Kevin's Watch

the following graphic novels...

Squadron Supreme (collecting the miniseries)

the Incredible Hulk : Fall of the Hulks Prelude

Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth

the Marvels Project

Superfriends (from the original cartoon)

the following novels...

Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon

Heroes of the Negro Leagues -Mark Chiarello & Jack Morelli

the Wind Through the Keyhole - Stephen King

Supergods - Grant Morrison

the following videos -

Zombieland

the Zombie Diaries

Diary of the Dead

others -

underwear and socks

a nice green shirt, long sleeve

tan khakis (that i need to start volunteering at the zoo again)

awesome Synergy watch

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and one of the coolest things ever...

we have a street in Houston called Harwin. an Indian neighborhood has grown up around it, they call it the Ghandi district.

I buy Julie a purse there very year, and a wallet to go with it. along with some costume jewelry. we were there and Julie was in a store looking for a gift for me while I wait outside. they directed her to a video store. so we went and Julie spent a good fifteen minutes in there. and I had absolutely no idea what she bought for me.

it was the following...

a dvd called - Ferrari Ki Sawaari
a cd - the soundtrack to Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
a box of fruit biscuits (imported from India)
six small candies (7 Star/7 Up, Gogo & Shahi Meva)
and a cricket ball!!! (Kookaburra Match)

it was honestly so well thought out and such a surprise. it makes me so proud and happy to be married to such a thoughtful woman.

Books
The Norman Conquest, Marc Morris (large hard back)
Daughter of Regals, SD (paperback)
A 1960s childhood, Paul Feeney (from my sister, quite unexpected, wonderful book, so many things I had forgotten - Jubblies, Scoubidous and the skipping rhymes that went with the very long rope for example)

Also
A cloth bag in a pouch with my name on it! (I have had to rescue this from the dog three times as he seems to have taken a liking to it)
A purse (to put money in, what you Americans call a purse we call a handbag)
Kindle
Cliff Richard Calendar (these last three from my husband)
Box of choccies (from next door)

But my best Christmas present was seeing my 7 year old grandson's face when he unwrapped the keyboard we bought him. He asked me three times if it was really his to keep. By the time we left on Boxing Day night he had almost got the first two lines of Away in a Manger. I have promised to buy some manuscript paper to teach him some notes.

Kindle books:

Illusion, by Frank Peretti
Game of Thrones by G.R.R. Martin
The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Wool Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey
And the Lamb Wins by Simon Pononsby

A pair of gold, leaf-shaped earrings and pendant from my daughter
Lots of chocolate
A little something on Christmas morning from my hubby
My parents both made donations in our name-- one bought ducks, the other was for UUSC which is mostly justice and peace issues.

deer of the dawn wrote:Kindle books:

The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Have you read the series before, deer?

If not, feel free to do something similar to what I did with the A Fresh Journey to the Tower thread.

My gift from the Dams was having Beorn flown out and offered hospitality for two full weeks. It had been seven months since I had seen him. While it was tough seeing him leave Chr-stmas night, a better gift could not have been given.

An assortment of fine cigars, including an Ashton VSG torpedo that was flat out spectacular

An assortment of hot sauces, in a cardboard suitcase

A valet for the dresser

A set of crystal barware

vraith - i am looking forward to the book. will comment after i read it.

my mother-in-law gave me my usual $60 of gift certificates to half price books tonight. go get the books tomorrow.

Deer, thanks for the reminder about Wool. I just went and bought it for my Kindle.

Gifts from the kids:
Wagamama Cookbook
Nook travel stand
And this guy

From my friend Kim:
A copy of AATE with the UK cover
A portable, battery-operated Ott Lite
All in a Vera Bradley shopping-bag-style tote bag

From my fellow book club members:
Several bars of handmade glycerin soap
A couple of ornaments for the tree
A very cool handmade necklace with a pendant made of polymer clay -- I'll post a picture, maybe, if I think of it later

From my attorneys:
Way too much in gift cards. So far I've bought the Kindle (the eInk screen kind, not a Fire), a 32" TV and a swivel stand for it, a desktop color laser printer, and some odds and ends, and I've still got gift card left over

From one of the attorneys I'm backup for:
A box of almond toffee (already gone!)
A bottle of wine that he got from a client and didn't want

Oh, and from me, for me :
The Indies Unlimited 203 Writing Stimulus Package and Planner
365 Days of Walking the Red Road
And a calendar of vintage Denver postcards, partly because it includes one of the Denver Zephyr, a passenger train that ran between Denver and Chicago in the early part of the 20th century. My grandfather worked on the railroad that ran the train, and I've got some memorabilia from it -- a set of 4 coasters and a matchbox cover.

A bottle of Southern Comfort.

Menolly wrote:

deer of the dawn wrote:Kindle books:

The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Have you read the series before, deer?

If not, feel free to do something similar to what I did with the A Fresh Journey to the Tower thread.

To be honest, I think the last King I read was Carrie or 'Salem's Lot when I was in high school!! So no, I haven't read the series, nor The Stand. I started reading it and am thoroughly enjoying.

I got a belated gift in Kano, a pair of Touareg-crafted silver earrings.

I got:
a hand-drawn picture of a tree with birds' nests in it
a little wooden brain-teaser puzzle thingy.
a nice sweater (from me)
a wall-mounted letter holder (from me)
+ gifts from tutoring clients.

Iolanthe wrote:But my best Christmas present was seeing my 7 year old grandson's face when he unwrapped the keyboard we bought him. He asked me three times if it was really his to keep. By the time we left on Boxing Day night he had almost got the first two lines of Away in a Manger.

Yaaaaay!!!

Love how he asked you again & again if he would really get to keep it...

ali wrote:The Indies Unlimited 203 Writing Stimulus Package and Planner

That sounds neat!

vraith wrote:the new environment we inhabit most of the year now. [Minnesota

Should I say "congrats on the move"? Or "welcome to the midwest"? Or "brutal; that's a LOT of snow."

Dress shirts,
Laptop computer bag
Falcons mug and coozie (however you spell that)
22' chainsaw

SoulBiter wrote:22' chainsaw

That's a BIG chainsaw, SB!

Savor Dam wrote:

SoulBiter wrote:22' chainsaw

That's a BIG chainsaw, SB!

I got after shave, but it turned out to be perfume (the manly equivalent of course). First time I shaved and put it on I could be smelt at the other end of the street!

wife likes it though, so no complaints