My Real World Holiday Wish List
Yes, yes, I know that it’s not about the gifts. And that the true meaning of the season is being with family and friends, and that their presence in my life is their present, and yada yada, yada.
However. As long as gifts are going to be exchanged (Who are we kidding? ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have!’ Of course she should have!), wouldn’t it be nice to get some you actually want to keep and not re-gift at the earliest possible opportunity? So, to make things easier for my nearest and dearest (and more fun for moi), I’ve come up with a list of what I could really use:
From my daughter: a phone call that doesn’t start with “Mom, I need.”
From my mother-in-law: a compliment
From my friendly neighborhood alpha mom: a conversation without the words “college,” “gifted,” or “advanced Mandarin” in it
From my Freshper-son: an empty laundry bag
From Him: something in a small package pre-selected by Me
From my office Secret Santa: to-die-for home-baked brownies with negative calories (i.e. eating them makes you lose weight…a girl can dream, right?)
From my hairstylist: a coiff that I can replicate in my own bathroom and without enrolling in beauty school
From my canine kids: a big wet kiss before they drink out of the toilet
So, hey! What do you really want?
Comments
Thanks for the laughs. What I want is someone to come and shop and cook delicious meals for me for about two weeks. Know anyone?
Diane
A raise!
World peace! And new clothes. Laser hair removal. A new hair-do that drips-dry but looks like a pro did it. Shoes. Boots! I would take one phone- and family-free night with my brand-new fiance to just relax and hang out!
Santa, please let me stay home for Christmas this year! Visiting the in-laws is a great gift for the kids and husband, but after six straight years of it, being home is all I want.
All I want is for my husband to put his dirty dishes in the sink and his dirty clothes in the laundry!
Time to sit on my butt and do nothing for about 3 weeks.
Hey, what I'd really like this year, Santa, is a real-live job-one that I LOVE, instead of endure-one that I look FORWARD to going to instead of coming home from, and one that likes me as well, i.e., lowers my blood pressure. Any ideas out there?
MY HUSBAND TO BE ROMANTIC FOR NO REASON
For everyone to take a minute to be thankfull for your many blessings and do something to help others. Don't harbor resentment on your children because they don't meet your holiday expectations. Live love and laugh often.
A personal assistant that has fantastic taste in fashion and who will re-vamp my wardrobe every month or so and lay out what I am to wear everyday.
Honestly?
From my mom: For her health to improve (it's a gift for her and from her, trust me).
From my dad: More than five minutes to talking to him.
From my boyfriend: Those three little words I SWEAR he's just about to say.
From my friends: Understanding when those "homemade" gifts I'm planning morph into gift cards, because the glue just won't dry right...
Someone to take down, properly package and haul my christmas decorations to the attic. Oh.. and I know its 20 degrees outside but don't forget those lights on the bushes and the gutters!)
a facelift, tummy tuck and boob job. But if I can't have that, having my loved ones safe and healthy will do.
From him: a gift that actually requires some effort on his part; I mean, let's see birthday was: "A donation of my time driving us on our family vacation." My Army unit's Christmas party, "I'm not coming because I don't feel like driving down."
I second the brownies that make you loose weight! Ahh! Heaven!
My wife cooking one meal for me.....forget it, that will never happen....How about playing golf with me.......
"Living for No Regrets"
I hate to disappoint you mom, but, as of Monday, the laundry service is offline, so I'm coming home with a full bag. Happy Holidays!
