Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
A fun Christmas gift
.Omg! I will tee it up saying it was given to me by my brother. I have 1 brother and 3 sisters. So he was always around girl stuff.
A tampon tree! I about fell out of my chair when he gave them to us tonight. A lady he works with makes them & sells them at craft shows. He bought. Them for a all my sisters, mom and grandma. What will be more funny , is my grandma is known for copycat(ing) crafts . We'll see if she starts making them.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Want
I get asked what I "want" a lot this time of year.
It's not only Christmas, but my birthday is very, very close to Christmas also. Some years, I have a list of things I might like, that I can suggest, but this year what I WANT, I can not have.
My family , have all asked, what do you WANT. None of them have truly experienced anything I have had to. What I WANT is really to be 34 weeks pregnant, uncomfortable, enjoying Advent, and waiting for my son to arrive, but instead I am here, barren, and up late at night thinking about him. My mother in-law, had the audacity to say, well if you don't tell me what you want, i'm going to get you probably some things you don't want. Got news for her, that will be nothing new. I have this area in the basement for the un"useful" gifts from the MIL. So when I say there is nothing you can give me, that I want, I truly mean it. NO ugly sweaters for me, I have 100 pairs of socks already so please no more, I don't need any more gloves, I have only 1 pair of hands, please no cookies, candies or sweets, I'm gluten, dairy & soy free. Please no more kitchen towels, I have at least a dozen for every holiday, Hallmark sells cards for.
to my MIL: I am a very practical person, so no I don't want a $500 purse, nor do I want a velour jogging suit, nor the random xyz gift you found on the shelf at home.goods. So when I tell you I want a hood vent for my stove, don't say, that's not a Christmas gift, accept the fact, that I am not like the rest of your children who live a caviar lifestyle on their beer budget. I realize to you Christmas is about fantasy gifts.. My fantasy is to be a mother, and to take a vacation with my husband. It's been 7 years since we have been able to leave our business for 7 consecutive days and relax and enjoy ourselves, preferrably on a beach somewhere tropical. ( a long weekend at the cottage with 20 other people is not relaxing in my book)
Things I won't say I would like, because I can't relinquish control over what style someone else might pick: Area rug for Family room, wall art for family room, paint for kitchen, 10" saute pan, backsplash tile, black socks and underwear. I would like a simple inexpensive pair of ice skates for the new outdoor ice rink, but don't want a lavish pair like they would get.
So yeah back to what I want, simply a baby.. so if you could have a healthy one delivered in about 9 months, i'd appreciate that.
It's not only Christmas, but my birthday is very, very close to Christmas also. Some years, I have a list of things I might like, that I can suggest, but this year what I WANT, I can not have.
My family , have all asked, what do you WANT. None of them have truly experienced anything I have had to. What I WANT is really to be 34 weeks pregnant, uncomfortable, enjoying Advent, and waiting for my son to arrive, but instead I am here, barren, and up late at night thinking about him. My mother in-law, had the audacity to say, well if you don't tell me what you want, i'm going to get you probably some things you don't want. Got news for her, that will be nothing new. I have this area in the basement for the un"useful" gifts from the MIL. So when I say there is nothing you can give me, that I want, I truly mean it. NO ugly sweaters for me, I have 100 pairs of socks already so please no more, I don't need any more gloves, I have only 1 pair of hands, please no cookies, candies or sweets, I'm gluten, dairy & soy free. Please no more kitchen towels, I have at least a dozen for every holiday, Hallmark sells cards for.
to my MIL: I am a very practical person, so no I don't want a $500 purse, nor do I want a velour jogging suit, nor the random xyz gift you found on the shelf at home.goods. So when I tell you I want a hood vent for my stove, don't say, that's not a Christmas gift, accept the fact, that I am not like the rest of your children who live a caviar lifestyle on their beer budget. I realize to you Christmas is about fantasy gifts.. My fantasy is to be a mother, and to take a vacation with my husband. It's been 7 years since we have been able to leave our business for 7 consecutive days and relax and enjoy ourselves, preferrably on a beach somewhere tropical. ( a long weekend at the cottage with 20 other people is not relaxing in my book)
Things I won't say I would like, because I can't relinquish control over what style someone else might pick: Area rug for Family room, wall art for family room, paint for kitchen, 10" saute pan, backsplash tile, black socks and underwear. I would like a simple inexpensive pair of ice skates for the new outdoor ice rink, but don't want a lavish pair like they would get.
So yeah back to what I want, simply a baby.. so if you could have a healthy one delivered in about 9 months, i'd appreciate that.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Need Baptism Gift ideas
Hopefully the wonderful blogger world can help me out.
My husband is the Godfather to his newest niece. The baptism is in 2 weeks.
My idea was something personalized for her, but since, mom, grandma & grandpa, don't know how to spell the baby's name.. ( we haven't even been told the middle name, ) something personalized is not in the books this time. The baby naming thing is a huge problem in hubs family. I know of at least 3 kids who went home from the hospital w/ no name.. & 2 that their names were officially changed afterwards, because the mom's felt like it.
What does blogger land recommend for a baptism gift from the Godfather, for his little goddaughter?
My husband is the Godfather to his newest niece. The baptism is in 2 weeks.
My idea was something personalized for her, but since, mom, grandma & grandpa, don't know how to spell the baby's name.. ( we haven't even been told the middle name, ) something personalized is not in the books this time. The baby naming thing is a huge problem in hubs family. I know of at least 3 kids who went home from the hospital w/ no name.. & 2 that their names were officially changed afterwards, because the mom's felt like it.
What does blogger land recommend for a baptism gift from the Godfather, for his little goddaughter?
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