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Monday, my gift was downtime for my daughters; I let them sleep in, tinker with the stuff they got for Christmas and we all sat on the couch and started Disc 1 of their Glee Season 2 set.  Tuesday, my gift was being at my honey's side all day and all night as he battled through nausea and diarrhea; it was a very bad case of stomach flu, and he has lost 5 pounds because of it; he's still not 100% today.  Wednesday, my gift was a phone call to my Mom who sounded really happy; I didn't talk…

Thursday my gift was $100 Fred Meyer gift card for my daughter's exchange supervisor; this is actually a gift from our whole family (my husband, me and the girls) for the one lady who does so much for us as a family.  Friday my gift was a Simplicity 2012 calendar for my stepdaughter's mom.  Saturday my gift was going with my honey to his work so he won't have to be alone on Christmas eve.  Today, Christmas day, my gift is another 3 hours (just 10 miles this time) on the treadmill for…

Monday, my gift was no school/a day off for my girls; we went Christmas shopping the whole day!  Yesterday my gift was two hours for my 40 something husband honey and watching him, for the first time, play hockey on rental quads with a bunch of 16 year olds. And today, my gift was a big box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates for my dentist and her entire staff.  :-)    

Today my gift was kind consideration for the guy at the fitness shop who attempted to sell me used equipment.  I had paid and placed an order about three weeks ago and had gone to pick up the item twice already but something always went wrong and I had left the store empty handed.  Today, for the third time, we went to pick it up, and what the guy had for me was an open box and the item bearing undeniable signs of already having been used.  I didn't pass judgment; I just said to please call…