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Merry Christmas Ho Ho HO! And thanks to the united postal service for not coming through.

I know I'm not supposed to complain about the USPS, because they are having a hard time and they are attempting to better themselves.  Also, my beloved step-father-in-law was a postmaster.  But, seriously...USPS, get it together.  I ordered poinsettia stamps like 3 WEEKS ago for myself and for my company holiday cards and they still have not arrived.  On your website, you specifically state that it will take 2 days usually, and to leave 2 extra days during the holidays.  But it's been 3 WEEKS.  You've made me look really bad in front of my boss, who I convinced to wait for special poinsettia stamps instead of using the work stamp machine.  And, you made it so that my holiday cards went out way late to my own friends and family, which is embarrassing.  I had to print out stamps at the post office which clearly are not poinsettia stamps.  They are inferior reindeer stamps with barcodes on them.

And so now, dear reader, you know why your holiday card from me is arriving later than usual and with a stupid reindeer stamp that is clearly inferior.  If you do not receive a card, I did not send you one.  Deal with it.  Getting married this year meant that I had to double the number of cards that were sent out, which was another unexpected side effect of marriage that I had not expected.  That and buying twice the number of presents, which is expensive.

This year, my own family did a secret santa exchange, which was da bomb.  Instead of buying 10 different presents, we only had to buy 1 or 2 for one person.  It was great.  We also gave gag gifts.  The best ones were from my mom to Andy and Ryan, who received oven mitts outfitted with windshield scrapers.  Maybe this does not make sense to you, but it does to those of us who live up north and forget to bring gloves out to the car only to find that scraping is necessary.  It gets COLD.  That's why the oven-mitt-scraper is a great idea.  Thanks mom!

So also, this year, I did not write a holiday letter.  I decided that if you are interested in knowing what is going on with me, you can read this blog entry.  This gives you, reader, the choice of reading this letter and does not shove it in your face like some other people I know who send out christmas letters.

And, here's a recap of 2013.  I got engaged.  I got a new job.  I got married.  I got a roommate with a Rottweiler named Teddy.  I got an alopecia spot on top of my head.  These were the major milestones.  Please contact me separately if you have questions about any of these events and I will fill you in further.

Everything is good.  There you have it.

I want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season!  I hope that your 2014 is really awesome and that you appreciate being given the choice to read this holiday blog entry.  Or not read it.  I don't care.  Just don't make fun of my late holiday cares with inferior stamps.

Sincerely,
Kate





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