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Trying to decide on what type of gift to get my pregnant friend

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I just found out earlier this week that a close friend from work is expecting a baby in the Fall. I’m really happy for her as she’s wanted to have a baby for a long time.

I know it’s kind of early for gifts, but I’d like to get her a mother to be gift now … just to show her that I’m in her corner and that I’m excited for her and her husband.

My big dilemma is whether to get her a gift just for her – something that she can use to pamper herself now, or to get her a gift that she can use when the baby comes in the Fall. Hmmm … What to do, what to do …

If you were just fairly newly pregnant would you want a present for yourself right now or would you want a present for your baby? I mean … in a few months she’s definitely going to have a couple of very big baby showers from the people at work and all of our friends … I think I’m leaning towards getting her a personal gift.

Visiting the neighbors

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Our neighbors had a small birthday party for their little girl yesterday. We were invited to the party so we went over for a few hours in the afternoon.

We end up having a really nice time. We don’t socialize all that much with these particular neighbors. They’re in the house that’s attached to ours- so we hear them all the time … but we don’t talk to them all that much.

We got along really well though so I think we’ll be getting together more often. Oh and when we were leaving our neighbor – Carol, gave us the sweetest thank you cards for attending the party. So nice.

Do you socialize with your neighbors?

No party for us tonight

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My husband and I were supposed to go out of town for a party this evening but we decided to stay home instead.

I thought we were going to go to the party and that the only thing that would keep us from going would be the weather, but the long drive back and forth was a big deterrent too. It would have been close to two hours each way!

Also … we can’t bring our dog to our friends house because she hates dogs, so our Lab would have had to stay home on her own … and if the weather turned while we were going our dog might even end up being on her own over night. Not really a good situation.

So instead of going out to a party we’re staying home and having a great dinner. Our dog also had a nice long walk a little while ago. While we were out walking her we ran into one of our neighbors and talked to him for a while. He’s been trying to help my husband get a job with our city bus company. the man was smoking what I think was one of those monte cristo cigars. He told us he’d received the cigar as a Christmas gift from a friend at work and offered another to my husband … but we both just quit smoking so he passed on that!

I had wanted to go to the party this evening … but we’ll see our friend next weekend at Christmas. The long drive was just too much.

Are all guys bad at packing?

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My husband is busy getting ready to go away for the weekend. He’s going up North to a party that a friend of ours is having – on a boat.

He’s been playing his guitar and practicing some of his favorite songs all week. Oh and he’s been printing out the lyrics and music and putting them together in a binder that we just call “The Book”. With the way he’s been printing pages all week I’m glad he hasn’t been color printing as I’m sure we’d be out of ink by now. LOL

I was going to help my husband pack, but I think I’ll let him get started and see how things go. He’s not the best packer in the world … one time we drove out east (2000 miles) and he forgot to pack underwear! At least that was an easy enough problem to fix.

I wish that I was going up North as well this weekend, but the hotels in the area aren’t dog friendly and since it’s a long drive and an overnight stay we can’t leave our dog at home on her own. I just know she’d get into trouble.

Ok … back to work … I’ve got to check on what my husband has packed so far!

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