The LifeSaver Storybook...

[thoreau]

David and I exchanged gifts this morning - in the spirit of 'lets spend money on trips and adventures in the coming year rather than blowing a bunch of money at Christmas time' or as David puts it - we had a Present Non-Aggression pact. David got a embroidered KDFC polo and I received a fun cube of Table Topics for Couples.

Both of us admitted to present giving anxiety and told stories of dramatic failures in the past - so decided to keep in simple. David also got his first stocking - with a Christmas orange, a box of Coca Bella chocolates, a bottle of Moringa bodywash from the Body Shop and the McDiarmid family tradition - the Life Saver Story Book.

When I was a kid every year I got a Life Saver Storybook for Christmas. It was a big deal to me because getting one roll of Life Savers was a treat so getting six was HUGE. It was often a race between me and my brother as to who could make them disappear faster. (no chewing - you had to suck!) So - back to the present - I'm resisting the urge to tear open David's storybook for him and start in on the Pep-o-Mint.

We're going to Kilt Bear Paully's open house - then rendezvousing with the Michaels (Ms Golden is home from the appendicitis ordeal) and David Dehner for Dinner at Red Jade at 6pm.

Comments

[grymmbear.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THOSE!!!

Especially the Wild Cherry flavored Life-Savers!

*BOOTED BEARHUGS*

Happy Holidays, Bob!

[philbutrin.livejournal.com]

as a kid, that was always one of the highlights of christmas for me, too :-)

[whatuttercrap.livejournal.com]

I loved getting those as a kid!

[fishfin.livejournal.com]

One of the best things about Christmas. It wouldn't be Christmas without the lifesavers.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Hm. The Table Topics for Couples cube looks very interesting.

I'm wondering if I could get Randy to try it.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

it could be brought along were we to meet at a restaurant sometime. We'll be in Palo Alto Saturday and Sunday. :)

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I'll be in Seattle Friday-Sunday. :( My SEA-SJC flight doesn't arrive until aroundn 7:30 PM.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

"No chewing. You had to suck!"

You two were nothing if not precocious. :>)

Gift Fail is so pervasive, I'm suprised it isn't categorixed in the DSM (http://allpsych.com/disorders/dsm.html). :>) Congratulations to both of you for saying "Ha!" to it so effectively and so soon!

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

I remember getting Life Saver books as a kid. And that REALLY bring back a memory; ribbon candy! My Dad LOVED ribbon candy and used to give a box of it to every one of his five brothers and sisters. The weekend before Christmas we would drive around to their houses and drop off a wrapped box of candy.

How did Christmas get so out of whack? When did giving a box of candy, a board game and some socks morph into having to give a whole new wardrobe and a car?

[jhitchin.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I remember the joys of the LifeSavers Storybook. Haven't had one of those in over twenty years, but it makes me feel good to know they're still around. I usually went for the Five Flavors myself.

I miss the ribbon candy also, as well as some of the other hard Christmas candies that we used to have growing up. I found a canister of candies here at QFC that looked right, but they tasted wrong (they were either licorice, cinnamon or wintergreen and the candy we used to get was fruit-flavored). Next year, I'm going to have to order a box on-line or something.