J2L - Janet to Leslie - pink flowers (my NOV-DEC mailing)

Holy cow, this is beautiful.

The close up is to show the pretty sparkles.

Note to self: appropriate this.

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OK - I managed to put my NOV-DEC envelopes in the mail on Wednesday. It was painful. The whole experience was wretched. The worst part was figuring out *WHY????.* I was happy with all my ideas. so what went wrong? 

Too many ideas.

I will not bore you with the details. I will just say that I deeply regret -DEEPLY- 

1.

the designs on the envelopes

2.

my stamp choices

3.

the stuff I put inside

4.

the crazy notes I wrote

5.

everything else that I can't remember at the moment.

However -- I have pulled myself together.

I have turned this into a learning experience.

After I fill up the month of December with all the dreck that I just produced --

I will share with you how I have resolved this miserable situation.

I hesitated to use the word dreck - because I thought I might offend some people - but I Googled it and it seems like it is just another word. It certainly describes my Nov-Dec mailing. I think the pronunciation should have that *throat-clearing* sound on the ck that we learned in German. It probably has a name - if anyone knows what it is - feel free to share.

dreck

drĕk

noun

1. Worthless, distasteful, or nonsensical material.
2. Rubbish; trash.
3. trash, junk; worthless merchandise, crap.