Christmas Shopping for Cripples

Do you know why I make fun of newspaper and direct mail ads? It's because they're my link to the outside shopping world!! Although my surgery aligned well with my health care spending 'knee cap' for 2008, it makes for a tough holiday shopping season.

It's the thought that counts, right? Wrong. I've personally witnessed abandonment of electronic gifts on my very back porch. My brother was re-attaching his truck cap after storing for a while in my garage. My soon-to-be sister-in-law picked up a tiny black thing from the truck bed. Brian nodded and gave it to Sam as a gift. She treasured it...fondled it...gazed at it. Sure enough, after they left, I found it sitting on the ledge of my deck - an abandoned electronic little gift.

If people won't accept gifts as valuable as electronics, what will they accept? I just don't know what the world is coming to. The little black gift also had a message of "I" and "O" on it...personalized! Who knows how long it took Brian to come up with that. Yet Sam left it like a beer can in my backyard.

I don't know how I'll meet expectations if black and white electrical devices aren't even worth taking home. I guess I need to look for something more colorful or stainless steel.