so what presents did you get?

[slowburn420]

So far ive gotten 250$ from my family. I bought 25$ worth of weed, 20 worth of other drugs that i dont want to say cuz i dont want to get banned and for some reason i bought a skateboard. So right now i have 175$ left and i should get more tommorrow from the rest of my family. And ill prolly just spend it all on drugs cuz theres nothing that i want at the moment. :stoned:

[birdgirl73]

We said we weren't giving presents this year except to our son, but somehow everyone has brought a bunch of presents anyway, and so we're opening most of them tomorrow. Everyone seems to feel that this year requires presents because we lost my sister to cancer not long ago, but I really don't need or want material things. Possessions don't compensate for a loss.

So far today, I've gotten four things. Two of these were at my aunt's house, where we had a big Christmas get-together with our extended family. I got a set of good binoculars, which I'd been wanting, and some cologne.

My husband woke me up this morning early and made me cry by giving me one of his presents, which was a new wedding ring. Since we've been married, that's been something he does every few Christmases, give me a new, different wedding ring (sometimes a plain band, sometimes something from someplace we've traveled). It's his way of re-affirming our vows, he says, and I wasn't expecting that this year, but he surprised me. It's very beautiful. And just a little while ago when we got home from my aunt's, my in-laws gave me a set of Shun chef knives (Japanese steel knives) that blew me away. My mother-in-law wanted me to have them tonight in case I needed to use them to prepare food for tomorrow, and now I'm just dying to cut something up! I'm about to go practice on some carrots.

[slipknotpsycho]

We said we weren't giving presents this year except to our son, but somehow everyone has brought a bunch of presents anyway, and so we're opening most of them tomorrow. Everyone seems to feel that this year requires presents because we lost my sister to cancer not long ago, but I really don't need or want material things. Possessions don't compensate for a loss.

So far today, I've gotten four things. Two of these were at my aunt's house, where we had a big Christmas get-together with our extended family. I got a set of good binoculars, which I'd been wanting, and some cologne.

My husband woke me up this morning early and made me cry by giving me one of his presents, which was a new wedding ring. Since we've been married, that's been something he does every few Christmases, give me a new, different wedding ring (sometimes a plain band, sometimes something from someplace we've traveled). It's his way of re-affirming our vows, he says, and I wasn't expecting that this year, but he surprised me. It's very beautiful. And just a little while ago when we got home from my aunt's, my in-laws gave me a set of Shun chef knives (Japanese steel knives) that blew me away. My mother-in-law wanted me to have them tonight in case I needed to use them to prepare food for tomorrow, and now I'm just dying to cut something up! I'm about to go practice on some carrots.

lucky you... i have one decent knife for everything... the kicker is it's actually a carving knife... but it's a good non-serated, well balanced knife... only a cook can actually appreciate the utensils involved... and only a cook really knows the diffrence it can make.

[birdgirl73]

Good knives are good things. These Shun knives are awesome. But they're frighteningly sharp, and I take blood thinners for a heart rhythm disorder. So that's potentially dangerous. I already had a bad run-in three years ago with a mandoline slicer that sent me to the ER for 6 hours,

Merry Christmas to you, Slipknot, and to Baby Snookums and your little boy, too. Much love to you, my friends. I'm so glad I've gotten to know you this year, and I hope 2007 will be a happy, healthy year for you and for your family, too. I know this year and last weren't easy.

[Skink]

Well I thought I was going to say nothing,,,but I opened a Christmas card from a good customer and found a check for 100$,,,Life is good...

[invision]

my GF got me a 600CFM fan for my grow cab, its really all i wanted im hard to buy for but i got my sons and her a ton of crap

[slipknotpsycho]

I know this year and last weren't easy.

lol............................................... .................................................. ........................................ (yes it deserved that long of a pause ) if you had never got anything else right, you certainly got that part right..... last night i was very upset, realizing no ones really going to be thinking of me, or caring for me.. and all that.... but then i realized, i have the only present most could ever dream for, the perfect person to to spend the rest of their life with.... i know we fight alot, but i couldn't think of anyone i'd rather spend the good times, and the fighting with..... so what's my present? that my wife has dealt with all my shit for another year, put up with me, one of the most impossible people to live with, and is still here, by my side.... so even tho i may not seem happy, by my posts (or to you, my attitude) i really am, happy you're still here....


btw, i was so sure i wasn't getting anything this year, but low and behold, i just got something, wasn't much.. but still showed me someone atelast cares..... (bleh, fuck the rest of my family, didn't even call me up to say anything, even send me a card) but yeah, my grandma just gave me 25 bucks...

on a side note.... why the hell do liquor stores close on christmas eve? lol... i just tried to go and get me some liquor, and they're all closed >.<

[JeenYuss]

absolutely NOTHING...

but im hopin that fat fuck in the red suit guna hook me up wit a QP of sum dro



merry christmas fellow cannabis users :jointsmile:

[birdgirl73]

Glad your grandma came through for you. And you're right that having a good wife is a gift. Having a good husband is, too. Try and remember that when you're putting her through unnecessary crap!!! Y'all deserve to have spouses who treat each other--and yourselves--well. I hope you'll work on that "yourself" thing this year, treating yourself with the love and self-respect that you deserve. I think some of the rest of the craziness will calm down when you can get to that point. The rest of your family, particularly you mom, who your realize is not an emotionally or physically healthy person, can go jump in a lake. That's all the more reason to take care of yourself and hang onto sanity in your marriage. It's your anchor. Be nice to that anchor.

By the way, people DO care about you. A lot. I do! I think the world of you, although you worry me on occasion.

As far a liquor stores, you have to plan ahead for those, and, at least in my part of Texas, they're closed all day on Sunday. I'm sure if it weren't Christmas Eve, they'd close early anyway. All the rest of the stores here in the Dallas suburbs shut down at 6 today. I can't even hear any traffic on the big roadways anymore (but here, that may be because of foggy, misty rain).

[slipknotpsycho]

lol! you basicly said screw my mom and you don't even know "the bitch" (she deserves that name) you know birdgirl, sometimes you feel like the older sis, or the mom i never had.... the way you tell me to look after myself and what not... and how do i worry you anyways? just wondering.... i mean i'm not (anymore) one of those people who threaten suicide everyweek, and i'm not exactly running out involving myself in destructive behaviour....

as for the liquor store thing, now that i think about it, most are closed on sundays >.< i forgot that, and today is sunday AND christmas' eve... bleh... i just wanted to pick me up something for the next coupel of weeks or so... i may be an alcoholic (technically) but my alcohol of choice is beer... matter of fact, i just had my first good experience with liquor a few days ago (one where i didn't end up puking for days) which is why i'm so eager to run out and get more...

as for people caring about me? yeah i know, i know i say no one does, but c'mon, everyone is loved by atleast SOMEONE.. it's just, sometimes those people forget who really cares about them... my wife loves, my brothers (although one is dead i know he loves me still) love me, my son loves me, my grandma loves and even my grandpa loves me (me and him used to have alot fo problems... so that's why i say 'even he') but sometimes, it's just alot more beneficial for everyone if that love isn't covered up, and it's loud and right in your face.... sometimes, people are blind to it (like me) and really need to be shown so... i wouldn't doubt if even a few people here really think highly of me and would really hate (and even feel this place wouldn't be the same) without me... but like i said, sometimes you just need to be shown.....