While the very delightful LindaGHill, blogger extraordinaire, recovers from her ice storm battle scars—wounded in action, or WIA as we like to say—, it falls to me to (wo)man the ramparts of this blogosphere bastion. The chain of command remains intact.
Right. So when I was in grade 1, a wee lad all of six years old, I had the venerable old Mrs. Thompson for my teacher. Not only did she strap me for talking in class, she actually once gave me detention for Valentine’s Day.
This little boy didn’t like arts and crafts. Mrs. T had deemed that my Valentine heart didn’t meet her standard for my mother, so the Thompsonator kept me after class until I got it right.
Mean old bat. No wonder I have issues.
As the image above shows, there is a reason why I didn’t like arts and crafts. I flat out suck at it. The image above is my most recent attempt at wrapping a pretty Christmas gift. It’s pretty, alright. Pretty gruesome job of wrapping.
So my question to you, fellow devoted followers of Linda, is whether or not the quality of the gift wrapping matters.
And happy 22nd EDDD to each and all.
December 24, 2013 at 11:38 am
I am learning this year to let go of my judgment about my sucky gift wrapping skills. I think people actually do not care about the wrapping at all. And if they do, sucky wrapping serves them right! (I haven’t finished my gift wrapping yet. Could you tell?)
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December 24, 2013 at 11:40 am
We can do therapy together. };-)>
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December 24, 2013 at 9:44 am
Awwwww. I think your wrapping attempt is cute. It’s reminiscent of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Showing some love…liked, followed. Thanks for introducing us to another awesome WP blogger 🙂
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December 24, 2013 at 10:32 am
On behalf of Linda, thanks for the love, Kim. Linda is indeed another awesome WP blogger.
At least I didn’t tape my thumb to the gift this time. }:-|>
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December 23, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Reblogged this on The Mirror and commented:
Hi everyone. With the recent major ice storm that has gone through south eastern Ontario Canada, poor blogger LindaGHill slipped on her treacherous front step and suffer a minor concussion. I’m hanging out at her blog lindaghill.wordpress.com to keep it going while she is out of commission. Hopefully she’ll be back soon. Why not come and show Linda some wordpress love at her place? Thanks,
Navigator
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December 22, 2013 at 9:00 pm
I appreciate when someone takes the time to wrap even if it is not the greatest wrap job. The thought and time matter so much more.
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December 22, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Thank you, Lorio. Yes, the thought should count a fair bit, I think. Even if that thought was “I should have gotten this wrapped at the mall.”
};-)>
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December 22, 2013 at 8:27 pm
That’s actually really good looking. You should see how I wrapped the lamp for my brother and sister-in-law’s wedding gift. I knew she was the nicest woman on the planet when she said, “Paul, it was a really nice wrapping job. I’m not sure how I would have done it better.” She would have. Way better. And go at it! Like all your posts 😉 Tell your wife you’re self assured. I hear women love that stuff.
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December 22, 2013 at 9:54 pm
Paul,
Super nice, to be sure. Thanks for the kind words and the (2nd hand) relationship advice. Wonder if it would work when we have to tidy up for guests coming?
“No, baby. It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that I’m self assured.”
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December 22, 2013 at 9:58 pm
There ya go! Let me know what she says 😉
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December 22, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Will do. If I live to tell about it, that is.
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December 22, 2013 at 3:24 pm
No matter what we do, it is good enough, if we do our best. No one can demand more.
Thanks for sharing.
Irene
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December 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm
Hi Irene. Thanks for the kind words. Cheers,
Nav.
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December 22, 2013 at 3:28 pm
;-D
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December 22, 2013 at 3:18 pm
At least you used clear tape. I used electrical tape instead of going out to buy more…..
I, personally, don’t think it matters much. It gets shredded while opening anyway. If anything, you saved someone from breaking a nail of getting a paper cut by loosely wrapping it.
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December 22, 2013 at 3:24 pm
good2bgone, I am in your school of thought, obviously.
Hadn’t thought of electrical tape. Or duct tape, for that matter. Cheers.
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December 22, 2013 at 3:17 pm
I liked my own guest post. How lame is that?
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December 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm
If my wife wouldn’t badger me so much about it, I would like all of my own posts. Not lame…confidence!
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December 22, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Great thought, Sir!
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December 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Very. 🙂
But it’s not the way that a gift is wrapped, it is the love that went into the wrapping.
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December 22, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Thank you, Suz. I wrapped it with love, but not competence.
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December 22, 2013 at 4:03 pm
That’s all anyone could ask isn’t it? This year, I have wrapped only a few gifts. The gift wrapping has all been done by the Tween. We have gone through countless rolls of paper and tape but it was done with love 🙂
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December 22, 2013 at 4:06 pm
I should have sent you all the gifts I bought, so the ‘tween could have done mine along with all the others she was doing.
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