Paul, I think, like the rest, you should keep the cookie jar if only to
torture you with reminders of the cookies you can no longer eat while on
your "diet" And, I received a braille watch, thank heaven. Now the pastor
won't have to hear my talking watch announcing the time half way through his
sermon. Kerri.
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From: "Ariel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 5:25 AM
Subject: Wise Men


> Okay, so we all know that the real meaning of Christmas is the Gift of
JESUS
> and that He gave Himself for us.  But let's not forget that the wise men
> brought gifts to Baby JESUS.  And it's a wise thing to give gifts to
> Italians, too.  So, in the Spirit of gift-giving, let's hear what
everyone's
> favorite gifts they got this year are.  And the worst gifts.  Okay, you
can
> say "the worst gifts ever" so people won't know it was something you got
> this year and track you down.  Smile.  Let's hear it, folks, especially
from
> those of you who are returning things today.  You know who you are.
>
> My favorite gift is a ceramic cookie jar that is a lifesize yellow lab
> puppy.  My friends out west sent it, knowing I love yellow labs and had
> planned on getting one (that was what I thought my last dog was when I got
> her from the pound, but it turned out she was a mutt and didn't grow at
all,
> but shed as much hair as two huge yellow labs.  Smile.)  But I had mixed
> emotions about it because I gave the dog away last year when I got sick
and
> a friend of a friend asked if she could have her for her children.  Since
> the dog was alone all day while I was at work I gave her to them.  So I
did
> have an emotional moment when first opening this gift since it reminded me
> so much of my dog (whom I miss very much)....well, she's not "my" dog
> anymore.  Anyway, I was going to give the cookie jar to them but now am
> trying to talk myself out of it since it looks so good on my hearth and I
> keep telling myself "It doesn't look THAT much like your dog, after all,
and
> the small kids will probably break it anyway and hurt themselves!"
>
> Be that as it may, let's hear it about the best and worst of gifts that
you
> all got!
>
> Greedy So and So Lion Holding Onto The Cookie Jar Even Though It's Empty