The Housewarming Gift

Today I have to go to one of my client's housewarming party, which I should say is about time!  I don't even remember when closed escrow on that property but it was ages ago but then I guess it makes sense because the dad is probably the only one participating in the clean up and fix up of the property since he's a stay at home dad due to his old age and grumpiness.  The oldest son told me that the dad fixed up the property nicely, he replanted the grass and even built an extra patio BBQ thing.  I bought them a hotpot which doubles as a steamer so I'm sure being Vietnamese and fobs, even though they may disagree on that label, they can put it to great use.  I think all the kids got their decent looks from their mother because the dad is pretty toe up and if they got their looks from their father then they all would be toe up kids.  The one thing that I wonder about is why are both of the sons in the navy.  I know why all the kids jumped ship to live elsewhere and especially the eldest daughter due to depression from living there with their parents.  Unfortunately for the youngest, she's still too young to be dating let alone moving in with her boyfriend's family's house, if she was dating anyone that is.  When all of your kids leave before hitting 20 and broke, it's a sure sign that you're unbearable to live with and too much of a headache to care for.

 
Caught red handed!

"Mistakes are portals of discovery."
James Joyce

Gift or Bribe?

Where do you draw the line in terms of something as a bribe or a friendly thank you gift?  But aren't all gifts a bribe in some way?  For instance, a friend is usually a douchebag so you decide to shower the DB with a nice gift and in return the DB would be a little less of a DB to you right?  A gift is an incentive much like a bribe.  Of course you could always just take the gift and the bribe and still be jerk because that's what DBs do.

Kid, you don't want to know.

H To the Izzo

A clock that runs on water and no electricity is by far the most awesome gift a tree hugging hippie can get right, right? No plug, no cord, no electricity and whenever you're thirsty and don't want to get out of bed for a glass of sparkling fresh water you can just pop off the cap and chug down your clock's energy source. There are a few different designs out there by different makers. You can have a kiddie bubbly look or you can get a more modern looking ones. The choice is yours. I am thinking of one of these to gift to my tree hugging freeloading brother.