tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post6602749566505853515..comments2010-01-16T08:12:34.223-05:00Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04743103444717771768noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-49336194106964970622010-01-15T23:06:08.086-05:002010-01-15T23:06:08.086-05:00You described the anticipation you felt so well! I was right alongside you, peering over your shoulder while you opened the box!<br /><br />That was just too funny! Can you say &quot;AWKWARD&quot;? At least she wasn&#39;t with you when you opened it! Of course, you could have said, &quot;Gee, this looks EXACTLY like the one I bought you last year! WHAT a coincidence! Great minds think alike!&quot;<br /><br />I have never regifted before until this year. I received a magnetized calender from someone, and since my refrigerator in the trailer has a wooden surface (to match the cabinets) I had no place to hang it. So I gave it to my sister to use in a grab bag.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17756564685282866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-82090812815287273222010-01-12T21:19:35.018-05:002010-01-12T21:19:35.018-05:00What a great post. You had me to the very end!Lori Skooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03458010787337492501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-90553632579761033692010-01-12T14:25:58.431-05:002010-01-12T14:25:58.431-05:00Just read the blog -Meditation from the Cardinal Nest - by Ruth !<br />At January 7 post ,you will see one amazing story about one amazing sister .She`s looking for founds to feed some hungryes childrens .<br />I just thinking how i can realy help !??<br />I pray that Joy For All will minister to it&#39;s visitors <br />and will encourage and bless everyone in some way. <br />We can identify with the disciples. At times, we have <br />a tendency to focus on the things that are going on around us instead of the One that is in control of all things. When that happens, reality may seem overwhelming, and the problems appear unsolvable. However, we must realize to be fearful <br />is to lack faith in God and in His provision for us. True faith focuses on God, not on the things that are happening.Psalm 139:11-12<br />If I say, surely the darkness shall fall on me, <br />Even the night shall be light about me. <br />Indeed, the darkness shall not hide<br />from You, but the night shines as the day, <br />the darkness and the light are both<br />a like to You.<br />in Jesus love &gt;&gt;Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-33134270250379766552010-01-09T14:32:44.212-05:002010-01-09T14:32:44.212-05:00I don&#39;t want to be cruel. But some of us in the journey beyond 60 are on the road with better facilities than others. Maybe that is a problem for your friend that she (or he) is not yet aware. Either that, or friend needs to begin being a list maker. (&quot;Now, where did I put that darn gift list?&quot;)<br /><br />Anyway, it was a lovely story. And nice to know that you have not lost the sense of enjoyment, mystery, and anticipation that belonged to this holiday season when we were all kids. Me neither!<br /><br />Happy New Year!Mountain Thymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-53941499764327547862010-01-09T12:17:09.770-05:002010-01-09T12:17:09.770-05:00I really miss you! You always make me laugh!JoDeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-91661123846932768762010-01-08T18:14:37.630-05:002010-01-08T18:14:37.630-05:00I was so excited reading and I thought you were going to say inside was a smaller wrapped gift. The ending is funny in a way, but rather sad too. I should imagine disappointment mingled with what? Disbelief? Hmm... not good, not good at all. She obviously suffers with memory loss - perhaps you could return the favour next year?<br /><br />Just joking. But really, it isn&#39;t a nice thing to do nowis it? I received a present from my gd - Nutrimetics and a money box with a painted pig with a mug also with a painted pig. Turns out someone gave her the Nutrimetics which she couldn&#39;t use, so she asked her mum could she use it, mum said no, give it to me. Who can I give it to? It&#39;ll have to be the Salvos - everybody knows you don&#39;t buy this stuff in a shop.☺<br />I do recycle wrapping papaer though, but you need to remember not to wrap a gift and five to the person from whom the paper came.<br />Cheers.<br /><a href="http://melbournedailyphotodaily.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Melbourne Daily Photo</a>BlossomFlowerGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771668346318423898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-76698763622274737192010-01-08T16:07:16.682-05:002010-01-08T16:07:16.682-05:00What a hoot..maybe she is just getting old! I will have to remember this..I give my daughter everything I don&#39;t want she uses them as Bunco prizes:)Far Side of Fiftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-26049988561715269312010-01-08T00:31:33.424-05:002010-01-08T00:31:33.424-05:00About five years ago, we gave a little Father Christmas figure to my close friend Carol and her hubby. The next year, they gave it to us. We smiled and said nothing (as close as we were, it still bothers me that I didn&#39;t speak up immediately, but it was one of those awkward moments). Year three, we had our one-and-only big Christmas party and my hubby had too much to drink. He took the piece from our mantel and told a dozen guests, including Carol, the (to him and the other guests) hilarious story of the regifting. Carol was gracious, but the next day I told my husband I thought he had embarrassed her. He panicked and called to apologize, but they left town for a month without getting the message. He was certain he&#39;d blown the friendship. On their return, Carol said she hadn&#39;t been insulted; we&#39;re still friends. She told me she&#39;d put the figure away with her other Christmas things with a little Post-it that had our names on it. So the next year when she found it, she thought it was something she&#39;d bought for us in advance. <br /><br />Sorry for the long post, but I couldn&#39;t resist.Blissed-Out Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-30704450817921829562010-01-07T14:08:39.827-05:002010-01-07T14:08:39.827-05:00Oops! I haven&#39;t had this experience, but I enjoyed your delightful post. I&#39;ll also admit that I&#39;m a five-year old in a sixty-eight year old body!Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06923630536753873113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-33622221694051444662010-01-06T23:37:33.922-05:002010-01-06T23:37:33.922-05:00Youer stories are always a pleasure to read.At least you should like the gift. It hasn&#39;t happened to me, although we used to get weird gifts off some children at school. The teachers used to have a competition to see who got the worst gift.dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-558006128283290002010-01-06T17:13:25.689-05:002010-01-06T17:13:25.689-05:00No, Sunny. Can&#39;t say that I have gotten anything like that. Also, like you, I&#39;m a 5 yr. old in a 62 yr. old body, sometimes.Corker2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14469804584564038796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-32661043084935245922010-01-06T15:51:51.422-05:002010-01-06T15:51:51.422-05:00Too funny!! The only time we re-gift is at our annual Christmas Party where just wrap up gifts we may have received at the same party on previous years and add them to the pile for those guests who forget to bring a gift!<br /><br />It&#39;s the thought that counts...right???Dory and the Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502162429874740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-61640363275140354732010-01-06T15:44:05.273-05:002010-01-06T15:44:05.273-05:00Nooooo, oh no!The Things We Carriedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18186449026893419761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-54387226598297042462010-01-06T11:29:16.263-05:002010-01-06T11:29:16.263-05:00Oh, I never saw it coming, but it is kind of amusing! I&#39;ve not had this experience. I enjoyed your &#39;to open or not to open&#39;! You have a great sense of humor.<br />Before I owned a computer, I used my kid&#39;s computers to check blogs etc. Hope your friend doesn&#39;t do this!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345580399066644764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-76446867904592768902010-01-06T10:09:20.414-05:002010-01-06T10:09:20.414-05:00That was so unexpected. Did you let her know what she had done? I have regifted, but as far as I know I never returned one to the giver. Too funny and awkward.Raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858158707328118375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-81222189144623365292010-01-06T08:39:57.259-05:002010-01-06T08:39:57.259-05:00Oh how funny. At least she recognized your taste and knew you would like it.<br />I don&#39;t mind a regift as long as it is not being passed off an original.<br />My favorite jacket I got this year as a regift from my sister who acknowledged it as such. It was just too warm for Florida and perfect for Arkansas. It is sooo warm.Arkansas Pattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-46191064293019400972010-01-06T02:49:10.894-05:002010-01-06T02:49:10.894-05:00Too funny! When you give a gift it&#39;s up to the receiver what they want to do with it, but I would be afraid I&#39;d do like your friend and forget who gave it to me.Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801967071649685995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-46486367809400108352010-01-06T00:22:34.179-05:002010-01-06T00:22:34.179-05:00OH~~~~<br /><br />That is hysterical, and you wrote it wonderfully as I didn&#39;t even see it coming!<br /><br />Happy New Year...and I know I&#39;ll be here and laughing whenever you post because you are just the best!Hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972581158834240144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-63100614912294633492010-01-05T21:32:55.325-05:002010-01-05T21:32:55.325-05:00Oh, that&#39;s too funny!<br /><br />I get re-gifted gifts all the time, but my sweet Mama tells me who gave them to her and how long ago with a qualifying remark of &quot;I know you&#39;ll make much better use of this than I would&quot;! Well, not usually, but I wouldn&#39;t say so for the world. It&#39;s the thought that counts! Blessings, BeckyLife At Camellia Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124407753367247995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-56687910411682510262010-01-05T21:18:02.621-05:002010-01-05T21:18:02.621-05:00How fun to open the package right along with you. <br />No, I&#39;ve never received the same gift back.<br />My friend and I have did give each other the exact same gift once though.Happyone :-)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-3563398382415981182010-01-05T21:03:21.082-05:002010-01-05T21:03:21.082-05:00Uh Oh.... Funny, but not so funny.... My ex&#39;s family used to exchange Christmas presents and we were constantly receiving &#39;used&#39; gifts from one family member. It got to be hilarious!!!! <br /><br />Hugs,<br />BetsyBetsy from Tennesseehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-16882772505642884432010-01-05T20:05:08.850-05:002010-01-05T20:05:08.850-05:00Uh Oh....do you think she forgot you gave it to her????<br /><br />Did you see The Thorn Birds, years ago? I don&#39;t know why this statement had such an impact on me but Barbara Stanwick said she was a young person trapped in an old body....I felt so sorry for her...I think she was in love with Richard Chamberlain, can&#39;t really remember that part. I was young then/ha but she really got to me when she said that....and now I can totally relate......Anyway I ramble but when you said 5 year old in 62 year old body I thought of Barbara again!nannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12627958113283042574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-22689586349214874512010-01-05T19:42:31.180-05:002010-01-05T19:42:31.180-05:00I am a re-gifter myself, but I never give anything that I can&#39;t recall where it came from. And I never EVER give a gift that I don&#39;t think the receiver would LOVE...or at least like! :)<br />Did you like the frame, or did you think it suited your friend&#39;s taste more than yours? Anyway, funny story!<br />Blessings!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048920109768877198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-73262240275888805612010-01-05T19:17:02.754-05:002010-01-05T19:17:02.754-05:00I just had this brilliant idea, it shall be her gift next holiday. This could go on for years...Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767330563018550710.post-24196705319987911662010-01-05T19:14:53.509-05:002010-01-05T19:14:53.509-05:00At least you got something you liked!Gailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.com