I was standing in my sewing room, staring at a half-finished quilted mixer cover that I was making for my mother-in-law for a Christmas gift when my husband walked in and asked me what I was doing. “I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to get this gift for your mom finished in time […]
Christmas gifts
A Few Words About the Christmas Gifts I Mailed
I thought about writing little notes of explanation and tucking them in the boxes I was getting ready to mail. But the notes would have been on the back of Walgreens receipts for embarrassing products I recently purchased. Which wouldn’t have mattered because they were likely to get lost in the balled-up newspapers I used […]
Is It Time to Christmas Shop Already?
It’s time to start Christmas shopping and I’m just not up to it yet. I’m seriously considering pulling a Jim Marsh and waiting until Christmas Eve to run out to KMart to buy whatever’s left on the shelves, even if it’s a jar of sugar-free mincemeat and a dreidel. Jim is my brother-in-law, who wrote […]
What I Didn’t Buy For Christmas This Year
I’m so proud of myself. I orchestrated a beautiful Christmas for my family without being an idiot. I didn’t buy one single gift that was rare, hard to find, or in high demand. Sure, I ended up with a bunch of lame stuff that everybody else got last year, but at least I didn’t […]