Things I want to do
This is a list of things I want to do. I hope it can serve both as inspiration to Mike when he wants to do something nice for me, and for me, when I want to do something nice for myself.
Things to do with the kids
This is a list of things I want to do. I hope it can serve both as inspiration to Mike when he wants to do something nice for me, and for me, when I want to do something nice for myself.
Things to do with the kids
These are some of my favorite internet products & services, some of which I use daily. Check them out!
A free internet telephony product that really works. I use it to call my parents in LA, and my colleagues around the world. You can also use it to call phones - rather than computers -, at very low rates. If you want to call me, my username is mlacabe.
This is a free image editor by Google. It's great in that it's very small and it takes minutes to download and install, but it lets you do simple photo editing (cropping, red-eye correction, color correction) very quickly and easily. It doesn't have the functionality of photoshop and its folder structure is a complete and total mess, but I like it quite well, in particular when used in conjuction with:
This is a tool that helps you share your pictures with other Hello users. It's also free and extremely quickly to download and install. Picture transfer is amazingly quick and you can see what your friends are looking at. My username here is margalacabe
I spend way too much time at the discussion groups here, but Craigslist is most useful as a place to buy and sell anything you want, find a job, a nanny or a lead or just kill some time.
The grandaddy of the internet magazines, it's also my favorite. I love the wide range of topics and viewpoints it presents. It's well worth the $35 annual subscription.
Epicurious and All Recipes.
These two websites offer thousands of recipes with user reviews. Epicurious' recipes come from cooking magazines (Bon Appetite, Gourmet and others) while All Recipes accepts submissions from everybody. I usually have better luck with epicurious recipes, but not always. They're both worth checking out.
There are many torrent sites out there and they often close as quickly as they open, btefnet has been pretty stable so far. It's for episodes of TV shows only, mostly from network TV.
I hate being so dependent on this megahuge ecommerce site, but it's the first place I go when I want to read consumer reviews of specific products. epinions is usually the second. Amazon also has good prices and lately I've been lucky with their shipping.
It has thousands of small stores so it's a great place where to go for comparison shopping and where to find difficult-to-find items.
Please feel free to comment with your favorites.
Christmas is less than two months away, so it's time for my annual Christmas list. I publish it so that my husband and parents get an idea of what I want for Christmas. This has proven to be a great method to both be surprised (I try to have as long a list as possible, so I won't know exactly what I'm getting) and not be disappointed that nobody can read my mind. The list will grow as I think of new things to add. But note, that this year I want to downscale the type of gifts we exchange with friends, so let's put a maximum amount of $35 per person. So here it goes:
-A good quality food processor
-A good quality blender
-Good quality (metal) measuring cups
-Good quality (metal) measuring spoons
-New mixing bowls (plastic is fine)
-A good quality: small saucepan & large frying pan
-/Good quality/ balsamic vinegar
-New bottom sheets for the bed (those Egyptian cotton ones they sell at Macys)
-A bookcase
-A cloak (with a hat, like in the French Lieutenant's woman)
-Babysitting coupons
-Gift certificates to nice (or not so nice) restaurants
-Scarves
-Nice (handmade or gritty) soaps
-Candles
-Piedmont Springs gift certificate
-Down comforter
-Feather (not all down) pillow
-Framing my pictures (I have LOTS of pictures I need to frame!)
-Good portrait of the girls
-Subscription to Cooking Light
-Large tea pot
-tea cups
-Salad spinner
-pendants
-house cleaning coupons
-gift certificates to restaurants
-movie tickets
-bottle opener
-Xmas tree decorations
-Thanksgiving decorations
-Halloween decorations
-interesting books (used OK)
-Pajamas
-New bunny or another character sleepers (size 8)
-Black socks
-Large salad bowl
-sunglasses (any)
-picture frames (5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20)
-good quality mandoline
-soup/stew tureen
-chafing dish
-good quality chef knife!!
-restaurant cookbooks
-an internet camera that works with windows 2000
-Driving lessons
These are some of the presents I'm thinking about getting Mika & Camila. The list is mostly for my own use, but if someone (family & friends only) needs inspiration here it goes. If you do get something for them that is on this list, please let me know and I won't get it myself and I can delete it off this list.
-Rain gear for Mika (rain coat size 5-6)
-Ken dolls (or similar male dolls) for Mika
-Barbie gear for Mika
-Plastic food items
-Calico critters family and/or babies
-Wooden dollhouse & furniture
-Wonderwoman outfit (for Mika)
-My little Pony stuff
-Costumes for Mika (she has sleeping beauty & belle & jazmin)
It's almost like pulling teeth, but I'm trying to find out what Mike wants for Xmas and make a list both for me and others who want to get him Xmas presents. Here it goes:
-New memory for his computer
1 Gig Ram chip for MacBook Pro
-Slippers (size 12)
-Playstation 3
-TV adapter for his MacBook Pro
(need to go to apple store and ask)
-Digital SLR camera
It's a little bit early, but I want to start making my Xmas list as I notice things that I want. The list hasn't changed much from last year, though I did remove the things I already got :)
-Dice with a dice cup (the leather/felted kind)
-A good quality blender
-New mixing bowls (plastic is fine)
-A good quality: small saucepan & large frying pan
-A cloak (with a hat, like in the French Lieutenant's woman)
-Babysitting coupons
-Gift certificates to nice (or not so nice) restaurants
-Nice (handmade or gritty) soaps
-Piedmont Springs gift certificate
-Down comforter
-Framing my pictures (I have LOTS of pictures I need to frame!)
-Salad spinner
-movie tickets
-sunglasses (any)
-good quality mandoline
-good quality chef knife!!
-Driving lessons
-pajamas
-this pendant: http://www.fashionjewelry24.com/images/arcon/H84-25/max.jpg
It's always hard to buy for Mike, as he doesn't really want much and what he wants (like a digital SLR camera) is too expensive. So I decided to start his list early as he expresses interest in specific items. I'll add to the list as he mentions more stuff.
My husband and my sister keep insisting on knowing what I want for my birthday, and though I really don't want anything much I figured I'd post my amended list from last Xmas:
-A good quality blender
-New mixing bowls (plastic is fine)
-A good quality: small saucepan & large frying pan
-A cloak (with a hat, like in the French Lieutenant's woman)
-Babysitting coupons
-Gift certificates to nice (or not so nice) restaurants
-Piedmont Springs gift certificate
-Down comforter
-Framing my pictures (I have LOTS of pictures I need to frame!)
-Salad spinner
-movie tickets
-sunglasses (any)
-good quality mandoline
-Driving lessons
I particularly want a salad spinner :-)
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