60 Days - Page 9

Aliantha · 12-03-2008, 04:35 PM

22 days to go!

I'm going to have to check back on this thread. I think I've somehow gotten a day behind.

Aliantha · 12-04-2008, 04:26 PM

21 days to go!

That's only 3 weeks folks. I hope you've got your shit together by now.

classicman · 12-04-2008, 08:43 PM

nope - not even remotely close.

Griff · 12-05-2008, 06:46 AM

Okay, I will now endorse the holiday season. I'll start and finish shopping tomorrow.

Clodfobble · 12-05-2008, 12:29 PM

I've ordered a couple of shipments from different websites for the kids, and have plenty more bookmarked that we're prioritizing and making sure we don't stumble on anything better. But I am stumped for Mr. Clod. I know what he wants: he wants a PS3. But he readily admits it's too expensive and won't get enough use. He still has unopened videogames for our existing systems (for the record, we have a PS2, a GameCube, two Playstations--one stock and one mod-chipped--two Gameboy SPs, and a Nintendo DS.) AND he just spent a bunch upgrading his PC so it could play Fallout 3. So no PS3, no freaking way. But I can't come up with anything else he wants, at all. We already skimp on presents for ourselves pretty viciously in favor of stuff for the kids, and we didn't even go out on our last anniversary. I need to get him something good, but I don't have any idea what.

Undertoad · 12-05-2008, 12:47 PM

Steak and BJ

Aliantha · 12-05-2008, 05:39 PM

I still haven't iced my christmas cake yet, but I finally picked up the last few bits and pieces I need for it yesterday, so I might get to it on Monday. Besides that, we're going to decorate the tree today, and then this arvy I'm going to wrap presents.

It's all very exciting really. Specially since there's only...

20 days to go!

Aliantha · 12-07-2008, 05:32 PM

Ooops...I missed a day! you know what that means right???

18 days to go!

Sorry about that folks. I guess life does get in the way sometimes.

Aliantha · 12-08-2008, 04:31 PM

17 days to go!

That's not long.

Are you organized yet Classic? lol

classicman · 12-08-2008, 08:08 PM

Not in the least. eek!

Pie · 12-09-2008, 03:14 PM

Still don't have any idea what to get the FIL. Everyone else is covered, as far as I know.

Aliantha · 12-09-2008, 06:58 PM

16 days to go!

Glad to see there's at least one dwellar who's got things sorted. I recommend a gift certificate for the FIL. That's always a good fall back when you really can't think of anything good. At least that way he can go get himself whatever he likes from his fav store.

Pie · 12-09-2008, 07:26 PM

Yeabbut, he still gets us gift certificates, along with "real" gifts. He's retired, we both work, but he still feels like "Dad has to provide" or something.

So a merely reciprocal gift certificate wouldn't really fit, I think.

ETA: Badger is thinking of getting him a hammer drill, whatever that is.

Aliantha · 12-09-2008, 07:29 PM

Also known as a masonry drill. If you want to drill into concrete or bricks for example. It hammers while it drills.

I regret not getting one when I purchased a drill a while ago. I really should have. It'd be much more useful.

Aliantha · 12-10-2008, 05:04 PM

15 days to go!

That's just two weeks to finish all your shopping and get all your preparations organized.

Not long now folks!

12-03-2008, 04:35 PM	#121
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	22 days to go! I'm going to have to check back on this thread. I think I've somehow gotten a day behind. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2008, 04:26 PM	#122
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	21 days to go! That's only 3 weeks folks. I hope you've got your shit together by now. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2008, 08:43 PM	#123
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	nope - not even remotely close. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-05-2008, 06:46 AM	#124
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Okay, I will now endorse the holiday season. I'll start and finish shopping tomorrow. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-05-2008, 12:29 PM	#125
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I've ordered a couple of shipments from different websites for the kids, and have plenty more bookmarked that we're prioritizing and making sure we don't stumble on anything better. But I am stumped for Mr. Clod. I know what he wants: he wants a PS3. But he readily admits it's too expensive and won't get enough use. He still has unopened videogames for our existing systems (for the record, we have a PS2, a GameCube, two Playstations--one stock and one mod-chipped--two Gameboy SPs, and a Nintendo DS.) AND he just spent a bunch upgrading his PC so it could play Fallout 3. So no PS3, no freaking way. But I can't come up with anything else he wants, at all. We already skimp on presents for ourselves pretty viciously in favor of stuff for the kids, and we didn't even go out on our last anniversary. I need to get him something good, but I don't have any idea what. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-05-2008, 12:47 PM	#126
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Steak and BJ

12-05-2008, 05:39 PM	#127
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I still haven't iced my christmas cake yet, but I finally picked up the last few bits and pieces I need for it yesterday, so I might get to it on Monday. Besides that, we're going to decorate the tree today, and then this arvy I'm going to wrap presents. It's all very exciting really. Specially since there's only... 20 days to go! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-07-2008, 05:32 PM	#128
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Ooops...I missed a day! you know what that means right??? 18 days to go! Sorry about that folks. I guess life does get in the way sometimes. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-08-2008, 04:31 PM	#129
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	17 days to go! That's not long. Are you organized yet Classic? lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-08-2008, 08:08 PM	#130
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Not in the least. eek! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-09-2008, 03:14 PM	#131
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Still don't have any idea what to get the FIL. Everyone else is covered, as far as I know. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-09-2008, 06:58 PM	#132
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	16 days to go! Glad to see there's at least one dwellar who's got things sorted. I recommend a gift certificate for the FIL. That's always a good fall back when you really can't think of anything good. At least that way he can go get himself whatever he likes from his fav store. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-09-2008, 07:26 PM	#133
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yeabbut, he still gets us gift certificates, along with "real" gifts. He's retired, we both work, but he still feels like "Dad has to provide" or something. So a merely reciprocal gift certificate wouldn't really fit, I think. ETA: Badger is thinking of getting him a hammer drill, whatever that is. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-09-2008, 07:29 PM	#134
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Also known as a masonry drill. If you want to drill into concrete or bricks for example. It hammers while it drills. I regret not getting one when I purchased a drill a while ago. I really should have. It'd be much more useful. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-10-2008, 05:04 PM	#135
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	15 days to go! That's just two weeks to finish all your shopping and get all your preparations organized. Not long now folks! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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