I’m glad the holidays are over. Gift-giving is tricky and too much pressure.
Still, I always believed it’s better to give than receive. Until I saw this video.
Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
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Super Susan
The knobs say it all: Susan is the super-hero inside every woman. Made of ceramic knobs, hand–painted tiles, on a painted background. Measures 12″ X 12″ .
Victoria's Secret
It's the combination, of course. And the locks will open for the right person---(to be revealed on the back when you take her home.) Made of combination locks and hand-painted tiles on a painted background. Measures 14" by 14".
Nice Pair
Pun intended. A nice pair---of pears...made of miniature porcelain boxes, surrounded by painted tiles and broken china on a painted background. Measures 11" square.
Hope
Hope: not only on her driver’s license, but in her heart. Ceramic ribbon, hand-painted tiles on a painted background, measures 9 inches square.
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Believe
Word surrounded by hand-painted tiles in bright and beautiful (gold and marine blue) colors, with border of tiny gold tiles. Measures 11" square.
You're Perfect #16
True beauty lies in the imperfections. Irregular mirror surrounded by hand-painted tiles with a border of ceramic tiles. Measures 11" square.
Message from Siberia (aka the Dog House): This is really a little sensitive around my house and I, for one, do not think it is funny. After 29 years of marriage, I should have learned by now: Thoughtless, last minute gifts never work out. My wife’s favorite parfum came in rancid because I insisted on saving money on the internet. And…the sensational gloves that my wife hand-picked six months ago, were bought a size-and-a-half too small and they were one of a kind (fortunately, we found a great replacement yesterday). So….I might see the light of day by New Year’s Day.
Seriously, even though that video hit a little too close to home, it was priceless.
I think it hits home for everyone–I think it’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen on the internet.
Your line about Siberia is really funny too.
But another potential “take away” from this little rendezvous in Purgatory is “no gifts, no grief”!
Yes I am personally very familiar with the “no gifts, no grief” policy. You can’t set the bar any lower than that.
The “no gifts, no grief” amendment has been vetoed in our House and does not have the slightest chance of ever being approved (trust me, I have pushed and re-pushed the envelope).zy