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What Did You Get for the Holiday?

What did you get for Christmas? Gifts? Books? Money? Love?

I got a lot of love from the doggies – the parakeets may have even sent some love my way either that or they just had a lot to discuss.
Did you get a tablet? If not check out the Kindle sale and use some Christmas cash.  If you happen to have an extra, I wouldn’t mind being on your gift or re-gift list. 

I really do want to know what your received, what you wished for and maybe what you didn’t get.  I hope you have love for Christmas from animal companions and humans.  Followed by a job (to pay living expenses), books and craft supplies and a maid service and someone to do all my (oops I mean your) chores around the house. 

Amazon seems to tempt me and all I want to do is get a HDX and some E-books, and some books, gifts for the dogs, some books with more doggie related items ….. You get the idea. so_many_books_so_little_time_post_cards-r74f1ae9c503a47958996673e81b0ecd8_vgbaq_8byvr_512

I remember some of my requests for gifts in the past.  Since my b-day is a few days after Christmas I would often get the larger priced items as a Combo-gift. At age 11ish I really wanted an aquarium. I searched everywhere and could find no aquarium sized gifts. I prepared myself to be disappointed. But my parents were wise to my sneaky snooping and hid the gift out of reach, maybe in the car trunk – I have never found out the hiding place.

I asked for a leaf blower that I still use to this day, mainly for lawn mowing detritus. The amount of leaves around my house is massive and can’t be blown away. Leaves must be bagged, last year I used about 24 55 gallon bags.

This year my gift is wonderful. I have received love and support from my family. Canine family, family-family and chosen family of friends. Best Gift Ever.

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Lately this has been a TEMPTATION like no other. And with Prime, which I do have, I could watch movies for free, listen to books, read books and shop – oops there you go with the temptation again.

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Here are the tempting facts. I need to find a new word, maybe: enticing, appetizing, seductive (Seductive is an apt word choice), attractive or tantalizing.
This is not a shameless plug – I really do Want, Desire and Lust after one of these tablets.
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Am I being materialistic? I hope not though I think I have a touch of avarice. Shame on me.
And this is the problem with online shopping – for me anyway.  So many items at my fingertips.  I have an upcoming post on how to avoid impulse buys online – and I am suppressing the impulse and temptation and avarice and tantalizing offers, so far anyway.
I could never take a job in a bookstore, or pet store or craft store. I would never bring home a paycheck, just employee discounted goodies.
Now it is time to enjoy the rest of 2013 and prepare for a blessed 2014.
BE THE CHANGE!

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Happy Holidays Saturday Steals!

Happy Holidays my friends! I hope Christmas brings you together with friends and family.

If the joy of sharing with loved ones isn’t an option, do not fret, stress or get depressed. I have spent Christmas alone with my wonderful dogs for about 20 years. I have my own traditions. I love watching A Christmas Story over and over. On good years the doggies get toys to open, in lean years they still get and give love.  And I usually wash old toys and present them as new. Please be animal friendly and no fur, please.

I have some last-minute Steals for Everyone.

Simon & Schuster has a FREE E-book.

Wonderful books and magazines from

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And Amazon will come to the rescue! Beginning on December 18, 2013, at 12:00 a.m. PST, select products are available with FREE One-Day Shipping within the continental U.S. when purchased from Amazon.com. Simply add a qualifying product to your Shopping Cart and select One-Day Shipping before completing an order. The shipping discount will be applied at checkout. See product detail page for expiration date of offer. See Terms & Conditions.

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