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Arty Golf Gift -- February 02, 2005 Arty Golf Gift I have friends that golf. I don't understand them, but I do love them.And frankly, I'm always relieved by friends that accept "themed gifts" -- justmakes life a whole lot easier. But the golfers are tough because, well... so many " unique golf gifts " are just... cheesy. To find an arty golf gift ? Now THAT's both a rarity and a treasure. Artist Michelle Allen has created just that in her series of whimsical clocks. The golf clock shownhere is obviously golf, obviously arty, and not available at every pro shop on the block. The is the perfect gift for golfers who like independent films, independent bookstores,and Magritte. Why these people golf is beyond my ken, but I'm happy to findan artist who understands them. Price: at the time of this review $51.00 Resources: Arty golf Gift at DetailsArt Posted by caschaeffer at February 2, 2005 12:17 AM | TrackBack Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: Remember personal info? Yes No Comments: « Personal Ice Cream Holder | Main | Geek Love: Roses are FF0000 » Shopping Brains Blog September 2005 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Search this Blog Search this Site -- Shopping Blog Home Main Recent Entries Glass Toaster Geek Love: Roses are FF0000 Arty Golf Gift Personal Ice Cream Holder Space Shuttle Beds Bosca Leather Purses Theme Party: Space, the Final Frontier Dragon Ear Wrap Trendy Ballet Flats Fancy Pet Collars Smart Women Thirst and Crave Silver Fortune Cookie Send a Message in a Bottle Pocky, Pocky, Pocky Silk Sleep Masks Syndication Syndicate this site Entries By Category Baby (3) Fashion (25) Food and Beverages (5) Furniture (5) Household (14) Jewelry (21) Linens (8) Miscellaneous (22) Party Supplies (7) Pets (5) Posters (3) Seasonal Items (15) Toys (17) Videos/DVDs (2) Blogs I Read Shefinds.com Other Blogs Links ShoppingBrains Home Syndicate this site (XML)

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Alumnae/i of Goucher College: Gift Acceptance Policy home directory sitemap search contact us CampusWEB Blackboard digest About the AAGC Awards Class Web Pages E-mail Directory GAIN Giving to Goucher Host Program Regional Programs Goucher Quarterly Tours and Travel Update Your Information Volunteer for Goucher Contact Us Goucher Bookstore Upcoming Events Spies of Capitol Hill October 2, 2005 Ring Ceremony October 8, 2005 Host Program Pizza Night October 18, 2005 Fells Point Ghost Tour October 26, 2005 G.O.L.D. at the Williams Club October 27, 2005 View Full Events Listing Alumnae/i of Goucher College Email: alumni@goucher.edu 1021 Dulaney Valley Road Baltimore, MD 21204 Phone:800-272-2279/410-337-6180 Fax:410-337-6185 You are here: Alumnae/i > Giving to Goucher > Gift Acceptance Policy Gift Acceptance Policy GIFT ACCEPTANCE POLICY I. INTRODUCTION This policy statement is designed to ensure that all gifts to, or for the use of, Goucher College are structured to provide maximum benefits for the donor and the college. Because some gift situations might be complex, or more costly than beneficial, or restricted in a manner not in keeping with the goals of the college, this policy has been developed to establish standards by which all gifts will be evaluated, as well as a formal process for carrying out such evaluations. This policy is intended as a guide and allows for some flexibility on a case-by-case basis. II. GUIDING PRINCIPLES Goucher College encourages gifts in support of its mission as a private liberal arts college. Goucher College seeks to implement a gift acceptance policy that will protect: the best interests of the donor; the welfare of Goucher College; and the Goucher College employees charged with the management of the gift planning program. Donors are encouraged to consult with their personal advisors (accountants, certified estate or financial planners, attorneys, investment brokers, etc.) before making any gift to the college, particularly a planned gift. The college reserves the right not to accept certain gifts, including those from which the college will realize little or no financial gain, or which are made for purposes that are inconsistent with the college’s educational mission, or which have restrictions that violate the college’s ethical standards or require illegal discrimination. Donations of gifts for unrestricted, general purposes are encouraged because of the flexibility they provide in meeting the most pressing needs of Goucher College. The college shall acknowledge all gifts and donations in a manner that respects and honors the donor. In accepting a gift, the college also accepts a responsibility to the donor to steward that gift. This includes administering the gift properly, providing the donor with appropriate financial information about the gift, and, when appropriate, reporting to the donor about the use of the gift. The entire Gift Acceptance Policy can be obtained by contacting the Office of Gift Planning at 410-337-6358. You can also view the Gift Acceptance Policy here . To open the policy, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Click here to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

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Supplies Automotive Home Furnishings Lifestyle Pet Toys Arts & Hobbies Web Search So you'd like to... find a baby gift item A guide by AVij ,Baby Researcher E-mail this guide to a friend First Whispers Buy new : $12.97 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours First Whispers: The World's Best Playtime Music Baby CD... Ever Buy new : $12.97 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours firstwhispers.com/ See all products The term baby item covers a lot of territory. Babies use a lot of stuff that may not occur to everyone whos shopping for a baby gift item. And if youre like me, you search out the unusual, or hard to find things. Unique baby gift items dont have to be hard to find, of course. They can be as simple to locate as turning on your computer, and looking for First Whispers 'First Whispers' , and First Whispers 'First Whispers: The World's Best Playtime Music Baby CD... Ever' !To get more information on First Whispers products you can visit them at 'firstwhispers.com/' These wonderful CDs of classical music, or a baby item that parents will treasure. Not only are they filled with some of the worlds most beautiful music, but they are a learning tool as well, specially created for babys awake and sleep times. Along with the carefully selected collection of classical music, baby will hear low frequency verbalization of such things as numbers, colors, and the alphabet. They will hear heartbeats, baby laughter, and nature sounds, reinforcing previous positive images imprinted on their minds, and introducing new ones. Babies will actually learn as they play or sleep. As a unique baby gift item, a First Whispers CD tops my list. One reason is the use of entrainment philosophy, which states that two rhythms side by side will eventually move in sync. This means that the special delta frequency recordings on First Whispers Bedtime CD, and the alpha frequency on First Whispers Playtime CD, will reach a babys super consciousness by matching the frequency on the CDs, to the babys brain waves, creating an optimal state of relaxation, where the baby is receptive to learning. What better baby gift item can you give, than a relaxed, happy baby who learns while they are sleeping or playing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anil Vij is the creator of the ultimate parenting toolbox, which has helped parents all over the world raise smarter, healthier and happier children => 'expertsonparenting.com/' Sign up for Anil's Experts On Parenting Newsletter - just send a blank email ===> mailto: Parentingnews@aweber.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listed below are some very good baby gift items: 'Discovery Ball' 'Storytime Glowworm' 'Musical Play Garden' 'Stand Up Ball Blast' 'Ocean Wonders Aquarium' 'Sing Me to Sleep Pooh' 'Laugh and Learn Learning Home' 'Music N' Play Table' 'Nesting Action Vehicles' 'Lamaze: Freddie the Firefly' 'Rollin' Rumblin' Dump Truck' 'Baby Einstein Animal Orchestra Stacker' 'Laugh and Learn Learning Birdbath' 'Baby Counting Pal' 'Musini Quintet' 'Lamaze: Puppytunes' 'Rockin Radio' 'LeapFrog Read and Sing Little Leap' 'Baby Einstein - Melody and Motion Activity Toy' 'Mozart Magic Cube' 'Sunshine Symphony' 'Crib CD Player with Light' 'Sing and Discover Piano' 'Music Blocks Composer' 'Bugs on Board' 'Snd&farm Blks Mailer Tru.c' 'Baby's Wind Chimes Kick Toy' 'Aquadoodle' 'Lamaze: Musical Inchworm' 'Me In The Mirror' 'Lacing Beads in a Box' 'Lamaze Play & Grow: Tucker' 'Electronic Busy Box by Small World Toys' 'Fisher Price Musical Tea Set' 'My First Fishbowl' 'Baby's First Blocks' 'Baby Einstein Musical Discovery Caterpillar' 'The New Gloworm' 'See 'n Say Farmer Says' 'Corn Popper' 'Wiggles Dance Mat' 'Shape Sorting Cube' 'Baby's First Toys' 'Classical Chorus Gym' 'Geometric Shapes Jumbo Knob Puzzle' 'Baby Einstein - discover 'N play - Activity Toy' Products mentioned include: 1. First Whispers ~ Others (Composer), Beethoven Mozart (Composer) List Price: $12.97 Buy new : $12.97 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Used & new from $10.07 2. First Whispers: The World's Best Playtime Music Baby CD... Ever ~ Vivaldi, Others Mozart List Price: $12.97 Buy new : $12.97 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 3. firstwhispers.com/ 4. expertsonparenting.com/ 5. Discovery Ball by LeapFrog Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $19.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 6. Storytime Glowworm by Hasbro Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 7. Musical Play Garden by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us List Price: $39.99 Buy new : $34.99 You Save : $5.00 (13%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 8. Stand Up Ball Blast by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $24.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 9. Ocean Wonders Aquarium by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 10. Sing Me to Sleep Pooh by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 11. Laugh and Learn Learning Home by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $64.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 12. Music N' Play Table by Chicco Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $36.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 13. Nesting Action Vehicles by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us List Price: $12.99 Buy new : $11.99 You Save : $1.00 ( 8%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 14. Lamaze: Freddie the Firefly by Learning Curve Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $12.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 15. Rollin' Rumblin' Dump Truck by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $17.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 16. Baby Einstein Animal Orchestra Stacker by Equity Marketing Inc Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $13.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 17. Laugh and Learn Learning Birdbath by Fisher-Price Offered by: Toys"R"Us List Price: $22.99 Buy new : $19.99 You Save : $3.00 (13%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 18. Baby Counting Pal by LeapFrog Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $15.99 Buy new : $14.99 You Save : $1.00 ( 6%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 19. Musini Quintet by Neurosmith Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $19.99 Buy new : $9.97 You Save : $10.02 (50%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 20. Lamaze: Puppytunes by Learning Curve Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $19.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 21. Rockin Radio by Hasbro Availability: This item is currently not available. 22. LeapFrog Read and Sing Little Leap by LeapFrog Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 23. Baby Einstein - Melody and Motion Activity Toy by Kids II Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 24. Mozart Magic Cube by Munchkin Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $34.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 25. Sunshine Symphony by Neurosmith Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $34.99 Buy new : $19.97 You Save : $15.02 (43%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 26. Crib CD Player with Light by The First Years Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Babies"R"Us Buy new : $49.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 27. Sing and Discover Piano by Vtech Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $29.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 28. Music Blocks Composer by Neurosmith Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 29. Bugs on Board by Sassy Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Babies"R"Us Buy new : $8.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 30. Snd&farm Blks Mailer Tru.c Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 31. Baby's Wind Chimes Kick Toy by Tiny Love Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $12.99 Buy new : $10.99 You Save : $2.00 (15%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 32. Aquadoodle by Spin Master Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us List Price: $29.99 Buy new : $19.99 You Save : $10.00 (33%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 33. Lamaze: Musical Inchworm by Learning Curve Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $14.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 34. Me In The Mirror by Sassy Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Babies"R"Us Buy new : $12.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 35. Lacing Beads in a Box by Lights, Camera, Interaction Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Brighter Starts Buy new : $14.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Used & new from $9.99 36. Lamaze Play & Grow: Tucker by Learning Curve Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $12.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 37. Electronic Busy Box by Small World Toys by Small World Toys Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $34.99 Buy new : $29.99 You Save : $5.00 (14%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 38. Fisher Price Musical Tea Set by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $16.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 39. My First Fishbowl by Learning Curve Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $19.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 40. Baby's First Blocks by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $9.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 41. Baby Einstein Musical Discovery Caterpillar Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Baby Universe Buy new : $12.99 from $12.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days 42. The New Gloworm by Hasbro Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $9.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 43. See 'n Say Farmer Says by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $12.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 44. Corn Popper by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $10.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 45. Wiggles Dance Mat by SpinMaster Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Toys"R"Us Buy new : $19.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 46. Shape Sorting Cube by Melissa & Doug Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium List Price: $14.99 Buy new : $9.99 You Save : $5.00 (33%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 47. Baby's First Toys by Sassy Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Babies"R"Us Buy new : $39.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 48. Classical Chorus Gym by Fisher-Price Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . 49. Geometric Shapes Jumbo Knob Puzzle by Melissa & Doug Average Customer Rating: Offered by: Imaginarium Buy new : $19.99 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 50. Baby Einstein - discover 'N play - Activity Toy by Kids II Average Customer Rating: Availability: This item is currently not available. Customers also shopped for these similar items . Create your own guide! See the Best Guides Top 100 So You'd Like to... guides Search So You'd Like to... guides More about AVij Add to Favorite People Related So You'd Like to... Create a guide have a happy baby : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher The Wonders of Your Baby's Brain : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Promote Baby Learning : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Look For Baby Books : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Help Your Premature Baby : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Help Your Baby Thrive : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Steal My List of Baby Care Products : A guide by AVij, Baby Researcher Create a guide Related Listmania! 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My Best Birthday Present - Timothy Leary My Best Birthday Present I haven't celebratedmy birthday in decades. Sure, when you're a kid it's exciting to add ayear to your age, have your parents gather your friends, blow out the candles,and get presents, but today I turn 49 and the last thing on earth I feellike doing is celebrating, much less blowing out a fire. Nothing very specialabout November 10th other than it is the day that Stanley found Livingston.Okay, I wouldn't mind a present or two, but that's more a matter of actuallyneeding stuff than thinking I deserve any sort of reward just for havingsurvived another year. I've always felt it was a wee bit egomaniacal tothrow yourself a big birthday party. Nothing wrong with celebrating others,but when it comes to celebrating yourself, it shouldn't be in public. Fifteen years ago todayit was also my birthday and, as normal, I was doing what I always do, whatI still do, what I'm doing right now, writing at my computer, with absolutelyno plans for the day. When you don't have a plan, there's nothing to deviatefrom. You can do whatever you want without fear of failure because howcan you fail when you don't have any goal in mind? Whatever happens, happens,and it's good or bad on its own terms. The higher you get your hopes up,the further you have to fall, so I never count on anything. If somethingbad happens, too bad. If something good happens, it's a gift. There was a knock atthe door. I opened it and there was Timothy Leary who said "Hi, I'm yourbirthday present." He wouldn't explain how or why this came to be, or whoin particular was bestowing him upon me. He was simply there, and he wouldhang out for at least an hour. All he would tell me was that he was toldI was someone he should meet. Whenever you meet someonefamous in a personal situation, it's hard to know how to behave, particularlyif they're enormous media stars. After all, you've spent hours gazing atthem, thinking about them, perhaps days or weeks staring at their image.Imagine the hundreds of hours you've spent with certain stars broadcastregularly into your living room. They feel like a friend, like you actuallyknow them. They're not and you don't, but it's a hard feeling to shakewhen they're standing right in front of you, coming into your house, sittingon your sofa, checking the place out while waiting for you to bring thema drink. No matter how many memories you have of them, they have none ofyou. To them, you are a total stranger. Treat them like a fan would andyou risk becoming part of their teeming crowd of lookie loos. Treat themlike you don't know who they are and they could get insulted. No way tomake a friend. Friendships deserve an even playing field, so it's hardto think of yourself as the friend of a celebrity until they know as muchabout you as you know about them. Which is why celebrities are SO interestedwhen you interrupt them somewhere in public and tell them about your uncleSid's gall bladder operation. I wanted to be friendswith Timothy Leary so he had a hell of a lot of catching up to do becausehe knew nothing about me and I knew a lot about him, or at least I thoughtI did. I shifted into show-and-tell mode, whipping out a book of Polaroidsfor him to peruse. He enjoyed my madness immensely and I proceeded to tellhim something I'm sure he heard a million times. My life was profoundlychanged by his research into psychedelia, combined with reading Tom Wolfe's"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," the Beatles, and meeting a guy namedMario in 1970 who claimed to be the husband of the actual Alice that ArloGuthrie sang about but who supported his acting habit by selling acid atLee Strasberg's studio where I happened to be studying at the time. But I digress. Thefirst and foremost influence that Timothy Leary had upon me was my art,which simply didn't exist. Before my first acid trip, I wasn't an artist.I had never played guitar, had certainly never created any impressionism,and hadn't written a single word other than school assignments. Maybe Iwould have discovered these talents on my own, but if my Polaroids remindyou of acid flashbacks, welcome to the club. On acid, what I do to my Polaroids,you can do to reality. Move it around a little. Make big things look small,small things look big, marvel at the infinite depths you're capable ofperceiving, as though reality were a 3D comic book and for the first timeyou were looking at it with the red-and-blue glasses. Pre-acid, I was onlyinterested in being an actor, moving to New York to study with Lee Strasberg,and getting in a Broadway play. On acid, I actually attempted to give aperformance from Spoon River Anthology in front of the man himself, a performancehe declared "interesting," a performance that convinced me that actingwas a very strange profession. While personally communicating with theinfinite miracles of the universe, I had a very hard time convincing myselfthat the most important thing I could be doing was pretending to be a fictionalcharacter while reciting dialogue written by a writer I'd never met. Post-acidI walked home from the Village to my boarding house at 39th and Park, pickedup my roommate's guitar and started playing. It wasn't long before I wasa better guitar player than actor, and I ended up composing music for severaloff-Broadway shows. Way off Broadway. The Company Theater at La Cienegaand Pico in Los Angeles to be precise. Other acid trips wereless eventful and I stopped taking it, but not before playing with my firstSX-70 Polaroid camera and discovering I didn't need acid to change realityto my own specifications. We talked and talked.He wasn't a drug addled guru and I wasn't an acid burnout. He was extremelyintelligent. My vision of Leary had been fogged by his media image, andI had forgotten that he was a Harvard professor. Luckily, some others forgottoo and that's how he escaped from prison. The most amazing story he toldme was this one... When he was bustedby the Feds for possession of one single joint of pot and sentenced to20 years in a Federal penitentiary, the prison officials did what theyalways did with new prisoners, they gave him a psychological test to determinewhether he would go to a minimum or maximum security prison. He passedthe test with flying colors and was sent to minimum security where he promptlyescaped. What the officials didn't know was that Leary himself wrote thepsychological test for the Federal prison system when still at Harvard,so he knew exactly what answers to give. After a couple hours,my birthday present had to leave, but in his new life as Hollywood gadflyI kept running into him over the years at video shows and art galleries.I'm glad he lived long enough to experience the Internet, and if you haven'tseen his site, it's still up at http://leary.com/ and well worth a peek. Excuse me, there'sthe door. Emulsional Problems

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Thrifty Living - Gifts from the Kitchen Gifts from the Kitchen A gift from the kitchen is twice blessed; it gives pleasure to the giver as well as to the receiver. Many holidays are so commercialized that much of the true meaning of the holiday has been lost. While it is nice to give money or fancy gifts, no gift is more appreciated than those that are homemade or handmade. Those are the special gifts that come from the heart and take extra time and thought. Gifts created in your kitchen are a special way to share a little of yourself. Food Gift Ideas A gift from the kitchen does not need to be elaborate or be made of costly ingredients. It should be a bit out of the ordinary and something the receiver is not likely to make. Try to match the gift of food to the food likes of the person who will receive it. When thinking about what you might give as a gift, think about something You enjoy making; You and your children or grandchildren could make together; The recipient would not make for themselves; or That is your specialty. Presenting the Gift The way the gift is presented can be almost as important as the food itself. In some cases it is nice to use a container that will be used after the food in or on it has disappeared. Flea markets and yard sales are great places to shop for these kinds of giveaway containers. Here are a few suggestions: A loaf of bread tied to a cutting board accompanied by a bread knife. Tea or coffee blend in a bright canister or in a tea or coffee cup. - Jams, jellies, and other spreads in a reusable container with a spoon or spreader attached. Anything wrapped in a tea towel. Cookies in a flowerpot lined with plastic wrap instead of a cookie jar. Unusually shaped cookies packed with their cutters. Recipes Turkey Noodle Soup Mix A welcome gift during the holiday season, when there is usually plenty of leftover turkey meat on hand. 1/4 cup red lentils 2 Tablespoons dried onion 1-1/2 Tablespoons chicken-flavored bouillon granules 1-1/2 teaspoons dried dill weed 1/8 teaspoon ground celery 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder 1 small bay leaf 1 cup uncooked medium egg noodles Layer ingredients in the order given in a glass jar. Pretty Packaging: Cover the lid with a round or square of fabric that is cut 2-1/2" larger in diameter than the top of the jar. Fasten with a rubber band; tie with ribbon to cover rubber band. Gift Tag Greeting: "This makes about 10 cups of good, hot soup perfect for a cold night. Here's how to make it:" Turkey Noodle Soup 8 cups water 1 jar Turkey-Noodle Soup mix 1 package (10 oz.) frozen mixed vegetables 2 cups cooked, diced turkey or chicken Bring water to boil in large saucepan over high heat; stir in soup mix. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in frozen mixed vegetables and cooked turkey. Cook 5 minutes longer or until noodles and vegetables are tender. Prepared by Barbara Farner , Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness. New Features | Home Care | Wellness | Consumer Economics | Foods & Nutrition Home | Contact Us