Thank you card. A year late?

Question

We got married last august (it's our first wedding anniversary this month:-), and wow.. our wedding was beautiful, and thank g-d our marriage is too...

We live in Israel. However, we've got lot's of family (cousins, uncles and aunts) in the US who sent us checks for out wedding. My problem is we did not send thank you notes. My husband

doesn't care about that so much, and I guess he feels it's my job to take care of. The problem is that I am very busy - we both work 9 hours a day+live out of town,

we leave our house at 7am and come back around 7pm, and I'm just to tired and busy at home to start dealing with thank you cards. I guess this is just

and excuse. But I am aware that thank you notes are a very important thing in the American mentality, and I do want to express our gratitude.

What should I do? I am embarrassed to send out cards a year late? What do you think?

Also, if you do think I should still send out cards can you please give me ideas how to write thank you for a check gift?

Answer 1

Even though they will be a year late, you should still send thank you notes.  I would start by apologizing to the people for being so slow in your thanks, and just express your gratitude that they considered you on your special day.

Answer 2

don't put it off. The receipt of a thank you note immediately erases any harsh feelings the recipients may have been harboring.  In these times, most folks would happily accept an email thanks/apology.  Inject some humor into your response.  For ex:  "We're really not the ungrateful jerks you think we are.  Your gift was appreciated, and HEY!  We've made it for a whole year."