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Huh? Huh? What did santa bring yahs??

Note: The Puppies and Kitties Calendar, along with the little stuffed moose were gifts from a patient, which was extraordinarily touching. The highball glasses were the door prize from the company party.

some perfume, CD....my daughter got a new Honda 70 and my son got a new Honda 50 with all the safety wear. Needless to say we didn't get much for each other. The well had runneth dryeth... :yelsick:

I got a warm outdoor suit to keep me warm and am .MP3 player to keep me in tunage.
And two gift cards for WalMart and Circuit City. I smell new additions to my DVD collection coming.

Happy Happy!

Brian

Mmmmmmmmm, chocolate covered pretzels. Mmmmmmmm.

I got a Sirius radio for my car. WooHoo!!

I am so thrilled....I got omelet pans and a coffee mug that plugs into my car's cigarette lighter. Only the coffee mug is "on order".... : :(

I am thoroughly consumed by the Prince of Persia currently. I gave GTA: San Andreas a try, though.

My goodness. I did not expect that language from a video game.

Even that video game.

The soundtrack is awesome.

What is in the box between P of P and GTA? It looks like a hand-cranked LCD display, from what I can see of the picture.

We actually did our Yule last Saturday night, so I've had my stuff for a week. I'm sitting in the best one, a brand new, high-backed office chair. My second favorite was the ESPN NFL 2K5 game for X-Box. Third favorite was a dollar store thing, a crystal, laser-etched-inside sort of 3D image of my horrorscope sign. Also got the Star Wars trilogy on DVD, a DVD copy of Spiderman 2, a digital multimeter and a $20 gift card to the local mega-mall.

Topping it all off was the fact that my boss gave me his Chiefs tickets for the game today, so my son and I went and enjoyed a real barn-burner, with the Chiefs pulling it out against the hated Raiders in the last 20 seconds.

Considering that I spent the first part of this week at a hospital death vigil when I wasn't working, then spent the past two days at two different funerals, this has been a surprisingly rewarding holiday season. Oh...I forgot to mention that we had to take youngest stepson to the ER yesterday with a severely swollen uvula (he could barely breathe).

The beat goes on and on and on and on....

I think this was my least 'stuff' Holiday, but one I'll remember the most.

Yes, I got some things...(a Sizzix die Cut machine, some goregous sweaters, a nice addition to the Daggy's getting a kick ass car fund), other goodies that I'll have to dust once in a while...

But this was the first year in seven years we LIVED Christmas. I finally got to learn the heirloom baking secrets for sugar cookies and sand tarts, spent more time with my Mom and Gramma than I have in a long time, laughed, cried, and shared family memories. And we're not even done yet. Tomorrow is our big family dinner, when everyone is coming in from far and wide, except for my brother and his family from NC, to share time together, visit with my Grandmother, and enjoy time together as a family.

I learned that Christmas is much more than gifts under the tree, shopping like a fiend, and spending time rushing around to get things 'just right'. It's the lucid smile on my Grandmother's face, the hours spent with my Aunt and Grandmother as we talked about long standing Christmas traditions, and the newer ones we've added in over the past few years as people have come into our lives and touched our family. The silly movies, jokes, and other goofiness brought on by a tad bit too much Captain and Coke. It's the heartfelt prayer of a family who is dealing with a lot of crap right now, but can still be thankful that we have a reason to celebrate this season.

I'm glad you all enjoyed your holiday. And hope that at some point in time this weekend, you can take a moment or two, sit by the light of your tree (or other festive light source if you don't decorate a tree) and think about what these few days mean in the grand scheme of things.

Because when it comes down to it, it's what you're left with, and it's what you take with you.

Stay warm, stay happy, and be blessed.

Dagney

That is a hand cranked AM/FM radio. It is now part of my "fall of civilization" supplies.

Of course, when civilization falls we will still have to have AM/FM radio broadcasts for it to be of any use ... but it's a start. It will also run on batteries.

Occasionally, without meaning to, my mother gets something in the "goofy gift" category that is useful.

Oh, other stuff that's not immediately obvious - The big box under everything else is a VCR/DVD combo, and the small jewelry box has a pair of earrings from Coldwater Creek with moose on them.

My dad got me one of these...

http://www.msu.edu/~luethchr/DCP00348.JPG

I was more impressed with the fact that he took the #4 off and put my number on... of course, now I am aftraid to scratch it.

I bought myself a new 450 this year, so I know where you guys are at. There are six bikes in my garage right now. Ugh. I hope the kids enjoy!

The latest Liberty Meadows collection, a Capitol Steps CD, and a set of martini glasses (my third set--it's amazing how quickly the first 2 sets got broken, and we don't in general have a high rate of glassware breakage).

I spent christmas over at Dragon17's house. He and his wife bought me a digital weather station with outdoor remote sensor and two indoor repeaters with time, indoor temp, and outdoor temp.

This is the kind of gadget I have been looking at for years but could never buy for myself. I set it up last night. It has a min/max temperature function which will tell you the highest and lowest outdoor temp in a time period (not sure if 24 hours or from last reset) and the time at which it ocurred.

Oh, and I got myself the new PC which I just finished upgrading a few minutes ago with 768MB Ram, DVD+/- R/RW drive, CD-RW drive, 128 MB GeForce card, and 5.1 sound card.

A new set of tires for the Pimpwagon (I call it that to convince myself that chicks dig it).
A dartboard (This is great. I haven't had that much fun in a long time).
New clothes that actually fit, including a really nice french-cut shirt.
For myself, I got a wireless controller for the Gamecube and a copy of "King Arthur".

A handmade calendar
Some origami window hangings
A book on philosophy in Lord of the Rings
A flannel shirt
A fleece shirt
Socks
A trip to the Grand Canyon sometime this spring.

For my birthday/Christmas, my mom named a star after me (Virgo RA 13h18m33s D 06 46')

She wanted me to open something, so she got me a tin of pistachios and a hand made bowl that I am to pass down in the family.

My boys went in together and got me the collectors edition DVD of Spiderman2 and got Husband a 700 piece jigsaw puzzle and glue to make it stick. I'll post some pics on my webpage.

Mostly, I had a nervous breakdown that had Husband worried for a few hours, because someone threw a rock and shattered my driver's side car window. It didn't break OUT, so they weren't trying to break in, they just wanted to cause distruction.

Merry Christmas.

My mother, sister, and I all exchanged very similar mirrors and shelves from Pottery Barn, which was a little eerie... apparently our shopping habits are genetic. I got a bunch of clothes and other boring stuff - but the kids got some really cool shit. Spencer got Robosapien, a Gamboy advanced, and several hundred (or thousand, I'm not sure, they're everywhere) Yu-gi-oh! cards. Ippy got a portable dvd player, lots of plastic jewelry and glitter powder, and a puppet theater that hangs in a doorway.

Showing that they both care about me, both Jacquelita and Katkeeper got me black-colored jackets. Different types of jackets, for different conditions/situations, so it's actually great: one fleece, and one leather. My previous jackets were in poor condition and/or showed my poor fashion sense.

I was going to make a witty comment about no matter how cool a bass player you are, you're still a programmer at heart. Then I realized that the fashion senses of extremely cool bass players and programmers are effectively similar, as are many other of their personal habits ...

Nothing to see here, move along.

I got a bunch of nice stuff, but was most excited with a kitchen garbage can I got. I know. A garbage can. But it's really nice. It's a foot pedal one that actually opens up past vertical. When you take your foot off the pedal, the lid slowly drops down with a dampener. The can (and lid) are made of metal, which is heavier, so the can won't shift around when you step on the pedal.

It just works.
http://www.kitchensource.com/trash/i...h-cw1512-m.jpg

I don't want to know what my wife paid for it, but I was shocked when I looked for this picture and saw what they charge on-line.

I got 3 days off in a row with my family.

I got a Benellie Nova 12 Ga pump shot gun ,
clothes , etc,,,,,
For the house we got a wide screen HDTV , now if i can just figuer out HOW to get an HD signal !!!!!!

COOOOOOOOOL The problem for us now is that I want a bike! My daughter and I were just about fighting over her 70!

Funny you should say that... I bought an 80 last year as a pit bike, and every time I take it over to my Dad's, I can't keep him off of it. I keep telling him to get one, but that hasn't happened yet. He just got a 250X instead.

They are way too much fun. Especially the little ones. I have more fun on my 80 than on the big bikes.

You win. :)

Suh-weeeet!

Somebody was a good boy this year, that's for sure!!

bottles of the following:

a nice mondavi cabernet
crown royal
hennessy
jack daniels

and a nice home brewery kit to round things off. it's good to be loved.

i got plenty of non-booze items as well but those are my gems.

I took the $20 megamall gift card, combined it with a $25 card I got from my employer for my one year of employment (wheeee!), and spent them both very, very wisely.

I am now watching The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 in 5.1 surround, digitally restored, and sonically remastered by Townshend himself from the original 8-track tapes.

There's a reason I play guitar the way I do. It is Pete's fault. Everything I arrange or hear in my head tends to be affected by my Who affliction. Watching this video reminds me why.

They are all so young. Entwistle is the greatest rock bass player of all time. And no one...*no one*...compared to Keith Moon. He was freaking inhuman.

I also bought "I Robot", and will enjoy that in bed tonight. As I said, I spent my gift cards wisely.

I got to avoid spending time with family for the holidays because I have mono... needless to say, the mono was sort of a gift in that sense. If you like your family, I guess those 3 days were great. My family is nuts.

won't that hurt? :eyebrow:

Anything you can enjoy in bed, is a wise purchase. :)

No, it won't hurt, because the appendage which I will be using is size-appropriate for the disc and the device in which it will be placed...

Santa gave me:
-a set of flannel sheets. No longer is going to bed like climbing onto a block of ice.
-a collection of various bath oils and things. I'd rather have a bathroom that smells like Bath and Body Works than...a bathroom.
-a leather and silver bracelet. Stylin'.
-a Mac laptop. Just in time as my old one is just starting to show its age (9 years)

Santa gave me ... a personally dedicated arrangement of The Trumpet Shall Sound from Handel's Messiah for brass quintet, a bronze sculpture of a hare (possibly French 19th century), several entertaining books, a scatter of candles, some scented things for bathtime, a scarf, warm socks and several boxes of chocolates! And a teach yourself belly-dancing kit ...

By the way, I have found that British persons aged in their 40s have a disproportionate fondness for candles in the home - I personally link this to our Winter of Discontent in the 1970s when there was what amounts to power rationing and we all relied on cancles for illumination ....

Screw the candles, tell me about the chocolates. :yum:

Half-a-kilo of assorted chocolates from our local chocolate shop, a 300g box of ferrero rocher and some cherries in brandy enrobed* in chocolate.

*such a sensual word, don't you think?