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#109898 Aug 14th, 2007 at 12:50 PM

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My Most Unusual Gifts

My sons all know I am odd so they cater to that when they buy me things!
Here are some of the most unusual gifts I have received from my family.

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Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Shirley4 #109902 Aug 14th, 2007 at 12:53 PM
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plantqueen Unregistered	Very cool gifts Shirley! I really like the chest! Thanks for sharing!

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Shirley4 #109908 Aug 14th, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 OP Giggles
OP Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA	1. The old chest is covered with an old world map! It has brass fittings. I love the clasp and the lion's heads with rings hanging from their mouths! I cannot remember what my son gave me, in it, but I have the chest on my bookshelf!! 2.I saw this covered wagon and really wanted it, so they gave it to me for Christmas one year! It has all kinds of neat things on it; shovel; sacks of flour etc. and the other side has more, like a rifle and real bone powder horn. 3. I made a mattress and pillows covered with 'ticking', which is what the women used then, and took with them moving west. Also made a little quilt! 4. I don't know if any of you ever looked through one of these before, but when I was a child I spent HOURS in the library looking at boxes and boxes of pictures through one of these!!! Now you can hardly find either one. My son found this at a flea market or something; he took it all apart and cleaned it and varnished it. Isn't he sweet?!! 5. Also, with it he found me a few picture cards for it, on Ebay!! So these are my most unusual, and favorite, Christmas gifts I have received from my sons and their wives!! I have more pictures of this stuff but since I could only choose five to show you, this is it.

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Shirley4 #109949 Aug 14th, 2007 at 01:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,584 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada Sunflowers Northern Star
Sunflowers Northern Star Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,584 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada	Wonderful things you've got there Shirl. ~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Sunflowers #110009 Aug 14th, 2007 at 05:19 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 18,792 Likes: 31 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot
Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 18,792 Likes: 31 Monroe, NC	What do you keep in the chest Shirl?

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Bestofour #110014 Aug 14th, 2007 at 05:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 OP Giggles
OP Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA	I have some small devotional books in there. "I Love Virginia!"

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Shirley4 #110257 Aug 14th, 2007 at 09:41 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,248 jackson county,tn. faerywatcher Twinkle
faerywatcher Twinkle Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,248 jackson county,tn.	oh my gosh, that wooden viewer thingie...my aunt had one when i was little and i still remember it!! great stuff! OUR HOME NEEDS OUR GNOME!

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts faerywatcher #110297 Aug 15th, 2007 at 04:48 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 16,245 Catskill Mountains, NY Wrennie TweetyBird
Wrennie TweetyBird Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 16,245 Catskill Mountains, NY

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Re: My Most Unusual Gifts Wrennie #110405 Aug 15th, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 OP Giggles
OP Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA	Thanks everyone!!! Hey, Wendy, I'm glad you know what that viewer is like!!! I used to spend many hours on a Sat. afternoon sitting in the library looking through one of those!!! They had two or three of those laid out on tables and shelves of boxes of pictures!!! Now you can't find any pictures at all!!! I think I'll ask my librarian here, if they might have some stached in an archive or something. "I Love Virginia!"

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts #110822 Aug 15th, 2007 at 05:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 OP Giggles
OP Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA	Yeppers! Good kids!!! Thanks "I Love Virginia!"

Re: My Most Unusual Gifts #126006 Sep 8th, 2007 at 04:25 AM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,470 Likes: 3 Portland, OR; USA Gremelin Mr. James The Gnome Wrangler
Gremelin Mr. James The Gnome Wrangler Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,470 Likes: 3 Portland, OR; USA	I love boxes; I must say, that old chest gets an A in my book :) If you'd like to learn more about my family and I, you can do so at Corthell.net [corthell.net]!

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