Wrapping it up? Oh, my, yes! It\’s already December 7! That means getting Xmas gifts ready to ship off.

Merely getting the presents ready has its own difficulty. The rolls of gift wrap which are so popular are far too wide for most of the things I\’ve bought. That means that I have to cut out chunks of it. The edges usually come out ragged because 1) I\’ve never  been good at cutting on a straight line unless there\’s a marked line to follow (and sometimes not even then!); and 2) I don\’t have a solid surface to work on.

Neither am I good at wrapping things neatly. The presents in this pic here must have been done up by professionals. No way can I get the packages that I do up to look like that! And what do you do when you\’ve got, say, a pair of slippers that doesn\’t have convenient angles to follow? Find a box to put it in? I\’m glad I\’m not trying to wrap up a bicycle. Wrapping that up would be a major headache.

Despite my lack of enthusiasm for gift paper on large rolls, I bought one at the salvage store this morning. The regular price was $6.99; I got it for ninety-nine cents!

Now comes the nuisance of getting all those gifts packed into sturdy boxes for shipping. I\’m glad I\’m able to get to a Fed-Ex where I work. It would be a lot harder if I had to get to a regular post office on a Saturday.

It\’s also Christmas -card time. I\’m glad I don\’t have to bake cookies, too!