knew that you are ALWAYS supposed to send notes for the following situations:
Sympathy letters, flowers, or mass cards
After being entertained by your boss
For notes or gifts of congratulations
The boss one makes sense, and I guess I can see sending a thank you for a note of congratulations, but I think maybe the sympathy letters rule is just to keep the grieving busy. It seems to be working, so far.
Then the little girls and I came home, I had a drink (Mike's hard lemonade, staying with the lemon theme) and I wrote thank you notes for about an hour and a half. Who knew that you are ALWAYS supposed to send notes for the following situations:
Sympathy letters, flowers, or mass cards
After being entertained by your boss
For notes or gifts of congratulations
The boss one makes sense, and I guess I can see sending a thank you for a note of congratulations, but I think maybe the sympathy letters rule is just to keep the grieving busy. It seems to be working, so far.
Jenine,
Your whole BLOG idea is AWESOME...just like the shots!!! It's so nice to get weekly and daily updates of a great family sooooooo far away.I don't have to wait for the Xmas letter...that usually comes in January to find out what's been happening.
On a somber note,it's been a sad week
with the passing of Tom,he reminded me a lot of my dad,who also had MS.Just a kind and gentle man.
It just makes me realize,that at my age
you just have to go for the gusto...every day.
Jack
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