What did you get?

[LBTC]

Ah, the Kitchen Aid. I've dropped the hint here and there, but DH thinks I have to choose it....so it will not be a gift. And I am too thrifty to pay that kind of money for a kitchen appliance for myself....it's not made of carbon faster and will not make my ride faster! heh

DH spoiled me, aslways. 2 pairs of very different slippers, custom jewelry in both types I like - recycled bike parts and semi-precious stones, CD's (we got each other the same CDs, even - Tool and Nine Inch Nails, but even the same releases!!), books about bike training, eating for bike training, and a martini recipe book, martini glasses , a sexy little black dress, a sexy chinese robe, a sheepskin handbag, leopard spot wallet gloves and scarf, the Dean Koontz book I wanted - my goodness, I'm sure I missed some things!! He was thrilled with his gifts, too, even liking the hoodie, and loving the bib shorts, bib tights, and the new tires for his road bike. I LOVE seeing that reaction!

And, of course, our house is overflowing with chocolate and assorted goodies! Yikes!

and then we did some boxing day shopping - he had to buy a new laptop since his died on Christmas day, and I found a beautiful leopard print Pashmina scarf (now adorning the bed) and a gorgeous buddha carving to hang in my zen den. All were on sale!

We've barely used the ipod nano from last Christmas, but he got me new earphones that fit the ear better, and he's got the new laptop, so I'm loading and copying CDs today. Hard to say which ones to leave out - we have hundreds of CDs to choose from!!!

And, yes, whoever said it, I really enjoy opening gifts!! The anticipation is so fun! And *anything* wrapped up is exciting.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Tuckervill]

Wow, your husband must LOVE to shop!

Karen

[OakLeaf]

Ooooh, I love my KA stand mixer but I rarely use it as such (only for pie crusts). I use the PTO for saucing tomatoes and apples, and running the pasta maker.

DO NOT try use the strainer attachment to seed raspberries though. The seeds are just the right/wrong size that they will jam it like you would not have believed possible. The whole thing will stop turning and you'll be lucky to get the attachment off. You have been warned.

[Zen]

I can't remember the last time I used a mixer for anything but I've always admired the design of the KA mixer.
I hope everyone got theirs in red . They should be red for proper zazz.

[Aggie_Ama]

I can't remember the last time I used a mixer for anything but I've always admired the design of the KA mixer.
I hope everyone got theirs in red . They should be red for proper zazz.

Nahh, mine is black to match my appliances but the colored ones are snazzy! It is pretty funny this thread has turned into the KA Mixer fan club thread.

[NoNo]

I hope everyone got theirs in red . They should be red for proper zazz.

Not only did I get all my Kitchenaid appliances (and pots and pans and knives and utensils) in red, but I painted my kitchen to match:

[Tuckervill]

Ooooh, me like!

My mixer is white like all my other appliances. I didn't pick the color, but he knew what would match every single other appliance. I buy white appliances so I can paint my kitchen whatever color I please. Plus, I have a really old Victorian house, so I can't go too modern or kitschy with color. IOW appliances are too modern for my house!

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

Bravo NoNo! That is a really eye catching kitchen. Mine is a nice sage green, I love it but I got the mixer when I was still an apartment dweller so black is versatile.

[ClockworkOrange]

Ooooh, me like!

My mixer is white like all my other appliances. I didn't pick the color, but he knew what would match every single other appliance. I buy white appliances so I can paint my kitchen whatever color I please. Plus, I have a really old Victorian house, so I can't go too modern or kitschy with color. IOW appliances are too modern for my house!

Karen

Ummmm, what are IOW appliances? Living in England I can only relate it to being Isle of Wight.

Cheers.

Clock

[OakLeaf]

Hard to say which ones to leave out - we have hundreds of CDs to choose from!!!

Rip them all. If you don't have enough room on your internal hard drive, storage is cheap, and you can locate your default iTunes library on an external drive.

Then create playlist(s) small enough to sync to your iPod. You can include "date last played" as a criterion so songs scroll off your iPod playlist once they've been played. And you can specifically size-limit a playlist and tell iTunes how to sort songs into it.

I've got a large portion of my own library ripped in duplicate at two different bit-rates: hi-res for archival purposes and streaming over the Squeezebox, and lower res for the iPod. But that is a PITA.