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Merry Christmas all! Hope your week has been wonderful! Here are some cookies for you at my blog 
You all are among the most generous ladies I know so I presume you have given much this lovely Christmas. Good for you! Everyone has been blessed by your making of Christmas wonders  .
And....
I want to know what YOU received!
I'm typing on my big gift, MacBook Pro - LOVE IT!
Prettiest gift? Bracelet from Dave
Most unusual? Cork coasters with mustaches on them, lol!
Most surprising? Ginger Beer (been looking for it for some time without success)
Gift to come? Tickets for the whole family to see Brian Regan
Most practical? Socks!
And you....?
Love,
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Prettiest ...a beautiful ceramic cross for my wall.
Most fun and practical ... fuzzy warm socks with rubber stickies on the soles.
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Pretty Janette!
Speaking of fuzzy warm socks, my sister Jenn Sal game me them with a picture of Muppet ANIMAL on them! I need to go put the on right now  .
Love,
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Mine are lavender, which I love. I got a second fuzzy pair that goes almost to my knees and is Christmas striped. I'm wearing them now. My sil said I looked like an elf! (She meant it in a good way.) I love the Muppets! Jenny Sal has great taste.
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Merry Christmas Angie and Janette!!! 
Angie Mc wrote:
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Wonderful!! I got a MacBook Air this past fall and I love it!!
Let's see...
Biggest gift...Villaware Panini Press - I can't wait to try out some roasted vegetable panini ideas!!
Prettiest gift...Vintage pink gingham apron with hand embroidery on the pockets and hem. My mom picks up a pretty vintage apron at our favorite flea market for me every year and I just love it!!!
Practical gift...which is also pretty ...a set of Robins Egg Blue napkin rings from etsy.
Gift with most potential...new knitting needles, knitting books and yarn. I have long wanted to learn how to knit!!! I'm excited to try!
Smallest unexpected gift...Camellia brand red beans for making fantastic red beans and rice!
Merry Christmas all!!!
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right back at you Jen!
I want to hear all about that press!
Of course I thought of you and this MacBook :) I prettied it up with a robin egg blue hard case, pretty decals where my hands rest, and a tanin/purple carrying case 
Love,
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Enjoying Christmas here! We got a Nook Color as a family gift. Even though it was my idea, I'm the one who uses it less so far. Maybe a second one would come in handy. I got a lot of gift cards this year. Looking forward to spending them. I have no idea where we are going to put all the new sets of Legos that the boys got! My brother and his family gave me their colds for Christmas! But, I'll take it since they live three hours away and it was just great to see them and spend two days with them! Oh, I got some comfy socks too! Socks were popular this year since I think everyone got some. I can't wear the ones with the non-slip stuff on the bottom because they hurt my feet.  But, the other ones don't have it, so I'm enjoying those. I think the best gift of all was cash from my generous FIL. I knew we would get it, so I had allergy testing done this fall and started allergy treatments. I knew we couldn't afford it, but with the Christmas cash we would have enough. My allergies are horrible, so I'm sure I will be loving this gift all year long!! Bill came last week, so perfect timing!
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Angie Mc wrote:
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I'm so proud of you!!! Practical, useful AND pretty!!
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pumpkinmom wrote:
| Enjoying Christmas here! We got a Nook Color as a family gift. Even though it was my idea, I'm the one who uses it less so far. Maybe a second one would come in handy. I got a lot of gift cards this year. Looking forward to spending them. I have no idea where we are going to put all the new sets of Legos that the boys got! My brother and his family gave me their colds for Christmas! But, I'll take it since they live three hours away and it was just great to see them and spend two days with them! Oh, I got some comfy socks too! Socks were popular this year since I think everyone got some. I can't wear the ones with the non-slip stuff on the bottom because they hurt my feet. But, the other ones don't have it, so I'm enjoying those. I think the best gift of all was cash from my generous FIL. I knew we would get it, so I had allergy testing done this fall and started allergy treatments. I knew we couldn't afford it, but with the Christmas cash we would have enough. My allergies are horrible, so I'm sure I will be loving this gift all year long!! Bill came last week, so perfect timing! |
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What a wonderful Christmas you had, pumpkinmom! Gift cards are so handy!!! And what a generous gift from your FIL!
Enjoy that Nook!!
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Most practical: kitchen tools from Dream Farm. Click there as soon as you can. My dh found them. Awesome!
Most fun: Oven Squirrel!
Most spiritual: Rule of St. Benedict
And a bunch of other stuff, including 2 pairs of slippers because I always wear through them in 6 months!
It was very merry!
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Hmmm . . . thinking in terms of my "rule of three" for giving to my kids (something to read, something to wear, something to play with) . . .
To read:
a book on organic gardening from my mom,
a book of poems by a poet named Paul Ruffin from my husband
To wear:
a pretty long red cardigan with a black cami to wear under, from my mom
some warm flannel pjs from my mother-in-law
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a porch swing!!! (really for the whole family, from my husband. And the weather was actually nice enough today that my mom and I sat on it for a long time)
And for the "most spiritual" award: a beautiful handcrafted statue of St. Therese, in a little rustic wood shrine with a blue-tile background. I love her, and she's on my front porch already, to welcome people to what may henceforth have to be known as The House of the Little Way . . .
And chocolate.
Sally
PS: Here is my St. Therese statue. I love this artist -- a friend of mine sells his work locally, and I've just been longing for one of these pieces . . . or more than one . . .
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Most expensive - definately the new corelle place settings and flatware dh and I got from his parents. I got to pick it out, I got the Splendor pattern. We're using the corelle but put away the flatware.. so that I have a nice set to pull out, we have plenty of ends and bits of other sets for everyday.
Most "smelly" - a lovely coconut lime body butter mmmmmmm
Most colorful - Scarves from my dh (we'd looked at them at Thanksgiving) one is a guazey light green.. one is a silky thread crochet look in white and red and bright pink and coral. and one is more of a wrap in a silvery black.
The warmest - another wrap (like a pashmina) in a soft cozy brown. Totally unexpected since I'd decided to start trying out wearing scarves AFTER it was purchased for me (when my mom and sis were on their trip).
The most fun was seeing my kids get super excited about recieving books.
Oh and my kids were given a gift of $10 each.. dh and I pooled the money and got them 2 new waffle irons and a big electric griddle and they LOVED it. We of course had to have waffles on the very next morning.
And we've saved the gifts from my BIL and SIL for Epiphany. SIL loves to buy stocking stuffer type of things and the kids get buckets or bags full of stuff.. she loves doing it.. and we don't mind.. but we also decided it would be more fun and less overwhelming to have those on Epiphany when they're not competing with everything else.
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Mackfam wrote:
Merry Christmas Angie and Janette!!!
Angie Mc wrote:
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Wonderful!! I got a MacBook Air this past fall and I love it!!
Let's see...
Biggest gift...Villaware Panini Press - I can't wait to try out some roasted vegetable panini ideas!!
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My Dad just got us a pannini press too -- culinary I think. We are just learning to use it. So far we really like it! We've only used it for sandwiches. I'd love grilled veggie ideas!
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My very favorite: a homemade gift certificate for 10 foot massages.
Heaven!
Dh gave me a canister of Strawberry Hibiscus tea from Republic of Tea (he got it at the Fresh Market). Oh, my- it is so good!
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Most practical - new kitchen scissors that can cut metal and window screens and all kinds of stuff I'll never cut...but will also stay sharp and help me cut open annoying packaging.
Big gift - there are two. My parents are giving us a generator (hurray!) and my husband gave me four place settings of our stainless flatware - so now I have enough flatware to go around my big dining room table when it's filled with friends and family.
Prettiest gift - a lovely silver chain from my husband.
Most surprising - a mixing bowl scraper from my Food Network addict daughter. She swears I'll love it.
The best gift of all (besides Our Lord, of course!) is the wonderful visit we're having with my brother-in-law and my two youngest nieces. We have several days together - they're great houseguests, they eat all the food I cook (I feel flattered!) and the girls are lots of fun. Tomorrow we take them into DC...let's hope I don't get us lost!
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Thanks for the cookies, Angie. Merry Christmas everyone!
Prettiest gift: Spode candy dish.
Most practical gift: Conimar pastry mat
Most surprising gift: Emma
Priceless and best gift: Going to Midnight Mass
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Favorite Gift - Dinner out with my DH and tickets to see Beauty and the Beast performance. It was wonderful. By the time we got to the big city, had dinner and watched the show it was 8 hours of just DH and me. Bliss! (Of course, during dinner I kept thinking about how my oldest ds would love the food and during the show I kept thinking about how my dd would love the show, and I obviously had to check in with the kids on a regular basis to make sure everything was going okay, and the topic of conversation was the younger boys .... )
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Angie Mc wrote:
Pretty Janette!
Speaking of fuzzy warm socks, my sister Jenn Sal game me them with a picture of Muppet ANIMAL on them! I need to go put the on right now .
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He IS your favorite, isn't he?
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I got an IPad!!!  Not a word about my phone, Angie. 
VitaMix dry container
Socks from Gander Mt. ($$$...but worth it)
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Practical: Set of new pots from my parents
Beautiful: Monet calender from dd
Surprising: I didn't get a book from dh- not one! It was a refreshing change! He purchased a great set of grape coloured leather gloves from MEC- a nice gift when Nativity found us at -40 degrees!
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