Tried to edit. Missed the window. Saw that the post made me seem like an ass. I (we) gave each grandchild $$ and I will have to help pay for the air conditioners which are mini splits and do have heat.
I got a check from my dad and his wife, and a $100 Amazon gift card from my baby brother (we are spread across the country and don’t get together). I had a Kindle on my Amazon WishList, and his gift message said, “This is 55% of a Kindle.”
Actually I think it’s more than 55%. Such a sweet kid (well, he’s 40, but still).
I gave my older brother, my baby brother, and my dad and his wife nice boxes from Harry & David; my older brother (who has been having financial difficulties through no fault of his own) got a Wal-Mart gift card; my baby brother got a smaller Wal-Mart card and a Lands’ End card and also a book and a Blu-Ray movie from his Amazon WishList; my dad got an Amazon gift card from his WishList and his wife got two CDs that I hope she will like (last time I got her something she already had).
So not too exciting, but I like being able to give people stuff they want and can use and enjoy. We have a lot to be thankful for.
That’s hilarious - we’re about to throw either a parade or a riot because it’s going to snow on Christmas for quite literally the first time ever!
Thule rooftop ski/snowboard cargo box.
North Face Century jacket.
Boconi wallet.
Wool scarf.
Skull Candy helmet drop-in audio set.
Burton mittens.
Steeler’s vintage logo hoodie.
CK button down shirt.
Macro Leatherman.
Riyobi leaf blower.
Some other things which are slipping my mind. Yeah, it has been a good year!
I got bacon, a cd player, and the dogs got treats and toys.
Lots of Red Sox stuff, a Wii game, candy, and some money.
Gave: books, a DVD, and a desktop Zen garden.
Books, dvd’s, a tortilla press, a bottle of wine.
MY lovely wife gave me a Crimson Trace Laser sight for my Ruger LCP pistol. My kids gave me Cabela’s gift cards. I bought my wife two pairs of diamond ear rings and gave my kids cash.
A nice wool coat and some gift cards to Barnes And Noble and Starbucks.
Shouldn’t that be **HER **LCP? 
My Mrs. has the CT grips on her 442. They’re awesome.
And she gave me the only thing I asked for: a Nikon SB-900
I’ve been flashing everyone all day!
I apparently complained within earshot of my husband and mother-in-law that I’d lost a pair of gloves, because my husband got me two and my MIL got me one. So now I have plenty of gloves to lose.
I also got two omelet pans, some new wine glasses, a cordless hand vacuum (been wanting one of those for quite some time), an under-the-counter can opener (ditto), and my big present, a Kinect and two extra games for it.
My almost two-year-old daughter got the crap spoiled out of her. Her big presents were a play kitchen and play food to go with it, and a toy chest/bench that has a built in xylophone and jingle bell rollers on it. She got a Little People castle set and various other Little People toys (a fire truck being her favorite so far), a play tent and tunnel, a Sit and Spin, a potty and a baby doll that goes potty too (she’s obsessed with the potty), some tub crayons and colored bath fizzies, a bunch of books and puzzles, a soccer net, TWO toy purses from two different family members, and umpteen stuffed animals, including a tickle me Elmo that looks like it’s masturbating.
Santa brought me a fifth of Olmeca gold tequila and the wife a bottle of Kahlua.
Heee.
The ahem grass truly is greener eh?
“…looks like” eh?
Friend ducati,
My wife’s pistol is a Beretta Cheetah 84fs. She isn’t sure about laser sighting and is interested in trying out the LCP. I have only owned it for about a month. My usual carry has been a Beretta M9, but the LCP is sure easier to conceal…
In the literal sense that tomorrow by noon we’ll probably see the green grass again?
I got a Kindle and a digital camera, among other things, from my parents. My boyfriend got me a pair of earrings and a pretty watch. My sister and brother got me a giftcard and a book, respectively. Other relatives sent checks and fudge. Best haul I’ve ever gotten, I think. It’s a smaller one than I’ve had in previous years, but I don’t care. I am 100% happy with everything. And everyone I gave presents to liked what I got them, so that made me feel good, too.
Now I just have to stop myself from emptying my bank account in the Kindle store. Thing makes spending money so easy it should be illegal.
From the boyfriend:
A beautiful apron with my name embroidered on it, a griddle, and a steak dinner
From his family:
two loaves of homemade banana bread, some wall decorations, and a huge set of picture frames
From my parents:
sweet cold hard cash
From my grandparents:
a purse with my name embroidered (a theme this year?) on it, a fancy picture frame, and a family heirloom china set
You’ll shoot your eye out!
A toaster, no more toasting in the frying pan. Toast!
A garden rake, no more looking at the clippings on the lawn.
Most exciting of all a rechargeable mosquito bat, for some reason it’s also got a “headlamp” with the instructions “it is every to refresh 15 hours in ten in time” pap pap