Dear So and So

[malkin]

Dear Family

Just because the holidays are coming, there is no reason to open the gates and let the crazy flood out.

[Blueberry]

Dear Family

Just because the holidays are coming, there is no reason to open the gates and let the crazy flood out.

Dear Malkin:

Sadly, this lack of inhibition seems to affect all families this time of year. Please do what you need to to take care of yourself (and I'll keep reminding myself to do the same!).

Good luck

[Irulan]

Dear self-
What in the world were you thinking? Putting your phone on top of a counter in a small bathroom? Next to ... yup.... the toilet. Now you have an expensive paperweight. And a lot of missing phone numbers. And stuff like that. And it was handy that the DH had a spare phone but it's just not the same....

Did you try the rice trick? You can save electronics that got wet by doing the following:
Put it in an open bag of (uncooked) white rice for several days. I have save $100 electronic key fobs, ipods, and digital cameras. I know of people that have saved cell phones, too.

[Catrin]

I've saved an iPod that went through the washing machine this way. I left it in the bag of rice for 2 weeks - probably overkill but it worked. It's not been quite the same since then but it works.

[OakLeaf]

Dear waitress,

I feel very strongly about workers in service industries and tipped employees in particular. I'm determined to singlehandedly bust the stereotype about women dining alone that you so obviously held. I understand that a table for one is almost as much work as a table for two. And frankly, I was doing some stereotyping myself about the tipping habits of the women at the next table (granted that stereotype was based as much on their conversation about the price of juice at three different grocery stores, as it was on their age and hairstyles ).

So I hope you were slightly pleasantly surprised that your rudeness didn't make me stiff you. But the next time I walk around the corner to "your" restaurant - alone or with others - I'm going to expect better service.

[skhill]

Dear owner of the red car that was parked in front of my driveway Saturday morning,

I hope you read the note I left on your windshield. To reiterate: what were you thinking? and you are damn lucky I didn't have you towed. But I was planning on going on bike Saturday, weather permitting, so I didn't need to get my car out of the driveway. Also, I figured you didn't need to have to pay the $200 or so it would cost to get your car back; if you are the person I think, you don't have it to spare. And it's not like the car would have been towed before I needed to leave at 8 am anyway.

(The new bike rack at the cathedral Saturday morning was pretty full, and I'm glad that I kept pestering people to get one. We consecrated a new bishop, and parking is tight there. 6 of the 900ish people came by bike, and that's something!)

[Sky King]

Dear Daughter, I am so proud of you.
Good job on calling security to remove the PIA woman complaining loudly about having to pay $15 for her Oxycodone while you are on the phone taking a Cancer Doctor's credit card number to pay for the $500 worth of Chemo drugs for the little kid that was sitting there puking while his mom has tears running down her face because she has no way to pay for the drugs. You handled it way better than I would have. Sending positive thoughts to the universe that the little kid recovers and thank god their are compassionate people in this world.

[malkin]

Dear neck,
Stop hurting.

Dear body,
Stop working on your laptop from the rocking chair.
love, your neck.

[indysteel]

Dear Itty Bitty Kitty, we'll miss you bunches. Be good for your new humans, but you'll always have a home with us if it doesn't work out.

[snapdragen]

Dear body - stop falling apart, m'kay? I really don't want more surgery.

[Catrin]

Dear body - stop falling apart, m'kay? I really don't want more surgery.

I hope you are feeling better soon Snap - with no new surgery!

Dear Itty Bitty Kitty, we'll miss you bunches. Be good for your new humans, but you'll always have a home with us if it doesn't work out.

I hope this works out for Itty Bitty Kitty Indysteel, but it is great that she has a fall-back if it doesn't work out. It is so hard sometimes to know the best choices for our furry babies!

Malkin - I hear you! My neck tends to make similar unreasonable demands...

[Catrin]

Heading out to my family for Christmas, and there is a fair number of mountains between here and there. They are forecasting 6 inches of snow here on the day I need to return...hopefully they are wrong.

Dear family - looking forward greatly to seeing you, let's have a stress-free Christmas, ok? This will be the first time in decades (literally) that I've been home for the holiday. I don't want it to be my last...

Wishing all here a very happy holiday!

[OakLeaf]

Snap - sure hoping you can be comfortable without more surgery.

Catrin - safe travels and well-behaved family.

May as well say Merry Christmas now, since Hanukkah and Solstice are already past. Hope everyone had/will have a happy winter holiday, whatever you celebrate!

[Crankin]

Dear DS,
We actually had a good visit... I am very proud of you. And, I actually saw some glimpses of the irreverent kid I used to know. When I really think about it, you've been in a controlled environment for almost nine years. So, welcome back to the civilian world. I am not worried about you.
Just don't ask me for any help with that calculus or Chinese.

[malkin]

...
Just don't ask me for any help with that calculus or Chinese...

The subjects are different here, but I certainly know that feeling!