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A Christmas Wish

The Girl with her Tukery Leg at Disneyland
That’s a turkey leg, folks!

The Girl and Boy in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle

The Boy and Girl in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland!

This year, more than any other, I have really treasured the time I’ve spent with family and friends and that includes you. Although I haven’t met everyone in person, I feel as if I know each of you and I treasure that. Truly.  I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and another joyous year of reading. Cheers!

List Love: Christmas

The other day, The Hub told me that he bought me something. Something that was unsolicited by me. This has only happened a handful of times and the results (in most cases) were hilarious. I’m sure they weren’t supposed to be and I can count a couple of instances where I pitched a Christmas meal into the trash because of the frustration over said gift or the quippy response that came with it. So when he said he bought me something, I paused and said, “Hmmmm.”

The next day… he said he bought it from a traveling salesman.

Double, “Hmmmm.”

Remember that I Love Lucy episode where the guy came to the door selling all that Handy Dandy stuff? I cannot help but think of that episode. What WILL I end up with? The thing is, my needs are few and my wants are simple. I am not a hard person to buy for. I enjoy simple things, meaningful items and gadgets. So just for fun, I am listing stuff here that I wouldn’t mind getting.

  • A Nook Simple Touch ( I have a Kindle, which I love but I do not love Amazon)
  • The new Michael Bublé Christmas CD  (Michael Bublé Christmas)
  • A new Tourmaline hair dryer. Mine is dying and bad hair makes me unhappy.
  • Dreamer PJ’s from Victoria’s Secret. I spend so much time in PJ’s, might as well have another set.
  • A big, giant vat of my fave lotion.
  • Some new bookmarks.
  • A really nice pair of scissors. My kids take mine and cut bacon (yep!) with them and other damaging materials like glue tubes and Popsicle sticks.
  • This very cool calendar.
  • This awesome lens for my camera.
  • A Spotify upgrade to Premium so I can take my music with me.
  • Some sparkly hair clips.
  • A copy of A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
  • Any of these movies on DVD: The Family Stone (so great!), It’s a Wonderful Life (lost my copy), Serendipity (John Cusack…sigh)

See? Not so bad, right? Of course, material items aside, good health is always a welcome gift but I don’t believe door-to-door salesmen have figured out a way to sell it.

So, what do you think The Hub got me? Knives? A blender? Tupperware? He doesn’t read my blog so you can have fun with it.