recieved:
from my wife, Lara:
books
*The 50 Greatest Beers in the World: An Expert's Ranking of the Very Best by Stuart Kallen
*Fletch Won, Carrioca Fleth, Fletch and the Man Who, and Fletch and the Widow Bradley by Gregory Macdonald
*Running Injury Free by Joe Henderson
*Killshot by Elmore Leonard
music
*El Oso by Soul Coughing
*S/T by Dada
games
*the italian job
*Evil Dead: Hail to the King (akward but fun!)
other
*a nice cold Delerium Tremors (according to Kallen, the greatest beer in the world) which of course i promptly drank and enjoyed!
*Laney VC30 2x21 combo amp.... the poorman's Vox. when playing my telecaster through this amp, it sings! (she gave this too me a few months ago, but worth mentioning)
from my family
*a new jacket (parents)
*2 vegetarian cookbooks (godmother)
*Star Wars: phantom menace DVD (cousin)
*a pedometer (parents)
*a pen with a light in it. (dad)
*8 Dansk Pasta bowls (they match the rest of our set we recieved at our wedding!! very cool gift!!) (grandparents and parents)
gave:
to Lara
*Minolta XG-1 Camera w/ 3 extra lens
*Herdy Gerdy for ps2
*How to Have Sex in the Woods by Luann Colombo
*National Geographic stuffed Polar Bear w/ Kid Video (what can i say, she likes polar bears)
to the fam
(this was particularly hard this year because i ran a marathon on 12/15 and most of my energies were being focused on training and preperation... at least that's my story and i'm stickin' to it)
*homeade Italian Dinner Gift Basket (parents)
*homeade Assorted nuts/popcorn/sweets Gift Basket (grandparents)
*Worst Case Senario: for Dating and Sex (22 year old brother)
*bottle of Merlot and fresh flowers (godmother)
*Music gift certificate (godsister)
*clothing gift certificate (godbrother)
*Best Buy gift certificate (cousin)
what a blah year for giving... oh well, last year we didn't give anything because i was out of work, but next year will be better.
-shannon