I am going to let you in on a little secret - the title of this blog is misleading. There is nothing lazy about this Day family. WHEW! We have been going nonstop for a long time now and I am beginning to wonder if there will ever be an end in sight. So, this afternoon while Chris was showing houses I decided to take some time out to maybe have some lazy hours(?) . I can't say lazy day because we spent the morning teaching our fun 1st and 2nd grade kiddos at CLC during both services. Anyone who has spent any time with kids that age knows you can't be lazy when trying to get them to listen to stories, do activities, etc. So my "lazy hours" started this afternoon - you know, the kind where you don't have to answer to anyone, you could lay down and take a nap, you could do nothing, you could do everything, it's up to you {nowhere to be, no schedule, no agenda}. These afternoons are always few and far between, but I think that is what makes you most thankful for them. So, I got caught up on my blogs, found some new ones, checked facebook, and just kinda wasted time doing nothing. And it felt GREAT!
This afternoon proved itself to be the perfect time to look around for cool and different gift ideas. I can proudly say that I have already started the Christmas shopping thanks to Marshall's wonderful end of season clearance sales and am looking forward to seeing what other great deals we can find. It's crazy how much fun I have with any opportunity I have to give gifts. After all, I adore giving gifts. I turn a simple task into an over analyzed job most of the time, but it's because that is one opportunity to show someone how much you care. I want to find a gift that makes shows them I took time to listen to something they may have said they liked or wanted. To find something that matches a friend's home decor
or personality to a "t"
. Or like the gift I recently purchased - a 'just because' gift that perfectly illustrated an inside joke. But one of my favorite gifts is finding something that gift that gives past the recipient. And all of the below do just that.
While looking around I found these cool items:
http://store.showhope.org/shop/featured/branch-tee-scarves-multicolor
I recently got my second pair of Toms for my birthday. Chris even got a pair when we were on vacation, which means 3 kids have gotten shoes because of us - how cool is that?
Another favorite of mine - the St. Jude website
http://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/index.do
*What better than to do something for someone while also helping someone in need? The gift that gives - what an awesome way to celebrate any special occasion(especially the birth of our Savior)!
