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[the_rck]

Two questions--

First, have I written here about what 'panic attacks' are like for me? I can't remember. If I haven't would anybody be interested? I started writing something in response to a post on my FL, but it got long. I could work it into an entry without too much trouble.

Second, does anybody have any suggestions for simple, inexpensive holiday gifts for entire families? Our circle of friendly family acquaintances has extended enough that I'm trying to think of some options. I don't think I have the spoons to bake batches and batches of cookies, and I definitely can't make that many scarves, even if people wanted them.

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[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Jan's family tends to give things from their garden, and one relative gives a book of photocopies of things she's read recently and found helpful.

Homegrown houseplants? Ornamental peppers grow pretty nicely from seeds, and look festive and winter-y. The downside is that it's hard to transport houseplants in cold weather.

Those fleece blankets where you take two rectangles of fleece, put them back to back, cut fringes through both layers, and then tie each pair of fringes into a knot?

Framed photos? The dollar store sells photo frames.

If the people are all together in a group that you have shared photos of, you might make a photo scrapbook with Picaboo (free software that you can download from the web -- it makes making a digital scrapbook almost as easy as selecting pictures and a theme and pressing a button) and then print it out on "presentation paper". If you're feeling fancy you can get them bound at Office Depot for pretty cheap.

Fruit?

[the_rck]

If I'd thought about it soon enough, I could have done herbs. It's too late to harvest sage this year without risking the plants, and I'm not sure how winter savory does when cut back in cold weather. I do have coriander. Hm...

We don't have a good spot for growing anything indoors. The dining room table is about it in terms of flat surfaces that get sun.

I've never tried making one of those fleece blankets. They sound relatively easy.