Among a zillion other things, here are some things on my to-do list that have been neglected for too long:
Send thank-you cards to:
Aunt Francie
Aunt Jeannie
They sent thoughtful gifts & cards to my son for his fourth birthday. That was in June. Aunt Francie has sent an email since then, which I wasn't in a frame of mind to answer right away...and haven't gotten back to it yet. It's nice hearing from family, but when we live so far away from them all, sending thank-you cards & making phone calls just adds to the list of chores I already have. It's no fun to nurture family relationships when we rarely, if ever, see them. It's not that I'm ungrateful, just scatter-brained (and reclusive) I guess. And for crying out loud, the gifts were for my son. How did I become the one in charge of responding to all the niceties that come our family's way? Oh, I'm a nurturing wife & mother, that's right.
Respond to Jenn. I need to re-invite her to see my kids' blogs. I haven't gotten back to that yet either.
Get back in touch with what's-her-face because she invited our kids to her son's b-day party, but I forgot to write down the date. So we missed the party. Then the invitation she mailed arrived a week after the party. That was in July.
Return our neighbor's plate. The family shared their grilled steak, shrimp, & sauteed mushrooms with us one evening after our little boy wandered down the hill to visit them. After we savored the gift, we washed the plate right away, and it's still sitting on our counter. It's been at least a week. I feel like I need to return their kindness somehow, because I would feel guilty returning the plate with only a meager, "Thank you." In the meantime the plate remains on our countertop.
A part of me wishes that I could just get them all to read this blurb and that would solve everything. But I know that just won't cut it.
