Christmas is coming

 I was bugging Greg about this....

Do you give all your co-workers gifts? I am down to only wanting to give a couple a gifts this time. Honestly, it's dreadful to get gifts from some and these days, maybe it's best just to leave it alone. Honestly, those who are the most financially well off give the worst gifts. It's not like I want a prized possession but a lot of times I feel I get stuff they didn't want from somebody else.  What are some of your favorite gifts to give?

I love to make fudge, but I usually just leave it in the breakroom. At this rate, maybe that could be the best gift I give. A lot of times, the director will give me knitted washcloths from her sister which are really nice. 

For my boss, I found a red microwaveable soup cup with a lid in red (she loves red!) and I filled it with her favorite tea bags. I am going for cozy socks for at least 2 people on staff. And I think I will leave it at that this year. 

When you read on MSN that Hard Times are coming...you just want to hoard soap and canned goods. 

I have one co-worker who is retired but she has had such a rough winter taking care of all her husband's ailments and having to babysit her grandkids nonstop. I would like to send her a care package of some kind. But I really think she'd loved for the two of us to just go out for Chinese food instead. Really, those can be the best gifts, even if it's an outing for BoBo tea.

It is always hard to figure out what is best for the holidays. 

One holiday many years ago, I found that all the presents I had crocheted for someone were shredded up and tossed on my driveway. At the time, I didn't realize the woman I had befriended was bipolar. She was upset with me because I was concerned about her teenage son she kept locking out of the house and then he would end up in jail. So that was a broken friendship. 

It wasn't that I asked to be friends with her, but she'd met me during the summer at the library and thought I was someone else. Someone she knew from her Catholic church. I told her I wasn't Catholic. Later, she thought I loved Daniel Steel books (which I have never read one, ever) so I ended up with a stack of those I sent to the Libray booksale room. Still, we did manage a few nice lunch outings. So maybe it's just me. But I really felt bad for her son because he was a sweet kid.