Oooh ... the gloves and scarf could work. She won't let anyone give her a massage - claims she's too fat. I roll my eyes at her.

I think Amy has a good idea.

Right now, I've gotten my mother wooden spoons from a local craftscouple, fun dishtowels from the same and...nothing else. I'm gonna give her another goat this year, I think.

...I guess I really need to call my mechanic tomorrow. If I could drop the car off early this week and get it home, it shouldn't fuck up the week too much. Unless it doesn't want to start tomorrow, I just need to take care of the lights. It needs a tuneup, but that can wait, I hope. Damnit. This week is stupid busy, and a birthday just got added friday night, when I need to be working dough. And I'd hoped to go shopping at least a couple nights this week. Which needs a car.

The Great OB Crisis of 2010.

Lauren Bush is engaged to Ralph Lauren's son, David Lauren. After their wedding, her name will be Lauren Lauren.

I wonder if she's a fan of Catch-22.

(...and Major Major Major Major)

My dad is so incredibly hard to shop for, I've started doing joint gifts at Christmas -- this year I'm giving Mom and Dad a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant in town, a bottle of wine, and another small gift certificate to Carlino's, the awesome Italian grocery/bakery (dessert!).

Then I go nuts on Mom's birthday, because I can always think of things she'd like.

My mother specifically asked me for gloves one year, and I'm pretty sure I just saw them still with the tags on, in her giant container of gloves, etc. @@

I am totally identifying with her. But other tampons are just too long and they hurt!!!

Mostly, I've never used anything else and have no desire to add an applicator to the whole process. That seems like a step backward for so many reasons.

I know exactly when I'm gonna start worrying about it. Will be combing Birmingham while I do my xmas shopping. God, don't fuck with that sort of thing.

Mom is terribly hard because she's frikking picky. So far, the only gift I was POSITIVE she liked was the year I gave her a Tiny Tears doll that I bought from Beverly because Mom never got it for Christmas when she was little. Since then, I never know if she likes stuff.

Hey Liese, can you please email me your snail mail address? My email is msgullo at gmail dot com.

I have a frankentree. The tree itself is a gorgeous 7 foot Douglas Fir we got as a school fundraiser for a friend's parochial school. I only had one green strand lights, and when I bought a second strand, they ended up being LED. So half the lights are LED and other half not so much.

Noah decorated so it's bottom branch full and most of my ornaments are dark so they look better on a white tree. But you know what, NO ONE CARES. The tree smells great even though it's not as pretty as I'd like. BFD. I think I need a bit of perspective.

I'm also sucking at gifts this year except for teh kids. I bought my parents steak. And my brother and his wife are getting preserves/curds/shortbreads. I bought K a hippo for Christmas (because of the song).