A Young Wife’s Tale

I’m doing the 12 Days of Christmas for my mother this year. She’ll open a present every day beginning December 14 so that she will open the last present on December 25. There’s mascara, hand scrub, and these “Swanky Hankies”. Aren’t they cute?

My mother came over before Thanksgiving and helped me put up the Christmas tree. It was so nice coming back from our trip and having the tree already up. I have a six feet tall artificial tree (No real trees for severe allergy sufferers.), but this year I made it four feet and put it on my dining room table. The house has been rearranged so much this year, and we don’t really have room for it in our living room.

I love my family. I enjoy spending time with them. But as Monk would say, here’s the thing. My parents and brothers make me feel lazy.

My father has worked two full time jobs since before I was born. Growing up my brothers would always list two things they wanted to be when folks would ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” They just thought it was normal for all men to have two careers.
My mother is Martha Stewart only nicer. Mom makes the most beautiful bows for packages. At Christmas, she makes Martha Washington Candy, homemade rolls that are to die for, and 20 dozen sugar cookies plus homemade frosting in four different colors. The last two years she also made this incredible crock pot candy. It’s four kinds of chocolate and cashews. Last year I made carmel corn. It was supposed to be for our neighbors, but I ate it all myself.

This cracks me up. I got an email from my mother this evening about one of the banners David created. Here’s an excerpt: “When did you add the feather duster?-Very cute but not appropriate at all!  As we all know feather dusters simply move the dust around not remove it from the room…..oooops where did [...]