Just Got Back From Doing Some A2K Holiday Shopping and ...

To: Noddy

For Marty,

from http://www.barkdeco.com/chouchou.htm

a platform dog bed..




the chou-chou was inspired by our chic chocolate muse. shown in wenge with a champagne cover, the elegant box floats one inch above the floor.
bark deco's talalay latex foam cushions are a naturally derived biodegradable product, providing full body and joint support. our talalay cushions are hypo-allergenic and breathe to keep our clients warm in the winter and cool in the summer. the fitted and removable cushion cover is made from crypton super fabric which is virtually impenetrable (stain, moisture, odor and bacteria resistant), yet still luxurious and supple to the touch.

all bark deco beds have ventilated platforms, rubber feet and are elevated for style and comfort (no drafty floors). and if that weren't enough to make tails wag, every bark deco bed comes with a matching veneered toy box!

(fabric in several colors)

To: Joe(you can never have too many pairs of running shorts) Nation

That was hilarious, miz wolf

Thank you for the shirt, squinney, it's adorable! (fun thread idea, too!)

i can't look. i can't look away.

For Jespah -

I've a friend who has shown with our old/still current gallery, a bronze sculptor whose work I love. She had, in at least one of her shows, a few mezuzah she did out of bronze.. I could whack myself upside the head for not buying one, but money was always spare even from the gallery owners' side of things.

I'd love to send you one, virtually, if not in reality.

http://www.marilynandrewssculpture.com/2004/index.html

To 2Packs..

a good publisher for your well told stories

To: Squinney

From: Gus





God, I hope Squinney likes this. I asked several members what they thought the perfect gift for Squinney would be, and more than one person came up with the same response, which was, "Gus, she sure has been dropping hints lately about a nice map showing concealed carry reciprocity with Missouri."

Me either!! and

Shhh, don't tell Gus, but I got him some sheep skin grips for his walker:

Just in case Squinney doesn't like the Missouri map, I have a emergency gift to give her which, hopefully, will brighten her Christmas morning.

You see, years ago, when I was distraught over a land purchase gone sour (certain segments of the property were not swamp) and I was hitting the bottle pretty hard, Squinney told me, "Gus, what you need to do when you're down is to go back to your childhood -- back to a peaceful place in your memory when you were happiest. That place for me, Gus, was a small woods in Missouri. I would walk through those woods for hours and I considered myself blessed for having such an idyllic existence."

Then she paused, thought for a moment, and pulled a portrait from her pocket. She handed it to me and said, "Keep this, Gus. It is me as a child. Keep it and maybe it will remind you to travel back to your youth."

I looked at the photo....



I wasn't quite sure what Squinney meant. How would this photo help me return to my youth? But I kept it. I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

But now, I have decided to put the photo in a nice walnut frame and return it to Squinney. Someday, hopefully, she can bestow it upon one of her granddaughters on a future Christmas morning, and watch with delight from her rocking chair as her grandchild gazes upon the photo with awe and exclaims, "Wow, Grandma! That's you!!?"

And the rest of the evening will play out like a series of Norman Rockwell photographs.

<Sits in chair and repeatedly turns over sheepskin grips in hands. And cries... tears.... of joy>

Ah, Gus, you kept that picture all this time? What a thoughtful gift. I love it! I've printed out the map, too. Boy will that be handy when I return home for Christmas.

Oh, and thanks for NOT mentioning that fella I I used to meet in the woods. Don't know if you'd heard, but he ended up marrin' that gal that had the big oak tree outside her bedroom window. If'n I remember right, that was where you met him first.

To: Mame and Sglass

(I got three so we'll match for the meet-up)

To: Wilso

To Craven, Christmas strip poker card set.

Thank you! What interesting work she does!

And for you, membership in the Welsh Corgi Fanciers of Italy.

For Bumblebeeboogie.




(Pssst, Mo asked me to pick one up for him to give to his Momerang too. Shhh)

Also, yet another item for your bee collection.





For all the members of the best cliques ever clicked on A2K





To Bella for the kid's first A2K Christmas





For Lil K and Eva from all the teacher's pets on A2K





For dadpad. May your hose always be turned on by Mumpad.





For Noddy's winged one





For Montana and her love of horses. It also comes with a year's subscription to This Old House





For all the folks who could use an extra spoon during the holidays.






For Mysteryman






For Dyslexia, Setana and all the other wise guys of A2K





For Craven





and Cowdoc





For Chai's and her hunt for good running shoes.





For Snood and his new bride





For Mo and his new puppy






For Letty the A2K DeeJay





For the customers of Rockhead's 24 hr A2K auto repair hotline






In memory of Cavfancier...





And Timberlake






And finally, a housewarming gift for the A2K hamsters... a new wheel!



And extra help for the holidays from Kickycan so you can have some time off.