Author: Andi

It's been quite a while since I have posted on here, so I'll try to catch up a bit.

Christmas was great and really busy. It was great to see everyone, but we're always a little worn out after the holidays. HERE is the link to all the Christmas events if you are interested. Note that Chuck and I got a fake tree this year. And we may have gotten on a little bigger than we needed….it's 9 feet tall and pre-lit with 1200 lights. That's right, 1200! I think we could communicate with Mars with that thing. It's beautiful, just maybe a little bigger than we needed. It was deceptively small in side the store!

We went to Ben & Trisha Fisher's house for New Year's. I also surprised Chuck with a huge cake for his birthday. There are pictures HERE of Chuck's cake and from hanging out with our friends. I was surprised by the turnout they had on New Year's considering the horrible weather we got that day. But I am glad so many people made it. It was a good time!

The following weekend we went to Lutsen and stayed at Bluefin Bay with our friends Kelly & Andy. We had a great time. Lots of skiing, lots of eating, and lots of fun just hanging out. We got to do a little ice skating as well. I just got some hockey gloves…in pink! I am excited to do more skating and try them out some more. 🙂 Pictures from this weekend are HERE if you want to take a look. I do have some videos of skiing, but I haven't uploaded them yet. I will try to get them on here.

Now in a couple weeks, we are headed to the Caribbean for another cruise. I am very excited! Stay tuned for pictures from that! Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Here's another batch of these funny clips! 🙂

• Pens
• Thanksgiving Dinner
• Bottled Beverage
• Tilapia-O-Matic
• Oysters
• The Movie

Here's the first batch of them in case you missed it the first time or just want some more laughs. 🙂

Will It Blend?

If you let me know something you have gotten Chuck, I will remove it from the list. So if there is something you thought was on here and is no longer there, it has been bought for him. Also, please let me know if any of the links don’t work so I can fix or delete them. Thanks.

Random Gifts
* Battlestar Gallactic Boxset in BluRay found here.
* Solomon shoes in Black Asphalt Aluminum in size 10.5
* Cool clock
* Magazine renewals for Popular Science, Popular Mechanics and/or Discover Magazine

Workout Stuff
Stuff from Craigslist is GREAT! There are tons of things listed on there each day. (Often for a tiny fraction of the original price.)
* Snap together floor mat
* Curling bar
* Dumbells
* Weights
* Medicine Ball

Tools
* Torx bit set (this is just an example.)
* Hex bit set in metric and/or standard (this is just an example.)
* Gorillapod SLR camera tripod

Accessories for Electronic Boards
* ScrewShield for Arduino
* Deluxe Breadboard Jumper Wires

Books
* Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism by Gary S. Becker
* The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by Frederick P. Brooks
* What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
* The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
* Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off… by Dick Morris
* Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs by Craig Stull.
* Somebody’s Gotta Say It by Neal Boortz
* Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
* Books from the History section of the bookstore and more specifically, history in Minnesota.

Computer Science Books
Any of the books from Art of Computer Programming. Please note 3rd edition.
* Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms. Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xx+650pp. ISBN 0-201-89683-4
* Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX — A RISC Computer for the New Millennium. (Addison-Wesley, February 14, 2005) ISBN 0-201-85392-2 (will be in the fourth edition of volume 1)
* Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms. Third Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), xiv+762pp. ISBN 0-201-89684-2
* Volume 3: Sorting and Searching. Second Edition (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998), xiv+780pp.+foldout. ISBN 0-201-89685-0
* Volume 4, Fascicle 0: Introduction to Combinatorial Algorithms and Boolean Functions, (Addison-Wesley Professional, April 28, 2008) vi+240pp, ISBN 0-321-53496-4
* Volume 4, Fascicle 1: Bitwise tricks & techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams (Addison-Wesley Professional, March 27, 2009) viii+260pp, ISBN 0-321-58050-8
* Volume 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations, (Addison-Wesley, February 14, 2005) v+127pp, ISBN 0-201-85393-0
* Volume 4, Fascicle 3: Generating All Combinations and Partitions. (Addison-Wesley, July 26, 2005) vi+150pp, ISBN 0-201-85394-9
* Volume 4, Fascicle 4: Generating all Trees — History of Combinatorial Generation, (Addison-Wesley, February 6, 2006) vi+120pp, ISBN 0-321-33570-8

Think Geek Stuff
* Perplexus
* Rare Earth Magnetic Fridge Pins
* Cable Monkey Cable Organizer
* CableDrop Cable Clips
* Wire Tie Straps

Gift Cards
* Home Depot
* Lowe’s
* Circuit City
* Best Buy
* Game Stop

*Baby Things*
– We would love things off our registries (Target, Babies R Us) since the baby needs things more than we do right now!

*Random Gifts*
– Gift certificates (Michael's, JoAnn Fabric, Target, Barnes & Noble, Borders, The Bead Monkey, PaperTrey Ink, Stamping Bella!!, Ikea, The Limited, New York & Co., Sephora)
– Puzzles (1000 piece)
– Book List
– Vases
– House decorations
– This is so cute! I must have this! It's a cutting board made of Spatulas! It's from Macy's.
– These shoes. In pink. In a size 6. I think that is the smallest size available.
– This watch. In pink (it's called Magenta on their website). And in small.
– Fit Bit. Chuck has one of these and I think it's so cool! It's too hard to use his, so I really just need my own! 🙂
– These towels from Williams Sonoma in green or red. I love these towels!
– Maybe some new pot holders/hot pads that match the towels. I have had mine forever!
– Soy candles. We found that these don't bother Chuck's allergies!

*Wearables*
– Any scarves! I love them all!
– Sweaters I can wear that open in the front or have a tie… Seeing as I will be huge through winter, this seems like a good idea. But I want things I can wear after baby, too!
– Target sells Sock Monkey slippers and I think they are so cute! I couldn't find a link to them, though.

*Cookbooks*
– I want to start using my crock pot more…so some sort of crock pot recipe book would be great. Remember, I don't like crazy food! 🙂
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes 2
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade Desserts
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade Desserts 2
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade Gatherings
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade Cooking 3
– Sandra Lee: Semi-Homemade 20-Minute Meals 2

*From Pampered Chef*
– Mega Scraper
– Micro Scraper
– Measure-All Cup
– Mini Measure-All Cup
– Outdoor Party Sticks
– Easy Conversions Magnet
– Jar Opener
– Grapefruit Knife
(Some of these items can be found locally and don't need to be Pampered Chef brand.)

I have three new card sets for sale at SimplyWhimsical.com.

The first two are for the holidays.

The last one is a snowman set. This is wonderful for someone that loves snowmen as much as I do!

I hope you like them. 🙂