What did you get for Christmas???

[pope1982]

My mom got me and the dogs the pedi paws, along with treats. Dad got me the novel, and Brad got me the survival guide lol

My nephew Mason and niece Ariana

[Janet]

Great pictures Pope!!! You rec'd a lot of nice things for Christmas...you must have been a very VERY good girl!!! Your niece and nephew are really cute!

[DianaB]

Pope, you got a lot of nice gifts! I really, really like the engraved glasses for your wedding. What a thoughtful gift!!!!

I forgot to say that I really liked your gift, Judy!!! My Mom isn't computer literate and that you make a wonderful gift for her. A loaded picture frame!!! Cool!!!!

I also forgot to add that Glen said that I could get me another Yorkie!!!! I don't know how I let that slip my mind!!!!! Also, we're either getting a nice fence for the front yard or a patio made for the back yard. We have to still figure that one out.

[Janet]

I know you've been wanting something done with your backyard Diana...that would be wonderful. How nice to have family gatherings and cookouts.

[AngieDoogles]

I really got spoiled this year.

My hubby and I together got:
A gigantic Pampered Chef pizza stone (from Mom)
A 5 quart T-Fal pan that will be fantastic for stir-fry and pretty much anything else we could ever want to cook (from Mom)
A really cool collapsible colander (from my Mamaw, picked out by Mom)
An apple corer and various other nifty utensils (can anyone tell we like to cook?)
Yummy baked goods from our neighbors
Breakfast at IHOP (from Mom)

We also got ourselves (as a gift to each other):
Guitar Hero 4 and a second guitar

I got:
A $50 gift card for clothes (from Mom)
A movie, Dirty Dancing (from Mom)
A really cute lotion and soap set (from Mom)
A nice set of preserves--my papaw used to get them for me every year and now my hubby does
An awesome heated blanket! (My hubby knows me well)
Tales of Beedle the Bard (from my hubby)
My favorite candies (from Mom and hubby)
A cute jacket (from my Grandma)
A very sweet homemade card and gingerbread cookie from my little sister

[Marilyn]

Sounds like everyone had a really nice Christmas and got some really special things!! We did here, too. The best part was having both our daughters here, and Melissa's hubby. We had such a nice time with them!!

As far as material things, let's see, I got:

• The Nikon D60 camera that hubby actually gave me a couple of weeks before Christmas
• A reverse osmosis, under the counter unit for the kitchen so I don't have to use bottled water anymore to have chlorine free water for my bread making and mineral free water for my soap making.
• A Calphalon slow cooker with timer and an automatic settings.
• A small George Forman grill to take to work so I can cook low fat things for lunch.
• Melissa knitted me a muffler, so that's really special.
• An apple scented candle
• Some shortbread cookies
• Two bread making books, "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart & "Artisan Baking" by Maggie Glezer
• A Yorkie Calendar

We are all so blessed!! We gave Karen a Wii with the MarioKart game, so she and I played that yesterday after Melissa and Garrett left. While they were here, the three kids played Xbox 360 Rock Band together. That one was really loud, so hubby retreated to our bedroom for a while. They got me involved in the action on Christmas evening. They got me to do vocals while Melissa was guitar, Karen on base and Garrett on drums. I didn't know many of the newer rock songs they were playing, so had to wing it, but it was actually a lot of fun. We definitely make some memories this Christmas.

Hope everyone else on here did well!!!!

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Sounds like everyone had a really nice Christmas and got some really special things!! We did here, too. The best part was having both our daughters here, and Melissa's hubby. We had such a nice time with them!!

As far as material things, let's see, I got:

• The Nikon D60 camera that hubby actually gave me a couple of weeks before Christmas
• A reverse osmosis, under the counter unit for the kitchen so I don't have to use bottled water anymore to have chlorine free water for my bread making and mineral free water for my soap making.
• A Calphalon slow cooker with timer and an automatic settings.
• A small George Forman grill to take to work so I can cook low fat things for lunch.
• Melissa knitted me a muffler, so that's really special.
• An apple scented candle
• Some shortbread cookies
• Two bread making books, "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart & "Artisan Baking" by Maggie Glezer
• A Yorkie Calendar

We are all so blessed!! We gave Karen a Wii with the MarioKart game, so she and I played that yesterday after Melissa and Garrett left. While they were here, the three kids played Xbox 360 Rock Band together. That one was really loud, so hubby retreated to our bedroom for a while. They got me involved in the action on Christmas evening. They got me to do vocals while Melissa was guitar, Karen on base and Garrett on drums. I didn't know many of the newer rock songs they were playing, so had to wing it, but it was actually a lot of fun. We definitely make some memories this Christmas.

Hope everyone else on here did well!!!!

Sounds like you had a great time! My hubby and I play Guitar Hero which is similar to Rock Band. It's great to do when you have guests. Our friends all really enjoy it.

I'm glad to hear that you had such a good holiday. Did Melissa and Garrett have a good first Christmas together? The first year of creating memories together is so much fun!

[AngieDoogles]

Marilyn, I forgot to mention that you will just LOVE the Nikon D60. My boss uses Nikon so that's what I use in studio and for weddings. You should try to read up on aperture, shutter speed, and ISO and then try some manual settings. You'll have A LOT more control over how your pic looks and once the relationship between the three clicks for you, it's easy. It might take a while to really click though and it can be frustrating at times. It's really worth the effort in the end though (in my opinion). If you ever need help with anything, let me know. If I don't know the answer (I still have SO much to learn), I can ask someone who does!