Counter Gifts
Counter Gifts
April/01/2009 01:18 PM Filed in: Humor | Husbands | Gifts | Holiday | Life of a Rock Star | Nicole Hanratty
By Nicole Hanratty
Gifts often appear on my kitchen counter quite fortuitously. Within the last few days I have come home to find a lovely wine bottle holder hand carved from Hawaii with a sweet "Thank You" note from an employee and an electric wine opener from my in-laws. My husband brought both of these gifts home with the pride of a hunter displaying his game and placed them in my domain--the kitchen--as if presenting them to his master. Sweet isn't it?
Except, I'm not sure my hubby is so much honoring me with these counter gifts as he is passing along their inherent formalities. How so, you ask? Properly receiving gifts is not an effortless task. I should know. No matter what the occasion or for which member of the family any gifts are intended, they all wind up on my kitchen counter for de-boxing, assembling, package recycling, washing--you do wash new clothing before wearing I hope--acknowledging, and permanent placing in such a manner that when the gift giver visits our home he or she sees that their present has been duly appreciated. Read More...
