Santa in the forms of my children, grandchildren and Secret Santa made it possible for me to open quite a few gifts. I already told you about my gift baskets but, last night, I opened the rest of my gifts with my brother at his house after his Christmas party/open house.
What I can remember right now are three cookbooks...Baking with Julia, Culinary Artistry and Roadfood Sandwiches. I also received the DVD of Polar Express, which I love. A Reba McEntire CD, Reba Duets. Another book, sewing, called pretty little potholders, which will result in lots of folks getting potholders for Christmas next year.
One set of grandchildren gave me a digital picture frame loaded with tons of their photos and room on the card for lots more. Son, Aaron, and his wife gave me a pair of speakers for my new laptop. Now I can really, really enjoy my Pandora music.
Secret Santa was very good to me with a package of dark chocolate pomegranate candies. If I hadn't exercised some self-control I would've eaten the whole bag in one sitting. In addition to the candies, Secret Santa gave me the cutest set of Christmas salt and pepper shakers. I'm not sure how Santa knew Buck and I collected salt and pepper shakers. We have several hundred sets. There was also a beautiful ceramic tile with easel stand. The tile says, "I believe in old friends and new shoes." Perfect. I'm a shoeaholic. Buck gave me all sorts of shoe-related things over the years. Shoe ornaments, nightshirts with shoes printed on it, shoe needlepoint pillows.....
The last gift my Secret Santa gave me was a custom-made necklace. It's made out of Scrabble tiles and has my name spelled out. It's detailed with blue cording and blue beads. Blue is my favorite color. Love it. I've never had anything with my name or initials.
Thank you so much Secret Santa. Now I know why Barbara L was/is looking for old Scrabble tiles.
What I can remember right now are three cookbooks...Baking with Julia, Culinary Artistry and Roadfood Sandwiches. I also received the DVD of Polar Express, which I love. A Reba McEntire CD, Reba Duets. Another book, sewing, called pretty little potholders, which will result in lots of folks getting potholders for Christmas next year.
One set of grandchildren gave me a digital picture frame loaded with tons of their photos and room on the card for lots more. Son, Aaron, and his wife gave me a pair of speakers for my new laptop. Now I can really, really enjoy my Pandora music.
Secret Santa was very good to me with a package of dark chocolate pomegranate candies. If I hadn't exercised some self-control I would've eaten the whole bag in one sitting. In addition to the candies, Secret Santa gave me the cutest set of Christmas salt and pepper shakers. I'm not sure how Santa knew Buck and I collected salt and pepper shakers. We have several hundred sets. There was also a beautiful ceramic tile with easel stand. The tile says, "I believe in old friends and new shoes." Perfect. I'm a shoeaholic. Buck gave me all sorts of shoe-related things over the years. Shoe ornaments, nightshirts with shoes printed on it, shoe needlepoint pillows.....
The last gift my Secret Santa gave me was a custom-made necklace. It's made out of Scrabble tiles and has my name spelled out. It's detailed with blue cording and blue beads. Blue is my favorite color. Love it. I've never had anything with my name or initials.
Thank you so much Secret Santa. Now I know why Barbara L was/is looking for old Scrabble tiles.