Best Christmas gift you'll be giving.

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by ½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®

He said “Look at all that sh!t wrapped over there. While I was wrapping it I thought man this really sucks. Some fat a$$ mythical son of a bitch gets all the glory. I work hard all year and spent countless hours shopping for all this crap. I was wrapping it and writing from Santa on the cards for what? The kids will tear it apart and fight over it for 2 weeks until it gets broken. All I get is the Santa shaft. Every year I get bent over for a good screwing by some fat a$$ slug that takes all the credit for my hard work.”

Here: Send this link to your buddy. It will put him over the top!

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by ½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®

He said “Look at all that sh!t wrapped over there. While I was wrapping it I thought man this really sucks. Some fat a$$ mythical son of a bitch gets all the glory. I work hard all year and spent countless hours shopping for all this crap. I was wrapping it and writing from Santa on the cards for what? The kids will tear it apart and fight over it for 2 weeks until it gets broken. All I get is the Santa shaft. Every year I get bent over for a good screwing by some fat a$$ slug that takes all the credit for my hard work.”

Sadly i totally relate to this. Last year my daughter (then 7) had the gumption to ask me, "How come you don't get us anything? Don't you love your children?" grrr.

I think this is actually the last year she will sort of believe in the whole Santa thing, the jig is up. Tne big kids on the school bus have dropped the 'it's your parents' bomb. However part of her seems to want to still believe so i haven't really come out w/ the truth yet. Xmas does lose some of the magic when kids stop believing. I guess my son still will, but w/ my daughter's big mouth, who knows.....


I can't think of anything too extraordinary that I'm giving. I did send extra $ and some gifts to the little 3 yr old girl we sponsor in Ecuador, and a few days ago I got a written update of how she's doing, w/ a family picture of them included, so that was a thrill. I love knowing that our little monthly contribution/any extra $ for special occasions goes so far over there.

My little 'plug' for anyone who may have ever pondered sponsoring a child-- Christian Children's Fund is a fantastic, well-run organization-- for the cost of two pizzas a month, you can really make some little kid's life so much better. Well worth the effort.

-Lis

[amber]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, and magnesium. Why don't they make a low-calorie, urinary tract health food?

um, I think they do.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by sara1998

Here: Send this link to your buddy. It will put him over the top!

Okay, that is wack! I'm going to put up a website, pieceofsantasbeard.com and sell off "Santa wiskers". Good grief!

[½ ¡Ñ§ÅñË ®]

Originally Posted by sara1998

Here: Send this link to your buddy. It will put him over the top!

Done and done.

[Kelly]

I am so glad you putty is ok, Livia. I adore cats..dogs too but I just have always had cats. Speaking of mean people sucking...I had this beautiful long haired, gray kitty who loved to hunt in my yard. One afternoon I pulled up and he was on the ground with flies around him. I realized he could not move his back two legs and was trying to walk but basically just dragging his backend. I was horrified, picked him up carefully and drove him to the hospital. He was Xrayed and the vet felt someone had kicked him and broken his pelvis. I questioned whether he could have been hit by a car and he felt he had not, nor had he fallen from say a tree. He said his lack of other injuries and the one big bruise on his side, along with the broken pelvis led him to believe that he had been kicked. The doc told me he had seen it before, it was not all that uncommon. I WAS MORTIFIED. and heartbroken. Who could kick a sweet, gentle, loving animal? I know he probably walked up to this person , purring and rolling on the sidewalk, wanting to be petted, but instead was used as a soccer ball. UGH. Needless to say, he had to be put to sleep because his bladder was ruptured from the broken pelvis and he would never have had control over it again. Heartbreaking and totally uncalled for. I will never forget having to kiss him, rub his little ears, and tell him goodbye, KNOWING they were going to put him down. Poor thing just looked at me with such trust and it broke my heart. Anyway, mean people do suck.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by Kelly

I am so glad you putty is ok, Livia. I adore cats..dogs too but I just have always had cats. Speaking of mean people sucking...I had this beautiful long haired, gray kitty who loved to hunt in my yard. One afternoon I pulled up and he was on the ground with flies around him. I realized he could not move his back two legs and was trying to walk but basically just dragging his backend. I was horrified, picked him up carefully and drove him to the hospital. He was Xrayed and the vet felt someone had kicked him and broken his pelvis. I questioned whether he could have been hit by a car and he felt he had not, nor had he fallen from say a tree. He said his lack of other injuries and the one big bruise on his side, along with the broken pelvis led him to believe that he had been kicked. The doc told me he had seen it before, it was not all that uncommon. I WAS MORTIFIED. and heartbroken. Who could kick a sweet, gentle, loving animal? I know he probably walked up to this person , purring and rolling on the sidewalk, wanting to be petted, but instead was used as a soccer ball. UGH. Needless to say, he had to be put to sleep because his bladder was ruptured from the broken pelvis and he would never have had control over it again. Heartbreaking and totally uncalled for. I will never forget having to kiss him, rub his little ears, and tell him goodbye, KNOWING they were going to put him down. Poor thing just looked at me with such trust and it broke my heart. Anyway, mean people do suck.

That is so awful. I think only someone who is abused themselves must do these kinds of things. I remember a few years ago here in Rhode Island a young person set a cat on fire. yes, on fire. It was all over the news here and the cat ended up being OK. I don't know what happened to the girl that did it but she was a minor so most likely nothing was done to her.

[Livia]

This summer, some sick fockers around here were tossing kitties out of cars and overpasses on the freeway. They never caught them, but it did stop eventually. Okay, no more kitty cruelty stories, I can't take it!

Do they really make a low-cal urinary tract health food? When I mentioned it to my vet, she seemed like she hadn't heard of it. My kitty's on the prescription-only Science Diet right now...I'll be taking him back for his followup exam shortly...I'll ask 'em again about that food...

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Kelly

I am so glad you putty is ok, Livia. I adore cats..dogs too but I just have always had cats. Speaking of mean people sucking...I had this beautiful long haired, gray kitty who loved to hunt in my yard. One afternoon I pulled up and he was on the ground with flies around him. I realized he could not move his back two legs and was trying to walk but basically just dragging his backend. I was horrified, picked him up carefully and drove him to the hospital. He was Xrayed and the vet felt someone had kicked him and broken his pelvis. I questioned whether he could have been hit by a car and he felt he had not, nor had he fallen from say a tree. He said his lack of other injuries and the one big bruise on his side, along with the broken pelvis led him to believe that he had been kicked. The doc told me he had seen it before, it was not all that uncommon. I WAS MORTIFIED. and heartbroken. Who could kick a sweet, gentle, loving animal? I know he probably walked up to this person , purring and rolling on the sidewalk, wanting to be petted, but instead was used as a soccer ball. UGH. Needless to say, he had to be put to sleep because his bladder was ruptured from the broken pelvis and he would never have had control over it again. Heartbreaking and totally uncalled for. I will never forget having to kiss him, rub his little ears, and tell him goodbye, KNOWING they were going to put him down. Poor thing just looked at me with such trust and it broke my heart. Anyway, mean people do suck.

Omigod, I'm literally in tears over this. Bless you for taking care of the kitty, I'm sorry he didn't survive.

[dissention]

I got a Louis Vutton bag for $49 yesterday for my friend Jamie. I almost **** when I saw how cheap it was. I don't care if it's last season or not, it was a f*cking steal.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by dissention

I got a Louis Vutton bag for $49 yesterday for my friend Jamie. I almost **** when I saw how cheap it was. I don't care if it's last season or not, it was a f*cking steal.

You carry a man-purse?

[amber]

Originally Posted by Livia

You carry a man-purse?

yeah, "my friend jamie" is a code...

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Livia

You carry a man-purse?

Or do you call it "personal luggage"

[skcin]

Teehee - resurrecting this thread. I'm sure people will be shocked to see a post from 1/2 Insane Well, no worries, those are last year's replies.

Any gifts you're particularly excited about giving this year?

I found a Labatt neon sign for Mark - it's like the Holy Grail of his collection so he should be thrilled. I won it on Ebay but was able to meet the seller to pick it up to avoid shipping costs (and probable breakage in the mail.)

A friend at work just left her emotionally abusive boyfriend 2 days ago & has basically nothing. So I started a collection for her. We should be able to give her about $200 tomorrow.

I sent my mom to AZ this past November to meet her first grandson and she said that was the best gift ever. So that made me feel good.

[SuzeQuze]

I gave my mom a boat. Actually, its a blow up Coleman boat. But she loved it, she needed one for her vacation house on the lake. She paddled around in a kayak this year and just loved it so much that I vowed to get her a boat for Christmas. I also gave her some photos to fit these photo coasters she has. One was The Old Man in the Mountain (RIP). I only ever took one photo of him and the sky was so grey. But thanks to the magic of Photoshop I put a blue one in.

Mufy's getting another remote controlled mouse since his last one doesn't work. He's gonna love that. Although he thinks the tree is his gift.