Oh my gosh. The Wii is pretty darn cool. I was just hanging out with the boy. Watching pictures from my SD card! I didn't know you could do that!! There is so much you can do with that thing.

And, I pointed out to my son that the SD card thing is pretty good. Most newer gadgets {cameras, the PSP, etc.} take newer more expensive memory cards/sticks. I am going to keep my eyes open to get them one each.

So cool. I watched a 'movie' I filmed years ago in Yosemite of it snowing. I wish I hadn't deleted my footage from the Maroon 5 show.

And, the Boy was totally surprised. He had no idea we actually had found a Wii. I know a lot of people didn't and I am sorry for them.

AND some games are on sale at Target today. I saw the flier, some for only $39.99. I paid $59.99 for the Zelda game but I think it is past their price guarentee deal.

I want a clapper. For my mother, of course.

And, geesh, if your mom is going to go through the trouble of mailing you things, she should ask you if you want it first. I would. We can't remember every single item we have in our life.


And, my husband loves to shop. Too much. I love to browse, window shop. He loves to buy. It isn't always necessary to purchase anything when shopping. I still enjoy it.

I gave a chia pet...does that count? :evil:

Best, Mom gave me cash (well a check, but for once it does not have David's name on it).

My sisters-in-law gave me seasons one and two of Deadwood.

Worst was for Nickolas...He asked for and recieved Moon Sand.

I'm sure the very next LoTer you see would be thrilled to get the B&N gift card that you will never use. Heck, you could just hand it to the next human you see and make someone's day.

If someone knows me well enough to get me what I want, and wants to take the time to hunt it down, then that is spectacular. But if someone doesn't know what to get me (which almost no one does) then I appreciate the thought of a gift card. Anyone that asked what I wanted this year got told B&N gift card (just family, I didn't do the gift thing with friends). I appreciate that while they really don't know me well enough to shop for me, they still want me to have something I want and will use.

What I really hate are the gifts that I've gotten where the person was obviously just in the grocery store because they were assigned to bring soda and picked up a gift while they were there. I've gotten a talking picture frame that way (actually, Indi loved that), a really crappy book of inspirational sayings about marriage (anyone that's ever met me should know I would hate that), and random boxes of really cheap chocolate. All for various wedding anniversaries. If you don't care about what you choose, don't care if I'll like it, and are just getting it because you feel obligated then please don't bother. Especially if you've been a member of my immediate family my entire life. I don't mind not getting a gift, really, but to get me something that any modicum of thought would reveal that I will hate is sort of offensive.

I've always wanted a chia pet, and would be so happy if someone got me one. :blush:

We once had a clapper. We got it because for years after we moved to the Bay Area we slept on the floor (it took us about five years to get around to buying a bed) and light and floorlamp switches aren't situated conveniently to someone on the floor.

95% of the time it was pretty handy. Unfortunately it had a somewhat broad definition of what constituted a "clap."

We got the kids Guitar Hero 2 and I just lost an hour of my life playing it. I could have gone for much longer had the kids not have been cramping my playing style! ;)

We also got them a stange little game called Viva Pinata - a sort of sims with Pinanas... but not really. It seems very cutesy - overly so. Until you learn that in order to be really successful you have to behave in very uncutesy ways. It's in interesting idea - will you be mean to creatures you love and have nurtured in order to get ahead in the game? Well - will you?

I saw the commercial for that game. It seems sort of evil. :evil:

Well, were you mean or not? :eek:

hehehe I just found out that my brother-in-law is still scratching his head at the electronic aquarium I gave him. I warned my sister ahead of time that I was in a verrrrry odd mood and his gifts would reflect it.

Best: Best Buy Gift Card

Worst: Stainless Steel coffee mug. (I don't drink coffee)

Was a thin year. Oh well, what else is new...

Best gift...the gift of time from a loved one, second best...my Patriotic Mickey big fig

worst gift...barney purple sweater that will never see the light of day!


For Missy>....best gift, time with someone she loves, second best would be a toss up between her new bowling equipment and the Elmo X she got.

Worse gift for missy.....the wrong color bowling shoes in her box :(