Christmas presents

[msmemory_archive]

Hah! I delegated the task of buying presents for his family to my husband, and he took care of everybody except the two young children. I have no idea what they would want, especially in a small & portable sort of thing. IIRC Joshua is 4 and a half, and Riley is one and a half.

Wolfers Lighting does not rewire lamps, but offered to sell me a cord-mounted dimmer switch along with a new lamp for Mother. All she wants is a lamp she can turn on and off without wriggling to reach that far up when she's been reading in bed. I am completely failing to find a lamp with its switch built in on the base or cord, so will likely buy her a cord switch to use with her current lamp, and then something else as a real present. Too bad I didn't see anything nifty in Pendleton yesterday (though I dropped off another change-of-address card there).

Got present for jducoeur yesterday. I think I'll actually manage to surprise him this year. Not Just Another Sweater. Thanks to the shop keeper who set aside the item for me to pick up. Can't say more here, since he reads this thing. We did say we're getting each other just one thing, since mostly we are buying each other the New House.

Now for the friends' presents, of which I have gotten only one so far. Aaaaccckkk!!

Comments

[anastasiav.livejournal.com]

re: Toys

If you'd have to ship anyhow: Back To Basics Toys or anything with the brand name Melissa & Doug - they make high quality basic wooden toys & are sold even at big stores like Toys R Us.

Would a Touch Lamp work for your mom? You just touch the lamp anywhere to turn it on or off. this model may also be available at your local Sears store.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Toys: Not to ship, to take in our luggage when we spend Christmas with his family. I'll take a look....

Lamp: Yes, that's just the sort of thing Mother would want, right down to the brass base to suit her neoColonial decor. I'll drop my local Sears on the way home from work! Thanks.

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

Z discovered the touch lamp next to my parents' bed while we were on vacation there. Imagine an item like that accessed by a two-year old ...

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

In this case, not a worry since Mother has no grandchildren, by OMG I just visualized Z with his new toy!

[(Anonymous)]

When I last got a touch lamp from Sears (admittedly 7 years ago) it was a regular lamp with a little module that it plugged into, and then that into the wall. So it works with any lamp that has metal on it, or that you can touch the cord. If she has a lamp which she likes already, the dingus might be an easier choice.