Swaps and trees.
Wow, what a thoughtful group you all are! Many thanks! I’m going to respond in a few and get a couple of swaps going. I don’t think too many, though, since that’s a lotta packages for me to send out right at Christmas.
Emily likes dolls, fairies, mythical creatures (including dragons, skeletons, ghosts and such, contrary to her usual pink tendencies), things from the gummi food group, pencils, word search/maze type games, things that rhyme, and things that are silly or the opposite of the way they should be. Also, Christmas. Christmas Christmas Christmas. Wow does she love Christmas. Really, though, she’s all over the map. She wants those Ty Girlz for Christmas, but also tells us she wants a can of snakes for her birthday. You can’t really go wrong.
Emily doesn’t have any dietary restrictions, although she doesn’t care for chocolate bars. I know, how can this be a child of mine?
We got our tree this past weekend. As you can see, we went with our usual mini-tree. We don’t have very many ornaments, and this size tree is about as big as we can get without having a lot of bare spots.
We might go a little bigger next year, though. Because this year, our old friend the Enterprise was joined by another high-tech ornament… Serenity! Woot! Ho ruttin’ ho! Of course, contrary to the way it would be in real life… okay, not real life, but you know what I mean… Serenity completely dwarfs the Enterprise. Eh, good enough.
I actually ordered this last November, but backorders meant it didn’t come in until February. It’s been sealed up in its box until now. Of course, when I opened it I saw that it comes with a display base, meaning I could have had it out all year. Live and learn.
Okay, almost Heroes time. Back later!
For some reason this feels like the longest episode of Heroes ever.
For some reason this feels like the longest episode of Heroes ever.
I know. I feel cheated out of four episodes.
I know. I feel cheated out of four episodes.
Bah. They over-corrected for the slow pace of the first half of the volume. Well, here’s hoping that they’ll use the extra time afforded by the writer’s strike to rethink the pacing of the show.
Bah. They over-corrected for the slow pace of the first half of the volume. Well, here’s hoping that they’ll use the extra time afforded by the writer’s strike to rethink the pacing of the show.
I so want to get the Serenity ornament, but I can’t decide between the regular or the reaver one.
I so want to get the Serenity ornament, but I can’t decide between the regular or the reaver one.
Why limit yourself?
Why limit yourself?
I thought about getting the reaver one, but then I decided that bloody corpses probably didn’t belong on our Christmas tree.
Maybe after Emily graduates. Heh.
I thought about getting the reaver one, but then I decided that bloody corpses probably didn’t belong on our Christmas tree.
Maybe after Emily graduates. Heh.
Ooh. You could put them on opposite sides of the tree. They’d be like alternate universe Serenities! I can hear that Star Trek music pumping now.
Ooh. You could put them on opposite sides of the tree. They’d be like alternate universe Serenities! I can hear that Star Trek music pumping now.
I wish they hadn’t had to cram things into one episode because of the strike. I agree it was too slow at the start, but they could have slowed that last ep down and made it part of a three episode arc. I wanted to see more of Monica. I liked her potential.
If things with Nikki shook out as they seemed to imply in the last bit there, Monica could potentially have Micah as a sidekick. Fightin’ crime in the streets of N’Awlins! Holy Bourbon Street, St. Joan!
I wish they hadn’t had to cram things into one episode because of the strike. I agree it was too slow at the start, but they could have slowed that last ep down and made it part of a three episode arc. I wanted to see more of Monica. I liked her potential.
If things with Nikki shook out as they seemed to imply in the last bit there, Monica could potentially have Micah as a sidekick. Fightin’ crime in the streets of N’Awlins! Holy Bourbon Street, St. Joan!
Another question!
So… not that I plan to pawn off all of my old crap on your child, but I do have a box of Christmas ornaments and stuff that was planning to go to Goodwill. The ones I’m primarily thinking of are flat painted wood, in good condition, in shapes like wise men and Mrs. Claus and toy soldiers and all that stuff. Would she be interested in things like that, in addition to a couple little trinkets?
Another question!
So… not that I plan to pawn off all of my old crap on your child, but I do have a box of Christmas ornaments and stuff that was planning to go to Goodwill. The ones I’m primarily thinking of are flat painted wood, in good condition, in shapes like wise men and Mrs. Claus and toy soldiers and all that stuff. Would she be interested in things like that, in addition to a couple little trinkets?
That’s really sweet, but I’m going to decline. We don’t have many ornaments, but that’s because we seldom buy them for ourselves, and tend to stick to ones we’ve made or that have been handed down.
We have some unpainted wooden ones, actually, and asked her if she wanted to paint any this year. She said no.
That’s really sweet, but I’m going to decline. We don’t have many ornaments, but that’s because we seldom buy them for ourselves, and tend to stick to ones we’ve made or that have been handed down.
We have some unpainted wooden ones, actually, and asked her if she wanted to paint any this year. She said no.
Sounds reasonable 🙂
Sounds reasonable 🙂