HELLO FROM FLORIDA!
I’m on location filming a movie and as such, my missives have been light. I’ve been busy getting well-acquainted with my lovely cast and crew, waking up at 5am for daily dawn calltimes, Florida beach jogs at sunset, and “No-See-Ums,” the technical term for teeny tiny basically invisible biting midges (our entire crew is riddled with angry red dots all over their arms and legs). Somehow, so far, I’ve been spared, but we’ll see how I fare as time goes on. (Did you know mosquitoes prefer Type O blood?) When I told my dad I would be filming a movie in Florida, he immediately warned “You wouldn’t BELIEVE the size of bugs they’ve got there. Absolutely MONSTROUS, disgusting flying things. TOTAL HORROR MOVIES.”
Florida! lol
As soon as I wrap in a couple weeks I’ll be meeting my husband and kids in Chicago for Christmas, but it’s high time for my annual GIFT GUIDE. If you know me, you know how much I loooOooOooooooOOOOve to give gifts. Thinking about what would delight someone, knowing them intimately enough to make their eyes light up, the chance to BE Santa - now that’s magic! Though I usually start really paying attention and acquiring gifts sometime in September, that first week or so of December is always a mad-dash for the finishing touches.
Here are some seriously stellar gift ideas, all off the beaten gift-y track: