I'm sure there was some point in your life when you got THAT gift. Not the gift that made you swoon, the one that made you scratch your head. And if you were still young, the one that made you live in fear because you know your mom was going to make you wear it out at least once while that relative was visiting. Now I have had a few of these, but we shall focus on my grandmother's gift to me one year. Glow in the dark earmuffs. Excellent. I am 16 years old and I live in Phoenix Arizona where earmuffs are used all the time. :P And if I wasn't going to look like an idiot enough, they glow in the dark that way if anyone missed me looking like a moron in broad daylight, they still got the chance to make fun of me at night. Some years though you get gifts that make you say YAY.  This year I got a pre-Christmas gift from my Mother-In-Law to use in my holiday baking. 10 pounds of gorgeous Georgia pecans. That's right, 10 pounds. Pecans being my favorite of the baking nuts I quickly … [Read more...]