The Beatles LOVE stickers, Yellow Submarine era.

These were a gift to me from my friend Erica, our first year as volunteers at Sundance, 2000 I believe. I remember deliberating over buying them or not and she just jumped in and did it. Love her that way.

For a long time they lived on my PowerMac G5, then to the monitor when I switched to a laptop. Somewhere over the last couple of years I took them off and they went into a drawer, which is no place for stickers with the word LOVE on them, especially if they are Beatles stickers.

I adore these, but I want to share the love with someone else. Please take these from me and give them a good home..

Farberware 10″ stainless steel pan

This pan has lived in a cabinet, scarred with the burned-in remains of dishes past, for almost 3 years. I can’t remember what marked up the bottom so badly, but it happened in Brooklyn, and this pan has seen little to no action since then. So why keep it? We use the same two pans anyway.

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Months later, I’ve finally finished The Hunger Games trilogy. I think book two was my favorite, and I’m excited to see how they handle the movie. Deana and I just watched The Hunger Games the other night (actually two nights) and I thought it was enjoyable, although the movie seems to have been made with people who read the book in mind. I don’t think I would have liked it had I not read the books. They crammed too much together and removed some of the voyeur/tribute element for my taste. I would have liked more depth. But then Deana reminded me this series is for a slightly younger crowd, and I let my grievances go.

Anyway…who wants a book?

Murano glass envelope opener.

Another wonderful and thoughtful gift from my parents, but something I will never use.

Murano glass wine stopper.

File this under the thank you-but-no-thank you category.

My folks recently vacationed in Italy, and aside from having a fantastic time, they brought me back this wine stopper.

I find a number of things odd about this gift. First, they gave it to me while I’m in the middle of this process of purging my things. Weird. Second, this stopper is not really my style. Third, I drink wine, but not often enough to warrant a glass stopper. Especially one as (I imagine) expensive as this.

So I appreciate their thought and generosity, but will offer this back to them. If they decline, I’ll see how much I can fetch on the open market….