See you Next Year!

Well, this Christmas was great, once again! Thank you so much for our beautiful gifts! Even better than presents though, was spending time with our wonderful families. We love you! Check back in the spring for garden updates, and then....after Thanksgiving 2011, we'll be back telling you about all the cool stuff we love!

They Put The Internet On Books Now?!?

Penny Arcade is a comic strip about video games that gets uploaded to the Interwebs three times a week, and can be read there for free. But I would totally pay real moneys to have the strips collected in book form. Why would I be so stupid? Well, Jan got me their first volume for my birthday this year, and I loved reading it. It's annotated, and hearing the authors talk about their writing process is just unbelievably fascinating. Plus it's a fun stroll down memory lane for me, revisiting the state of the video game industry as it was ten years ago, when the strip began.

The picture is of the book that Jan got me. I would like to have any other book than this one. Barnes and Noble totally carries them, sometimes even in physical stores.

Read my Shirt

I ran across these shirts and they are adorable! I'd love to wear them to school and impress all my little friends. They are sorta expensive, for a t-shirt...maybe you can find them cheaper elsewhere?
They can be found at this website: http://search.80stees.com/?category=Childrens+Books&i=1&q=Junk+Food&u1=q&u2=category and I wear a size Large.

Is That A Joystick In Your Pocket, Or...?

Look at this freakin' thing! Isn't it cute? It's a keychain shaped like a tiny joystick, with a special surprise... it actually contains 5 classic Sega Genesis games that can be played when connected to a tv!
http://www.buy.com/prod/official-sega-arcade-nano-vf2-plug-n-play-keychain-featuring-virtua/q/loc/108/218054716.html

Sew Cool

Hi! As I was mending a hem on some pants this evening, it struck me that I'd love to have a real, grown-up sewing kit. (Simple simple! Not for a sewing machine or anything!) We have a great little sewing kit that Gram made us during college out of a margarine container. :) Its come in very handy over the years! But I'm starting to run low on thread, and it made me think it might be nice to have a kit with different colored threads and needles. Nothin' fancy...we don't sew very much, but when we do, it would be great to have a sweet kit!

They're not gift cards, they're "cards" that are "gifts"!

Do you know how much it costs to make and sell a video game? Millions. Seriously, millions. But, if you don't have to put it in a box and ship it to stores, its a lot easier to get your ideas out to the public. That's why there are so many brilliant, imaginative and innovative games that you can only buy as a digital download. I wish, I wish so hard that you could give me these games wrapped up in a box. But you can't. But I still want them! These cards are the key. Buy them anywhere. Seriously. I think they sell these at gas stations now.

Pop-this-Up into my Christmas Stocking

I love the Robert Sabuda pop-up books that you gave me last year! (Wizard of Oz and Alice and Wonderland). I'd like to continue growing my pop-up collection. Here are a couple I'd like to own:
Beauty and the Beast
Peter Pan
The Night Before Christmas
Also, remember if you shop at Borders on Dec 4 or 5, you will get a $15 gift certificate that you can donate to my school. Just sayin...its like two gifts in one.
Thanks!