I AM SO GLAD YOU WROTE THAT BIT ABOUT KNIVES..MY HUSBAND IS ALWAYS SQUACKING (sp?) ABOUT DULL KNIVES, SO I ORDERED SOME THAT ARE NEVER TO DULL, YOU CAN CUT A CEMENT BLOCK & THEY DON'T DULL! BUT NOW I HESITATE TO PUT THEM UBDER THE TREE......MAYBE A BOX OF STEAKS TO GO WITH IT?

Jasco

Don has given me a lot of 'creative' gifts over the years too. It's a guy thing. We pretty much quit exchanging Christmas and birthday presents about 15-20 years ago and adapted a new transition. We give gifts all year long, whenever we see something the other would like. It kinda of grew out of me buying things for my parents to put away until Christmas and Don would say, "Give it to them now. They aren't getting any younger."

Jean

Jean, i read your blog and within 15 minutes proposed the same gift-giving 'rules' that you and Don have to John. he enthusiastically agreed. now, i don't have to wait for my next birthday to get those gold metallic leather Converse hi-tops that i admired-i can get them now! or do i want the leopard suede ones that would go with the jacket that i received for this birthday? i just can't decide....

i agree with the sentiments of this blog, although nobody that knows me would EVER dream of getting me cooking utensils. i did get John a breadmaker (i was inspired by Sister Pam), so when he starts going to the day treatment cognitive rehab program next month he can start baking bread as a cognitive exercise.

sandy