The holidays are officially over. They were nice but I’m ready to get back to a schedule. Having three kids home for more than two weeks makes it hard to get anything else done other than give rides, give money, entertain, make meals (you know what I mean). One kid is already up, in the shower and getting ready. The other two have ten minutes before I go in and tell them it’s time to get up. I even baked muffins this morning.
How did your holidays go? Any funny stories? I’ve got kind of a funny one:
You know how I suggested wish lists on Amazon for shopping ideas? There’s one teeny tiny drawback–when you have a common name. Who would have known there would be 52 Michele (with one L) in San Diego county alone? Now, when my mom typed in my name, Michele Scott pops up one at a time, so she just figured she had the right one.
Christmas comes along and she hands me my gifts and I open them to find a pie crust maker (huh–she said that she fiigured I had started baking pies since she knew I liked to cook. Pies? (She forgot I’m married to a personal trainer) a book on traveling through Italy (sure with three kids and on a writer’s salary–she said she figured I was wishing), and a cook book of Mexican foods (okay, now here is a gift I can use). I started laughing when she said that she got them off of my wish list. I then showed her how to work amazon. And, all I can say is that I am so glad she didn’t choose the Michele Scott who wanted a tool kit and jack hammer (I am not joking). The best part is she told me over this past weekend that amazon had contacted her because Michele Scott had contacted them wondering why she hadn’t received the items that had been removed from her wish list.
I just want to know if she received that cashmere robe I wanted. LOL. So, here is to the “real” Michele Scott–sorry I got the pie crust maker, it does seem kinda cool even if I probably won’t use it, and now that I have the travel book on Italy I may have to start wishing, and I can say that the cookbook is awesome.
Anyone else have any gift related mix-ups thhis year, or any mix-up, or funny story to relay?
Cheers,
Michele
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Oh I’d never realized that would cause a problem!! I think your mom would have realized something was not quite right if she’d gotten a hit off the “other Michele Scott” with the jackhammer, like you said!
by CS
on January 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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Michele,
I’ll have to tell my husband about the gal who wanted the jackhammer. His buddies at work thought he was telling a tall tale when he told them my Christmas list had these:
1. a large tool box
2. my own tools
What can I say I am an independent woman & yes I did get a lot of fantastic tools for Christmas!!! The best one was my chainsaw.
by Ealasaid Cameron
on January 7th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
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Hi Michele….Two funny gift related stories…
First, I believe it was last year…Someone, I forget who, was handing out the gifts. Apparently, they can’t read (and neither can I) because I opened up a gift without looking at the tag. I opened it and it was the same gift I got my mom. So I was a little flustered. I thanked her shyly….Then I saw the tag. It said To: Mom From Traci, NOT To: Traci From: Mom.
Second story…..My dad and I never really got along, especially since my parents split up. But Christmas is the one time I KNOW I can count on my dad. Without fail, he gets me my wine and an ornament. Ok, the ornament I can do without (especially this year since my mom commented that most of the ornaments on the tree were mine). Decorating is NOT my thing at the holidays. Two years ago, he called the day we were getting together to exchange gifts. I had made a comment that I was glad to be getting my wine since I was really stressed that day. He said “I didn’t get you wine”. I said “Ha, ha! Yeah, very funny.” He said “No, I’m serious.” I still didn’t believe him. He came and guess what….No wine. He had gotten me a Thomas Kinkade music box. Yeah, it was pretty. Really, it was. But anyone who knows me knows that I am definitely NOT a music box person.
Oh, yeah…I almost forgot…this year…the aunt who never gets me anything right. She got me shower gels…green tea. Perfect, right? Yeah, except it includes bath salts and bubble bath. Um…we don’t HAVE a bathtub anymore. Only showers and she knows it.
by Traci
on January 8th, 2008 at 1:49 am
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Whoa, Michele—-all those other “Michele’s” running around. Scary, huh?
by Maggie
on January 9th, 2008 at 1:43 am
