Totally agree with the reality side of the strip! I’m going to try to wrap presents today, all kinds of fun with the help from the cats. Also makes wrapping a challenge, because we can’t use anything they will eat. Gift bags are their favorite. Pull out the tissue and get in, then chew on the tissue paper! Dorsey’s favorite was stick-on bows. He’d pull off his favorite colors and we’d play with them all year. When I wrapped gifts, I’d line up new bows for him to choose from. Blue was always his number one choice!
Actually, those are really good substitutes! You have a knack for this! I think the real reason I haven’t experimented, is because I WILL EAT IT ALL! One thing about NOT being able to eat sweets is I am forced to abstain. If I had a fruitcake, good or bad, that I could eat without getting sick? It’d be gone by noon! Probably even sooner. Yummmmmmm…..
What does that even MEAN? I know colors people like and what looks good on them. And I love theatre and have some acting experience under my (black leather with studs) belt. Does that mean I’m (gasp!) GAY? And if I am, or TJ is, who the heck cares? Why are you so interested/judgmental about something people are BORN with? Some people pay attention to such things. Even my “manly” (to placate you) husband knows my favorite colors and what looks good on me. Some of it is because he’s a talented, experienced photographer, some because he’s lived with fashion-career me, some is because his sister owned a popular clothing store for 35 years, but most of it is because he happened to be BORN with good color sense. I can look at someone and tell what colors they should be wearing and should NOT be wearing, as can the hubster, only my sense is more tuned. (Frank- do not wear rust! You are a winter!) I also notice what people wear because I love fashion and color. And maybe it has to do with being a writer- I notice people. It also makes me a great gift giver, because I pay attention. Same with the hubster- he’s fabulous with gifts! But to be honest, most husbands are not. I just got lucky, in more ways than one. But when I worked retail, I helped a LOT of husbands look like they were actually good gift givers! (You know why stores are open on Christmas Eve? For the husbands to buy gifts for their wives. Not joking. I helped out at my sister-in-law’s shop at Christmas, and we would just laugh, because the 24th is Husband Shopping Day. Luckily, we often knew the wives and what they liked. And we offered free wrapping! It was one of the top-selling days of the year!)
YUM! My family loves fruitcake! My mom, sisters, and I can plow through a fruitcake in one sitting, as long as we have good tea to go with it. Fruitcake is excellent for breakfast, or for any meal! Sadly, though, I am on a fruitcake-free diet now, what with having to give up dairy, eggs, and gluten. One of these days, I’m going to experiment and figure out how to make a delicious fruitcake with dairy, egg, and gluten substitutes. I know I can make it work!
Totally agree with the reality side of the strip! I’m going to try to wrap presents today, all kinds of fun with the help from the cats. Also makes wrapping a challenge, because we can’t use anything they will eat. Gift bags are their favorite. Pull out the tissue and get in, then chew on the tissue paper! Dorsey’s favorite was stick-on bows. He’d pull off his favorite colors and we’d play with them all year. When I wrapped gifts, I’d line up new bows for him to choose from. Blue was always his number one choice!