Thank You

I was home alone last night, watching The Marriage Ref on NBC and was laughing out loud! You know it's funny - or relatable when you're laughing in an empty room. The panelists were Joel McHale, Rachel Dratch and Cedric the Entertainer. Whoever was the most right gets a billboard in their hometown stating that they were right. If only we had a marriage ref in our house! One of the disputes was about thank you cards - the wife allegedly writes nearly 1000 cards a year! She has boxes and boxes of greeting cards and they voted the husband right on this one, saying that the wife was too over the top. I have to say that I disagree. The art of the mailed card is being lost and I am such a stickler for thank you cards. I wrote my wedding thank yous on my honeymoon! And believe me, if I've given you a wedding or baby gift and I didn't get a thank you back, I REMEMBER. It's not like I give them to receive a thank you, I just think it is common courtesy and I am always surprised when people don't even let you know that they have received the gift! A great place to buy cute cards is Michael's - they always have packs of 8 or 10 in the dollar bins near the front.

I know my mom trained us from a young age to always write thank yous and I am now grateful for it! Billy's family is always commenting on how thoughtful it is that I always send cards, but it's just not in their family culture. It's the opposite with my family! They would be heated if I missed a holiday or birthday and didn't send a card!

Anyway - The Marriage Ref - watch it!