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 to pack the boxes. Which would have required another form of apology note. And what good does it do to have a blog if you can’t use it to make an announcement to all of your family members anyway? [Read more…] about A Few Words About the Christmas Gifts I Mailed
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Gifts for the Newborn Babe
Heads up to my family at this gift-giving time of year: The minute I get a grandchild, all of you will be lucky to get any presents from me. I’m planning to spend my entire gift budget on that baby. There might be a little bit left over for a couple of iTunes gift cards for the stockings, but don’t get your hopes up.
And when I say the minute, I mean it. I have a detailed spreadsheet on what kind of grandmother I’m going to be and it does not include me in the waiting room of Labor and Delivery, hovering about and horning in on the parents’ birth experience. There is virtually no where to shop in the hospital. So when I get the call or text or whatever communication we’re using by then that “It’s a baby!” I’m going to be poised, coupons in hand, to run down to Macy’s and start buying baby ornamentation. [Read more…] about Gifts for the Newborn Babe