Mon 12/28/2009 3:38 PM

i guess we made the nice list

Mondays can go jump off a cliff. Especially the ones that follow a long weekend.

Today's misery aside, I had a pretty awesome Christmas. I totaled up $330 in cash and gift cards toward my new camera - the one thing I wanted this year. I went Saturday and got a Canon Powershot SD980. It's a sweet little camera. It's a member of Canon's "Digital ELPH" series, super compact for what it does, but not too small for me like many of these cameras tend to be. 12.1 megapixels, touch widescreen, and shoots HD video.

One of the main reasons I wanted a new camera was so I could use a gift I got last Christmas from my sister Dana: my 2GB Eye-Fi SD memory card. This thing is awesome. It's wi-fi enabled, and uploads your photos to your computer wirelessly as soon as you power your camera on within range of your wireless home network (or wherever you choose to set up the software). For a $10/year subscription, it will also automatically upload to any photo sharing web sites you choose out of the thirty or so that are available (this is a free feature with the more expensive versions of the card). With Eye-Fi I will almost never need to fiddle with manually connecting the camera to my computer, unless I need to upload video (something else the more expensive cards do but this one does not).

Apart from the camera, Santa also brought me some clothes, the "World Adventures" expansion for The Sims 3, and Wii Fit Plus (just the software as I already own a balance board). Chris got a TomTom GPS and a Griffin PowerDock 2 (a dual charging dock for both of our iPhones), clothes, cologne, and lots of underwear. His parents gave us some money to put toward a new couch at some point in 2010, and our crazy friends Joe and Sandra got us a toaster oven.

Even Brooskey and Vixen made out. Brooskey got a new bed from us, and two new toys from Auntie Dana and Nana (Chris' mom). We got Vixen a soft, plush blanket to cuddle up in, Dana sent her a pretty pink coat/harness, and Nana got her a rawhide bone almost as big as she is - just the size she likes them.

I hope Santa was as good to you as he was to us! What was the best gift you received this year?

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Mon 12/28/2009 3:43 PM

comment: from Dana

Stan surprised me with the Canon Rebel XSi dSLR camera I have been wanting for a year plus! I put it on my "only in my dreams wish list" but he got it for me anyway. I have a bunch of stuff to learn as well as new muscle memory (I have had my Panasonic Lumix for like 4 years..AWESOME camera, just was ready for a dSLR). I also got a really cute PINK chihuahua shirt that I really like....can't remember from who though!

Mon 12/28/2009 3:45 PM

comment: from Carly

LOL... I think I have that same shirt!

Mon 12/28/2009 4:39 PM

comment: from Mom

Well, I'll just stick with my Lumix...I'm too "learning new stuff" challenged. I got a gramma necklace and bracelet with charms and birthstones for my 3 grandbabies. I got some subzero longjohns too...I'm not cold anymore! Xmas was great, gifts were all great, being sick was not fun, foggy brain found my jello salad a day too late...left in the fridge...ugh.

Mon 12/28/2009 8:40 PM