What Did You Get For The Holidays?

[serious crayons]

My sons gave me a mini-vac for Christmas. Which -- between the mostly white dog and the mostly black rug and eating potato chips in the living roon and the hose attachment of the regular vac not working all that well -- we really needed.

But best of all -- THEY have been using it!

Let's hope that keeps up.

They also gave me a really nice chopping knife, which will come in handy if they do not use the mini-vac when I ask them to.

[David In Indy]

We've been snowed in, and so gifts were pretty much confined to IOUs for after the weather gets better, and whatever my husband managed to find on his walking foray to the drugstore down the street.

Also, since we already have what we need, it was good to keep it simple, even for Mini-Meno.  Still, I am now the surprised owner of a Roomba (which I haven't tried yet, and am not sure how I feel about), some Almond Roca (drugstore) and a cool book called Birdscapes, among a few other things. 

Clarissa, let me know how that Roomba works, okay? I've been very tempted to invest in one of those.

I'd love to have a robot do my daily (and slightly obsessive) vacuuming for me, but I wasn't sure how well those cute little things worked.

[ifyoucantfixit]

     The tech shop I took it to are putting the stuff I wanted saved onto cds.  So I should be fine.  Thanks for thinking of me.

[Ellemeno]

Clarissa, let me know how that Roomba works, okay? I've been very tempted to invest in one of those.

I'd love to have a robot do my daily (and slightly obsessive) vacuuming for me, but I wasn't sure how well those cute little things worked.

Will do.  I sort of picture that if it does work well, that after the fun of watching it wears off, I might turn it on when I leave the house.

[David In Indy]

Will do.  I sort of picture that if it does work well, that after the fun of watching it wears off, I might turn it on when I leave the house.

That sounds like a plan, Clarissa! And I'm looking forward to hearing your Roomba review!

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

Docking Manoeuvre                                                      (2:22)
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[Shasta542]

That's cute. I once had a cat who loved being vacuumed. I don't know if she'd have ridden one tho.

[Penthesilea]

Docking Manoeuvre                                                      (2:22)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIjE8BVV-VI&NR=1[/youtube]

LOL. I think Roombas should all come with a cat pillow on top.

[Penthesilea]

I got the TDK DVD for Christmas from my hubby. Two disc edition with all the extras .
From Kerstin (RL friend and fellow Brokie, as many of you already know) I got a Joker T-Shirt. A nicely unobstrusive one, dark grey on black background.

A self-made bookmark from my son; a gypsum heart from my middle daughter (also self-made) and hubby and I got a beautiful painting together from our oldest daughter.
The painting is a copy of Edgar Degas's "Bei der Putzmacherin" and looks like this:




She copied the outlines of the painting on a sheet of paper and colored it with acrylic colors.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

I got a Poop Log.

It is a hard bound book that you can carry in your pocket to record your bowel movements, including date, time and characteristics. It is the damn strangest thing anyone has ever give me. I haveno intention of using it but I am going to show it to a lot of people.