Gifted myself this. I had a few burns during the multi-tasking Thanksgiving. Nothing painful at all but one one my thumbprint bubbled and I could not open my phone, lol. Had to use annoying code back-up for a few weeks.

I have a side door wall oven and under a steam oven. Both great but telescopic pull-out is tough to grab. Steam oven pans are HOT...

I'm a cheap date.

Half dozen Bombas socks.

That is a beautiful tomato. One of my favorite varieties is Big Zebra, which is just the opposite of this, being more green with red splotches/stripes. I will have to grow this one!

It is one of the few tomatoes I've eaten like an apple over the kitchen sink. Very heavy for its size. So juicy. It is a dwarf from the Dwarf Tomato Project. That mean it is 4 feet tall, no spreading and is self pruning. Great for pots and small gardens. I grew these on my kitchen deck, 6-7 hours sun, in 2 gallon grow bags.

Oh, a few other thing I did not bother to wrap but the kitchen 'dot' has been so great. He is listening to WWOZ NewOrleans. We met there. NewOrleans. He was writing for a local music rag/mag. Such a good gift.

Made Shrimp-n-Grits for dinner.

I also got a pink ceramic baking dish to add to my collection, and a pink loaf pan,as well as a big pretty faux fur lined winter coat and a new bluetooth headset for my phone(pink,in case you were wondering.) I didn't take any pictures of those. Those were what I ordered for myself and SO paid for. He is extremely annoyed with my choices, but who cares. Other gifts include some chocolates and some Rudolph head boppers,and a coffee mug/cocoa kit which was just handed to me by a coworker. I wouldn't call it a christmas gift though. She asked me if I wanted it,as it was a gift from her aunt and she already has lots of coffee mugs. Oh well, its still free. A great Christmas haul,all in all.

DH got me a sous vide. Had barely heard of it before, but with quite a bit of reading I'm kinda digging it! I like that you can go out, forget about it and get home to stuff being almost perfectly cooked!

Nancyjane, plus you can prep your meat and seal it days before you're going to serve it. That's a whole wide world of new things your present has unlocked!

I got a number of textiles from world travellers, warm fuzzies from locals (which made me realize I never put on my velvet party dress and sat through dinner in my work dress. No one noticed, but it's a burgundy embroidered velvet party dress with nowhere to go now...). I was also given a lovely large crystal vase and a cute covered mug. All of the presents were thoughtful and much appreciated.

Amylou, as soon as I saw that pink Instant Pot, I knew it was yours.

Sleevendog, that's a really pretty tomato, and I'm glad to know that it tastes good too, I'll make it one of my yearly "new" tomatoes. If it grows in your climate, maybe it'll grow here in Michigan!

Nancyjane, I'm thinking of getting Elery a sous vide for his birthday in just a few weeks. What he really needs, though is a new recliner.....

I bought the Vortex Air Fryer on one of those Amazon "flash" deals, and we "fried" some chicken in it. Elery needed some new dress shirts since he lost all that weight, so I got him a couple of those, some insulated underwear and a kit to make his own kombucha, he likes it and I think the stuff is just nasty, LOL. He got me an Amazon gift card and the new America's Test Kitchen cookbook. Molly got a new toy and the cat got all the wrapping paper.

Annie

Since sleevendog got a painful burn, I thought I'd mention this. The treatment, as counter-intuitive as it sounds, was mentioned on The People's Pharmacy radio show some years ago, and I've used it ever since. It REALLY works. Soy sauce. Burnt finger? Soak it in soy sauce a minute or so, then bandage with soy sauce on the bandage. I got a blistered burn once, did the soy sauce treatment, then went out to the garden and with gloves on over the bandage did several hours work. When I removed the bandage, there was nothing there at all. Nothing. I use it all the time.

Williams Sonoma bought me my gift. I had two large rewards certificates and I chose to use them on a grinder attachment for my KA mixer. I got the all metal one, which also just happened to be on sale.

DS got a desk for school (cool steel mid-century desk that will accept a clamp on multi monitor stand), a ukelele and some harmonica stuff (he's into teaching himself instruments), Airpods, a new backpack for school (a big waterproof bike messenger backpack), some sheets, and some clothes, including a pair of lederhosen (don't ask) and various cool shirts and jackets (our friend Keith died about ten years ago, he was a fashion designer and dancer, made gorgeous clothes and his husband Bill is only now letting go of Keith's special things).

DD got a weighted blanket (it's a thing now, comfy blankets with added 15 lb of weight), a bunch of Glossier makeup and painting supplies, some cooking oils and sauces, some thrift-store leather pants, a fountain pen, and a plane ticket for a trip.

SWMBO got an electronic toilet seat (she instructed Santa to bring her this, but he didn't install it so I have to), some luggage, and lots of little things - earrings and so on.

I got a new dehydrator, slippers, a couple books, some coffee, and other stuff. I also am self gifting - I mean, Santa is bringing me - components for a bicycle project. Lots of carbon fiber bits have been arriving in the mail lately. I also bought myself a new espresso machine restoration project.

John, a couple of sites for ukulele are Uke hunt (2 words, people, TWO words!), Chordie for looking up songs.Dr. Uke is good for printing out songs. It has the chords directly over the words (helpful) The Santa Cruz Uke group has about 5 books out now that several clubs use. And of course u-tube.

Best is to look around for a club to join! Ours is very laid back and if all you know is a C chord, you wait around til it comes up, then PLAY THE HELL out of it!

Ukulele players tend to be very laid back and like to have fun! We've done a couple of flash mobs, have sung at wineries and old folks homes. Are often asked to play at walk-a-thons and other fund raisers.

Most of all.....have FUN! Nancy

The scary thing is that Bill and his now partner came over and Bill brought his accordion. Now DS is getting interested in accordions.

Well, he already has lederhosen, so the accordion is a natch, Bill or no, but I SO want to ask about the lederhosen!

I have two pairs of Lederhosen, but I do not have an accordion, although I like them. I have a cousin on my Alsatian side of the family who plays the accordion, however. I also used to teach myself to play different instruments, including the clarinet, which I inherited when a friend died.

My sister gave me a hand-made ceramic garlic grater that she bought in Santa Fe, and I think it is pretty but probably not practical as a grater. I might try it, however. We don't exchange gifts except with our sister, and we just buy what we want when we need it. I did buy myself a dehydrator this month, and so that might count.

We have an accordian festival in Sonoma Co..SO want to do a ukulele flash mob at the accordian festival!

Although we are not supposed to be gifting to any adults in the family, I did manage to come home from the family celebration with a bit of a haul :-) New Sorrel slippers, a gift card to my favorite high-end grocery store, a gorgeous African shopping basket. But the best gifts were an antique Marshall Fields Uncle Mistletoe candle (never been lit) I remember from my childhood that my SIL had stashed after we cleaned out my mom's house more than 20 years ago! She has split up her household and is downsizing so she is finding good homes for much of her extensive collection of holiday decorations. And a book form of a collection of photos my niece takes of her kids weekly and posts on FB as 'photo Friday'. I do not do Facebook and since they live across the country, I miss seeing the little blighters (8 and soon to be 4) grow up!! I feel very honored as she only does a couple of the book forms.

Dog made out like a bandit as well - new green plaid fleece jacket, fancy food dish and a new cuddly, burrow-into dogbed that my family calls a 'dog taco'!! I think he will like it.....he is a heat seeker, stretched out now in front of the space heater :-)

Lars, those ceramic graters work well for ginger, too. The great thing (hee) is that you don't cut your fingers.