parents:
-silver charm bracelet they'd bought while they were visiting me in wanaka (my favorite present)
-coffee mugs, one that says "i said good day!" (fez from that 70's show) and another that says "yes, another ski bum with a college education" (I saw my dad groan inwardly at that, haha)
-mousepad that says "first rule of a powder day: Always be first"
-a buddha board (board with paint brush that you dip into water, and draw things on the board, which then slowly fades away)
-handbag
-things for printing off my photos onto canvases and things like that
-and my main present was that they erased the last little bit of debti still owed them!
brother:
-book of travel stories (really good one)
-really beautiful book of photograhy of Iceland
grandpa:
-$100
boyfriend:
no clue, we're exchanging gifts on boxing day
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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.
HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER
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