“Star light, star bright, your wish will come true tonight.”
Let me fill you in on what happened this past Christmas:
‘Twas the day of Christmas, when all through the home
Every creature was stirring and starting to roam;
The presents were stacked under the tree with great care,
In hopes that happy hands soon would be there.
The children all jumped out of their beds;
While visions of sweet toys danced in their heads;
And hubby in his ‘jammies, and I in my cap,
Had just awoken from our restive winter’s nap.
When out on the living room there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the gifts I flew like a dove,
To see the kiddos opening up presents wrapped with love.
The sun streamed in on something with my name,
But I wasn’t sure which giver to blame.
I opened it up, where to my eyes did appear,
A Kindle of my own—so wonderful and dear.
A present from my brother so lively and quick,
Who had read my blog and pretended to be St. Nick.
Next, another gift did appear before me,
One I had thought meant for my kids, you see.
First, brother! Now, hubby, with a box!
I knew that elegant gift didn’t contain socks.
So rip off the paper! And bumble with the bow!
Guess what I opened? I think you already know.
An e-reader, a Paperwhite to own,
As brother and hubby both let out a groan.
With great care, I needed to weigh
Which one to take, which to give away.
So now you know the foolishness of a blog post,
When you put down the gift you want the most.
Sometimes the people you love do read your words, it’s true;
And then it’ll be a double gifting for you!
How sweet of them! At least now every time you enjoy an e-book, you’ll think of both your hubs and your brother. And with the money you get from returning one, you can buy lots of e-books to fill that wonderful new gift up!
So true, Carrie! Will be stocking up on items from my TBR list soon :)
So you got your tablet(S), Jennifer! Ah this good Santa! Love the poem by the way.
I did! I should blog about my wish list more often, huh?