Xmas

We started Xmas shopping yesterday.  It's going to be pretty modest. Something for a friend's toddler, something for a Max, something for Jon's Mom.  My parents' gift is going to be a drive down after New Year's Eve...and kinda my gift as well as its more expensive than in my parked four banger. We're feeding a V 6 as that is what is working at the moment.

Toddler gifts are easy.  He gets a couple cute books and a toddler size chair I found at the Salvation Army.  Had to deal with the legs as it only had feet on one side so it wasn't level, but I just ripped those off and taped over all the sharp bits on all four legs with electrical tape.  Nice and level now.  And one of the books has a ripped page but it was too cute with an actual story and nice illustrations that I really don't think it will matter.  It was obviously a much loved book.  The other book is just silly, full of colorful animals with googly eyes.

Jon's Mom was simple.  She got a few horrible movies, but her taste in movies leans  to the horrible.

Max is probably getting an Amazon gift card or some such.  I have no idea what 15 year old boys would like...or 15 year old in general.

The stores were predictably horrible.  It doesn't help that I work retail..  some woman yelled at a worker "Hey, Girl, how come this self check out don't work?"  That worker, being nicer than I would have been, fixed the machine.  I would just have walked away. Don't talk down to people if you want them to help you.

I heard someone call Crystal "Little Girl" a week ago.  She wasn't offended, but I would have been.  I would have educated that man.  Perhaps by referring to him as "Old Hilbilly."  Hey, as long as we're calling each other by obvious physical attributes.