December 16, 2011
Do You Peek?
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When I was a kid I would search the entire house looking for Christmas gifts. If I found wrapped boxes, I would carefully unwrap, inspect, and then rewrap. This went unnoticed for several years, but Mom wasn't stupid. As soon as she discovered messed up ends, she started stashing things at our neighbor's and my gig was up.
I jokingly revealed this pitiful behavior to my husband some years ago and he nodded, "Doesn't surprise me a bit."
"But I'm so over that," I said. "Really."
"Nancy, once a snoop...always a snoop. Besides, the surprise is half the fun. I'm not taking a chance."
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Posted by Nancy Rossman
on December 16, 2011 at 8:42 AM
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December 13, 2011
All I Want for Christmas
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I was telling my husband all the great things I have wished for in the past decades... starting with the baby doll that wet her pants, a membership to the Mickey Mouse Club, later the mohair sweater, later a Hi-Fi... and then my memory is fuzzy. We had some laughs as, I think, he started to worry about his purchases for me.
"What would you really like?" he said somewhat timidly. "And assuming I have the power to give it to you, make it happen."
I had to think, kinda like you do when you consider what you would do if you won the lottery.
"Well, I'd like to see the Cleveland Indians win the World Series. I'd like to never be sick again. I'd hope that there would never be any more family arguments," I said and sat back.
"Gees, couldn't you think of something just a bit easier?" he said. " Like build a bridge to Hawaii?"
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Posted by Nancy Rossman
on December 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM
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