I was contemplating another book post today, but two days in a row seemed a bit much... and then I never got around to it, but the good news is that I made some progress in my holiday prep!
Since my rant/whine earlier this week, I have managed to get out a good first draft of my holiday letter. It really wasn't too difficult this year... dog death, Europe, Beijing, and oh, San Diego too... some other quickie items... and Happy Holidays! But it is still a challenge, as you W&C regulars know I tend to ramble (which is one reason I am not likely to give up on this blog anytime soon), so it is still rough to get it down to one page and especially with the more restrictive margins of holiday stationery. I have a love/hate relationship with the holiday letter. I honestly really do enjoy writing and receiving them, but I am in the camp that it should be quick and easy. I do care what is going on in your life, but if you have to use a squint-inducing font size or go to a multi-columns, well you're pushing it.
This morning, I also managed to get some online shopping done for my enigmatic immediate family. I decided to with what works... some nice gift baskets. My parents are getting a bread-centric one. They may be picky eaters (most particularly my dad), but we have always loved our bread. Now, I would have loved to get some of the different varieties, but pretty much with the standard good 'ole traditional stuff. I was really out of ideas with them since my Mom put the kibosh on flowers and/or a calendar (though they might just have to deal with it on the latter, since I already picked up something before being told not to).
For my brother's family... which really means something for my sister-in-law... and that's not meant as an insult, over time and many situations it seems like any adult males would agree that if the wife/mom is happy, everyone is happy! So they are getting a gift basket with a lot of wine in it... so happy I can ship wine to their state this year! My nephew is getting an iTunes gift card (he got an iPhone for his birthday a couple of months ago) and either another Visa/Amex gift card or cash... because I have absolutely no idea of what a kids/young adults want these days and (thankfully) I come from a family where money is a perfectly acceptable and desired gift!
So these accomplishments have started to get me a bit out of my holiday funk (Joanna, you'll have to be much more convincing to my other half re: puppies! haha!)... and I'm guessing things will improve even more once the outdoor stuff and tree goes up this coming weekend... because, if not this weekend then when?!?!
If I'm not mistaken, porn is a good gift for young kids these days. Ha. Just an idea.
Posted by: Jordan | Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 09:35 PM