tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post5802590393487363726..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: What Makes a Great Holiday Gift?Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-4886915719035315092012-12-09T11:13:03.482-05:002012-12-09T11:13:03.482-05:00Oh good, glad you saw that, love your clever craft...Oh good, glad you saw that, love your clever crafty eco-friendly stuff!<br /><br />And omg, the Prince on Unicorn is a perfect white elephant. Perhaps you can snap some photos that I could swipe for next year's awful or great holiday gifts post.<br /><br />And good luck on the yoga and walking! Put some Scissor Sisters on, that'll keep you plowing along at a good pace. :)Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-79806062071389300472012-12-08T12:42:01.481-05:002012-12-08T12:42:01.481-05:00I was reading along and laughing out loud which al...I was reading along and laughing out loud which always makes someone in the house say WHATS SO FUNNY? and then I said OH My God! Which made them run to peek over my shoulder! Totally surprised that you gave my shop on etsy a plug. Thanks so much! btw I did buy your ebook. I have these glimpses of my not being as fit as I think I am and really need encouragement! I have been working in some daily yoga to go along with the dog walks and gardening. As for gift giving, our family and our extended group of odd balls, have decided to do a white elephant gift exchange. We are looking for the most terrible unique awesome stuff ( my daughter is gifting an art print of Prince riding a unicorn). We hope everyone ends up with something they truly love. I bought a flock of chickens in my husbands name one year. You should have seen the look on his face when he thought they were going to be living with us! Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209402529339383678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-14502783106505944932012-12-06T08:48:51.429-05:002012-12-06T08:48:51.429-05:00Seems to be a lot of us in the same boat Jessica! ...Seems to be a lot of us in the same boat Jessica! Not sure why it's so much harder to figure out what others want that they haven't already bought themselves, but I find it really hard without specific hints!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-38267204918734596772012-12-06T08:45:12.276-05:002012-12-06T08:45:12.276-05:00THANK YOU so much Sherri for buying the book! And...THANK YOU so much Sherri for buying the book! And love the holiday memories, thank you for sharing them! And there is never such thing as writing too much here, I love your comments!<br /><br />And yeah, the medicine balls are more fun if you've got someone to toss it to, but I don't either, so play with it by myself and look like a freak--something I've gotten used to by now.Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-81843619633412393252012-12-06T08:41:14.073-05:002012-12-06T08:41:14.073-05:00Sounds like you've figured out a great way to ...Sounds like you've figured out a great way to get festive without the commercialism or the WTH gifts! And I think that cat thing is supposed to be a cat scratching post, though I'm a bit skeptical that cats would use it that way, but who knows!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-66317046972633480242012-12-06T08:38:56.120-05:002012-12-06T08:38:56.120-05:00And who doesn't need a knitted stomach to curl...And who doesn't need a knitted stomach to curl up in Reb? :) And good for you for being creative enough to make gifts!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-13001221769138479082012-12-05T22:33:24.108-05:002012-12-05T22:33:24.108-05:00We have all but given up on gifts in the normal se...We have all but given up on gifts in the normal sense in my family. It became so hard to find something that would actually be used and wanted, that we now just go shopping with each other and pick things out that we want.Jessica Hamiltonhttp://www.cariloha.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-84211534474207334752012-12-05T21:10:37.050-05:002012-12-05T21:10:37.050-05:00I got a really nice (read expensive as hell) set o...I got a really nice (read expensive as hell) set of knives from hubby last year. I actually liked getting it (other than the thought of him having paid way too much). Of course the fact that I had about two knives, total, that had issues cutting hot butter or melted Jello might have something to do with liking such a practical gift! :)Sherri https://www.blogger.com/profile/04928191196045775058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29425261761227701552012-12-05T20:23:49.906-05:002012-12-05T20:23:49.906-05:00I got your eBook just now. So when are you coming ...I got your eBook just now. So when are you coming to my house to autograph it? I like your medicine ball. I didn't know they came in pretty colors!!! I would ask for that for Christmas if I had someone to play catch with. Last Christmas I had lots of exercise types of things on my list and got them all! Free weights, exercise ball, stretchy bands, Mio heart rate monitor wrist thingy, and sexy yoga pants with purple cammo stripes.<br /><br />Thanks to your links I now know what to do with all the corks I have laying around the house. Of course they are not ALL mine! I would never drink that much wine in a lifetime! She also had a necklace of buttons. Did you know I dabble in the sewing arts? Now I know what to do with all those buttons I have all over the house!!! Just think, if I EVER really NEED a button, I can check my necklace for the one I need!<br /><br />Oh and thanks to you I now have Green Lite Bites recipes coming to my inbox. I was too late for the drawing for the book. That is what I get for not reading your blog the day it comes out! <br /><br />Christmas gifts.... The favorite one I got I think would be the one from my Dad. Each year. He'd get an ornament that was a bell of some sort for each of us three girls. It it was a good year at his business we'd sometimes get $50 tucked inside the bell. Other times we would get $20. The money was very welcome when we were out on our own in those yearly years. I still have each and every bell he gave me. When he passed away, he had already gotten the bells for that year's Christmas. The last bell ornament I got from him was just a few weeks after his passing. (nostalgia break here)<br /><br />My favorite to give is the box of chocolate covered cherries I give to each of my kids. It is a holiday family tradition. Even though they are grown up and scattered across the country, I spend far more than the candy is worth, to send each kid a box of those candies! Maybe with the price of shipping getting higher I should send empty boxes with money inside. They would probably enjoy that more, especially since my daughter is Vegan. Hmmmm, I wonder what I would do with all those chocolate covered cherries though?<br /><br />Now I know you are not all about serious stuff but I gotta say...I MISS the days when you had a couple bucks in your pocket and went downtown to main street and did all your Christmas shopping at once. Of course it was night and there were snowflakes falling, showing up in the light of the street lamps. It was right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. A scarf for Mom, a box of .22 shells for Dad's rifle, a Barbie doll outfit for younger sister, Play Dough for baby sister and you were all done! (another nostalgia break here)<br /><br />Where was I? Oh ya! I think I have written too much and must go pop another cork...or do the dishes. Sherri https://www.blogger.com/profile/04928191196045775058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-69765018342202285812012-12-05T17:33:42.111-05:002012-12-05T17:33:42.111-05:00I'm glad my family has started forgoing gifts,...I'm glad my family has started forgoing gifts, unless we happen to see something we know the other person would love, or make something for them (except the kids...we still buy for them) My mum had a knack for "what the hell were you thinking?" gifts so years ago we decided to cut back. I'm happy to blanket the house in lights, I don't feel like I need more. I won't refuse it, but it's just not that important anymore. :) <br />Although now that I've seen that cat mat...I need it...:)<br />Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-81017796413192371772012-12-05T11:46:48.095-05:002012-12-05T11:46:48.095-05:00That knit thing, in that colour, looks like a stom...That knit thing, in that colour, looks like a stomach with an extra duct for the hands. I used to try very hard to find just the right gift, now I just ask for a list and get what I can afford from the list. Or, I make something and hope they will like it.Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-3171206098439903252012-12-04T13:25:37.046-05:002012-12-04T13:25:37.046-05:00Yes anonymous, excellent point, and I agree comple...Yes anonymous, excellent point, and I agree completely!!<br /><br />As hard-to-buy-for person, I have given some performances worthy of Oscar nominations. But it just makes me feel so badly to know that the giver went to so much thought and trouble and that I can't get my own crotchety brain to think creatively enough to make it love the gift as much as much as it deserves. Stealth returns, regifting, donating... all strategies I've used, but ALWAYS with a cover story prepared. And sometimes, in the case of frequent visitors, I've just had to suck it up and learn to live with something I would So Not Have Chosen Myself.<br />Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.crankyfitness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-557636537231852862012-12-04T13:16:19.888-05:002012-12-04T13:16:19.888-05:00Thank you, Crabby, for opening the door to vent/op...Thank you, Crabby, for opening the door to vent/opine and otherwise comment on gift giving (and receving)! <br /><br />I think one aspect of gift giving that is commonly over-looked is recipient responsibilities or "etiquette". <br /><br />We - the woeful gift givers - wander the landscape in search of something - ANYTHING - that will make the receiver's life a little nicer/brighter/fun-ner even if for just a moment. This often involves energy, angst, frustration and just wishful thinking. Especially if the recipient has offered nary a clue nor any helpful "hints". (Ever been in a store after hours of searching and just stood there semi-comatose praying and idea will materialize out of nowhere?????)<br /><br />All we givers ask is acknowledgement of this - not necessarily even the gift itself. <br /><br />So - no matter how you truly, really feel about the actual gift - consider faking it! Smile, laugh, nod and show some appreciation. Even if you need to exchange or return, do NOT admit this unless 1- it is immediately and glaringly obviously the wrong size AND 2 - the giver asks if they can do this FOR you or 3 - you are tortured into divulging. <br /><br />So - yes... "fib". Actually, you are not even really fibbing - just saying you appreciate the effort and not sullying or tainting it with any other response. It is the recipient now who is the giver of the gift! <br /><br />My opinion is that the recipient's responsibility ends there. No need to display, wear or actually USE said gift/s. (Use your creative talents to forumlate reasons, excuses, a really good story....! "I took it to work." "I'm saving it for a special occasion!" "I wore/ate/shared/read it just the other day!"....) So - no real skin off your back and you will have managed to make someone feel really great about themselves. And since so many say "...'tis better to give than recieve" - and, is there really any better gift than that? :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-44763860344894569132012-12-04T11:17:40.439-05:002012-12-04T11:17:40.439-05:00Norma, you wouldn't be thrilled to see a garba...Norma, you wouldn't be thrilled to see a garbage disposal all wrapped up with a big red ribbon? :)<br /><br />You may have to clobber him over the head with a few specific hints and hope for the best!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-52400915078895948922012-12-04T11:16:12.086-05:002012-12-04T11:16:12.086-05:00Great product for great cause, what's not to l...Great product for great cause, what's not to love???Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-2000387793712054192012-12-04T11:15:49.163-05:002012-12-04T11:15:49.163-05:00Travel! Just the WORD gets me excited, Kristen! ...Travel! Just the WORD gets me excited, Kristen! Hope that renewed passport takes you all kinds of wonderful places, and how cool that your husband's folks live in Europe?!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-29031010992869278922012-12-04T11:14:24.686-05:002012-12-04T11:14:24.686-05:00Starving bitch, you are awesome!!! I don't ha...Starving bitch, you are awesome!!! I don't have the energy or confidence to do that kind of shopping, but so admire those who do.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-67870948036698533052012-12-04T11:13:32.230-05:002012-12-04T11:13:32.230-05:00Wow, a vacation sounds awesome! But totally get h...Wow, a vacation sounds awesome! But totally get how kids would still miss the whole present thing. At least I was quite the little materialist at that age!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-9691780163003542432012-12-04T06:52:23.521-05:002012-12-04T06:52:23.521-05:00On the off-chance my significant other reads this ...On the off-chance my significant other reads this post (or can read my mind), I'd like to mention some more things that are NOT good Christmas gifts: <br /><br />A set of kitchen knives <br />A Roomba<br />A DVD/DVR<br />A garbage disposal<br /><br />(Yes, these are suggestions that have been vocalized, as in, "Norma, maybe that's what I'll get you for Christmas: a set of kitchen knives!" To which I respond with a "Huh?"...but it doesn't seem to be sinking in...)Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949876371473945014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-10857556486368962842012-12-04T05:27:30.551-05:002012-12-04T05:27:30.551-05:00thank you for the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!thank you for the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!MIzhttp://mizfitonline.com/2012/12/04/i-got-that-awkward-weightloss-talk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-39063439160848417402012-12-03T20:47:59.298-05:002012-12-03T20:47:59.298-05:00The gift of experiences are my favorite type of gi...The gift of experiences are my favorite type of gifts to receive. My husband is going to renew my passport for our next adventures together (his parents live in Europe so it's actually a necessity) and I think it's wonderful! <3Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00210043769895776434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-70034750504259077322012-12-03T19:48:01.518-05:002012-12-03T19:48:01.518-05:00I like to find that exact gift that I know they wi...I like to find that exact gift that I know they will love, I shop all year round, craft fairs, whatever to find a great gift. My mother when she was a little girl used to love her mother's perfume, heliotrope. WTF? I had to scrounge the earth to find this, it took over a year for me to finally find some and I gave it to her last year and she cried and she said it smelled exactly the way she remembered. PERFECT!<br /><br />StarvingBitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905457524933733167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-67759756207580245532012-12-03T18:12:31.801-05:002012-12-03T18:12:31.801-05:00I love everything about Christmas - giving and rec...I love everything about Christmas - giving and receiving gifts included! However, we keep talking about taking a big trip instead. I think we might start doing that but I'm not sure if my 11 & 13 year old boys are quite ready for the change!!!Kimhttp://day-with-kt.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-92154215775209564842012-12-03T16:17:01.530-05:002012-12-03T16:17:01.530-05:00Sounds like you've figured out a great system ...Sounds like you've figured out a great system Messymimi!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-86368727193014062792012-12-03T16:07:14.068-05:002012-12-03T16:07:14.068-05:00Dad gets his favorite home made treats. Mom gets ...Dad gets his favorite home made treats. Mom gets whatever she wants. The kids get cash. Sweetie and i get to watch the fun. It works for us.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.com