My mom bought me an absolutely gorgeous dragonfly tiffany lamp and a framed piece of embroidery depicting twelve koi in a circle with food in the center. She got Rebecca a jewelry amroire and also gave us books on vegetarian and Jewish cooking ( Read more... )

Kwanzaa.
Hannukah.
Solstice.
Yule.
Christmas.
Day off from work.
Your mom.

Whatevs.

Be safe, and beware of figgy pudding.

Love,
Moi

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Today, I did something I never, ever do ( Read more... )

My job has a drive every year for backpacks to be given to children staying overnight with their mothers at various abuse protection shelters. The backpacks are required to contain some essential items and a small toy. I went crazy putting together backpacks for two little girls. It hurt my credit card, but kids and Christmas is a weak spot for me ( Read more... )

On Christmas Eve, sometime between 7:30 and 8 AM, the rear windshield of my car was broken in the parking lot of my workplace. This was very odd because none of the stores were open yet. The parking lot was empty. And I don't really have any enemies. There were no foreign objects in the car, but the break pattern was right in the center of the ( Read more... )