The Birthday Book

    Raise your hand if you've ever received a birthday or anniversary card from the Curmudgeonette?  I see many hands going up because she averages sending about 20 cards a month.  How does she do it?
   My mother helped.  It was our first wedding anniversary, June 6, 1965.  Every anniversary has a material associated with it, e.g.,  the 25th is silver.  For the first anniversary the material is paper so my mother gave the Curmudgeonette a birthday book...and that's all it took...she was off and running...or rather, she was off and mailing.
   The book is an interesting historical document.  Over the 51 years many of the people have died while others have been added.  Mom would be tickled to know the impact that simple gift has had on many lives.
    If you know the Curmudgeonette you know that she has a system. Ten days or so before the end of the month, using the birthday book, she makes list of the birthdays in the next month.  With that list in hand she goes shopping and buys a month worth of cards.  Next she writes on them all and addresses the envelopes writing the date they should be mailed where the stamp goes.  It's my job to affix the postage and mail them on the proper day to reach the intended person close to the day of the birthday/anniversary.   (If your card was late it's probably my fault.)  It is also usually my task to buy the postage...no flag stamps thank you...which gives me the opportunity to make some crack about my sweetie single handedly  trying to keep the U. S. Postal Service afloat.
    And that's the rest of the story!