tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post6808708177276807060..comments2008-12-29T18:51:00.926-08:00DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820905940304729280noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-49404568731444856002008-12-29T18:51:00.000-08:002008-12-29T18:51:00.000-08:00First of all, you're invited to the best of <I>my</I> parties. I bet you're a ton of fun to have around.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I really want to give homemade presents to everyone. But, since everyone lives far away, and I think the best present for most of my <B>very</B> busy family would be a homecooked meal delivered to their house, it's not going to happen.<BR/><BR/>But, I <I>hate</I> gift cards. I hate giving them, and I hate getting them. I especially hate giving and getting them from my sister-in-law. To me, it just feels like exchanging money. Really, why not just keep it?Kristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589107941801563478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-78040825594239378022008-12-10T18:21:00.000-08:002008-12-10T18:21:00.000-08:00Yay for dark chocolate! I think I'd probably love your dc truffles, but since I don't think you're about to start random choco deliveries I'm out of luck. :) SHM is gift enough from you anyway. I am truly grateful that you went for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-70444834509939659312008-12-10T11:02:00.000-08:002008-12-10T11:02:00.000-08:00Hey, thanks, Ruby! That's really sweet.<BR/><BR/>--D.DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820905940304729280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-3523105746207532402008-12-10T11:01:00.000-08:002008-12-10T11:01:00.000-08:00Poor little anonymous! Well, unless I start randomly sending chocolate deliveries and just happen to hit your house, you're safe from me. Although since I lean toward dark rather than sweet, you might not mind my truffles...DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820905940304729280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-4070629577523315792008-12-10T10:38:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:38:00.000-08:00Deborah: Yeah, I was thinking of food when I said "myself". I don't like sweets all that much and stuff that people make is usually so sweet I can't eat it. At least with food, though, I can give it straight to my kids and play it off.<BR/><BR/>Ruby: I guess that's also part of why I'd rather not receive gifts at all. I don't want anyone getting in my head nor to make significant connections.<BR/><BR/>Sorry this makes me sound ungrateful. :-( It's not that I want "better stuff than what you got me" though; I just want to be left alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-91853037342770417302008-12-10T10:18:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:18:00.000-08:00Deborah, thank you for what you said about how a gift is supposed to be a matter of the giver thinking about what the recipient would want! Sometimes I think I&#39;m the only person on earth who still thinks a gift should be about making a significant connection with another human being!<BR/><BR/>I don&#39;t care if it&#39;s a plate of cookies or something much more commercial. The point is that some thought went into it, and the individual made an attempt to &quot;get inside the recipient&#39;s head.&quot; And no, a charitable donation given as a twofer just wouldn&#39;t impress me at all unless it was a gesture I wanted to make myself &amp; couldn&#39;t.<BR/><BR/>Cheers &amp; hugs of continuing support,<BR/>Ruby<BR/><BR/>PS Check the link for a little pick-me-up :)<BR/>http://canhomeschool.com/freehold/2008/12/09/butterfly-award/Rubyhttp://canhomeschool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-85311352412780370452008-12-08T17:10:00.000-08:002008-12-08T17:10:00.000-08:00{snicker}<BR/>Okay, I don't usually reply to comments, but I had to drop a line about this one. I have to admit that when I wrote about homemade gifts, I guess I was thinking food. Chocolate. Three-chocolate brownies. Truffles rolled in cocoa. That kind of thing. But if you don't want any -- no, no, you don't have to be polite, I said it's okay if you don't want any...<BR/><BR/>--Devilish DeborahDMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820905940304729280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-61334107222103363702008-12-08T12:54:00.000-08:002008-12-08T12:54:00.000-08:00glAlso a subscriber, also anonymous because of the heresy I'm about to utter: I hate homemade gifts. NOT because I want money spent on me; I'd rather not receive gifts at all but apparently ettiquette says you're not allowed to express that (except in cases of jewelry etc. that may imply an expectation that you give up the poonie.) 99.9% of the time it's something I would never get for my house or myself, and not in a good way. Then I feel guilty for not liking it because of all that precious time that you mentioned going into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-23686844775349389162008-12-06T18:06:00.000-08:002008-12-06T18:06:00.000-08:00I am going to do the "donate to a charity in your name" ONLY to my in-laws because a) they refuse to buy xmas gifts for their grandchildren because they are mad at *us* and b) they are fabulously wealthy, give zero to what they feel are the undeserving poor and giving to a women's shelter would just tick them off so much. Otherwise I am with you on this issue.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous because of what I just said, but I am a subscriber :^DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065800792644424536.post-18192973754958196202008-12-06T14:42:00.000-08:002008-12-06T14:42:00.000-08:00I would love to write an article for Money Matters! It might be a while though. I'm knee deep in research. :-)PearlsOfSomethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556762942820471504noreply@blogger.com