Thursday, December 18, 2008

Oh the drama that is Christmas Cards!

Last year I discovered a love for picture Christmas cards! Why? Because I don't have to write anything, I can just shove them in an envelope and address them and off they go! It suddenly became a no-brainer for me. (I know, I'm so lazy). So I was pretty excited to randomly take a picture I thought would be perfect for this years Christmas card. We happened to take the pic while we were en route to Grand Junction for Black Friday shopping and my sister in law Karen suggested pulling over and taking a pic of me and Greg since the back ground was just so pretty. Greg and my brother were following behind us so they didn't know what our plan was when we pulled over. Which is a good thing, otherwise Greg would have said to just keep going! So we took several pics and this is the one that I used on our Christmas cards.



I do wish that Greg would have been wearing his jacket too since I'm all bundled up and he's not, but what can I do? Well, that was mild in comparison to what happened next. Off to Wal-Mart I went to download our pics and find the "perfect" Christmas background. Then I wrote a cute little message in red writing. Everything looked great on the computer. Hmmm....well, something happened from the computer to the printers. When my cards finally arrived I was so excited I just glanced at them in the store but didn't really pay attention to them.

The next day I settled down to start enveloping them when I noticed that my message in the red writing was barley visible. And I'm not being a drama queen. I'm serious. So much for my not having to write anything plan. My cards sat on our table for a week while I tried to come up with a way to solve the problem. I finally broke down and wrote "Can you find our hidden message" on the back of each stinkin' card. I wasn't too happy about it but I figured what was a gal to do? And just FYI, my husband thinks to this day that I'm on drugs or something because he can't see the "hidden message" at all!

So on Tuesday I went to my friend Christina's house to watch a movie and our card was laying on her coffee table. She told me it drove her crazy trying to find our message but that her husband finally figured it out. (And then afterwards he wasn't very impressed. Like I said, I didn't do this on purpose!) So I thought, "Cool, people will figure it out!"

Then, last night, I get an email from a cousin with "Hidden Message" in the subject line. I thought, OK, either she found it, or she didn't and it's driving her crazy! So I open it, and all it says is, "when is the baby due?" Oh. My. God. Here is what quickly went through my head: "Am I really that fat?", "Is it because of my coat?", "Am I really that fat?", "What is EVERYONE ELSE going to think?", "Am I really that fat?"

I convinced myself that it was just the phrase "hidden message" and the fact that I was wearing a coat and Greg wasn't as to why she would think this. But of course I quickly got online and IM'd my sister (who as I suspected was online) to see if she got my card yet. And of course, thanks to the mysteries that surround the US Postal Service, she for some reason had not received hers yet, although my cousin lives further away. So unfortunately she wasn't able to voice her opinion as to if I looked pregnant. (Of course she did write, "have you really put on that much weight?" *sigh*)

So I fell asleep last night with visions of all the "Congratulations" emails I'd be receiving today. And of course when I told Greg the story this morning he said, "Well, that means my family is probably going to think the same thing. You know how bad my dad wants a grand child."

I was so thankful this morning when two of my aunts emailed to tell me that they found my hidden message! And I have yet to have anyone ask me today when the baby is due. But had I known that this little "hidden message" business would have drawn people to the conclusion that I was with child I would have just broke down and actually wrote on "real" Christmas cards. So there you have it! I'm officially not pregnant! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

p.s. I'm so not mad at my cousin. Because I can at least appreciate the great blog material she gave me! ;)

9 comments:

PennyCandy said...

Aren't you glad I just sent you an email. I did not think you looked fat I could not see anything on the card and neither could the guys in my house. So I thought you question was the clue to the hidden message. You know kinda like "ha ha I have a secret" and you have to figure out what it is. obviously I need my Christmas break to start yesterday.

Felicia said...

Lol! yeah, it's a good thing it was just sent to me and not one of the family emails!

HeidiTri's said...

I saw the writing (eventually)! But you should also know that my sister,Penny, wants everyone she knows to have a baby NOW!!
Heck, she'd be thrilled if I had another one!

And no, you did not look fat or pregnant in the picture!

Anonymous said...

That is too funny.....I didn't end up doing any Christmas cards. Maybe some Valentine cards or something. You don't look fat either, if that is what "fat" looks like, I want to look like that! I hope we see you on your visit!

KJ said...

Oh cousins!! I tell you they can be a real pain. I hear the one's in Texas can be particularly bothersome :)

Sheila said...

In self defence, if I SAW you more I wouldn't ask silly weight questions.

As of mail yesterday I STILL don't have your card. On the up side, I will get to see you and Greg in just a few short days.

You don't look fat or pg at all in the picture and I'm not sure I've ever seen Greg bundled up unlike you. : )

Now, as for Miss Belinda wanting everyone to have kids now, she has one kiddo old enough to help her out on that one ; ) (heheh) I think Heidi and I have closed our shops to that business. Now as for next year's card, we would love to see/hear baby new.

Anonymous said...

I can't stop laughing, this is awesome! :-D

Anonymous said...

I received your card today, thank you! :-) I even found the message, but I guess only because I had read the blog before. Otherwise it would have been hard. But it's quite a cool idea, I have never thought of that... Merry Christmas!

R K M said...

I have to admit... your card has been on my mantle all this time and I never saw the text until I just sat down to catch up on your blog and thought "perhaps I'll take a look." The stuff about the baby made me laugh out loud... seriously!

Happy Holidays!