The Sewing Mom

So, Christmas has come and gone and I hope everyone was able to enjoy a relaxing day with family and friends. Did you get up early to hit the stores this morning? Are you out there making those returns this morning? I have one I have to make, I’m heading out later today, hopefully missing the big rush.

This was what we in our house called “a light Christmas”. There were definitely far fewer gifts under the tree and my husband and I didn’t exchange gifts. That was okay with me. We focused in on the one main gift our daughter wanted and the joy on her face when she opened that gift was worth everything we gave up to get it for her. My husband did have a hard time not buying me anything, he wound up buying me some piece of electronic equipment that I don’t even understand what it is or why I would need it. That’s the item I’ll be returning today! I do appreciate his efforts, but…

I tried to tell him that he could go to get last minute gifts from Kmart and he more than likely would have found a perfect gift for me, or anyone else for that matter. In fact, he knew that I’ve been unable to find our candle holders that I use to decorate the mantle for the holidays, and Kmart carries the Martha Stewart Everyday tall nickel pillar candleholders for under $25. In fact, they carry a lot of gifts for under $25 including Leapfrog brand for kids and Craftsman tools for adults. There are over 25,000 gifts at Kmart for under $25, that’s a great place to shop! He could have even shopped online at Kmart.com.

Well, Christmas day may be gone, but I still would like those candle holders! How about you? What could you get at Kmart?

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I hope you all enjoy time with your friends and family and have a wonderful Holiday. God Bless you all!

Please excuse me if I should be absent for a day or so as I take time away from the computer to enjoy my own family. Merry Christmas to you all!

My daughter and I just returned from some very last minute holiday shopping for my husband who is the most difficult person I know to buy gifts for. Anything he could ever want he either buys for himself or it’s so expensive I can’t afford it. Maybe that’s typical for men, I’m not sure. I saw a quite a few people out doing their last minute shopping, I wonder what they were buying and who they were buying it for.

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Today I’m tackling the last minute preparations for the holiday. We won’t be having company this year so that takes some pressure off, but there are things that must be done, whether there is company coming or not.

The first item on my list is the grocery shopping. I don’t have a very long list, but we’ve decided to have a turkey dinner on Christmas day, so I need to go get my turkey and stuffing plus a few other items to go along with it. My daughter and I always bake our Santa cookies on Christmas Eve, so I need to get the refrigerated dough for that. I used to make the dough from scratch, but it makes way too many cookies and I always ended up in the kitchen by myself trying to finish baking and decorating, so now I just buy the roll of refrigerated dough and it’s much more enjoyable.

The 2nd item on my list is the gift wrapping. I had intended on getting this task done last week while my daughter was still in school, but I’m a procrastinator, so here I am, 2 days before Christmas and the gifts need to be wrapped. I’m usually wrapping late on Christmas Eve, so if I can get it done today while my husband takes my daughter out shopping, I’ll feel pretty good about things.

What are you tackling today?

What is the greatest gift you’ve ever received? I don’t know if I could name just one, but I do remember being about 10 years old and receiving my very first camera, a Kodak. This was, in my mind, the most extravagant gift and I was overwhelmed by it. I felt just like the boy in “A Christmas Story” when he found that he had indeed received his wish from Santa, his Red Rider BB gun.

Of course, it’s one thing to receive gifts as a child, I think we’re so much easier to please when we’re young. As an adult, we tend to purchase for ourselves the things that we really want. At least that’s the case in our family. It does make it difficult to buy gifts for each other. As an adult, I’d have to say my daughter was the best gift I’ve ever been given!

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Think about it, what’s the most memorable gift you’ve ever received?