tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post6857026392924354896..comments2024-03-16T10:04:07.161-04:00Comments on oonaballoona™ | by marcy harriell: nothing says christmas like 36 inches of steelmarcy harriell | oonaballoonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-85918764390983598632011-12-12T13:36:49.873-05:002011-12-12T13:36:49.873-05:00Alessa, I agree, small but countless gifts are the...Alessa, I agree, small but countless gifts are the way to go with me!<br /><br />And Abby, that's my theory, too! This year, I got my father a copy of Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, which one of his friends lent him years ago and which he still occasionally quotes. And now I'm waiting impatiently for Christmas and the moment I can give it to him. :-)Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-88593302892660756462011-12-12T12:33:41.879-05:002011-12-12T12:33:41.879-05:00The best present I ever gave was given to my paren...The best present I ever gave was given to my parents three days ago. I gave them two passes to the Turner Classic Movies film festival. I had won some money at work for a fitness challenge and splurged on them... because I without them, I wouldn't be in Chicago and things might be very bleak indeed. Gotta love the Grand parents! (Ba dum chee)Meg the Grandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505371880343451606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-36916814805653207552011-12-07T23:48:49.223-05:002011-12-07T23:48:49.223-05:00ahem. them, that is. frigging blogger no reply bu...ahem. <i>them</i>, that is. frigging blogger no reply button.<br /><br />(and stacie, i KNOW!!! what?! i was shocked.)marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-79162397540442469452011-12-07T23:47:22.813-05:002011-12-07T23:47:22.813-05:00I LOVE THESE STORIES!!!!
please keep then coming!...<b>I LOVE THESE STORIES!!!!</b><br /><br />please keep then coming!marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-52264292943576763362011-12-07T21:03:49.918-05:002011-12-07T21:03:49.918-05:00OONA! This has NOTHING to do with the above post, ...OONA! This has NOTHING to do with the above post, but I was just flipping through the new Burdastyle sewing book and I saw YOUR DRESS AND YOUR NAME!!!! YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!! CONGRATS!!!!<br /><br />(end of all caps.) (Still as excited. ;))staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745657252874352717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-66019076190000906322011-12-07T13:19:36.650-05:002011-12-07T13:19:36.650-05:00The best gift I've ever given was a super-old ...The best gift I've ever given was a super-old copy of James and the Giant Peach. My partner found it in a used bookstore, mooned over it, then left it there, so I went back and picked it up the next day. She spent the next three months (until her birthday) wishing she'd gotten it, since she didn't see it again, and she was so excited when she opened it up! That's my theory, AmandaAbbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596360832206980948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-35588817367050463242011-12-06T17:45:31.546-05:002011-12-06T17:45:31.546-05:00Who wouldn't use a samurai sword? A crazy pers...Who wouldn't use a samurai sword? A crazy person. That's who. <br /><br />The best prize (teehee) I've given would probably be an entire day. With an itinerary, treasure hunt, and surprise party. Yeah, I get a little excited about b'days!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438774909725959371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-16410136706506287202011-12-06T15:18:27.534-05:002011-12-06T15:18:27.534-05:00Now I want a Samurai sword! ;)
What a lovely post ...Now I want a Samurai sword! ;)<br />What a lovely post and how nice to read everyone's answers. In my immediate family, we've decided to gift "experiences" instead of stuff, like doing a cooking class or a cocktail workshop or go out to eat somewhere nice. Stuff just stands around but we'll always remember the time we collectively got sloshed on 20 different kinds of Alessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16605755512224178329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-61564807446458914222011-12-06T12:56:32.349-05:002011-12-06T12:56:32.349-05:00I, like Amanda, am among the world's worst at ...I, like Amanda, am among the world's worst at gift-giving. My sister makes the most memorable Christmas fun: she takes odds and ends of junk from drawers, and fast-food toys, wraps them up and uses them as prizes for silly quiz games. (They are the sort of prizes that we fight to get rid of, things like bent bottlecaps, dry ink pens, old keys, etc.) Part of the game is to sneak them into LinBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999430801003441981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-83524284671648693122011-12-05T11:50:48.091-05:002011-12-05T11:50:48.091-05:00I bought my dad a redbud tree for his birthday - t...I bought my dad a redbud tree for his birthday - they burst into pink frothy blooms just at the time of his birthday every spring. Because I lived 3 hours south of him I bought a 10' tree, propped it in the passenger seat of my Honda Civi and drove up the highway to his place, deathly afraid that spiders were moving into my hair and ears the whole time. It was a very jumpy drive. But worthLaLahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17077848280784822199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-42986443192950533092011-12-05T08:30:21.945-05:002011-12-05T08:30:21.945-05:00I am enjoying your blog, glad I found it. The bes...I am enjoying your blog, glad I found it. The best gift I have received was when I was a Betty Boop collector and my son gave me a leather jacket with Betty on the back. I still wear it all the time 15 years later. <br /><br />The best I have given was when I totally surprised my husband with a beautiful leather jacket. He was stunned.Connie Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526657792519056005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-15250101426424366792011-12-05T06:21:13.026-05:002011-12-05T06:21:13.026-05:00Sorry to double post but I was reading this out to...Sorry to double post but I was reading this out to my husband, saying how I had trouble thinking about what the best thing I've given was. He said it was the time I paid all costs for a friend to go on an overseas trip to Papua New Guinea to do volunteer work. She wanted to go but was a student and couldn't afford it. I found out after she'd returned that at the time she'd really Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506233205420220501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-12645070207129966872011-12-04T21:41:08.080-05:002011-12-04T21:41:08.080-05:00My best gift: Surprise tickets to a U2 concert, wh...My best gift: Surprise tickets to a U2 concert, when they were still (kinda) cool. Bought them for my kid sister, drove two hours to pick her up from high school, and got her raging drunk at my college.<br /><br />Black pj's and a samurai sword, huh? Exactly what I should get Mr. Fish this Christmas!Daughter Fishhttp://www.daughterfish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-62626375143739432612011-12-04T19:01:08.251-05:002011-12-04T19:01:08.251-05:00J has like six or seven samurai swords, yet none o...J has like six or seven samurai swords, yet none of them were given to him by me. I, sadly, suck at giving gifts. I try really hard, but it always ends up being a joke about how bad I am. Like the year J gave me an ipod and I got him towels...liza janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916364137307894200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-79254431106750042932011-12-04T13:28:02.823-05:002011-12-04T13:28:02.823-05:00I think the best gift I ever gave was the story I ...I think the best gift I ever gave was the story I wrote for my sister... even though it turned out to be at least as much for me as for her. But the fact that she keeps urging me to write it down in computer (which I haven't gotten around to yet, phew) suggests that yes, it did strike a chord.Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-72668943477741585572011-12-03T21:15:38.138-05:002011-12-03T21:15:38.138-05:00LOVE the post title, made my morning :)
I love giv...LOVE the post title, made my morning :)<br />I love giving prizes, but am notoriously bad at timing. I tend to give them throughout the year on non-designated gift giving days and then when it comes to the designated day, I've got nothing.<br /><br />The best? I'm not sure. I made an applique bag for a friend that had a design so intricate it took me weeks and weeks of hand-sewing to Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506233205420220501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-29606062755784393352011-12-03T13:43:28.565-05:002011-12-03T13:43:28.565-05:00Thank you, Sarah! I have just ordered a solar syst...Thank you, Sarah! I have just ordered a solar system ChopShop T-shirt for my boyfriend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-55856258079108863912011-12-03T12:38:39.454-05:002011-12-03T12:38:39.454-05:00mmmkaaaaay.... I feel kinda bad now that I didnt&#...mmmkaaaaay.... I feel kinda bad now that I didnt' get my husband a sword for our first Christmas... since clearly (based on Tanit Isis and you) that's the Gift To Give. Or the Prized Prize. Whatever. Although as our First Christmas was, in fact, the day after we got married I guess I could always say that being married to me was his prize and it was a damned good one.<br /><br />RightBeangirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402852482784879141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-12088499650902117082011-12-03T12:29:34.085-05:002011-12-03T12:29:34.085-05:00Ooona, you just made my head huuurt... How do you ...Ooona, you just made my head huuurt... How do you decide just how great a present is? Initial reaction? Frequency of use? Tradition? Emotional significance? Aaaaagh. My brain is starting to leak out of my ears because I am having such a hard time answering this. <br /><br />My most *memorable* prize (at the moment) was when my husband and I made a surprise visit to my cousins in Arizona. We triedseekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09768364078866351164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-86851449988466150862011-12-03T12:00:58.004-05:002011-12-03T12:00:58.004-05:00My husband loves the Chop Shop silhouette t-shirts...My husband loves the Chop Shop silhouette t-shirts. I started giving them to him about 3 years ago and he looks forward to it every year. He's been known to spend hours deciphering the silhouettes, too! *geek love*<br />http://www.etsy.com/shop/chopshopstore<br /><br />You are so lovely, Ms. Balloona! :) I can totally see how excited you are by gift giving! (me, too!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-62203634653460904022011-12-03T11:46:10.865-05:002011-12-03T11:46:10.865-05:00Sounds like you speak "gift giving" Oona...Sounds like you speak "gift giving" Oona!<br /><br />Best gift ever? For a while, when I was dead broke, I gave "cafe de Raquel" coupons to friends. They had 2 or 3 meal options for them and 2 friends (that meant 4 at the meal, including me). I got to cook for them, and we got some good time to talk and be. Now, as we are short on funds again, its back to homemade things! The Mama Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534245701379707268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-87827502059795972712011-12-03T11:03:58.471-05:002011-12-03T11:03:58.471-05:00Oh that would have to be the year that I gave my t...Oh that would have to be the year that I gave my three year old niece a jar of olives. It was meant as a joke gift, but you wouldn't believe how her eyes lit up and then she kissed and hugged the jar of olives. (She part Portuguese, it's all about the food with us.) It was the same year her uncles spent oodles of dollars on dolls and such, but she didn't pay any attention to the Gracahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709238617916016462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229023062005372735.post-51377833097040150252011-12-03T11:03:10.680-05:002011-12-03T11:03:10.680-05:00Aww! I gave my husband a stuffed white tiger and a...Aww! I gave my husband a stuffed white tiger and a toy sword for our first Christmas together... he already had the samurai sword (technically his is a ninjito. Apparently this is important.) <br /><br />I don't know about best individual gift, but I've really rocked the Christmas cards a couple of times. The first year I made our own with awesome pictures of the kids and some fun Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.com