I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately – first I was out of town for work most of last week and this week my computer has decided to not allow me to access the weebly site! I’m going to have to look into why it’s forever loading on sites with the Google analytics. The other main reason I haven’t written is that I haven’t felt inspired by a topic and since this isn’t my paying day job, I feel okay with not forcing myself to write.
I decided to start my holiday brainstorming and shopping early this year, so I’m almost done at this point. I threw my oldest for a loop last night when I told her that she’d better get her list to me soon since I’m almost at my budget – she was amazed that she’d have to do it before Thanksgiving. The biggest reason I’m almost done is that we did cave in and get the Wii console that I pondered about here. I started the wonderful Craigslist slog through various listings and finally found one priced a bit higher than the typical console, but better for my family since there was four of every controller and the Wii Fit for me. I’m fairly confident my oldest doesn’t read this blog, so I can post this surprise family gift; otherwise, her surprise will come sooner rather than later! We’ve got quite a few games already that the twins can play, but I’m still hoping to track down the Disney DDR for us. I have a feeling my oldest is still operating on the presumption that we will never have a video game console in our house since we’ve been telling her that for years. Any good ideas out there for limiting/monitoring video game usage? I have a feeling it will just be integrated into any TV time that they already get, but I have a feeling the demand will be a bit higher - at least to start.
My husband and I also broke down and bought iPhone 4’s. Our last phones were really frustrating to use with turning themselves off all the time, so we got ourselves our own birthday gifts and went for it. The twins love playing with Daddy’s – I don’t let them near mine much. I’m only getting free apps so far since I’m sure I can spend way too much getting 99-cent apps all over the place.
Between the Wii, iPhones, Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters, and a shirt from Woot, we’re pretty well done with big stuff for my family. Now I just need to figure out my mom and I’m all set! The grandmas are getting pre-made meals for their freezers again which I did last year and it worked out well. Of course, that really only works if we make it down to my mom’s house for the holidays which is the plan, but you can’t assume anything with air travel these days.
My in-laws are a different story, so we’ll see what we figure out for them this year. They also typically get some sort of food from us. We’ve done (all homemade) canned pears, applesauce, pancake mix, bread mix, and I don’t even remember what else.
The other technology that I discussed in my last post on the topic was regarding our computers. We’re still down one desktop computer, but now that we have the iPhones, the laptop and netbook are enough for us. I still have to get around to clearing out the old desk so we can get a laptop station there to hook into the existing monitor, keyboard, and mouse, but that’s not a huge deal at this point.
We’re also back in firewood season, so if you know anyone in King, Pierce, or Snohomish Counties that needs some dry, split firewood – let me know so I can pass along his prices. Do you have a working fireplace? Up until a couple months ago we didn’t, but our insert is now the primary source of heat for us.
I decided to start my holiday brainstorming and shopping early this year, so I’m almost done at this point. I threw my oldest for a loop last night when I told her that she’d better get her list to me soon since I’m almost at my budget – she was amazed that she’d have to do it before Thanksgiving. The biggest reason I’m almost done is that we did cave in and get the Wii console that I pondered about here. I started the wonderful Craigslist slog through various listings and finally found one priced a bit higher than the typical console, but better for my family since there was four of every controller and the Wii Fit for me. I’m fairly confident my oldest doesn’t read this blog, so I can post this surprise family gift; otherwise, her surprise will come sooner rather than later! We’ve got quite a few games already that the twins can play, but I’m still hoping to track down the Disney DDR for us. I have a feeling my oldest is still operating on the presumption that we will never have a video game console in our house since we’ve been telling her that for years. Any good ideas out there for limiting/monitoring video game usage? I have a feeling it will just be integrated into any TV time that they already get, but I have a feeling the demand will be a bit higher - at least to start.
My husband and I also broke down and bought iPhone 4’s. Our last phones were really frustrating to use with turning themselves off all the time, so we got ourselves our own birthday gifts and went for it. The twins love playing with Daddy’s – I don’t let them near mine much. I’m only getting free apps so far since I’m sure I can spend way too much getting 99-cent apps all over the place.
Between the Wii, iPhones, Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters, and a shirt from Woot, we’re pretty well done with big stuff for my family. Now I just need to figure out my mom and I’m all set! The grandmas are getting pre-made meals for their freezers again which I did last year and it worked out well. Of course, that really only works if we make it down to my mom’s house for the holidays which is the plan, but you can’t assume anything with air travel these days.
My in-laws are a different story, so we’ll see what we figure out for them this year. They also typically get some sort of food from us. We’ve done (all homemade) canned pears, applesauce, pancake mix, bread mix, and I don’t even remember what else.
The other technology that I discussed in my last post on the topic was regarding our computers. We’re still down one desktop computer, but now that we have the iPhones, the laptop and netbook are enough for us. I still have to get around to clearing out the old desk so we can get a laptop station there to hook into the existing monitor, keyboard, and mouse, but that’s not a huge deal at this point.
We’re also back in firewood season, so if you know anyone in King, Pierce, or Snohomish Counties that needs some dry, split firewood – let me know so I can pass along his prices. Do you have a working fireplace? Up until a couple months ago we didn’t, but our insert is now the primary source of heat for us.
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