Aw, my Williams-Sonoma package turned out to be assorted fancy olive oils from my parents. What a great Hanukkah present! Not coals to Newcastle at all, I happen to be pretty much out of olive oil as well.
Nice!
The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 22, 2020 4:02:08 pm PST #1469 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2020 4:11:42 pm PST #1470 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
After SNL shamed me for not doing a better job filling JZ's stocking I went to the ... she's got a Fancy Stocking ... That's very full.
I, apparently, discussed the full stocking concept seriously enough with my DP that he went out today and bought more things.
Tim and I don't do stockings, which is kind of weird because my family always did them growing up AND we still have stockings at my mom and stepdad's (though I don't know if we get stocking stuff this year since we're doing a drive-by bestowal of presents). That said, gifts are emphatically NOT my love language, so I hit a point where it's hard as hell to come up with ideas for presents, much less smaller stuff for stockings. So no stockings between us is no big deal, especially this year when I have zero Christmas spirit.
EpicTangent - Dec 22, 2020 4:28:17 pm PST #1471 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
msbelle, someone mentioned Knott's above. My mom LOVED their gift boxes of jams. (Which I generally bought at Target, et al, but I assume could be acquired locally as well).
Zenkitty - Dec 22, 2020 4:35:22 pm PST #1472 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My sister's not-husband (long-term live-in boyfriend) is back in the hospital and things seem dire. He had his gallbladder removed a few weeks ago, and it seems that the surgeon put in a stent and did it wrong, and now there is damage to his liver. This went on way too long without being taken seriously enough. He's lost almost 30 pounds and he throws up bile every time he eats more than two bites of food. Hell, *I* knew it was his liver, how come the doctor thought it was fucking pneumonia? He has surgery tomorrow to try to remove the lesions from his liver, and then he could be in the hospital for weeks. My sister is scared to death. I'm worried too. He's a really good guy and they have been really good for each other. Please send some Buffista healing ~ma to my sister's Sam?
-t - Dec 22, 2020 4:47:06 pm PST #1473 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh no Zenkitty! Tons of ~ma!
Jesse - Dec 22, 2020 5:05:16 pm PST #1474 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oof, best thoughts to him!
msbelle - Dec 22, 2020 5:06:31 pm PST #1475 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Zen I am so sorry. Good thoughts to him and your sister and guidance for them to find a good lawyer.
msbelle - Dec 22, 2020 5:09:19 pm PST #1476 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Got the 12/24 delivery ordered - cheese, crackers, meats, and olives!
dcp - Dec 22, 2020 5:11:46 pm PST #1477 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
the full stocking concept
My grandparents' practice was to fill the bottom half of Christmas stockings with handfuls of un-shelled nuts and several oranges, then candy and small presents in the upper half.
The oranges and the nuts always got poured back into the "holiday bowls" on the coffee table whence they came.
sj - Dec 22, 2020 5:13:23 pm PST #1478 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Hec, can you call TCG? I want a stocking full of cheese.