Today is suitcase day. My things to do list:<\/p>\n
We leave at the crack of dawn tomorrow and should be in Fargo in time for lunch. Today is suitcase day. My things to do list: Change the bed linens Put the clean laundry away Pack the clothes Pack the Hambet entertainment bag. I was going to wrap the little books and wee toy airplane, but it occurs to me that TSA wouldn’t like that. Prepare Hambet’s car sear for airline use… Continue reading Counting down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peonyiana","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAny tips on flying, especially flying with little people, would be most appreciated — last time I was in an airplane was summer of 2000.
\nMy husband never reads my blog, so this is not directed at him. (Plus, I know he’s done with his Christmas shopping.)
\nBUT if you are casting about for last-minute ideas, some suggestions…
\n— I was in Staples last week and they had a great deal on Brother label makers. I am totally serious! This is a great gift idea, especially for women who are fond of gadgets. I love mine, and when one of my clients saw it you should have heard the squeal of delight she emitted. (I think she got one for herself that very week.) I got one for my sister a couple of years ago and she was the envy of her workmates. Get the second most expensive one — it’s a little bit larger and will take laminated label tapes. You can even use it to make iron-on labels.
\n— The Container Store stocks the same model of label maker. It’s a bit more expensive than at Staples, but it comes with a cunning little case that holds an AC adapter and extra batteries. (I wish mine had a cunning little case like that.)
\n— The Apologia shop <\/a>is full of unique items designed by yours truly. The newest item is the “uhhh” mug;<\/a> my favorite is the mousepad<\/a>. Proceeds go to… well, smock and I haven’t decided yet. But it will be some terribly worthy cause, I assure you, even if it’s just our bandwidth fund. Oh, the shirts have printing on the back.
\n— Speaking of dear Mr Luse, he has dropped a hint that there are extra-good reasons<\/a> to subscribe to Touchstone <\/a>this year. He is also endorsing TSO’s Little Book<\/a><\/i>.
\n— For an album-maker, perhaps a subscription to the new Creative Memories magazine, Lasting Moments? I don’t have a link at present; I’ll post one if it comes back up. Otherwise please drop me an email and I can help you get it set up.
\n— Williams-Sonoma has cookie cutters in the shape of dinosaurs! When we get back I am going to try my hand at rolled dino-cookies.
\n— For the little train-heads in your life: the gift shop at the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum<\/a> has all kinds of fun train things: train hats, train whistles, train plates and cups, train models, train toys, train puzzles, train cookie cutters…. I stocked up for Christmas AND birthday when I was there. Go visit if you’re around Pittsburgh and have the chance — they have an amazing layout showing scenes on the line all the way from downtown Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Maryland. It is the coolest thing! There’s one vignette set near Yough Lake — if you look closely you can see a tiny model of Fallingwater in the background.
\nOK, less blogging more packing. This trip is going to be a haul, but I’m so glad that we can go. My mom says that everyone’s really excited that there’s going to be a little kid around for Christmas this year. Maybe they’ll be glad to see Posco and me too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"