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Okay so as  child did you ever get super excited at Christmas time when the Toy R Us book came in the mail (I do use the word "Book" on purpose cause I'm pretty sure it was over 80 pages long)?  My sister and I used to sit down for hours and slowly comb over the pages of that book of goodies to see all the details of every toy.  In the end we would talk about "What would you do if you had that one?"    Now that I think on it, our practice hasn't much changed just different books.  I look over the steamy pages of NikonUSA.com and drool over every item and think "I would take pictures all over with that lens"

Back to the message, we would always look through these pages to see what was in them but never did we think or even really want them (with some exception I did really want the Mouse trap game... though after playing it once I was SO glad that I didn't get it) but it was more just seeing the pretty pictures.  I was raised in a family where we were less then well off.  We all knew that we had to chip together to make life work and that gifts were more about the effort and heart behind the gift then what you actually unwrapped.  So when your brother gives you an old barbie doll whose head has been ripped off and now is wedged so far down her neck, in order to stay on, she looks to permanently have put on most of my mother's shoulder pad infused clothes from my childhood it was just as amazing as getting a brand new pair of roller blades... well at least in spirit it was as amazing.

So when I got married and our first Christmas came around, my in-laws asked me for a list.  I didn't understand what they meant, I had to ask Chris.  "They mean a list of stuff you want."  I stared blankly at him.  I legitimately couldn't think of anything to write down.  After much time pen in hand slowly tapping my lip as I stare aimlessly off into the distant left ceiling all I could think of was "needs" three Toilet paper, a new trash can and a baking spatula... I was informed these were not list material.  So now every time I come across something I want I immediately write it down because I will not remember when the time comes round each year where both my b'day and Christmas fall in the same week...

1. Water

2. Light

3. Chocolate

4. Animal

5. Crowded

After a nice long day of travel to to go the DC "The Fix" I haven't done much else but sit here and brainstorm... hence the cutter/crowding on my coffee table.

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