Becky

This is an updated gift list as of January, 2026. Starred are most wanted

Seasonal Short List

Ipod Shuffle & Plain Hearbuds:

Kitchen

• 'Trust your Gut not the the Recipe' Art Print from Nourishing Notes**
• Jenny Pennywood Potholders
• more Ikea Kallax 1-Shelf Inserts
• A mandolin to cut things
• A small smoker for smoking foods
• Whole dried hot peppers, any kind
• Whole Sumac, any kind
• Doubanjaing to make Mapo Tofu

The "Always Good" List

Snacks and Sauces

• Huang Fei Hong Spicy Peanuts
• Nutty & Fruity snacks - e.g. hibiscus or lime rounds**
• Soothsayer Hot Sauce. I prefer red sauces to green or yellow ones.*
• Apostle Hot Sauce***
• Fly by Jing Chili Crisp, especially the XTRA HOT one
• Mrs. Renfro's Salsa, especially the Ghost Pepper or Habanero ones*
• Dried Chile Salsa from American Spoon
• Gwen’s Hot Salsa Macha

Cooking

• Whole dried hot peppers, any kind
• smoked salt, any kind
• unusual forms of sugar, like panela, piloncillo, banana sugar, palm sugar, etc
• weird dried seaweeds
• Any other unusual spices, especially whole ones

Dishware & Linens

• Everyday Linens: our set is called "Marin" from Crate and Barrel***
• Everyday Dishes: our set is called "Craft Charcoal Coupe" from Crate and Barrel
  • Mini Bowls
  • Mini Plates
  • Sometimes they come out with new Serveware in our style, that would be cool too.
• Everyday Flatware: our flatware set is a more or less discontinued style called "Royce" by Reed and Barton. Sometimes they can be found on Ebay for a better price than replacements.com
  • Spoons: tea spoons**
  • Forks: salad forks
  • Knives: We still have an abundance of butter knives, so don't need more butter knives. Thanks everyone!

Crafts & Mending

• Maiwa Lace-weight Linen Yarn
• Michael's Gift Cards - for some reason I often have loads of 'points' with them
• Gift cards to creative reuse stores like Make & Mend or Craft Bits and Pieces
• Gift cards to local bead stores such as Let's Bead! in East Rochester***
• Interesting or unusual beads [no plastic please!]

Classes & Experiences

• Chipotle Giftcards
• Parkour Lessons: at Rochester Parkour***
• Items for a Clown Costume
• Clown Classes: at Grease Paint Alley Clowns

Party!

• Bunting: Felt or fabric bunting or banners to decorate the party space year after year. Bonus points for birthday or ice cream themed (could be homemade)***
• Party Hats: Felt or fabric cone shaped party hats to wear year after year, sort of like this (could be homemade)***
• Party Crowns: Felt or fabric crowns to wear year after year, sort of like this or this (could be homemade)
• Ice Cream Dishes:
  • Vintage William Sonoma Ice Cream Cone tall dishes
  • Vintage William Sonoma Ice Cream Cone low dish
  • Vintage William Sonoma Ice Cream Cone spoons

Raised Bed Gardening

• Small Wheel Barrel**
• Wood: Home Depot gift cards to buy more wood to make more raised beds*
• Soil: Bags of Raised Bed Soil Mix, or money eg Ace Hardware gift cards to buy MOAR soil**
• Soil Amendments: Garlic fertilizer, bone meal, blood meal.
• Seeds: Though I often have an abundance of seeds, fun and interesting ones could be great! I love the Experimental Farm Network's selection
• Bulbs, Tubers, Rhizomes: Currently I am looking for Society Garlic, Bear Garlic, and Mouse Garlic

Clothes

• Harvest and Mill Giftcards, to buy socks and things
• Shoelaces in fun colors, eg here or here
• Fun earrings

Cat Stuff

• Hancock Tower Scratching Post***
• Chewy Gift Cards: kitties love to order their foood online! -- beepity boop boop--- '^.^==
• Treats: we & kitties love salmon bites from Ava’s Pet Palace*
• Toys: we & kitties love felt toys from from Sesame Cafe*

Final Note

If you are interested in financially donating in my name, I would be honored by gifts to the following organizations:

1. The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
2. Children’s National, workplace of Dr Packer who invented the treatment that saved Tom’s life
3. Organizations that rescue cats, especially those with FIV and/or FeLV:
   1. Hearthside Cats in Geneseo, NY , where we adopted Chase
   2. RocKats, which does TNVR with urban community cats (like Steve!)
   3. Barn Cat Outreach, which finds loving homes for harder-to-adopt cats
   4. Felines and Canines in Chicago, where we adopted Fievel and Aesop
   5. Evanston Animal Shelter, where Tom adopted Mycroft and Sammy
4. FoodLink of Greater Rochester
5. Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity, or your Local Habitat Affiliate