Parents!

[kyrielle]

My parents were by just a bit ago for gift exchange and chat. It was lovely. We gave them a calendar and a gift card and a stocking of treats for the cats (mostly food goodies but also two toys, one of which amused me terribly - a fishing pole with a catnip fish on its string). They gave us gifties including one which upstaged everything else - the horse bells, jingle bells, I loved when I was a kid. They were my grandfather's and they sound so sweet, as well.

They also gave us a small gift which they said was for dealing with the Homeowner's Association. It proved to be chips for several of the most brilliant, eyeblinding non-earth-tone colors I have ever seen in my life. They're quite pretty, and highly humorous, and no, I would not want a house any of these shades.

Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, or Joyous Winter Holiday of your choice.

Comments

[pheontoo.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed I didn't think of this until halfway home.

But if you don't have another use in mind for that stocking... it'd be a great repository for sleighbells, betweentimes.

Enjoy the peace, once the noisy celebration is over.

[kyrielle]

*grins* Point!

Right now, I've laid them over the cloth that's serving as our tree skirt. It let me jingle them casually while getting gifts, which was actually rather nice.

[mika-vumner.livejournal.com]

Depending on the number of paintchips they got you..

You could make one very interesting abstract art picture with them to hang up somewhere to be reminded of them. ;)

That's me and my weird brain though. :)