4th Awesome of Christmas

4th awesome of Christmas: Snooping Snoopy! My mom is the biggest snooper ever! (and she loves snoopy). She ALWAYS knows what my dad has gotten her well before Christmas, like to the point that I’m surprised my dad even buys her things. Mom’s snoopy radar is especially alert when it comes to jewelry.

When my parents had been married 25 years my mom whined and whine from April on about how much she wanted an anniversary ring. My dad finally caved in and bought her one for Christmas. So, on Christmas day mom is very excited, right? Well, Scott & I were playing a computer hockey game he had gotten (I heart those EA sports) and we hear dad yell “WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE TRUNK OF MY CAR?!” and then mom cackles that evil laugh. Mom just “happened” to take dad’s car the day after he bought the ring and it was hidden in the trunk. By hidden..i mean it was hidden where the spare tire is…mom had to actually SEARCH for it. This qualifies her for the snoopy mcsnoop snoop award of all time. Except that time Scott found the Nintendo hidden in mom’s sewing cabinet in the basement….but he gets that stuff from mom.

It’s to the point that for their 32nd wedding anniversary Dad just took her to Helzberg and told her to pick out the ring she wanted. There’s no sense in trying to hide it from her, she’ll just search through the trash till she finds it.