Today is GIFT day!! A memory of a Gift received... a memory of a gift given.
For some reason this is very tough.. my birthday is just a month before Christmas so my gifts become muddled between the two.
But I do remember a few gifts. And I'm going to share a memory when I was still young enough to be amazed and dazzled by the magic.
One year I must have wanted a wallet. And I'm going to bet I gave very specific 'needs' for such wallet. Being the baby fashionista that I was I am sure I specified Size, style, color.
The thing is I lived in Europe from the time I was in 5th grade to graduation from High School. We shopped mostly from the sears mail order catalog. And if I saw anything in a magazine I loved, my dad would be given the task of finding it on his business trips to 'The States'.
So I am sure I saw this wallet in a magazine and on Christmas when I open a gift from my grandmother.. there it is.. the PINK wallet I so wanted... PERFECT in every way!! And i was SO AMAZED that she KNEW just what I wanted!!!!
Not yet knowing that MOM wrote our wish list and sent it to her.. LOL!!!! Ahhhh the magic... the magic is in the air!
And please note... my brothers did not get ANY better cuts on their bangs than I DID at their age.. revenge is sweet... but I digress!
Today is TERRY A. day... woot woot! Click HERE to Jump on over to her blog and see what kind of great project she has for you, leave her a huge magical comment then check out all the other Holiday memories the group has! Click the logo below for the list of blogs.
And what is tomorrow.. by gosh that is MY day!!! Our topic is a Christmas Tree story... I can't WAIT!
AND .. add your quilt project photos to the Flickr group we set up.. how much fun is THAT!!!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1256651@N20/
AND... to answer a question in the comments.. I lived 4 yrs in Weisbaden Germany and 4 years in Brussels Belgium.
My quilt pattern that I have promised me will be done someday is a Mariner's Compass. I love them and just have to have on someday.
Posted by: Lana Ebeling | November 13, 2009 at 02:43 PM
Christmas is the best and I like to have a tree in every room, except the unused bedrooms. Takes at least three days to decorate, sometimes four.
Posted by: Lila Scott | November 12, 2009 at 07:48 PM
I gave my husband a really nice raw hide billfold one year he loved it. Lost it when he was fishing. LOL
Patti Fletcher
Posted by: Patti Fletcher | November 12, 2009 at 06:07 PM
thanks for sharing!
Beth in Dallas
Posted by: Beth Patrick | November 12, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Love hearing everyone's stories
Posted by: jane from Minot ND | November 12, 2009 at 08:31 AM
Christmas is so magical when you are little--I got a "grown up" doll that I still love as much as when I first saw her---she still graces my home---and I remember my father's face when I opened the box...............
Posted by: Linda | November 12, 2009 at 02:53 AM
Must have been fun living in Europe for so long. Do you get to go back very often?
Posted by: Jayne Honnold | November 11, 2009 at 10:25 PM
It means your birthday is coming up next Pat, Happy early birthday to you!
Posted by: arlette | November 11, 2009 at 08:30 PM
Keep sharing those great pictures, Pat!
Sheila
shecarita(at)yahoo(dot)com
Posted by: Sheila Carita | November 11, 2009 at 07:42 PM
A pink wallet for Christmas now sweet. I've got a pink hard flat snap shut wallet on my wish list this year.
Posted by: Sue Goodin | November 11, 2009 at 06:23 PM
Thanks for sharing the "magic"! Love seeing the Christmas tree with all the tinsel in the background, too... Probably my favorite tree decoration as a little girl, and they just don't make it like they used to!
Posted by: Coleen McDavid | November 11, 2009 at 05:36 PM
You are cracking me up with the bangs comments!! I wish bangs had been my only misery, but .... other time. How great you got the pink wallet that was perfect in every way!!
Posted by: lovetostitch | November 11, 2009 at 05:13 PM
Oh my a pink wallet! Such bliss :-)
Posted by: Jocelyn | November 11, 2009 at 03:47 PM
It has been fun reading about everyone's Christmas memories. Thank you for sharing yours.
Posted by: Iva | November 11, 2009 at 01:48 PM
It is always such a joy to hear about those days before it became our responsibility to make Christmas special memories for our families. Thanks.
Posted by: Peggy Clark | November 11, 2009 at 01:34 PM