I recently drove coast to coast, Oregon to Florida, and I had one of these to help. Well, the Garmin GPS unit that we used was a few years older and had much fewer features than this one. It still helped make the trip stress free and helped us find cool attractions on the way there!
I can’t even begin to talk about the features this unit has. The list is incredibly long. It even includes an MP3 player! Of course, it has live traffic tracking and all kinds of good stuff. GPS systems are some of the coolest technology things we have today. It helps to find cool new routes when driving and gives comfort when you think you’re lost.
Give a Garmin here.
This one comes to you in the middle of my cross-country trip to Florida to start my new job as a wakeboard coach! Today we saw some cool stuff, one was Meteor Crater in Arizona. It was awesome, and of course got us thinking about things in space. So that brings me to this cool telescope.
I didn’t know that telescopes came with GPS, but this thing does. Apparently it figures out where in the world it is operating, then, according to that, it will locate cool stuff in space for you to look at! That’s crazy! I’d love to see one of these in action, but it’s quite spendy, so I’ll have to luck out and meet somebody with one I suppose.
Anyway, this could be a pretty fun gift to give to somebody. Just make sure they’ll let you come over and join in on the fun.
Look at cool stuff in space here.
Here’s a nice way to sweeten up somebody’s holiday season. To kick things off, the plush snowman has a stomach full of homemade creamy caramels. Then there are so many things in the basket, I’ll throw it into a nice little list for my wonderful readers:
- 2 Milk Chocolate Toffee Walnut Petite Apples
- 3 Triple Chocolate Petite Apples
- 4-Piece Caramel Truffle Sampler
- 2 Milk Chocolate Pecan Regals
- 4-Piece Holiday Pretzel Rod Gift
- 8 ounces of Peppermint Bark
When it’s all said and done, the whole thing weighs in at just under 7 pounds! I’ve never heard of Peppermint Bark before, but it sounds pretty awesome.
Give a caramelly and minty basket of gift here.
So some of the sites I’ve posted about are having pretty big holiday sales. It being Thanksgiving and all, Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, so why go out into the crowds when you can just get stuff in the comfort of your own home?
Amazon has an entire portion of their site devoted to Black Friday here:
Black Friday Sale at Amazon
I’ve also added some sale banners on the Sales page.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone and happy holiday shopping!
I should really be blogging more about these personalized gifts you can get at Personalization Mall. The things I’ve got from there have made the most perfect gifts. You can make them emotional and make the recipient think that you went to all kinds of work to put just the right message directly to them on it, when really, it’s very simple to do.
This particular gift idea is in the form of a heart-shaped glass Christmas tree ornament. There are 3 lines of text that can be personalized for anybody you choose, and with any occasion you wish to commemorate. It’s a high-quality ornament. You can choose from 6 styles of text and put any personalization you wish on it. The words are laser engraved and the whole thing comes in a velvet pouch with a drawstring, so it will stay protected for years and years to come.
This is a classy, yet inexpensive, way to show that you want somebody to remember a special Christmas for years to come.
Make a long-lasting ornament to remember here.
Well Christmas is sneaking up on us. Know any anxious children who can’t wait to see what Santa will bring them? How about having a personalized letter from Santa Claus show up for them directly from the North Pole?
I never got a letter from Santa as a kid, I think he was more focused on delivering the presents back then. Now it looks like he’s got time to sit down and compose a letter directly to a child you know, pretty sweet huh?
The letters come on styling Christmas letterhead and, as I said before, are personalized. I’d love to see the look on some kids’ faces when they see this show up.
Give a kid a jump start on Christmas here.
TinyPrints.com has just under 100 unique styles of personalized photo Christmas Cards available. The particular one pictured there is called December Tea.
I think it’s a great way to add some style to the pile of cheesy Christmas cards that are sure to show up in many mailboxes across the country. There are a good many different styles and color schemes. There are also a whole bunch of Happy Holidays cards to pick from.
That reminds me of another random tangent story. A good friend back home and his fellow associates came up with the most unoffensive holiday season greeting to use: “Peaceful Solstice!” I don’t believe there is any chance that a person could be offended by hearing someone say “Peaceful Solstice,” so feel free to use it!
Put some faces on a stylin’ card here.
Round and round and round the gift ideas go, where they stop nobody knows. Carousels are always happy times; even small ones like this.
I did a little bit (and I do mean a little bit) of research to try to find out why it’s called a World’s Fair Carousel. All I could find is that the 1964-65 World’s Fair had a good amount of carousels. Also fun to note is that this is most likely a US carousel, as it spins (and yes, it does spin) in a counter-clockwise direction. Apparently the UK carousels go the other way. Neat, huh?
So anyway, this is 8¼” in diameter, has 170 lights, and plays 15 Christmas carols and 15 all-time classics. It’s a cute little decoration for any home around the holidays.
Spin a horsey gift here.
Mmm, cookies. Give somebody’s cookies a home, or better yet, make some cookies for somebody, put them in this cookie jar, then give it to them as a Christmas gift!
Apparently these Fitz and Floyd cookie jars are a pretty hot item. The Fitz and Floyd Signature Collection is heavily sought after, and now is back in production. This, obviously, is the Santa Plane Cookie Jar. It’s pretty good sized. At 17 inches long, I suppose a fair amount of cookies will fit into the jar. It’s getting near Christmas time now, and I think the thing that we all need most this time of the year is cookies. That’s right, good old sugar.
Man, now I want some cookies.
Have Santa fly some cookies to somebody here.
It’s time for some Christmas stuff by gum! So I’ll kick things off here with a neat little Christmas train set. It comes with elves and everything. I can’t write up something any better than the description on the product site, so check it out:
An homage to the classic Lionel train sets, the fully animated Lionel Holiday Tradition Express is ready for a festive adventure this holiday season. Leading the way, the locomotive features bright Christmas lights, true-to-life train chuffing and steam whistles, and two of your favorite holiday tunes. Just behind the tender, the animated bell car is powered by two elves who crank the handles, swinging the bells into action. The animated work caboose carries Santa’s bag, and Santa stands waving at the rear of the train. With five separate animations, the Lionel Holiday Tradition Express is the train set your family will proudly display for years to come.
Sounds pretty swell huh? Yeah, I thought so too.
Put elves on a train here.
