:::: A Twelve Day Journey To Christmas Day-

OR

Will Anita Marie Get Her Fiji Mermaid THIS Year?:::

Today

On Day Five

Anita Marie Concludes That:

Diamonds maybe a Girl’s Best Friend

But a Fiji Mermaid will never fall off the back of your toilet

and  into the toilet bowl and end up costing  you hundres of dollars in Plumbers fees.

 

 

It snowed today here in Snohomish County

which was pretty wonderful.

My husband picked me up from work, which was even better because I didn’t have to take the bus home- and instead of enjoying the snowfall from the freeway on a bus which was sure to smell like Lattes and wet wool I got to enjoy it from my own kitchen which smelled like Quiche and warmed up eggnog with PLENTY of nutmeg.

It also meant that we watched some TV earlier in the day then unusual and I’m not sure if it’s always like this but there were lots and lots of commercials and wouldn’t you know it- they were all about buying really expensive presents…get this

FOR THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE.

And all of the gifts were jewelry related.

Hurray!

That Fiji Mermaid is as good as mine.

First up this guy is waving a diamond ring under his girlfriend’s sleeping nose.

It’ wasn’t a diamond chip on a delicate silver band in the shape of a heart or something- oh no, this thing was big. I’ll bet the band was platinum too.

I pointed it out to my husband and said:

“Hey. Do you think that’s one of those blood diamonds?”

He waited for me to continue- you know after 20 years together he knew there was more.

” Aren’t you glad that I’m not asking for one of those? WOW look at the size of that thing- and what are they sleeping on? Is that a futon? I’ll bet she makes him sleep on the side that slopes down more- you know on the drafty side of the room.”

He took the remote and turned the channel and …

some guy bought a diamond bracelet for his deaf girlfriend and when he signed the line that was designed to bring a tear to the eye I said:

” He’s bought her a diamond bracelet and he’s only just learned to sign ” Merry Christmas? ” How long have those two been together? A week? What a sap. But when you think about it,  if a man has been with a woman for say twenty years or something like that don’t you think she would deserve maybe two bracelets? Perhaps even earrings and a necklace to match?”

” I suppose. “

“So, like, you’d get me jewelry is I asked for it?”

Actually, after spending the last week asking for Pickled Punks and Fiji Mermaids the look on my husband’s face was saying- no I take that back,

It was crying out:

 ” God I wish you would.”

“Good thing I’m not shallow, right? “

He agreed.

My husband was also watching me the same way my dogs watch me when I come up  to  them with their Flea Drops hidden behind my back.

” Yeah. I’m into the Spirit of the season- you know doing heart felt things for other people and all. Like bringing a little joy into their life and recognizing their uniqueness”

By the time I was done pointing out that it was okay to get strange presents for strange people there was another commercial on and in this one an entire family was presenting a Mom with a necklace set with the birthstones of her children.

She was crying.

Her kids were crying.

My husband was almost crying.

” Boy. I mean thats’ exactly what I’d want- my kids hanging from around my neck- what an efficient way to do it- this way they could do it all at once and from a distance. Now that gift took some thought. Don’t you think?”

My husband turned the TV off and now I’m writing and I think he’s talking to my sister.

That’s it guys.

She’s out there waiting for you to bring her home.

Happy Fishing.

a.m.