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The Best Birthday Present Ever jdhodges.com - The Best Birthday Present Ever Every man has a story. This is my story Blog Photos Friends Register « Control Panel Software for ISPs Creating a RAM Disk in Windows XP » The Best Birthday Present Ever August 30th, 2005in General , Brandy , Great Times , Friends For my 25th birthday, Brandy got me a shaving mirror for the shower. The mirror helps me stay clean shaven, and it’s just an awesometastic present. Thanks Brandy In other good news, Jesse bought a new Dual-Core Intel computer today. I helped him pick out the components and it should be a very fast system. In perhaps the biggest news of all today, Vaughn got a job with a great firm here in Tulsa. Way to go Vaughn! In miscellaneous notes, we (Vaughn, Kevin, Jesse, myself) played some whiffle ball today. I didn’t do as well as usual, but it was still fun in the sun. We played over by the fitness center and that field is perfect for the whiffle action. In the past week Vaughn and I have been to the pool three times. Which is more than the total for the last two years! It is very nice to cool off in the pool on these hot summer days -- « Control Panel Software for ISPs Creating a RAM Disk in Windows XP » 4 Responses to “The Best Birthday Present Ever ” RSS Trackback 1 Brandy on Aug 31st, 2005 at 10:51 am You are very welcome JD! You are a lucky duck to get to swim a lot! I didn’t get to do that much this summer unfortunately! That’s okay, I can swim sometime later, maybe if I visit! 2 hpn on Sep 1st, 2005 at 1:12 am belated wishes, Happy Birthday JD! 3 Uncle Harley on Sep 1st, 2005 at 6:01 am Happy B-day, JD!! What I wouldn’t do to be your age again with my life and career ahead of me. Sorry to hear that you are separated by your respective schools. Best wishes for your academic success this year. I hope to see some more wild and crazy party pics, but your travelogue photo’s are the best. Wilderness/nature/animal pics rule. Have you ever been to Yosemite, Yellowstone or Glacier parks? 4 JD on Sep 1st, 2005 at 9:35 pm Some swimming would be awesome Brandy! Make sure to get here before it’s too cold I seem to remember the pool being open until late September… Thank HP and Uncle Harley I’m probably going to be posting some photos this weekend. And no I haven’t been to those places, I think Brandy has though… (to at least one or two of them.) Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Search jdhodges.com is powered by WordPress 1.5.2 and K2 by Michael and Chris RSS Entries and RSS Comments eBay Register for a free eBay account. Drama DVD Movies Shop for discount priced Drama DVD Movies New York Yankees Tickets New York Yankees look to once again reach the World Series at Yankee Stadium, buy your tickets now. Air Travel Tickets Air Travel opinions, advice and discussion forum.
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At Home : Shopping : Useful Housewarming Gifts : Home & Garden Television   Program Guide Shows A - Z Decorating Remodeling Gardening At Home Crafts Store SEARCH AT HOME Antiques / Collectibles Books / Videos Cleaning Entertaining Hobbies / Interests Kids / Family Moneysaving Ideas Organizing Personal Care / Health Pets Real Estate Recipes Shopping Tips / Techniques Antiques Cleaning Entertaining Food / Dining Organizing / Storage Shopping Other Vacations / Travel Useful Housewarming Gifts Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-545 -- More Projects » Creativity expert Karen Hartman shows how to make useful, eye-catching gifts. Figure A Figure A--The perfect gift for someone moving into a new residence is a cleaning-item bouquet. Cut craft foam so that it fits tightly into a wash bucket, then simply insert helpful items such as a feather duster, toilet brush, dish mop, etc. For a special touch, use floral foam instead of craft foam, soak the foam in water, then insert flowers, along with the cleaning items. Decorate the wash bucket with a colorful ribbon. Figure B Figure B--How about a treat to reward a friend for all the effort that goes into a move? A chocolate cake will certainly be appreciated, but don't present it on a white paper plate. Enhance the presentation by lining a hatbox (or any container) with decorative paper. Place the cake in the hatbox, then cover with a fabric remnant that has been bound up and secured with tulle. Figure C Figure C--A fruit basket is a traditional and healthy housewarming gift. Make it special by finding an oversized basket to hold the fruit, then surround the entire basket with tulle. It will take two to three yards of this inexpensive fabric to envelope the gift. Use two or even three different colors of tulle to really give it some pop, then just secure at the top with some ribbon. Figure D Figure D--Cleaning supplies and fruit are great, but for the college student that's moving away from home, a little bread might help--not just any bread, though. It has to be the kind that can be spent. Instead of passing an envelope, present the money in a card that has been inserted between two slices of tasty bread in a wicker basket. GUESTS: Karen Hartman Creativity Expert, Karen Hartman Productions 6601 Lindenhurst Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: 323-655-7469 E-mail: karhartman@aol.com Website: www.karenhartman.com ALSO IN THIS EPISODE: Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-545 • Useful Housewarming Gifts • Car Smarts • Mascara • Smart Solution of the Day Home | About Us | Newsletters | Questions | Advertising Site Map | Privacy | Legal DIY | Fine Living | Food Network | Shop At Home Great American Country | HGTVPro | Living | Video On Demand Comparison Shop for Home Gifts & Patio Furniture at Shopzilla © 2005 Scripps Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Amazon.com: Music: A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Your Store Music See All 31 Product Categories   Your Account | Cart | Wish List | Help search music | browse styles | classical | top sellers | new & future releases | music you should hear | blowout music | used music | free downloads Search Amazon.com Popular Music - Artist Name - Album Title - Song Title Used Music Classical Music Music Downloads Advanced Search Web Search Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in . MUSIC INFORMATION Explore this album buying info listen to samples editorial reviews customer reviews RATE THIS ALBUM I dislike it I love it! 1 2 3 4 5 Edit your ratings Visit the DVD Store Fly Jefferson Airplane DVD Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. A9.com users save 1.57% on Amazon. Learn how . 52 used & new from $3.16 Have one to sell? Don't have one? We'll set one up for you. A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector Phil Spector List Price: $17.98 Price: $13.99 and eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. See details . You Save: $3.99 (22%) Availability: Usually ships within 5 to 6 days 52 used & new from $3.16 See more product details Better Together Buy this album with The Best of Darlene Love ~ Darlene Lovetoday! Buy Together Today: $31.97 Customers who bought this title also bought: The Best of the Ronettes ~ The Ronettes Christmas Album ~ Elvis Presley Motown Christmas [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered] ~ Various Artists Christmas with the Rat Pack ~ Frank Sinatra, et al The Best of the Crystals ~ The Crystals All I Want for Christmas Is You ~ Vince Vance & the Valiants The Ventures' Christmas Album ~ Ventures Now That's What I Call Christmas! ~ Various Artists Explore Similar Items : 20 in Music , 18 in DVD , and 2 in Books Product Details Audio CD (December 8, 1990) Label: Abkco Catalog: #4005 ASIN: B000003BD7 Average Customer Review: Based on 44 reviews. Write a review . Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,488 in Music Listen to Samples To hear a song sample, click on the "Listen ." Visit our audio help page for more information. 1. White Christmas - Darlene Love Listen Listen 2. Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes Listen Listen 3. The Bells Of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans Listen Listen 4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Crystals Listen Listen 5. Sleigh Ride - Ronettes Listen Listen 6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love Listen Listen 7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes Listen Listen 8. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Crystals Listen Listen 9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love Listen Listen 10. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers - Crystals Listen Listen 11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love Listen Listen 12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans Listen Listen 13. Silent Night - Phil Spector And Artists Listen Listen Editorial Reviews Amazon.com This lavish holiday set has been called the greatest rock & roll Christmas album of all time. That's an opinion that's tough to argue with when you find yourself immersed in the massive sounds painstakingly crafted by legendary producer Phil Spector. His "wall-of-sound" technique is perfectly suited to the music of the season, as he proves with layer upon layer of piano, sleigh bells, buoyant percussion, and, of course, those legendary Spectorsound harmonies. The Crystals turn their sassy interplay into sheer magic on "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," The Ronettes stroll sweetly through numbers like "Sleigh Ride," while Darlene Love delivers a real knockout punch with her yearning version of "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)." Sure to become the soundtrack for your holidays. --David Sprague Spotlight Reviews (What's this?) Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful: The classic album , October 26, 2003 Reviewer: P D Harris "Pete the music and horse racing fan" (Leicester England)- See all my reviews This album was something of a revolution in its time, at least where Christmas music was concerned, although all that Phil Spector actually did was apply his normal production style to Christmas music. The Crystals, famous for Then he kissed me and Da doo ron ron, sing brilliant, energetic versions of Santa Claus is coming to town, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Parade of the wooden soldiers. The Ronettes, famous for Be my baby, are equally brilliant on Frosty the snowman, Sleigh ride and I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus. Bob B Soxx and the blue jeans, famous for Zip-a-de-doo-da, also excel on Bells of St Mary's and Here comes Santa Claus. Darlene Love, whose biggest success was as lead singer of the Crystals on He's a rebel, sings four songs here, a rare chance for her to be credited as a solo performer. Christmas (Baby please come home) is the only original song here. White Christmas includes the rarely heard verse about being in Beverley Hills. The other two, Marshmallow world and Winter wonderland, are also outstanding. The closing Silent night is just a series of spoken acknowledgements set to a backing track. Don't worry about that - the twelve songs that go before set the standard for Christmas rock albums when it was first recorded and still do, because nobody has bettered it in the forty years since. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 18 of 21 people found the following review helpful: 38 Years Old & Still The Greatest Christmas Album , November 28, 2001 Reviewer: James E. Bagley (Sanatoga, PA USA)- See all my reviews The legendary producer Phil Spector hit his artistic peak with this yuletide classic from 1963. The arrangements found here have been copied over and over again through the years by less creative performers, but no one comes close. My favorite recordings on the album are those by the Ronettes, in particular "Sleigh Ride" which will have you going "ringalingalinga dingdongding" for days, no, make that YEARS. Ronnie's playful, almost childlike voice, lends itself better to nonsecular Christmas songs than anyone I have ever heard. If Ronnie captures the playful, innocent side of Christmas, Darlene Love with her powerful alto captures the emotional side. The original recording "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" drives home the heartbreak of being alone at Christmas, while "White Christmas" nails the longing we all have for the Christmases of our youth. The Crystals and Bob B. Soxx & his Bluejeans aren't quite as distinctive as Ronnie & Darlene (who is?). Nonetheless, their enclosed holiday recordings are all enjoyable, particularly "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Crystals) and "Here Comes Santa Claus (Bob B. Soxx). I've never cared much for the last track, which finds the high pitched Phil wishing everyone a Merry Christmas , while Silent Night plays in the background. But since it is the last track, it doesn't mar the excellence created by the rest of the album/CD. Just hit eject as Phil starts to talk and I guarantee you'll have a musically Merry Christmas! Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) All Customer Reviews Average Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. Really grand...back in the 60's , September 17, 2005 Reviewer: D. Needham (Thousand Oaks, Ca United States)- See all my reviews This is one of those albums I thought I had to have in order to upgrade my Christmas collection. The Amazon editorial review says it's called the greatest rock & roll Christmas album of all time. I'm kind of partial to things that bear the title "greatest of all time" that I can own for $13.99. Now I own it and it and I just don't think it's so great. I think that maybe it was good in its day. I'm not saying the old stuff is bad. I love many old renditions of Christmas songs. And I like different renditions of the same Christmas songs. The problem here for me is that when Mariah Carey came out with her Christmas album she made this one obsolete. Now, maybe nobody else feels this way, but Mariah Carey does the best of these songs, but she does them way better. For me, this album has become unnecessary. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector , August 10, 2005 Reviewer: Robert Janes (Flat Rock,Mi USA)- See all my reviews This album remined me of being back in high school. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) A Christmas Gift for You-and you-and you-and you , December 24, 2004 Reviewer: M. Shively - See all my reviews It took me one year to find this CD after watching Darlene Love on Letterman December of 2003. I ordered one CD for my brother who has 3 girls ages 5-13 and took another CD to work. We couldn't wait until the day AFTER Thanksgiving: we cranked it up the day BEFORE Thanksgiving! THIS IS SUCH A GREAT SING-ALONG. You simply cannot have a "blue, blu-u-u-e XMAS" listening to this CD. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: An Orginial Spector Devotee , December 7, 2004 Reviewer: Philip Spivey "Liberated Theology'" (New York City, NY USA)- See all my reviews I grew up in the 50s and 60s loving Rock 'n Roll and loving Phil Spector's Rock especially. His Christmas album is a yearly treat for me. I don't play my vinyl anymore (purchased just days before President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963); I don't play my cassette tape anymore; I've graduated to disc. And this will be my 41st Christmas with the Spector gang...they're family. The greatest Christmas album to be sure. I would also put it in the league of a top-ten album of all time. The renditions and arrangements remain fresh after all these years. We hear Darlene Love and Ronnie Spector in their "glory days" with all the optimism the youth of the 60s shared before the realities of dead presidents and adulthood encroached on us. You hear Spector at his best muscially, before his productions become muddy or overwrought. Although each song on the album is a jewel, three stand out for me: Darlene's "Christmas Baby..." by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich stands out because it was written especially for this album and it is the surprise tour de force of this collection. Not only does it work with the traditional songs, but it has become Darlene Love's signature to this day when she apppears each Christmas season on the Letterman Show. My second pick is "The Bells of St. Mary's". A somewhat unconventional choice for a Chirstmas album --- because it's not a traditional Christmas song ... again, this choice works with Darlene and Bobby Sheen and Fatima James (known on the label as Bobby Sox & the Blue Jeans). It works in a spectacular way because the arrangement is inspired, the vocal lines and performances soar and the drum work (Hal Blaine, I believe) is brilliant. Listen to the final few bars and fade-out on this track ---- have you ever heard drum work like that? My third, and final, is "Silent Night". This was a discovery I made after years of ignoring this track. If you could remove Phil's silly narrative and listen soley to the music, what you would hear is one of the most beautiful renditions of this song recorded; it's silvery and transparent and yet we know that the chorus is peopled by the entire Phil Spector stable of singers (including Cher, who sang background in those days); the effect is transcendent. This album is forever fresh, forever young and forever one of my favorites. If, God forbid, I had to leave my home for fire or flood or locusts, THIS album (vinyl, cassette and disc) would be among the possessions under my arm. Was this review helpful to you? ( Report this ) See all 44 customer reviews... 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