Snapshots of a Modest Life

And so it begins...

Everyone goes through this yearly. The contemplating over what to get people for Christmas has begun. I've already decided what to get for a few people (will refrain from disclosing who and what as some of the recipients might actually read this), but the rest are a mystery. I can never figure out what to get for my parents, other than the obligatory calendar which I get for my dad every year. Although last year I didn't get him a calendar. Apparently my mom found a sale and got calendars for everyone, and I was like, well what am I going to get him now? I had to find a real gift for once. So anyway, the brothers and I are going to pitch in and get them something, so it should be pretty cool. I don't think anything is going to top what we gave mom last year though, cause it was awesome. We went and took black and white pictures of my brothers and I and bought matching frames. It was awesome. Now we find ourselves in a predicament like none before. In the past our Christmas gifts have been relatively corny little things, nothing comparable to the colossus of last year. There is absolutely no way we are going to one up ourselves, which is disappointing to say the least.

On a completely different note, the godfather of birds is back outside my window. It has been decided that it is a cardinal, and that since cardinals have their homes for life, that we (my roommate and I) should name our new neighbor. It's a female bird, so I probably should stop calling it the Godfather. How disappointing. Any suggestions on what to call her? I was thinking something Shakespearean.

If you think you're one of those people for whom I should be getting a Christmas present, leave me a comment and let me know what you want. Expensive jewelry and accessories are out of the question, so don't ask.