Happy Wishes to Me

J   Here I am, good to go for another year.  Yay me, I say.   Some people get all weasely about birthdays, but I’m pleased to get another one.  I look at them as an opportunity to start fresh, sort of like New Years.  This last year has been actually very nice, one of the first in a great while I wouldn’t categorize as being “a rough year”.  Nobody likes a rough year.

I’m excited to have an all new year stretching out in front of me.  I had such a structured plan for how I’d do things this last year.  I incorporated many of them into how I actually live my daily life.  I should start this next one with an all new plan, an even better plan.   I’m not certain of what it is, because this is the very first day of my glorious new year, but I’ll be making lists shortly.  I love a good list.

The 75 Things Project

My mother in law will reach a certain age later this year, and I thought a neat idea to celebrate that special birthday would be to create an uber gift basket with 75 small but fun objects in it.

I do the gift baskets for our Adult Reading program, so I think in terms of cool containers that might be fashioned into "gift baskets" around a theme. We'll need something cool yet useful that can hold 75 things in a charming display.

These are some of my ideas for this particular person (think small!):

Nail polish
Earrings
Bath salts
Cardinals
Lighthouses
Letters/Notes from old friends and relations remembering things about her, or saying how they feel about her, smooshy is good.
Pictures of her they might have tucked away that mean something to them.
A drawing/portrait of her from someone who is artistic
Snacks she likes
Garage sales-something on this theme
A Penny from her year of birth
Gift certificates or cards to favorite places
Momentos, small forgotten things that are celebrations or reminders

We have a few months, so this can be fun. The beauty of doing this sort of thing is, even if the person finds out you're doing it, they won't know what the objects are until they get the gift.


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