What gifts have you gotten so far?

[Jules80]

that's always fun! same thing happens when i go to england and scotland. especially scotland as my dad's family is soooo huge!

Jules

[me]

xandra said:

I got to meet my 2 cousins that I've never met before!! (the crazy part is that their 17 & 19 and I'm 21 & we've never seen each other)

can't imagine a better gift, Alex! divorce can really mess up families.

my sister was divorced from her 1st husband, not her choice, and now i hear some from my nephew about his father's family. it's strange that these people with whom we'd celebrated holidays, and about whom we now hear stories, i never see anymore.

- d

[Eagle]

xandra, getting to meet your relatives is an awesome gift! Hopefully you'll be able to keep in touch with them. You're close to the same age, so I'm sure you'll find lots in common with them.

stanncie, it was interesting to learn that your home country is Peru. Isn't that where Macchu Pichu is located? My son and daughter-in-law are planning on visiting there, so I might have some questions for you.

David, I agree, divorce can certainly mess up families! Unfortunately, my Sons haven't seen much of their Mom or her family for several years, which is unfortunate. The main reason for the lack of visits is that we're separated by some distance, so it's not "easy" to get together on a regular basis. However, everything is quite amicable between us, so hopefully they'll get a chance to see the relatives some time in the future.

Update on gifts: A couple of DVD's (Heartbreak Ridge and Rules of Engagement) and some "kitchen accessories" (don't ask, it's a long story!). I also had the opportunity to go out for a fantastic Christmas dinner at the home of my Son's mother-in-law and that was almost like a gift too! I still haven't had chance to try out the new d-SLR to any extent, but will try and work on it a bit today (i've been trying to recover from an injury, so have been resting a lot).

Hope that everyone is enjoying their Christmas so far, and not suffering too many adverse effects from excessive celebrating.

Best wishes to all of you for a fantastic New Year, and many happy travels in 2006!!!

[jennifer]

You guys seem to have had a nice christmas! I'm so happy for you all! I had a good one too although it seems this year we weren't as "christmassy". But we'll catch up next year!

Here is my gift list :

An electric shaver WOW! hahaha took me 25 minutes less to do my legs and it's a perfect job!

DVD of Runaway Bride and The General's daughter

Storage baskets

Photo album

Scrapbook and a SHITLOAD (oups sorry!) of accessories to do my travelling scrapbook, with all the little stickers and stuff! AMAZING!

Bath products (my grandma just doesn't understand I don't know where to put them anymore!)

2 PJS

Clothes

Camera case... too small for my camera though, got to exchange it

Stationnary

Money

Socks

Anyways.... you got the picture All kinds of relatively little stuff but so much! I was spoiled this year! My family is quite nuts on gifts! We have a 100$ exchange, plus my parents, grandparents and godmother/father buy me gifts, so I end up with a wackload!

xoxoxo
Jen

[me]

jennifer said:

An electric shaver WOW! hahaha took me 25 minutes less to do my legs and it's a perfect job!

somehow, i'd been under the impression that shaved legs on women was a strictly American thing. i've certainly never inspected womens legs in other countries - which actually sounds like an interesting job - but have long thought this to be a uniquely American obsession.

do Canadian women shave legs & underarms, too?

- d

[WillTravel]

do Canadian women shave legs & underarms, too?

- d

In general, yes.

My impression is that most women in Europe, at least younger urban ones, now do so also.

[xandra]

lol YES we shave here in Canada!

[jennifer]

Hahah of course we shave

[stanncie]

Eagle: I would be happy to answer any questions you have about Peru, Machu Pichu is certainly worth a visit and really the whole andean region which is by far my fave part of my country.

[jennifer]

Do they shave? lol, sorry...

[me]

y'all are having entirely too much fun at my expense

[dumbdiety]

Ok, so this may not have been funny a few days ago, but I found this hilarious tonight. It's from an article about Canadians making it into Guinness.

There may be no record stranger than what made Tyler Ing of London, Ont., infamous.

The 20-year-old University of Western Ontario engineering student got Guinness's attention by presenting evidence of the world's longest nipple hair.

The hair hangs 8.89 centimetres from his right nipple, which is about as tall as a medium Tim Hortons coffee cup.

Ing decided to apply to Guinness after constant teasing from friends and the encouragement of his girlfriend.

"After you've been made fun of enough in the hockey change room, you might as well put it in Guinness," he said.

[jennifer]

Oh gosh, people have no lives or what?

[Eagle]

Stanncie, thanks for the offer to help with advice on Peru. As soon as my Son arrives in the U.S., I'll have a better idea on what questions to ask (he's just waiting for his landed immigrant permit or other "official document", and can't enter the U.S. until that's in place).

All the best for 2006!!!

[Patrick]

I got a couple DVD's and that's about it, so I think I'm gonna have to go the same route as Eagle and buy myself something I'm looking for a new Fender Stratocaster, so that'll be a 'gift' to myself for being a good boy this year.