It’s probably no surprise that I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. Stuff happens, stuff that hits the core of who I am and what I do. I pull up into myself and that’s just how it is. I wonder sometimes if it’s worth pushing forward, the cost and losses involved along the way are extremely difficult for me to process.

That being said, I’ve still been pouring my heart and fingers into a project – I’ve spent well over 40 hours on it already and have a little ways to go before its done. I’ve been learning so much, teaching myself, picking up tidbits here and there, and I’m anxious to get it further along so I can share it with you. I’m hoping it will just be another day or two, since I do have clients waiting patiently for their projects, too.

I had a chat with my sister yeserday about some of the e-mail forwards that I receive. It’s one thing to get the occasional forward from someone I talk to regularly – but it’s quite another to get forwarded mail from people who only ever send me forwarded mail. I cannot tell you how fast I hit delete. It doesn’t even get a chance open in my preview pane, people.

PUBLIC NOTICE: If you’re going to take the time to select 30 people out of your address book to forward mail to, you could also take the time to copy and paste the thing into a new e-mail, or take off all the prior forwards. I am NOT going to open 20 attached to’s to get to the message in Outlook Express. NOT. If it’s not RIGHT THERE when I open my mail, I delete it. Unless you have a history of poor forwarding etiquette, then I don’t even subjects with a “Fw:” in the subject.

I’ve decided that if this continues on, I’m going to take action over the holidays. Retribution, you might call it. Please, if you’d like a set of these cards, do let me know. Let’s Stop the Fw’in© Madness!

Custom Designed
Stop the Fw’in Madness© Holiday Greetings
by Leanne

Addressing the Envelope:

(Intended Recipient); Bobby Jo; Grandma; Kelly Sue; Tink; Emily; Picknboogers@aol.com

Address

City, State Zip

The Card Front:

A beautiful snowy scene, moonlit glow, sprinkles and glitter, “Holiday Greetings” verbage.

The Card Inside:

Wishing you, and everyone else, a Wonderful Holiday Season.

Please forward this card on to 10 important people in the next 5 1/2 minutes. Just leave it in the original envelope, put it in a bigger one, and send it on.

If you don’t, Santa isn’t going to bring you a dayum thing.

Love, (your name)

There. Now if you happen to see these pop up somewhere this season with someone elses name on the copyright, don’t be alarmed. It’s just my luck.