Dear Landlady/Realtor,
You want to show the apartment on Sunday afternoon? Don’t you realize that conflicts with the gold medal hockey game? You’re bad Canadians.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Apple,
Please stop teasing me and sending me packages that are NOT my macbook. Twice now I’ve gone to FedEx thinking it was my laptop and it wasn’t. Couldn’t you have just sent all the software WITH the macbook?
Please send the macbook soon.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Team Canada Women’s,
You rock. Thanks for getting us another gold medal last night.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Team Canada Men’s,
Please take note from the women. Don’t lose tonight. I mean it.
Love, Amber
**
Dear March 20,
Please get here sooner. I miss Eric a lot already.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Boxes,
Please pack yourselves. Thanks.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Shins,
Please stop hurting. I really miss running pain-free.
Love, Amber
**
Dear Blog-readers,
Have a fabulous weekend. I <3 you all lots and lots.
Love, Amber
**
What would your letter say?
{ 37 comments… read them below or add one }
Dear Weather,
If you’re going to be freezing and have 25-30 mph winds, you might as well snow so we can all have the day off.
Love,
Becky
Dear Re-arranged Furniture,
I love that placing you somewhere different has transformed our room. You rock.
Love,
Becky
Dear Amber,
I hope you have a fabulous weekend and Mac sends you your computer ASAP!
Love,
Becky
I must live near Becky…
Dear Rain,
Please stop, right now!!!!
Love,
Kelly
Dear Friday,
Thank God you are here!
Love,
Kelly
Dear Kelly,
Please go to bed early tonight, your body is tired.
Love,
Kelly’s Body
Dear Amber,
I love your creative posts like this! I hope your shiny new computer comes VERY soon!
Love,
Kelly
oooh I wanna play!!
Dear Week,
YOU SUCK!
With No Love, Heather
Dear weather,
Take it down a notch. Yes we want this sunshine, but the temps could go up so I can get outside and run.
Sincerely, Heather
Dear Shins,
You have a race tomorrow, please stop hurting. No really….stop.
Heather
Dear Amber,
Lets show up to Apple’s front door with torches and pitchforks. We’ll show them. haha
Love Heather
haha that was fun!
Dear Lisa,
Stop being so dang hard on yourself.
Love,
Yourself
Dear Boss,
I am so sick of talking about people’s perceptions about me. Can we just talk about the quality of my work instead? Because I have a heck of a lot more impact on that.
Regards,
Lisa
Dear Spring,
Please hurry up and get here. These single digit temps have been brutal.
Not-so-patiently waiting,
Lisa
Have a great weekend!!
dear summer,
Please come as soon as possible. i can’t take this cold weather for much longer.
love
erin
dear wedding guests,
could you just book your rooms just so I can get an accurate count of people that are definitely coming. then i don’t have to pester you. and we’ll be completely thrilled that you are coming!
love
erin
dear weekend,
just go by slowly.
Thanks!
erin
dear future company
I’d like to work for you…as long as I get much more out of my job, I’d be a superb employee. with reasonable pay. Now just hire me please.
your future employee,
erin
Dear Chicago,
Watch out! Here I come!
Love, Amber
Dear Report Cards,
Please do yourselves.
Jolene
Dear Potential Graduate School,
Please give me a TA/GA position and pay my tuition to come to you school. The thought of taking out more loans makes me want to cry.
Love,
The Girl Who Needs Her MLIS
Dear Mother Nature,
Can you please hurry Spring along? Winter (and snow, lord the snow!) have been around long enough. While I love hibernating, I would really love to see my friends again.
Love,
The Girl Who’s Tired of Snow
Dear Amber,
Have a great weekend! Thanks for always writing such lovely posts. Hope your Macbook comes soon.
Love,
Mandy
Dear Potential Graduate School,
Please give me a TA/GA position and pay my tuition to come to you school. The thought of taking out more loans makes me want to cry.
Love,
The Girl Who Needs Her MLIS
Dear Mother Nature,
Can you please hurry Spring along? Winter (and snow, lord the snow!) have been around long enough. While I love hibernating, I would really love to see my friends again.
Love,
The Girl Who’s Tired of Snow
Dear Amber,
Have a great weekend! Thanks for always writing such lovely posts. Hope your Macbook comes soon.
Love,
Mandy
Mandy
Dear Mother Nature,
March is on Monday. Better get your act together.
Love,
Allison
LOL what a cute post!!!
I loved it 
Here’s mine:
Dear research,
Would you please make it obvious what I’m supposed to look for next? I’m confused.
Dear guy I’ve been dating,
Can you please make it less confusing whether you actually like me or not? Thanks!
And Amber, have a great week-end
Dear Vancouver,
I’m so happy to be here!!! But stop with the rain already. I want to watch some events with the crowds downtown,
Love, Me
Dear Canadian Men’s Hockey Team,
I’m pulling for you boys! Go gold or bust!!!
Love, Me
Dear Feet,
Please hold up during the immense amount of walking you will do in the next few days. I promise to take you to the spa next week.
Love, Karen
Dear Daisy/Puppy love of my life:
I miss you!!!!!! I hole you’re having fun but please don’t think I gave you away! I’ll be home soon!
Love, Your Fur Mommy
Dear Winnipeg: Stop being so bloody cold and miserable and get some sun and/or a life already. I need more culture and warmth.
Dear Government: Please hurry up and approve my work’s proposal so I know if I’ll have a job at the end of next month or not.
Dear weekend: Thank you for being here. I missed you.
Dear Amber: Have a great one!
Dear Laundry,
Can you please wash, dry, and fold yourself? Thanks!
Love, Sam
Dear Mother Nature,
Please send spring our way! I am so finished with all of this cold weather!
Love, Sam
Dear Amber,
I hope that you have a wonderful weekend! And I really hope that your Macbook shows up soon! Apple is being evil by teasing you.
Love, Sam
I love this idea!
Dear research paper,
I would greatly appreciate it if you could please research yourself and then, because that’s all the hard work, maybe you could also write yourself?
You’ve got two weeks.
Love me!
Dear private students,
Please don’t cancel any more lessons - I want your money okay?
Thanks,
Your English teacher.
Dear Body,
Thank you so much for holding out this week with my new exercise routine. I promise I’m gonna take better care of you from now on.
Until i slack of again. (We both know it’s inevitable - it’s the cycle of life).
Love,
me
xxx
Dear Amber,
Thanks for this lovely writing exercise - it was fun! I hope you get your mac book soon
Love,
Sarah
xxx
Dear Amber,
I can’t wait to drink and shout louding at the tv this Sunday. It shall be a good time. Redheads look good in gold. So do Canadians.
Meghan
Dear Cat,
Stop jumping on my head at 5am. It is funny for you, not me.
Meghan
Dear Dinner,
Cook yourself tonight. I’m tired of doing all the dirty work.
Meghan
Dear Coffee,
I love you. Never change.
Meghan
Dear Winter,
Enough already! We’re ready for spring!
Dear Leg,
Remember all the fun we had running before tendonitis? Let’s do that again.
Dear Eric,
I just read Amber’s Valentine’s post. You are awesome!
Dear Amber,
Have a wonderful weekend too! Hoping that macbook gets here soon!
Oooohhh… this is fun!
Dear Potential Employers,
I rock. You will never regret hiring me. So please read my resume that is in your inbox. And call me.
Thanks,
me
PS. This is especially for the ONE organization I really, really want to work for. I <3 you.
Dear Left Shin,
Okay drama princess, you’ve had your week of pain and suffering. You’ve gotten love and attention and bags of frozen corn. Now, please get over yourself and quit being such a pain in the a$$. I miss my happy runs.
Thank you,
The Right Shin
Dear Boxes,
Please pack yourselves.That is all.
Me
Dear figure skating,
Thank you for rendering my productivity to nothing and bring such entertainment to my life. It will be another 4 years before the Flashy Fashion show of Feathers and Inappropriate Costumes is done again, and I will miss you.
To the international people, take a page from Virtue/Moir/Rochette.
Thanks!
(I’d write somethign about the whiny Russians, but I’m afraid of what could happen to me).
Oh and I forgot…
Dear Amber,
I hope your Macbook comes SOON!! and have a fabulous weekend!
Great post idea!
Dear weekend,
Please don’t go too fast as I have a lot of wedding related projects to get done. Thanks!
Leigh
Dear wedding related projects,
Please start working on yourselves. I’d love to work on you too, but my time just keeps slipping away.
Leigh
Dear Amber,
I hope that you have a great weekend and that your new computer finally arrives on your doorstep!
Leigh
Dear March 8,
Please arrive quickly! I need to see the sun!
Love, Diana
Dear Ab Ripper X,
Please do yourself tonight. I’m tired!
Love, Diana
Dear Boyfriend’s Sore Foot,
Please heal quickly. I need help around the house!
Love, Diana
Dear Mac,
Stop being such a tease! Deliver Amber’s Macbook! She deserves it!
Love, Diana
Dear rain,
Please stop. Olympic parties are way better in the sunshine.
Love,
A little girl in the giant sea of red and white in Vancouver
Dear Stomach,
Stop growling. You’ll have food soon enough.
Love Kara
Dear Cupcakes,
I’m coming for you, like, now.
Love Kara.
Dear silly office politics (and those who encourage it)
Please just go away and leave me alone. I can’t be bothered with you.
Paula
Dear Bonus,
I wish you could stretch as far as I want you to so i can go by the new clothes i need since my ever expanding tummy is screaming at my jeans!
Dear B$%#@ Co-worker,
I hope your fired by monday…..I hate you….plus your new bangs make you look like a tard!!!
Dear Babes,
Mumma loves her sleep so please no UFC right at bed time
Dear Love of my Life Steve,
I wish you a happy 29th birthday, you are my smiling heart. MUAHHHHH
Have a wonderful weekend Amber I heart you too
Dear Amber–
Love this post. Hope your shins feel better and your laptop comes soon.
Love, Cari
Dear 4:30–
Please come quickly. I’m out of blog posts to read/respond to and I don’t feel like starting another project.
Love, Cari
Dear Pants–
I believe you’ve shrunk. No way I’ve gotten bigger. Please return to your normal size. No, that’s not a BAG of jelly beans on my desk, Jeesh…
Love, Cari
Dear Amber,
I thought about you as the Canadian women won last night in hockey! :o) Go Canada! (Sorry, still hoping we beat you in men’s hockey, though.)
Love,
Nicole
Dear Dinner,
Please turn out REALLY well! My parents and sister are over tonight and I really want to impress them and give them a good meal. It would be so nice to have them thinking I was good at SOMETHING.
With Sincerest Thanks,
Nicole
Dear Son,
You are amazing. I don’t know how or why you put up with me, but I can’t thank you enough for all the patience you seem to already have.
With More Love Than You Can Imagine,
Mommy
Dear Paco,
We can’t wait to meet you, but if you could wait until March 29th to come out that’d be great. We love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
P.S. Hope you’re enjoying all the Shamrock Shakes … I am! :o)
Dear Amber,
I really hope that my shins cooperate so I can meet you in Portland, OR later this year. I think it would make my life.
Love,
Nora
p.s. Have a great weekend.
OH MY GOSH I am dying that was great! thank you for getting my friday end of day off to a great start!
Ok ok ok– i have to say this…. GO USA!
Dear Lindsey Vonn,
Don’t worry about not getting medals in those last few events. You are still my favorite skier!
Love, Logan
Dear Amber,
Thank you for the wonderful post!
Love,
Melissa
I hope your Mac gets there soon! No fun!
Dear Body,
Please forgive me for being so mean to you, confusing you completely on what time it is and not feeding you healthy food.
Love,
Caroline
Dear Weather,
Please stay nice for the rest of my trip!
Love,
Caroline
I love this!
Dear Law Makers, Please immediately make a law declaring 4 day work weeks.
I hope you had a lovely weekend and that you’re basking in the Canadian victory from earlier today! It was a fantastic game!
And my letter would be to this weekend telling it not to end because I really, really don’t want to go to work tomorrow…
Okay, so I’m not skilled enough to write a funny letter like all the other commenters, but I just wanted to say this was adorable and made me smile