Christmas 2008:
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Mom/Nana/Lee, Pop/Boompa/Larry, Laura, Ruben, Leighton, Sabine, Lou, Angela, Jackson, Audrey, Tom, Sara, Olivya, Whitney
Mom/Nana/Lee:
Autographed photo of Barack - “To Lee with love and thanks,
Barack”
Gift cards - Blockbuster, Starbucks, AMC Theaters
Bath
stuff - oils, salts, bubbles, body scrub
Black crew socks
Wine
Serving spoons
DVD - The Upside of Anger
Book - Mother Theresa: Come Be My Light
Seed for my backyard birds - sunflower
seed, safflower seed, etc.
Suet for my backyard birds
Dried corn for my backyard squirrels
Truffles - I prefer dark chocolate
Trinidads
Mexican sugar cookies
30” sterling silver chain
Digital wall clock for family room (I hate that mine ticks!)
Pop/Boompa/Larry:
iPod® classic MP3 Player with
120GB* - Black OR Best Buy gift card
towards getting it'
Men's Leather Belt, 1-1/4 - 1-1/2 wide, length 50-52, to be
worn with "jeans" or other casual ware. (Brown or Black, or
reversible)
Men's leather dress belt, black or brown or reversable, length 50-52
Man's two fold wallet
Men's Bandanas, various colors
DVD - Wagner:
Parsifal
(2007) Starring: Siegfried Jerusalem, Bernd Weikl
DVD - Puccini:
La
Boheme (Live from the Met) (2008)
~ Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramon Vargas, and Ludovic Tezier
Madama Butterfly (1974)
~ Mirella Freni,
Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns
(DVD - 2005)
La Fanciulla del West (1992)
~ Daniels, Domingo, Milnes, Croft,
Laciura, Fitch, Slatkin -(1992)
Delibes: Lakme (1976)
Verdi: La
Traviata (1982)
Laura:
Iron
Answering machine
Coffee carafe (to keep coffee warm)
Starbuck's or other nice coffee - medium roast - grounds or
beans
DVDs: The Other Bolyn Sister, The
Cat's Meow, I Love Lucy season 4 or
later
Little silver hoop earrings or other cute little silver
earrings
Ruben:
Books A Million gift card
Starbucks gift card
Leighton:
Amazon Wish List
"Just to expand on what we talked about re: my Amazon wish list,
anything on there is still fair game but I guess the Quantum Leap DVDs
and maybe the Kids in the Hall DVDs could be considered lower priority.
The Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0 set won't be released until
January, but a creative person could pre-order it at the discounted
price and create a "fake" DVD case to wrap...just a thought. ;)
If
you want to look at clothes I currently wear 38 x 30 slacks and Large
dress shirts (or one of my suit shirts says 17 32/33). I'm less fickle
about clothes these days, but I guess I like striped shirts.
I'll add these notes to the Shell-Family xmas page, too."
How's this for uber-geeky?
Battlestar Galactica - The Board Game
Sabine:
DVDs
Lars and the real girl - Used " Like new"! Please spend no more than $8.00
http://product.half.ebay.com/Lars-And-The-Real-Girl_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ65598391
Books
Alice in Wonderland Pop-up
http://www.amazon.com/Alice-pop-up-Wonderland-Lewis-Carroll/dp/043941184X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_3_img?pf_rd_p=304485601&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-2&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0689847432&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=153721FNP6B3ENC3CQ9M
Magazine Subscription to any of these magazines:
- Real Simple
- Domino
Giftcard for Starbucks - I love to treat myself in the morning sometimes.
Lou:
fannie
may pixies
brach's
turtles
frango
mints
Starbucks gift card
Itunes gift card
Angela:
CD’s for the kids (and me):
Elizabeth
Mitchell - You Are My Sunshine, Asian
Dreamland
Gift certificate to: Salon Hype
Bracelet
Vosges
Chocolates
jewelry box - something small and simple to help keep me organized. I don't
have much jewelry. My old one is broken.
Kitchen stuff : Coffee
Maker, Blender,
Toaster,
Steamer basket for veggies, oven mitts (small to fit
in my tiny kitchen drawers), trivets or hot pads (to keep the new countertop
nice!)
Jackson:
Duplo fire station
Also loves play-dough. We have a shape set, and the fun
factory.
He loves stamping. Something like this would be great I
think: Alphabet
Stamps
Also keeps talking about these DVDs: Thomas
The Great Discover, Bob
On Site Houses and Playgrounds
He still likes Thomas of course. New lengths of track are
always good. He's also been talking about a plastic Thomas train set that is
battery controlled - you push a button and it goes.
Audrey:
Audrey seems to like legos a lot too.
I bought her "my first legos" set. Maybe
she would like this. Duplo Green Building Plate
She likes pretend play - she likes playing with the little
coffee and espresso cups in Lou's office. Maybe a little tea
set?
She seems to just LOVE playing dress up. Such a girl!
She also seems to be quite a little entertainer - she always
dances around when music plays. The little cd player I bought her is broken. If you can find
something that would look cute sitting in her room (pink?), but also be
something that maybe in a couple of years, she would be able to operate
herself. I notice they make ones that have microphones.
She also likes animals very much - especially dogs. Maybe a
book with pictures of dogs, or a little stuffed dog (sorry- no, we can't get
the real thing right now!)
She likes organizing things - sorting shapes, putting things
in baskets/purses/drawers/cabinets. Not sure what toys are out there for that
sort of thing right now.
New PJs will always be used!
Tom:
-Starbucks Gift Card
-Black Tube Socks
-Gift cards to Lowes or Home Depot
-The last Harry Potter book
-Box of golfballs (Maxfli
Noodles)
-DVDs: "National Treasure", "Batman Begins", "Casino
Royale", "In the Name of the King", "Tombstone",
"Man From Snowy River"
Sara:
-Candles from Yankee Candles (Beach Walk or MidSummer's Night)
-Laptop stand w/ wheels so that I can work/surf in bed:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/937145/Ameriwood-Laptop-Cart-34-3-4H/
-Winsor Pilates:
http://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Pilates-Workout-Sculpting-Accelerated/dp/B00077BD7A/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1227023265&sr=8-8
-Gift cards to: Best Buy; IntaJuice or Jamba Juice (Smoothie Places); Old Navy
-5-qt cast iron casserole pot: http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/shopbyroom/kitchen/kitchenstorage/foodstorage/PRD~360439/Food+Network+5qt+CastIron+Covered+Casserole+Dish.jsp
-DVDs: "Over Her Dead Body"
-Subscribtion to People Magazine
Olivya:
-She's really really into drawing,
so any kind of art supplies
-3 wheel Scooter similar to this: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3161947
-Things to style hair:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3088025 or
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3130500
-Tool Workshop of some sort to help Daddy build things:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2310403
-Any kind of dress up stuff...(she already has dress up shoes)
-DVD of "Barbie in a Christmas Carol"
-Digital Camera like this: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3103034
-Spring Jacket in a 5/6
-Sleeveless vest like this, any color but white: http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/girls46x/outerwear/PRD~367011/Carters+Quilted+Vest++White.jsp
Whitney:
- BlueRay DVD – Mama Mia (or regular DVD if Blu-Ray is not available)
- Gold or silver pen (like Cross)
- Acrylic cook book holder (holds book up while cooking)
- Victoria Secret gift card