My giftee is going to think I'm lame, but really, I'm lame and cheap. I finally got the package to the UPS store today and there is no way that package is getting to where it's supposed to be by Christmas. Hopefully, it will at least get there before the end of the year! If push comes to shove, call it a Boxing Day gift. Even if it's in a bag. ;)
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2005: the Year of the Penguin
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2005? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
SailAweigh - Dec 20, 2005 2:55:54 pm PST #125 of 506
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Katerina Bee - Dec 20, 2005 3:05:29 pm PST #126 of 506
Herding cats for fun
wrapping paper and I do not get along.
I've been known to wrap presents in a brown paper shopping bag, and then draw a cartoon on it with a Sharpie. There are no ribbons nor bows on presents from Chez Bee. Martha Stewart would be aghast, I'm sure.
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2005 3:06:04 pm PST #127 of 506
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I sent my package off today -- the Post Office claims it'll take 2 days, so my feeling is that my santee will get a box o' festive cheer by the weekend. I hope.
Emily - Dec 20, 2005 3:06:31 pm PST #128 of 506
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Martha Stewart would be aghast, I'm sure.
This is sort of my decorating theme.
Anne W. - Dec 20, 2005 3:13:01 pm PST #129 of 506
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Sparky, yay for your gift getting there!
Boo on the confiscation by the DH! Oh, well. There's nothing perishable in there, so the gift will be fine even if you're climbing the walls.
(If you told him I said you could open it now, would he go for it?)
Sparky1 - Dec 20, 2005 3:51:26 pm PST #130 of 506
Librarian Warlord
(If you told him I said you could open it now, would he go for it?)
Probably, but if there's nothing perishable there, I figure I might as well let him have the illusion of being the boss of me on this one issue. He has also confiscated the boxes from my mother containing gifts.
This is sort of my decorating theme.
Mine is: "Early American Garage Sale"
Jessica - Dec 20, 2005 3:52:06 pm PST #131 of 506
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I have everything ready for my giftee except a box to mail it in. D'oh!
brenda m - Dec 20, 2005 4:41:22 pm PST #132 of 506
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I didn't even wrap mine. I was so concerned about positioning it in the box so that one part wouldn't get all messed up that it didn't even occur to me. There's some gold tissue, though, that I bought specially. Dur.
So, um, giftee, when you open the box, you're opening the present. Just a heads-up if you happen to be a Wait Until X-Mas person.
libkitty - Dec 20, 2005 4:47:33 pm PST #133 of 506
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
The already opened presents sound wonderful. I tried to do well, but I fear my giftee may suffer in comparison. However, if all works well with the USPS, said giftee may at least suffer on time.
Sparky1 - Dec 20, 2005 4:52:42 pm PST #134 of 506
Librarian Warlord
I fear my giftee may suffer in comparison
I can testify that there is absolutely no suffering involved when being your giftee.
Signed,
Libkitty's 2004 Giftee