Less than a week until Christmas everyone! Are you freaking out yet?
This year has been a great one for me. I love my life and my blog. I will have a big announcement in the new year, so stay posted for that.
But for now let’s do a fun giveaway. I spotted this cutest slow cooker ever and bought it because even though I don’t need it (I have 9 slow cookers, people) I knew that maybe one of you would. So if you want this cute slow cooker enter the contest.
To enter: All you have to do is go to this site, scroll down to 365 Days of Slow Cooking (around #22 right now), click “I like this”. After you do that (it takes 1 minute or less) come back to this post and leave me a comment about what gift you are most excited to give this Christmas.
The giveaway will end January 1, 2012. I will ship this to a U.S. address only. Thanks and good luck!
I was excited to see my brothers eyes light up when I gave him restaurant gift cards and a box of steaks from omaha steaks. He lives with my mother while going through chemo and his tastes are some times too much for my mom to handle.
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I donated 10 presents to my cousin's organization "Madison's Christmas Wish". They will be given to children in the hospital that are fighting cancer.
I am excited to give my girls each a shopping cart! they loved them!!!
Oh.. And I was supe stoked to give our kiddos all scooters for Christmas. Ages 2-6, they were so happy!
I would be sooo excited to get this shabby new crock pot. Mine broke on Chistmas morning while trying to keep my mashed potatoes warm… We are stationed in Korea for the Army and the crock pot pickins are slim… This would be so awesome!
My Dad and I gave my mother a laptop. She's been saying for years she didn't really want one, but we decided to give her one anyway. It turned out that she loved it – stayed on it most of the day! She had only said she didn't want one because she thought it was too much money. My Dad and I were so glad to see how much she enjoyed it. She's the kind of Mom who always puts others before herself, so she really deserved this little indulgence!
the gift of being together with family
I found a pair of simple, sparkly screw-close earrings at an antique store for my sister who has never been able to peirce her ears. So excited.
The best thing we did for Christmas, was focusing on our kids instead of our HUGE extended family. Providing really well for them, and not worrying about trying to provide for 9 nieces and nephews, 3 brothers, 1 sister, 2 sisters-in-law and 1 bil, not to mention all the aunts, uncles and other cousins…meant so much to us this year. Happy New Year!
Well, I just found your blog today. Christmas has already passed, but what I was most excited about giving this year was actually three gifts to people we never met. To teach my kiddos a lesson in giving, I asked them each to select a name from the Angel Tree in our local mall. They thought long and hard about who they chose and what to give them. Knowing that we made two children's Christmas a little brighter, and one eldery man's Christmas a little warmer, has been a gift in itself.
I can't wait to give my old crock pot to a needy family once I win this new one.
The gift I was most excited about giving was bottle of Tupelo honey for my daughter. We have a rescue dog named Tupelo, so I thought she'd get a kick out of some Tupelo honey.
I want to give my dinner guests the gift of good taste and hospitality this Christmas season.
I turned 51 – yikes- on Dec. 20. I decided to celebrate this year by giving out Random Acts of Kindness combination Christmas & Birthday presents. I left 4 "gifts" of $10 and 1 "gift" of $11 on the windshield of cars that were parked in a shopping center's parking lot , with notes wishing the recipients Merry Christmas and to please try to play it forward in this New Year ! I hope it brought a smile to a few people's face!
I turned 51 – yikes- on Dec. 20. I decided to celebrate this year by giving out Random Acts of Kindness combination Christmas & Birthday presents. I left 4 "gifts" of $10 and 1 "gift" of $11 on the windshield of cars that were parked in a shopping center's parking lot , with notes wishing the recipients Merry Christmas and to please try to play it forward in this New Year ! I hope it brought a smile to a few people's face!
I was able to give a Sonicare Toothbrush to my parents and they really wanted it and I didn't even know it! Major win! I more than 'liked' your blog…I love it! I hope for another win with that crock-pot. Happy New Year!
You have good recipes that my family enjoys! thank you!
I am excited to give my grandma a crockpot with a recipe book! She doesn't have one and I get to show her how to use it 🙂
I was most excited to give my little guy the Owl hat I made him! Matching gloves too
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I was most excited to give my son a fireworks machine that makes fireworks on the walls and ceilings!
I volunteer for Junior League and I was very excited to help a 6 year old girl with her shopping list. Our class was the only one responsible for her Christmas gifts, and she received everything she wanted! At work we also sponsored a family in need, and I wrote a check for them to get a few things on the list. Giving back this year made the loss of dear family friends ( to cancer) easier to deal with, and made me thankful for what I have.
I "liked you" at Babble!You are at #12 now… That's awesome!! I was most excited to give some photo books of my son's first year to my parents and grandparents. They definitely were a hit!!
I'm most excited to give my husband our finalized wedding album for Christmas! He was deployed to Bahrain one week after we were married, and hasn't had a chance to see all of our pictures! God Bless our troops, and to becoming a new wife!
A new handbag purchased at the closest mall. My friend is on disability and usually only gets "new" purses at yardsales. For ages, I have wanted to buy her the one of her choice and this is the year I finally have squeezed enough from the budget to take her shopping.
I was most excited to give my boyfriend concert tickets to see his favorite band!
Hey, you're #12! I was looking forward to giving our daughter her Kindle Fire. She's been wanting a Kindle for so long and has been reading on her phone but now with the Kindle Fire, she can read, watch movies, etc.
Happy new year!
Hi, I just found your site. Can't wait to try something out. I'm new to crockpotting.
Christmas is over but I couldn't wait to give my husband A Christmas Story dvd. He loves it and now can watch all year long.
I know Christmas is already over, but I was most excited to give my 4 year old daughter the original Annie DVD. Very impressed that she loves musicals! She screamed with excitement when she opened it!
I was excited about giving my niece an owl purse I made for her. She loves owls and she loved the purse!
I was most excited to give my 88 year old grandmother a picture calender of my kids- her only great-grand-kids! She loved it and said that i had given her a year full of gifts because she could look at their faces every month!
Eep…this is continued! I got so excited I forgot to mention what I loved giving away! My son Liam is 12 and for Christmas he got some "swishy pants" (as he calls them)! and a skate board, he loved them. To his friends…we rolled up 1$ bills and tied each one w/red and green ribbon ($10.00 looks like a lot when rolled up individually), put them in a clear treat bag with a poem about a gingerbread man and Christmas dough…super cute and they LOVED it! 🙂
Hi…I'm Jill and I adore 365 days of Slow Cooking! I work full time nights in the ICU of a hospital as a monitor tech. (which basically means I watch and read heart rhythms 🙂 I'm also attending college full time, 2 days a week, so as you can imagine a crock pot is my bff! lol Keep up the good work! I love your recipes! Jill
I was most excited to give my 6 yr old daughter a telescope. She wants to know why the moon follows us when we drive places!
I have a 2 month old son, and I was most excited to give him his first ball for Christmas!
I was most excited to give my daughters their Kindle Fires.
Just found your blog and really love it. You are up to #12 right now. Yay! It's been a very tough year so I am excited to get to give gifts at all for our children and grandchildren, but was excited to get our youngest son a Batman belt and our youngest daughter a vest and a 20 questions game she's been wanting for a long time. Especially because they were so willing to forego any gift at all so their nephews could have gifts. I am so blessed!!
Yea! You are #12 now!! And, I think it is pretty cool that you have 365 comments, now. Of course, I have to mess it up by being the 366th, but that's okay. It's memorable, right?! 🙂 Okay, I loved giving my daughter her first cell phone. So cool to see her look so unbelieving and shocked! 🙂
Christmas is over… the best gift was a party that we had for my kids… I loved having them here.
My kureig coffee maker!
I was excited to give a variety of treats to my neighbors! I was able to be home and bake instead of work (it was heavenly!)! I had a great time baking with my kids and "treating" the neighborhood!
I'm super excited to give the gift of time to both my and my boyfriend's parents. We don't get to see them often so anytime we get to spend is perfect.
I am most excited to give a brand new Crock Pot to my second oldest daughter who is setting up house for the first time. I got her a beautiful 5 quart Crock Pot and a cook book. We have 9 children and we LOVE our crock pots!!!
Wow, you're up to #12!
We gave our 4 year old a bike. Loved that!
Great blog.
The gift of self. Listening better and lending a shoulder or ear to those who need it during this season.
This year I was most excited to give a quilt I made my daughter. She is expecting her first child in 2 weeks! 🙂 It is also my first grandchild so I am very excited and would love to cook her some good meals in a new slow cooker! 🙂
Gave my oldest daughter a pair of toms and my youngest a nook..they were both very happy.
I was most excited about the present I got for my dad. He's quite the wine connoisseur and collects antique wine openers so I found him two fantastic antique wine openers and an antique wine pourer. He was enthralled.
I'm excited to give a new Kruegier coffee pot to my Mother in Law
I helped a friend patch a hole in her ceiling and fix her roof as part of her chrismtas present.
You are at number 12 now!
I really enjoyed giving my new daughter in-law a mixer for malts. It definitely put a smile on her face. I am new to your site, and love to cook in the crock pot, I will be visiting much more in 2012!!!
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I'm most excited to give my mom a cute ruffly sweater she's been eyeing for weeks.
Thank you,
Lisa Hogan
Hi Karen,
Was most excited about delivering Christmas presents to a mother and her five children who were in serious need after fleeing from a terrible and destructive homelife.
Im new to our blog, voted for you (liked) as instructed because from what I have already seen – your blog recipes are AWESOME. 🙂
I'm most excited to give the gift of a special once a year holiday traditional feast for my family to enjoy and remember.
My daughters and I made 97 dozen, yes dozen, cookies this year. This is what we box up for their friends and our family. Every year I say we are going to cut back but then someone mentions their favorite cookie of the 14 types we make and I can't cut back. We give them with lots of love.
I want my kiddos to get everything there little hearts desire. I might not be able to do it any time other than Christmas, but watching the joys on their face is all worthwhile!
Well, Christmas is over, so now I'm most excited about working on my New Year's Resolution to start my own blog.
I was most excited to give my son a microscope set for Christmas. This year was especially hard since it is the first Christmas after the split with his father and financially it was difficult. But I made him happy and am inspiring his ambition to seek knowledge through science instead of just a toy
Most excited about living near family and celebrating for
the first time in about 18 years!!!
You're not #22 anymore..up to #12!! Christmas is over, but I'll say my 2 year old was most excited about her umbrella and rain boots! She wears them in the house all day and is so excited for rain.
You're now #12!! I loved giving make-up to a friend who needed a 'pick-me-up'!!
I was most excited about getting my son his new train toys. He loved them!
I am most excited to give cookies to those who love them and those who dont have time to bake and those thar can no longer bake.
I was most excited about giving my friends and family home-baked goodies. I love it when I make some thing that receives compliments 🙂
I was most excited about giving my friend's and family home-baked cookies and treats. I'm new to baking, so it pleases me when others enjoy them!
Still voting for you. Keep up the great work!
I was most excited to give my husband a small meteorite rock, he has always wanted one and this year I was able to find one for purchase! He LOVED it!
Hi Karen,
My favorite gift to give was a charm bracelet I made my daughter based on one of her favorite book series…The Name Of This Book Is Secret. I made a mini version of each book cover. She was thrilled with it and it was her favorite gift.
I can't wait to try this recipe. I am most excited about giving my family the things I handmade for them. A crotched scarf for all 5 of my daughters, a shawl for my grandmother and cinnamon rolls and biscuits for my parents.
I am very excited to get a new dutch oven. Enamel cast iron. Cant wait to make something in it.
I'm most happy about giving my son an MP3 player. He loves music and it's so cute to see my 12 year old dancing around singing to the songs he is listening to and not realizing he's doing it.
Hi Karen, Just found your Blog! LOVE IT! Love easy recipes and their is nothing easier than cooking in a Crock Pot. Although mine broke and would Love for the chance to win one. Christmas has already passed and we didn't get to buy a lot of presents this year. But I Loved watching my two little Grandchildren open their presents. Thanks so much for the chance to win. :0)
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Even though Christmas has already passed, I was most excited about giving the new main man in my life a zombie book all about the history of the un-dead. Yes, I am aware zombies and un-dead do not exist, however, through a series of strange events, it was the show The Walking Dead, that brought my boyfriend and I together. Strange? Yes, but after our first couple dates, we really had no chemistry and no interest in each other, but all of a sudden, when we both discovered that we like the show, we had something in common and things grew from there. So silly, but such a fun and actual meaningful gift that I got to give this year.
P.S. Thanks for your recipes. They are so great and delish!
I am most excited to give gifts I am hand crafting from silver washers. Stamping them with HOPE. Necklaces are an item to help raise funds and bring awareness to our non-profit organization RESCUED READERS. We are traveling to UGANDA taking gently used books to a little village that has built a new library and has NO books! I am an elementary librarian and this is THE MISSION. I LOVE giving my necklaces!
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That is cutest crock pot I have ever seen!
I'm excited to give to my bestie a journal that I upcycled. 🙂
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P.S. I voted for your blog!
I was very excited to give my 6 year old niece a fedora. Her daddy wears them all the time, and she's so excited to be like him. 🙂
I think I was most excited to give the kid's their Family Home Evening things. I slacked off a lot this past year with FHE, so I got them a FHE board so everyone knows what their job is, the primary song CDs, some Living Scriptures DVDs, and board games. My daughter has been talking about FHE non-stop since she opened everything!
I most excited about the gift of spending Christmas with my family. It was so much fun to buy presents for my twin toddler boys on their second Christmas ever!
I was most excited to be giving to my twin toddler boys on their second Christmas. It was the best Christmas yet!
I was most excited to be giving gifts to my twin toddler boys on their second Christmas. It was the best Christmas yet!
I'm most excited simply spending days with my 80-year-old stepfather. My mom died recently and I guess he thought I would no longer visit because if the tables turned and he had passed before my mom, his son (my stepbrother) would never participate in family things again. We are still family in my eyes.
I am most excited to give the gift of time with friends and giving to others. This christmas season I find myself without money(times are hard) to give gifts all I have to give is my time and love I have a lot of love to go around!
I'm Secret Santa to 3 people this year. Can't wait see (or hear about their responses!! PS Thanks for using a verification word I can read without reading glasses for my reading glasses. Happy New Year!
Giving my son his first Christmas presents! =)
i was most excited to give my sister a blanket that i had made for her to use at her son's ball games.
The present I was most excited to give was new clothes for my parents They've been working on their weight for the last few months, and got some well-deserved clothing that was a full size smaller.
I was most excited to give gifts to our new baby. Not so much for the gifts, but because he's ours!
I was most excited to see the look on my niece and nephews face this year when they opened up their christmas gifts. I know this sounds simple but I rarely see them and due to the economy, their parents financially were not able to do much and I was worried they wouldn't have many gifts this year. I just couldn't wait to see the smile on their faces…good feeling knowing that I was able to give them what they wanted 🙂
I was most excited to sew my sister a crib set for the up-coming new addition to our family. She waited until she was 40 to become pregnant and my babies are all grown up. Aww, I can't wait to hear the pitter patter of little feet again!
Janet H.
I just "liked" you and you're at #13 now!!! Way to go! My favorite gift I gave this season. Was a Christmas meal and gifts for each of my neighbors kids, and a all expences paid night out for the parents. They weren't able to afford to get anything this year so we blessed them and it was Awesome!!!
I liked your recipe…on the contest. It's up to #13! My favorite thing to gift this year was the homemade items me and the children spent time on.
Now you are lucky #13! Awesome blog and I love using my crock pot! I am most excited to give my sister a rice cooker/steamer. Too funny! I am also excited to give my three little ones their gifts as well. Very cute crock pot! Where did you find it? Good luck!
I make beaded jewelry. I am most excited to see the faces of those I have designed my creations for.
I'm excited to give my daughter and her husband plates with their twin boys hand prints. This will be the boys first christmas. I stole them away after thanksgiving to get their prints!
I'm excited to give my dad a picture for his condo. I got a great deal on it and it's something he will love and appreciate.
A Kindle for my husband.
I was most excited to give my girls hand knitted leg warmers (with a little money tucked in)
The gift I was most excited to give was an authentic football jersey of my boyfriends all time favorite player…
Done! You are up to #13! Since Christmas is over, I can tell you the gift I was most excited to give was the only thing my 3 yo son asked for…a Woody doll. And he has carried it around now for 4 days…he is in love! Yeah!
My kids got a large trampoline and we are excited to jump on it!
I was most excited to give my cousin some new make-up. I knew it was something she would enjoy.
I was most excited to give my new daughter her very first baby doll. It's a little bunny eared pod that the baby slips into. It's adorable, and I'm looking forward to her enjoying it.
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The gift I was most excited to give this year was a Rapunzel doll that I gave to the Salvation Army as an entrance fee for a holiday 5k. Not sure what little girl got it, but I hope it made her Christmas 🙂
I was most excited to give my Grandmother a beautiful pearl necklace. It has three pearls of varying sizes, to represent our three generations!
This year I was most excited to give a baby book and a hooded blanket to my brother and Sister in law…they found out they were expecting a few weeks ago. Baby is due in July 2012 =)
We gave our son his first bike this year! He is two and half, so it was actually a trike! His face lit up when he saw it! It was from Santa! Also, we gave everyone homemade salt dough ornaments that our son made! So cute and making them was something I will never forget!
Alicia Price
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I was most excited about giving my boys( age 3 and 2) a trampoline for Christmas they went crazy! : )
We did a handmade Christmas this year, and I was so excited to give my boyfriends family their melted crayon art that we made together. They LOVED it!
The gift I am most excited to give this YEAR is my time. My sister in law just got engaged and asked me to be her Matron of Honor. I can not wait to shower her with love and spoil her rotten before she marries the man she no doubt will in turn spoil immensely!
(She adores black and white and damask patterns and would absolutely LOVE the crock pot you have featured as a give-away. Can you tell me where you got it?)
I most enjoyed delivering the 10 pans of homemade cinnamon rolls to family and friends on Christmas Eve.
Wow you are moving up. #13 YES.
This year, my 4 year old son learned the gift of giving. We picked three little boys that would not have a Christmas. He went shopping with us and picked wonderful gifts for them. He was so proud to be able so share with these three little boys. SO I was excited when my husband and I were able to purchase Skylander: Spyro's Adventure. To see the joy in four little faces was my best gift.
This year, my 4 year old son learned the gift of giving. We picked three little boys that would not have a Christmas. He went shopping with us and picked wonderful gifts for them. He was so proud to be able so share with these three little boys. SO I was excited when my husband and I were able to purchase Skylander: Spyro's Adventure. To see the joy in four little faces was my best gift.
Christmas is always a wonderful time for my family. Celebrating my side early and my husbands side late, it goes on until the New Year!
I'm most excited to give my friend who's had a rough year a new coffee pot she's been fawning over. Couldn't wait to see her face!
Homemade blankets from minky for my grandbabies.
So excited you are up to 13! For me, it was giving my hand made gifts this year. I love doing it and putting the personal touch back into christmas!
I was most excited to give an elderly friend a sweater and nightgown this year. She wasn't expecting anything and her eyes lit up when I brought her the presents.
Jessica
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Of course it's a memory now (I'm a little late to this party!) but I was most excited to give my daughter a certificate for a hot-air balloon ride! With me!
The gift I am most excited about is the hand and foot warmers I made for my kids and my Dad!
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Christmas has come and gone, but my favorite gift I gave was to myself 🙂 I purchased the Owl canister(A real hoot) from Anthropologie. I will keep my ground coffee in it and he will greet me every morning with his cute little wink.
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I voted! My favorite gift that I gave was an iPad to my son.
I made a tie blanket for a friend who's never had anyone make him anything. He was so appreciative of my effort that it made me feel great.
I was most excited about taking my kids shopping for foster kids there own ages to pick out some toys for them. At 4 and 6 years old, they were surprisingly generous and not focused on themselves. We didn't get to see the kids receive the presents, but we just imagined how happy they were!
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I am most excited to give my children their presents this year. My oldest eery is only 22 months and out had been so fun to be able to teach her about christmas and the greatest gift. How refreshing to see this time of year through her innocent eyes. Merry christmas!
Up to #14!! Awesome blog, by the way 😉 I am most excited to give my almost two year old son a Bullseye stuffed animal (from Toy Story 😉 He will be so excited and is just figuring out Christmas.
I REALLY LOVE THIS SITE! WOULD LOVE A NEW COOKER…….ESPECIALLY IF IT'S PURPLE!!
I really love getting together with family and seeing the kids face when they open the presents.
I was most excited to give one of my good friends a photo book I made of our trip to Niagara Falls.
I was super excited to give my hubby a kuerig machine!!! He loves his coffee!! 🙂
An electric ice cream maker to my dad. He's Mr. Ice Cream, and I know he's going to love it.
I was so excited to give out Scentsy warmers to all the females in my family! I just discovered them a couple months ago and they make my house smell amazing! I love the fact that you can leave it on all day and not worry about the house burning down (just like using a crockpot) lol 🙂
Two days before Christmas, I learned a friend had breast cancer. She was being so brave and strong for everyone, including her 2 little daughters. The one thing she felt bad about was that she didn't have the energy to make holiday cookies. All my self inflicted stress and anxieties were immediately tossed aside as I stopped everything I was doing and made her 7 different batched of cookies!! The looks on her face and her daughters was "my" favorite gift this year!!
I am most exicted to give my sisters the napkins that I made for her.
I liked your blog! Good job on such a great blog. 🙂
Christmas is over now but I was most excited to give my husband the new retro style BYU shirt.
This Christmas my family adopted two little kids (similar to Angel Tree) and I had our three year old help shop for the other kiddos. It was amazing to see how excited she got shopping for others.
I was most excited to give my sister some shoes that have cat faces on them – she loved them so i was right to be most excited about those!
I was most excited to give my parents their DVD that I put their 8 mm film on.
I noticed a new girl at my work wearing the same top everyday. When I found out they had little money and she was pregnant I anonomously slipped a gift card into her locker to help her and the baby out. I've never felt so good to be able to help someone else.
I was most excited to give everyone in my family a homemade ornament that was a design developed around my 2 year old daughters handprint.
And you're at #14 right now!
I love your blog! The first recipe I tried was the Zuppa Toscana. Delicious, I have been asked for the recipe so many times. Tonight, it is Asian Lime Chicken. I only saw this contest for the slow cooker I must have, today–after Christmas. But the gift I was most excited to give was time with my family after a crazy semester for my husband and me who can now spend some quality time together and our 7 year old daughter. We have been able to spend time playing together which has been the best gift of all.
I could really use this slow cooker as mine is about to give up the ghost. She's not what she used to be! Not to mention a way to hold the lid in place while traveling, I have sloshed a lot of soup out of mine in the cooler I transport it in! With both of us in school full time and working, I would be lost without my slow cooker! Please pick me.
I was most excited to give my family some Wisconsin beer and wine for Christmas, since I just moved there from MI the day after Thanksgiving.
I'm most excited about sending my Son-in-Law in Phoenix his favorite Star Wars gear, cookie cutters. He loves to cook…Yum! Way to go fellows!!
I was the most excited to give my daughters their magnetic message boards. They loved them!
best gift given was the ukelele for my college daughter! She was delighted and very surprised 🙂
I got both of my parents kindles for Christmas. It was so rewarding to give them something back after all they do for me during the year.
i got hand crafted jewelry for all the girls in my life from the apparent project which helps struggling families in haiti feed their children. im so excited that they are beautiful in appearance and spirit!
I voted. I loved giving my son a digital camera.
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I was most excited about giving a LeapPad to my son (3 1/2) and Doll house to my daughter(22 mo). They both really loved them and started playing with them right away!!
I love this little crock pot it will match my kitchen perfect! Can't wait to try out the basil tomato parmean soup!
Gift I am most excited to give is the "Kung Fu Panda" plush toys to my son. He loves the movie to bits and I have been printing out pic of the characters for him to play with. It wasn't easy getting them as they are not widely sold in stores, but I got them online. He did not ask for them, so I know he was thrilled to open up the gift bags and see them there. He loves them!
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I had two gifts that I was excited to give.
1. My seventeen year old daughter asked for a new NIV Bible, and a journal. I was able to find a great compact NIV Bible in a soft, purple, with matching journal! She LOVED it!
2. I made homemade Vanilla beans (started in April 2011.) It was deeply flavored, and smelled wonderful, and I was so excited to give it. I printed a label on fabric (first time for me) and it turned out so cute!
I gave a turtle statue to my sister to symbolize the turtle migration that happens through her yard each year!
You're at #14 now!! I'm excited about our 3 year old grandson getting his first "real" guitar (it's a 1/4 size, but it's still as tall as he is!). He wants to be just like his grandpa.
The gift I was most excited about giving this year was a T.V. for my husband. This Christmas was the first year my husband and I have been employed and in our own house since getting married two and half years ago… after being married for 4 months, the business cut his position and we moved back across the nation to live with my parents. Last year we were cut the day before Thanksgiving due to budget cuts and once again had to move in with family. This year, gainfully employed, I wanted to give my husband a gift to help him create his own "man cave", a dream he's had since before we got married. Needless to say, he was ecstatic!!!
I was most excited about giving my 8 year old daughter the gift of a scavenger hunt to find some of her presents (small things) this year. It was fun watching her figure out the clues and running to find what was next!
You're up to number 14 now! 😀 I was most excited to give my husband some fishing gear. I personally am not a fan of fishing or fish, but he's really excited that we just moved close to his brother and grandparents-all of whom love fishing and go out regularly together. He was thrilled to get the gear I got him, and was sure to let his family know that he's prepared for next year!
I made some photo projects for various family members and was so excited to see their reactions when they opened them! Fun!
Love that crockpot, its beautiful! Thanks, MommaMary
I made felt food for my nephew/godson. It was so fun making and wrapping them up for him!
I made a framed monogram for my sister in law with the year they were married, something i found on pinteret and it came out so cute! She loved it!
I forgot to put down what I was excited about giving! I'm most excited to give my daughter the Disney on Ice:Dare to Dream tickets that we will see in March. She loves the Disney princesses!
I was most excited about giving the 85 pounds of peanut butter and cases of tuna to the food bank in our community. That way I know that some people who are really needing it get fed. Our family is blessed and the joy of Christmas here is pooling our cash for those in need rather than buying one another gifts.
I liked you and I'm so thankful you have this site! I've been trying to befriend my crock pot again since my life has been getting busier!
You're number 14 now, congrats!! I love being Santa for my kids of course. Happy holidays!
I can't wait to give out personalized painted pavers I made for our friends and family! They turned out better than I expected!
Definitely a check to my boyfriend written to the Department of State.
I'm paying for his passport, so we can visit my family in Denmark, or even just go camping in Niagara Falls, Canada 🙂
You are #14 now! I was excited to give my 2-year-old his Thomas the tank engine set. He LOVES it!
While it has already happened, we were most excited about participating in the Christmas store in our community. This store allows families in need to select a coat, clothing, book and toy for the children in their household for free. The family gets a portrait made, the kids are entertained while a personal shopper helps the parent(s) pick out new gifts donated by the community, then while we wrap the gifts they sit back and enjoy Christmas snacks. My whole family – all 5 of us – volunteered. It was an amazing day. We already are looking forward to doing it again next Christmas.
I'm most excited to give my mom a charm bracelet. We lost my Grandfather this year (a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam). He was a naval aviator and it will have an anchor on it in his honor.
My first most fun gifts were, using the charity World Vision, we gave goats, sheep and/or chickens to families in third-world countries in honor of each of our family members instead of giving more "stuff". My second was to make scarves and fabric brooches for my chemo nurses, daughter and granddaughter. They were SO much fun to make.
We're meeting with my Brother-in-law and his new wife this week (after Christmas) to exchange gifts and we got them a Pampered Chef Large Bar Pan stone. Tyler has been drooling over mine for the last 6 months and just amazed at the even cooking and similarities of "brick oven style" cooking. Can't WAIT to give them their own!
I was most excited about giving my husband a cast iron tea set, especially since he didn't have a clue about it. He loved it!
I'm most excited about giving my mom her new matching sweat suit. And new jeans. And my brother a game table. Actually I'm just excited to give all my presents away!
I gave my 3-year-old niece (and namesake) a "tiwahwah" (tiara), Belle doll, and yellow princess gown — all things she'd wished for. She was SO excited! She pulled the princess gown on top of her pajamas and wore the tiara while she unwrapped other gifts.
I love cooking for my extended family, and this lovely crockpot would be a great help!
I was most excited about giving my 3-year-old niece (and namesake) a "tiwahwah" (tiara), Belle doll, and yellow 'princess' dress — all things she'd wished for & found by my daughter's savvy online shopping. The 3-year-old was SO excited that she pulled on the princess gown on top of her pajamas and wore the tiara while she unwrapped her gifts. I love to cook for my family, and the crockpot would be a lovely help!
Thanks so much for this giveaway! I unfortunately don't have a job so I didn't really give gifts but I love sharing love through my cooking.
I nominated you on babble 🙂
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Our daughter's toy grocery cart has been a joy to give. It's the first thing she has asked for from Santa. 🙂
Now that Christmas has passed, I can confirm that giving my mom a Keuig was the gift I was most excited to give, and definitely was the best gift! She no longer has to drive to my house every morning for her cup of java!
I was most excited to give a keurig coffee maker to my man. He loved it!!
I was excited to give my family some new shoes, esp my Papa (grandfather). He always talks about how fast he goes through shoes (probably because he buys cheap ones). So I took him and my mom out to get some new shoes. He had a fit when he saw the price but hopefully they'll last longer than the ones he buys…I hope.
I was most excited to give a gift to a little girl I will never meet! My daughter and I picked up her request off a tree at church. Loved getting to teach her about it being better to give then to receive and that there are children out there who need items more then she does!
I am most excited about getting an iPad so I could find this blog. So excited about finding it because I'm a newlywed and need cooking ideas. Being that I have a full time job, the slow cooker is my best bet to keep me sane!!
was most excited to give my daughter a video camera. She is 8 years old and exstreamly creative. Can't wait to see what she does with it.
I took an envelope addressed to my aunt from her mom (my grandma) and enlarged it into a piece of framed artwork. It is her beautiful flowing handwriting that we all recognize. My grandma passed away almost 10 years ago and my aunt still misses her dearly. With technology today, handwriting is slowly becoming obsolete. Every time my aunt sees that writing it will remind her of the beauty of my grandma.
It was so exciting to see everyone open the ornaments I made with my 18-month-old's handprints. Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles all enjoyed having something made to remind them of her when they are at their own homes.
I loved seeing everyone open the cute little ornaments I made with my 18-month old girls hand prints. Homemade gifts that will mean a lot to her grandparents, aunts, and uncles!
I LOVE slow cooking and my cooker is falling apart. I made the best Pot Roast for Christmas dinner, My father said it was Epic. I was so excited to give my daughter a hand made Duct Tape Doctor Who purse. When she opened it she was so excited! I hope your Christmas was great!
I just saw your contest and Christmas is now past but it is before the new year, hoping it still counts! The gift that I was most excited to give was the picture my 1-yr-old made with finger paints for his daddy!
I was most excited to give the gift of organizing a Christmas party for my co-workers like they've never seen before 🙂
I am most excited that the hubs and I decided to skip the "gift" part of Christmas in exchange for a no kids getaway.
I was most excited about giving my daughter a play kitchen. She loved it and is constantly feeding us all day every day now!
well christmas is over. but i made my aunt a dessert stand out of a candlestick holder, two melamine plates and a drawer pull. it was fun and turned out cute!
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We give three presents to each girl from us – a gold, frankensense (sp) and myrrh gift. The gold is something they really want (this year a wii) the frankensense gift is something to strengthen their relationship to God, and the myrrh gift is something that they wear on their bodies… I love continuing this tradition!!
I was most excited to give my boys their stockings 🙂 Stockings are my favorite part of Christmas & I always love watching their excitement when they wake & run to grab them 🙂
I love your site, great recipes!
I am most excited to give away all of the presents I hand knitted!
I was excited to give my kids their gift of bikes, they need them to burn off all their energy! Thanks for the giveaway
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You are number 15 now!! The gift I was most excited about was helping a fellow coworker in need. A whole group of us decided that instead of exchanging gifts we would put the money we would spend doing this to help a coworker in another dept. have a nice Christmas. You see, she is a single mom with two small children and is having some health problems that even made her have to go to part time. We ended up being able to give her a sizable amount of money that she used to get Christmas for her kids. It was a heartwarming experience and one we decided to do yearly for someone in need.
You're at #15! I was most excited to bake a cake for my mailman – I try to bake something different for him every year.
Loved watching kids open all of their presents.
I was in charge of a service project at my church where we delivered 50 gifts to children at the Sacramento Children's Home. We hope to make the children's Christmas a little merrier this year.
Your tomato basil Parmesan soup is perfect for our new years eve dinner party. Husband is the chef du jour that nite. Same ten folks for sixteen years, but now four little ones tag along too.
The photo is incredible, wanted to eat it off the screen. Always thought crock pot cooking would be the way to go and fun … Always too scared to try. I think now I have found the source of inspiration to begin the journey.
Oh, and I FB'ed you and now you are up to 16 on the food blog nomination site
I was most excited to share my sugar cookies. They turned out great this year! laurieclark46 at google dot com
I'm most excited about giving (well, gave) a large snow globe to my husband. It is a joint gift between me and his mother, because it was so expensive – but, he's collected them for years and he LOVES this one!
I was most excited to give my children a chance to spend Christmas with their Grandmother.
I can't wait to give my daughter a recipe book I made for her. She's away at college and calls for recipes. It turned out really nice!
I can't wait to give my oldest daughter a recipe book I made for her. She's away at college and calls periodically for recipes. I love how it turned out!
My favorite gift that I gave this Christmas was I helped purchase an iPad for my best friend's mom! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and have a happy new year!
I made homemade fresh Pico for all my neighbors and am excited to give it to them with a bag a my favorite chips!!
Christmas was yesterday.. I was excited to give my brother a hand mixer. He hasnt had one since he divorced. I would send a crockpot, but it is expensive to mail… I would give it to him when I see him again at Easter – he loves to cook with his 7 year old daughter.
Merry Christmas!
That is a cute slowcooker! I was most excited to give my little girl some wooden puzzles. I knew she'd love them!
#16 now. 🙂 I'm most excited to have given my youngest daughter Pokemon Black for her DS (she lost hers), and my oldest daughter several Johnny Depp movies (he's her future husband you know). lol! Thank you for this opportunity to win a super cool looking crock pot. Merry Christmas!
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I was most excited to give my Mom a really pretty skirt and shirt that she has been wanting for a year now!! She was so excited to open it and try it on. I was soooo proud for her.
We don't celebrate Christmas but I am an avid Crock Pot user. I made the best meat loaf in my crock pot Friday. No one could believe it came out of the Crock Pot.
Was the best Christmas ever. Everyone loved what they got.
I am most excited to give our son his first real basketball system so he can have fun playing outside…when it isn't raining! I am also excited to give our neighbors lots of holiday treats!
My friend is short on money this year, so I gave her a sack full of beauty products to make her girls a basket each full of fragrant body washes, lotions, etc.
I was excited to see my children's faces on Christmas day. There wasn't any one particular present that stood out from among the rest. They enjoy all their presents.
This year, since we have very little money, i'm most excited about giving the gift of time to those I love. :o)
I am most excited about my husband being home from work for a week. I'm looking forward to letting him get a feel for what it is like to be home with the kids all day every day!
I enjoyed giving my parents (frozen) individual fruit crumbles in mason jars this year. They tried one the next day and LOVED it.
Now you're number 16!
Shannon
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I am so excited to give out the home-made goodies that the kids and I worked on together!
I loved giving my son his play razor. He LOVES to "shave" with Daddy! Now he doesn't have to use a plastic piece of pie every time he wants to!!
A silly little cell phone to my daughter – and now I'm almost regretting it! :)smiscus
I'm most excited about giving my 8 yr old son the guitar & guitar lessons he's been wishing for.
The gift I am most excited to give this year is scrapbooks for family and friends. They take enormous amount of time to put together but the memories from the times spent together in the photos come flooding back! What a great way to reflect on the wonderful times spent together!
I have found copies of the cookbook my Mom used while growing up for my family. She will not give hers up yet.
Most excited for the gift of family! Love this time of togetherness!
Can't wait to spend the day with the entire family!
This Christmas, I can't wait to give some home made gifts to my sisters that I found on Pinterest! I found your blog on Pinterest (Tomato-Basil Parmesan Soup), and I am simply ADDICTED to the site! I made t-shirt scarves for my sister and sister in law. I think they will love them!
I'm most excited to give my sister some headphones she's been wanting.
It's a hectic holiday this year because Grandma fell and broke her hip. Just getting ANY presents together in time is pretty exciting! But the present I'm most excited to give is microwavable popcorn on the cob! I found it at our little local nut house, and I think it's going to blow the kids away!!
Every year I give my three aunts and my grandmother a handmade gift. For example, last year I knitted scarves, the year before I hand-poured bars of fragrant soap. This year I am excited about giving them handmade owl pillows. I hope they like them!
You have moved to 17. I can't wait to give the gift of love when we all get together. It will be the first Christmas with new daughter- inlaw.
My college roommate (of many years ago) is having financial difficulties and I've made arrangements to discreetly help her out, so that's the present I'm most excited about giving this year.
A dear friend of mine got mercury posioning and I am cooking Christmas dinner for her, her husband, and me.
I am most excited to give my boys their stockings! They love all the little random things that "Santa" puts in them:)
I'm thrilled to find you're blog!
I'm most excited to give my daughters their stocking stuffer gifts. They love getting new hair accessories and things to keep their smiles shining!
I am so excited to give matching pink Breast cancer towels to my mom and sisters! WE will be using them in Hawaii as soon as my sister is done with treatment! She is stage 4 again and she is my hero!!!
I'm most excited to give the bicycle we bought for a boy through the Salvation Army. I hope he likes it as much as I enjoyed picking it out!
I am super excited to give gifts to my new nephew. After many years of trying and waiting to be parents my sister and brother in law were blessed with an adorable little boy thanks to an amazing birth mom. I have all girls so buying little boy stuff was so much fun.
I did it…liked it. 🙂 Most excited about giving my grandson the Mickey rocket blaster thing and also the Rock star Mickey. he is the only one I bought anything for this year (he is 2 1/2).
I got to spend time with my son and new daughter-in-law, they were married on the 21st and because they will fly back on Christmas, so we spent the day checking out stores and had lunch a terrific time I will remember.
that crockpot rocks!! i really need it, don't you think!! thanks for the opportunity. i hope you get rated #1 but cool you have so many likes already. have a merry Christmas
My son is a Christian Missionary in Argentina and has spent the past year giving to others who have nothing. I will be sending him money so he and his team can have a nice Christmas dinner. I can only imagine the joy on their faces.
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I am most excited about giving my boyfriend his kindle. He actually just got me one as a gift and has been in love with it because we both enjoy reading. I told him maybe i would get him one for his bday in february since i had already bought his christmas present. He's going to be so surprised!
I can't wait to see my mom when she open her myers soup base. She was recently in the hospital and liked the soup. So I did some investigating and then Amazon.com helped out with the rest
You are moving up the chart! I can't wait to give my 8 yr old a bike with gears and his 6 yr old brother a Lego Rocket launcher. Very exciting. Everyone else gets baked goods from me…unless I eat them first…
Can't wait to give my mom a blanket i made for her. Way to go you are at 17 now…
I am giving my family and friends a organizing tote from Thirty-One bags for them to carry in their vehicles with emergency stuff and snaks. Ironically they have this same print available on the bags! It matches. Happy holidays.
I am most excited to give my non-techie husband an IPad 2 for Christmas. Pray for a miracle and he likes it!
I can't wait to see my 3 year old when he see's he got what he asked for from Santa!!
Zoo annual passes….
I liked the post. You were at #17! I am really excited to give my son some new toys. He's had the same toys since he was 1 and he's nearly 4 so it was time for a toy overhaul.
I am most excited to give my parents the quilted wine tote I made them.
I can't wait to give my kids new bikes. They love being outside all year, no matter the weather and they have used and fixed their old bikes for years!
My hubby and I are not exchanging gifts this year – but Grandma is giving my little girl her first American Girl doll – that's probably the gift I am most excited about.
I am so happy to see you moving up in the ranks. I am most excited to have the gift of my family around me for Christmas. Best gift given ever!
I let my family go to Hawaii without me for Christmas. I have had some health issues pop up that made it impossible for me to go, but I didn't want to take that experience away from them. It's just me and the dog this Christmas. 😉
Well, besides the ipod touch for my son, the Buzz Lightyear for a little boy who wasn't getting any presents…
I am most excited to give my kids the chance to see their grandparents who live in another state. They will be here the day after Christmas, but my kids are so excited.
voted your up to # 17 :), as to what I'm most excited to give it would have to be finding a misplaced box of stashed goodies I misplaced two years back can't say anymore, someone might peak thanks for all your great recipes & blogs
voted (your up to #17 :), most excited to give this year is stuff out of a stash I misplaced about two years back (can't say someone might peek) merry christmas
My youngest daughter's number one desired gift is an $8 Crib Life Lily doll. She just loves babies so much and always is commenting on them. I'm not sure why this doll was so appealing but I know she is going to LOVE it and be so happy to see it.
I am most excited about playing Secret Santa to a family who has lost everything in a recent fire. We will be providing toys for the kids, food for the table and pantry, some warm coats and a few other necessity items.
I am most excited about giving a full sized quilt to my sister. It is THE biggest quilt I have taken on and it took me two tries to get it right….so, I am thankful it is done and can't wait for her to OPEN it!!!!!
I am most excited about giving my hubby some handmade gifts that are momentos from out tirs this year:)
There are so many great recipes on your site, I really like the freezer to slow cooker ones, since I work 12 hour shifts. I really really like the crock pot that you found! I would to find one just like that.
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Wahoo…you're at #17 currently 🙂 I'm super excited to give a DIY colored-pencil holder to my roommate. I found it on pinterest (courtesy of thesweetestoccasion.com). It's made out of a log and is super cute. She's on a huge organization kick, loves her large colored pencil collection, and loves anything nature-esque.
I am most excited to give my mom a picture of me and all my siblings. It has been so long since we have had a real family picture and they turned out just beautifully.
To a friend that has many needs I am going to get those for her and her kids. She is a great mom and deserves it.
The gift I'm most excited to give is a visit to my grandmother. When I told her I was coming, she said she was glad she had just used the bathroom or else she would've wet her pants. Here's to my 93-year-old grandmother!
I can't wait to give my wee one a rock n roll elmo. I know they're kinda creepy, but my little guy loved it in the store. It's his first Christmas so I am SO excited for him 🙂
Not complaining mind you. Truly grateful to God for his blessings this year. Having said that, the gift I'm most excited to give my away at college boys this Christmas is some home cooking. Don't have the money for much else. Have already used my crockpot to make a chicken vegetable curry that my 19 year old raved about. Thanks for the recipes.
I have a friend who's little girl has cancer, & I nominated her for a BIG "secret Santa" giveaway & she was one of the few chosen to receive it! So, although they won't know who it's from or where it came from I am super excited for her to receive it because I know it will put a smile on her face & that's what she needs & deserves!!
#17 now! I'm excited to give my hubby his re-sized and now engraved (whoops) wedding ring.
I'm super excited to give a friend a full set of cloth diapers for her baby girl! We adore ours and know she's been wanting some, but can't swing it on a single income.
I am most excited about giving my grandchildren ornaments that I have had for many years to pass down to them. I know they will enjoy them for years to come
Love the site. I'm most excited about giving my son his Transformer truck. The dang thing doesn't even do much (no transforming) but it is his Red Ryder BB Gun gift for this year. Luckily he won't shoot his eye out with a truck. =)
I am excited about giving my husband a mandolin-he has always wanted to learn. Since he recently retired, he has time to enjoy and learn how to play. Joyce N.
I am most excited to give my 12 year old niece a calendar I had made for her. It has all sorts of personal photos, dates, memories. She is going to LOVE it!!!!
I am excited to give my husband a new bike. Its not fancy at all, but it works. The bike he has now is sort of falling apart….
And that crock pot is so cute!
I'm most excited about celebrating Christmas 4 times with lots of family and friends. 🙂
I'm excited to give my little brother a soccer jersey signed by the BYU soccer team. He's a HUGE soccer fan and hopes to play for BYU one day!
I sewed items for my grandchildren! Cowboy vests for the boys and doll dresses for the girls. Can't wait to see everyone here for Christmas: with 17 of us for a week, I will be using my slow cooker!!
A vacation get-away to my husband. He's going to love it, and I'm going to love enjoying it with him! 🙂
My husband and I have made most of our gifts this year with our new Silhouette Cameo! It's been SO FUN! It's also my daughter's FIRST CHRISTMAS this year. She's 10 months, (our second after a loss) so it's going to be a wonderful Christmas!
Excited to give my neice, 2 aunts, mother in law, and grandmother the scarves I made them!!
I was most excited to be able to give my younger brother the news that his bone marrow is NOT producing leukemia at the moment! We only have 6 more months of chemo and if he does not produce any leukemia in that 6 months he will be in remission! That was an amazing feeling to be able to tell him that and I will treasure that always! He technically got his news a couple days early (before Christmas) and he will still be in the hospital at Christmas but progress is being made!
I was most excited to be able to give my younger brother the news that his bone marrow is NOT producing leukemia at the moment! We only have 6 more months of chemo and if he does not produce any leukemia in that 6 months he will be in remission! That was an amazing feeling to be able to tell him that and I will treasure that always! He technically got his news a couple days early (before Christmas) and he will still be in the hospital at Christmas but progress is being made!
My grandma shared her peanut butter fudge recipe and I am excited to make it and give to co-workers and friends.
Cute Slow Cooker! I have been a fan of this blog from nearly the beginning! I am most excited to give my mother in-law the quilt I made for her. She is a wonderful woman and I sometimes tease the hub that she loves me more than him! Merry Christmas!
I'm most excited about giving my husband a remote controlled helicopter…he's gonna love it!
This is gonna sound silly, but when we go to Pocatello, ID, for judo tournaments, we always stay at the Towne Place Suites. My older son *loves* the red popcorn bowls they have there, so I ordered him one. And — Christmas miracle — it should be here in time!
I'm excited to give my little sister in-law a bed spread she has been wanting for a long time. Even better is that I got such a good deal on it!
My husband and I have started a tradition of giving gifts from the Samaritan's Purse gift catalog. These are the gifts that I am most excited about giving, because you *know* that it's not going to end up in a closet gathering dust, or exchanged – it'll make the lives of others better!
Ilove the slow cooker with the latched lid….no more fumbling around!!!!
I am really excited to give my little girl a 18" doll and all sorts of clothes that I made to go with it. This is her main wish and I am so happy I can make it come true for her.
"Merry Christmas!!!!"
Joyce
I'm excited to give my mom her new Erin Condren address book. I'm sure she's gonna love it!
I'm excited to give my brother ALL his presents! He's just the cutest thing, I love seeing him light up and smile 🙂 Especially when he gets something Spongebob or Cars related!!
I am excited to give the gift of Christmas to my 9 month old son for his first Christmas this year!! I can't wait to see him crawling into all the presents under the tree! 🙂
I don't have one favorite gift to give. I love watching everyone on Christmas morning opening their presents.
I'm most excited to give my new granddaughter (due June 3,2012) her first pair of Xmas pj's !
I'm excited to receive the gift of REALLY realizing that Jesus has come; is coming; and is here!!!
thanks for this chance!
Uh… Sorry, I just woke up and spaced the question I was supposed to answer… I'm most excited to give my kids all their gifts and the surprise books I got my husband. 🙂
Good luck and that is amazing that you have 9 slow cookers!
I "liked" your blog on that site. Hope you win!
Thank you and Merry Christmas! I love your blog and all your help!
I am most excited to give my daughter a gift she has been waiting for since she was in about 7th grade , so for about 2 years. I cannot reveal what it is however, in case she would get on my computer! 🙂
I am excited to give my daughter a new rubic cube and my son a rubber band kit. Merry Christmas 🙂
3 of my grand daughters are asking for barbies!!!! I LOVED my barbies. so I can't wait to see there faces!!!!!
Lorene
I am giving my hubby an outdoor rolling firepit. Cant wait to use it!! Happy Holidays!! Suzy
We made wooden toys for my nieces and nephews patterned after one my sibs and i had as a kid
I cannot wait to give my son his present! He is getting a DVD about flying.
I'm most excited to see my little girl's face when she sees her new swingset in the back yard on Christmas morning!
I am most excited about presenting my annual gift of a slideshow DVD featuring photographs from the past year. It is the highlight of our Christmas gift exchange.
I can't wait to cook with family and friends! I love everything about the holidays!
Just liked your blog. Can't wait to hear your big news in the New Year!
I'm most happy about the gifts we are giving my nephew and his wife. He has been out of work for quite a while and is down and sad this holiday. We've decided to send them a food gift each month for the next few months to help out: Naumes Pears last month (Naumes gives 1 lb. of fruit to charity for every lb. you buy.), an unexpected treat from Omaha Steaks this month, another healthy food surprise next month, and so on. Taking care of my whole family is very important to me…especially at Christmas.
I'm most excited about getting a kindle fire from my hubby.
I'm not excited about any one gift in particular, just excited to see my kids' reactions to all their gifts 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win! I am so excited to give my husband this techy-thing called appletv. he can hook up his music to our tv. He really wants it, and I have know idea what it does really, but he'll be super pumped! 🙂
Way to go by the time I hit "like" you are at #18 🙂 and I'm most excited about the gift I got my husband because it's the first year I got to use money I earned instead of money he did 🙂
At #18 now! I am giving a week of freezer meals to my grandparents. So excited to help them out!!!
I don't like your blog, I LOVE it! I am most excited to give my husband a photo book I made of our trip to Boston!
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I'm giving my step sister's personalized keychains that I got from an Etsy shop. So cute!
I'm most excited about a gift I am giving my daughter. I'd post just what it is here, but since this is connected to my account she might see it. I am expecting great big smiles and maybe even a shriek.
You are now at #18. Great job. I am most excited to see the kids and their excitement to open their gifts. Not just one in particular.
My wife collects tea towels and dala horses. This year I happened across a vintage dala horse tea towel. She has no idea, but will be so excited!
My best Christmas gift this year was to my four youngest Grandchildren. They each received their own Advent Calendar box. Each day from December 1st on they've gotten to open a drawer to reveal their gift. They range in years from 2 to 12 and they all have just loved it! Grandma was a hit this year.
Patti
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I'm excited to give coasters that I made with my 2 daughters helping. Got the idea from Pinterest! They turned out so cute and we love giving homemade gifts. P.S. That is the cutest crockpot EVER!
I am so excited to give my 3 year old his Monster that does flips!
I am always excited about getting things for my 2 adorable nephews! I love to see their faces light up! And also for my students…they are always surprised to see a gift from their teacher!
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I'm so excited to give my mom a crockpot! I'm hoping she'll learn to love it as much as I do!
I'm most excited a sweater I know I'm getting…it's a navy fair isle and lovely!
I am excited to give my coworkers their gifts. I made everything this year and I know they will love them!
I am redoing a rocking horse for my 2 year old grandaughter. It is zebra striped with hot pink accents. She is going to love it!
I liked your link. . .and you are up to #20 now. The best gift I am giving this year might be Tim Tebow's book to my husband because he has such a man crush on him and I heard the book is great.
I can't wait for my daughter to open her 'you can get your ears pierced' gift!! Love your website 🙂
I'm excited to give my dad a camera!
I found lovely boxes holding four different spice/herb blends at Penzey's the spice people. I bought six, for gifts to my brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, guy who does my hair and the sixth one is being held in reserve for a random gift of yumminess to someone who needs one – still on the lookout, but I know it will come up.
You're right the crock-pot is cute, I excited about giving my homemade hula hoops this year (so we can play off all the yummy treats). Thanks for your blog.
I am most excited about giving your 365 of slow cooking cookbook to my sister-in-law, since I share your recipes with her all the time anyway. Now she will have them all in one place! Happy Holidays and thanks for all that you do.
I'm just excited to see my kids excited to open presents. They never care what they get, but my 6 year old did ask me yesterday "Mom are we just getting clothes this year". Someday that will happen.
Just clicked "like" for ya! I'm excited to give my son a retro handset for his cell phone! So awesome! (I'm giving myself one too . . . )
I can't afford to gift this year (had a stroke, been out of work and in and out of hospitals since October), so I filled a couple of lawn bags with clothes I've been meaning to donate (was "too busy" before to get around to it) and dropped them off at Goodwill this past weekend. Felt awesome.
By the way, I *love* this blog! And the cookbook is on my wishlist! 🙂
I am giving my dad and his wife a donation tot the Heifer project, and my ex-wife a new computer.
This year I am most excited about the picture tile coasters that I made for my extended family, I love how I was able to personalize all of them so that they mean that much more to them. I joy your blog very much and the recipes are delicous.
I am excited to give my hubby (its our first christmas married!) a dinner that his mama would make for him. 🙂 It's not much, but I know he will love it! We making ginger bread cookies first! Can't wait!
I am excited to surprise my husband with a gun he has wanted ALL YEAR!! But i have told him no all year and that we just dont have the money for it! He he! He is going to be so shocked and surprised! I cant wait!
I am most excited to give my 17 month old son the book, "Good Night Baby Jesus." He loves books and I can't wait to share it with him!
I am most excited about giving the gift of a new life (baby) to my husband, daughter and our family! It hasn't been easy or emotionless but the Lord is good to those who wait patiently. This might be possibly the best "regift" I can ever give my family!
I voted bringing you up to 566 "likes." My husband and I typically don't exchange Christmas gifts, but this year I'm finally getting a new car stereo and I'm crazy excited.
I'm looking forward to giving my two-year old daughter a cozy coupe (car a la flintstones style)…she loves playing w/them at other people's homes!
I am most excited to give my daughter her American girl doll that she has wanted for 3 years.
I am not really excited about any gifts this year. I LOVE being with my family for Christmas. We all bring a couple of dishes or more which we nibble on all afternoon and into the evening. We load up crock pots and bake all morning. The house is full of all kinds of aromas and lots of laughter.
I gave an anonymous donation of cash to a family who recently traveled to Ethiopia to adopt three young siblings. The three came "home" to join four siblings: two biological and two "chosen" children, for a total of seven. I have never felt more "goodness" in my heart than when I get to help others. Lori P.
I gave an anonymous gift to a family who recently traveled to Ethiopia to adopt three adorable children. They now have two biological children and five "chosen" youngsters in their family. The husband's job has been cut to part time, so money is stretched thin. It is so much more gratifying to give than to receive. Lori P.
Excited to surprise hubby with a Kindle Fire!
I am anxious to give a DIY gift, a map of the us on a corkboard to track out travels and Temples visited. This is going to my mom and my sister gets one.
I am most excited to give my mom her gifts this year! I was able to get her an entire new work wardrobe by shopping sales this year. She lost a bunch of weight and desperately needs the new clothes, but won't spend the money on herself.
I was excited to give out apple pie drink to some people and homemade veggie soup that I had made and froze for an older lady's present.
You're #21 now! I'm most excited to give my daughter a cute little princess tea set for Christmas.
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We are giving a Wii to our granddaughter and her family. They are a young family just starting out with a 1yr old baby and another due next summer. They always play on our Wii when they are here, so I know they will love it. They both work very hard and don't spend much on themselves so I'm glad we can surprise them with this.
I liked you , good luck with the voting!
I am most excited to give the "home made" gifts this year. I made a "coupon" book for my sister in law and some cds for my son. I plan on making a hot coco mix for my nephew complete with his own marshmallows! I also knitted my first REAL scarf this season and I'm hoping to give it to a single mom.
This year it is a little less about the Gifts! I am most excited is to be with my children and Husband. Friendship and Love is the best gift I've recieved this holiday season.
yea!!! I am MOST excited to give a present to my husband, but since he checks this blog. (not for ideas of what to make me, mind you, it is for ideas of what I can make him!!) anyway, he might see it, so I am going to say that i am most excited to give my family the surprise that we are pregnant with a new ____!!! that will be the surprise! Also — a truck, elephant, panda, and tiger to my 3 yr old. (that was he list for santa… consistently since Novemeber!!)
I'm giving away homemade sriracha sauce.
I liked you, and the gift I'm most excited to give is a chevron pattern blanket I crocheted for my sister!
Just voted! I was 561!!! I like to give my popcorn balls and fudge as gifts to friends and family for Christmas
I just discovered your blog yesterday…I can't believe it has taken me so long!
I am excited to give my parents/grandparents a special calendar that my four year old made. I'm all for the sentimental stuff–I hope they love it!
I'm excited to give my mom her gift. She never asks for anything and this year I think I've got a winner!!
Denise
I bought my eight year-old daughter the cutest monster print on Etsy and they threw in another print for free, so my 2 1/2 year-old is getting one, too. Here's the print I bought my daughter. Isn't it adorable?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/66960637/my-family-8×10-print
I am most excited to give my daughter a woven blanket with her picture on it. [email protected]
I GET TO HAVE MY SON AN NEW DAUGHTER IN LAW WHAT A BETTER PRESENT.
Most excited to give my grandaughters the stuffed animals I found them….they will be so excited and cute opening them!
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My husband and I had such a fun time getting presents for our families this year; I'm so excited to see their reactions!
cutest pot i ever did see 🙂
Karen, I am most excited about giving my family my homemade wine biscuits and banana bread. They all look forward to it every year. Since I only make the wine biscuits at Christmas it is really appreciated by everyone! The banana bread is made often & distributed though out the year but every enjoys it also.
Laurie Cardoza
giving my volunteer efforts and time
I am most excited to give my daughter and son-in-law an item that they were saving up to buy for Christmas for their family. Instead of spending the money on themselves, they used the money (over $300.00) to ship 23 boxes of Christmas to soilders to Afghanistan and decided to forego their own Christmas gifts for this great cause.
I cant wait to see my 2 kids open their presents and to see how my mother-in-law likes the storyteller clay figure that my son made for her (she collects them at every native american shop she visits).
Not sure if I am giving much due to lack of work -only but I am working part time I am giving my boss Christmas day off / working for him — so he can stay home and watch his small kids open presents
I'm excited about giving my granddaughter her first Easy Bake Oven. She loves to help me cook and I think she's going to have a blast with it.
It's kind of a tie between a book my husband's been wanting (we haven't had the money to give each other gifts in a few years and I'm SO excited to spoil him a little!) and a hand crocheted infinity scarf for my sister in law. Hoping she loves it!
I hope you win!
Hmm…probably the handmade fleece Gryffindor scarves for my kids, who are newly obsessed with Harry Potter. That or the "Northwestern Quiddich" t-shirts I got for them to help celebrate both their Pottermania and their mom's attending university. 🙂
(I don't have a 4 quart crockpot yet!)
I'm most excited about giving someone special a laptop computer. This person has almost nothing and is one of the most generous people I know, and I know he needs a new one.
I most excited to be giving my mom the entire dvd collection of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS. We used to watch them together when I was a little girl.
I like your site and voted for you. The gift I'm most excited to give is a camera I got half price to my son who doesn't think he'll get a camera. He is a wonderful person who doesn't expect much, so I am looking forward to his reaction seeing the camera.
I'm most excited to see my 3 year old open the Bat Cave we bought him.
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I cannot wait to give my 2.5 year old some toddler drums, he loves music so he will have so much fun 🙂 He even told Santa he wanted "dums" lol
Red neck wine glasses
I'm most excited to make year end contributions to world hunger relief.
Can't wait to see my sons face when he gets his kindle fire, he's been hoping for some type of e-reader, been saving quite awhile for it. Have a beautiful Christmas.
A new guitar for my hubby.
I am most excited to give my mom a coat that she has wanted for the last few years that I was able to find on sale at a great price.
I am most excited to give my 4 year old daughter (and yes I said 4) a complete Justin Bieber bedroom set. She already has the Bieber fever!!! And as alarmed as I am , its to darn cute not to give in.
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good job #22 is great! I use your recipe blog more than any other! I liked the item!
I can;;t wait to give out my Christmas cookies and Apple Crisp cake, I make them special for friends and relatives! WIll be baking on Wed, Thurs & Frid this week to get them all done!!!
I'm most excited about giving a warm coat to a little girl I've kind of adopted as a granddaughter. She is so sweet and loving and appreciative of anything we do for her, she has stolen my heart. <3