Comments on: Suggestions For Santa http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/ Mid-life crisis, motherhood and martinis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63266 Venomous Kate Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:07:53 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63266 Bwahahaha. That's almost my exact list, but I want to learn to knit, not crochet, and I like gummi bears more than Dots. Bwahahaha. That’s almost my exact list, but I want to learn to knit, not crochet, and I like gummi bears more than Dots.

]]> By: Dana http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63208 Dana Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:16:28 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63208 What is it with TOWELS on Christmas wish lists???? http://www.fireflyplace.net/ Too funny :) What is it with TOWELS on Christmas wish lists???? http://www.fireflyplace.net/

Too funny :)

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63151 Venomous Kate Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:02:59 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63151 Oh, Lynne, that'd be paradise! Oh, Lynne, that’d be paradise!

]]> By: Lynne http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63075 Lynne Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:54:36 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63075 I'd go for the once a week cleaning lady for a year. Pop to Kmart and pick up some cheap towels until you win the lottery. :) I’d go for the once a week cleaning lady for a year. Pop to Kmart and pick up some cheap towels until you win the lottery. :)

]]> By: twoma http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63072 twoma Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:26:22 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63072 A thought or two. 1) Would you like some BIG fluffy towels with a fancy Hotel's monogram on them. Towels that say "MOM's Stuff, Don't even think about using them on the dog or car". I did just that for a friend a few years ago. I called the fancy hotels (the kind with the big terri cloth bath robes) and ask them if they would sell me some of their bath towels. The first one that said yes sold me four large bath towel for $4.00 each. My friend was thrilled but she was afraid I had swiped them so I had to give her the reciept. 2) A coworker told me once "Appliances are not presents" jewels are. I found a program at JC Penny's that sold diamond jewelry with a certificate that allowed you to trade in for more expensive stuff later. I got HER a diamond slide and a gold chain ($450). She got misty about it and refuses to let me upgrade it later. $ well spent on good advice. A thought or two.
1) Would you like some BIG fluffy towels with a fancy Hotel’s monogram on them. Towels that say “MOM’s Stuff, Don’t even think about using them on the dog or car”. I did just that for a friend a few years ago. I called the fancy hotels (the kind with the big terri cloth bath robes) and ask them if they would sell me some of their bath towels. The first one that said yes sold me four large bath towel for $4.00 each. My friend was thrilled but she was afraid I had swiped them so I had to give her the reciept.

2) A coworker told me once “Appliances are not presents” jewels are. I found a program at JC Penny’s that sold diamond jewelry with a certificate that allowed you to trade in for more expensive stuff later. I got HER a diamond slide and a gold chain ($450). She got misty about it and refuses to let me upgrade it later. $ well spent on good advice.

]]> By: RAMMER http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63058 RAMMER Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:08:24 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63058 Sorry about the bogus tag. Try one of those el-cheepo radio phones (*less than* $20); so, you can wander around the house and yak with your pals. Just check to be sure it doesn't mess up your wireless internet. Also consider a real nice kitchen knife or sharpening steel. The difference between a good sharp knife and the crappy ones I grew up using is dramatic. Sorry about the bogus tag.

Try one of those el-cheepo radio phones (*less than* $20); so, you can wander around the house and yak with your pals. Just check to be sure it doesn’t mess up your wireless internet. Also consider a real nice kitchen knife or sharpening steel. The difference between a good sharp knife and the crappy ones I grew up using is dramatic.

]]> By: RAMMER http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63057 RAMMER Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:07:16 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63057 Try one of those el-cheepo radio phones ( Try one of those el-cheepo radio phones (

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63055 Venomous Kate Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:32:44 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63055 Ah, Dana. If there was <em>anything</em> in my house that could be mine like that I'd be a happy woman! Ah, Dana. If there was anything in my house that could be mine like that I’d be a happy woman!

]]> By: Dana http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63054 Dana Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:16:46 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63054 Go for the towels, Kate. As thick and plush as soft as they possibly come...nothing less than Egyptian cotton. And then, just make sure only YOU use them because really no one else in the house really cares and no one else will appreciate the luxurious texture and the fact that they are NEW and FRESH and most importantly, YOURS!! Go for the towels, Kate. As thick and plush as soft as they possibly come…nothing less than Egyptian cotton. And then, just make sure only YOU use them because really no one else in the house really cares and no one else will appreciate the luxurious texture and the fact that they are NEW and FRESH and most importantly, YOURS!!

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/my-venomous-life/suggestions-for-santa/comment-page-1/#comment-63041 Venomous Kate Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:54:32 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/12/05/suggestions-for-santa/#comment-63041 Well, the towels come from the fact that VH's retirement pay got cut in half to pay back a "separation bonus" he took during Marriage #1... which I didn't know about when we bought this house (the bonus, that is). So, suddenly, we're living on much less income than I'd budgeted. And I haven't been this cash-poor since college. Sure, we've got a nice house, etc., but I hadn't planned on paying all these bills with so much less income. So I'll be standing at the store debating whether to buy towels to replace the 8-year-old stained, ratty towels we've been using (and I've been re-dying, re-hemming, and fabric shaving) or whether to buy, say, printer cartridges so I can keep printing up the things I create for homeschool. And kids/school always win. But (although I'm sorry to sound whiny), I'm getting tired of everything being ratty. I figured if I put towels on the list, I might not have to dither at the store for the next year. But I agree, Dana: they know what we want. So, ok, I want things that either make the house -- which is almost my entire world -- something that makes me feel a bit more proud, or I want things that make it a bit easier for me to keep up with the house. Either way, it's selfish on my part: my world's defined by the limits of our walls, but I'd sure like to feel a bit more pampered herein. Well, the towels come from the fact that VH’s retirement pay got cut in half to pay back a “separation bonus” he took during Marriage #1… which I didn’t know about when we bought this house (the bonus, that is). So, suddenly, we’re living on much less income than I’d budgeted.

And I haven’t been this cash-poor since college. Sure, we’ve got a nice house, etc., but I hadn’t planned on paying all these bills with so much less income.

So I’ll be standing at the store debating whether to buy towels to replace the 8-year-old stained, ratty towels we’ve been using (and I’ve been re-dying, re-hemming, and fabric shaving) or whether to buy, say, printer cartridges so I can keep printing up the things I create for homeschool. And kids/school always win. But (although I’m sorry to sound whiny), I’m getting tired of everything being ratty.

I figured if I put towels on the list, I might not have to dither at the store for the next year.

But I agree, Dana: they know what we want. So, ok, I want things that either make the house — which is almost my entire world — something that makes me feel a bit more proud, or I want things that make it a bit easier for me to keep up with the house.

Either way, it’s selfish on my part: my world’s defined by the limits of our walls, but I’d sure like to feel a bit more pampered herein.

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