<p>Well, up at 3:15, in line for 5+ hours with some complete strangers who weren’t strangers at the end of that time 
, <strong><em>cold</em></strong> fingers and toes <em>brrrrrrrrrr</em>, but…</p>
<p>I got a <strong><em>Wii</em></strong>!!!</p>
<p>My kids have asked for basically NOTHING this year, which made shopping quite challenging, but I figured this can be a biggie for the WHOLE CLAN!!! :)</p>
<p>~berurah, who is VERY cold and tired (but HAPPY) right now! :D</p>
<p>Berurah-
Did you get one with the old handle/straps or the new ones? You know, I assume, that the controllers have been recalled because they were flying out of the hands of overly zealous game-players. Lots of funny pics on the news of broken TV screens and windows!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121500170.html?nav=hcmodule[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121500170.html?nav=hcmodule</a> Heres an article with a photo of a busted TV screen :)</p>
<p>yea B! Good shopping!</p>
<p>I can totally envision everyone in that line exchanging phone numbers and agreeing to keep in touch after spending a few hours with you! ;)</p>
<p>YAY!!! Your kids are going to be so excited. 
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<p>I sat inside Walmart from 5pm to midnight once for a Gamecube. Not quite the same as bearing the cold in the early A.M. though. Thankfully my game player got an XBox360 last spring, and although he would have gratefully accepted a Wii or a PS2, we’re happy not to have had to go through the “long lines and out of stock” issues this year.</p>
<p>berurah. I am truly impressed, but somehow not surprised that you would do something like that. Great job! We’ve had every incarnation of videogame from Atari up until the latest rendition of Xbox and Gamecube, but neither kid is that much into it any more, so this could be it (that’s what we always say, though!).</p>
<p>Congrats on getting the game, Berurah. I mentioned to S1 how I went to such great lengths to find a Playstation 3 for S2 and he said, “Mom, I could have gotten you one at college; they had them for sale all over town!” Now he tells me.</p>
<p>O.K., a nap and a hot shower later, I’m feelin’ pretty good!!! 
Made all the more so by the fact that S is flyin’ in TONIGHT!!! :D</p>
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I’m not sure, jym…I am assuming they are the old ones as I can’t imagine they’d have replaced very many of these as of yet?!? I will definitely be limiting which tv this game can be used on until they master this! <em>lol</em></p>
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<em>ROFL</em> Oh, we were well acquainted, sharing each other’s heated cars, making group runs to the Burger King next door for coffee, etc., and exchanging life histories! <em>lol</em> We had a pretty funny and wacky crowd out there, that’s for sure! :D</p>
<p>coronax2~</p>
<p>That’s why I was so torn about whether to do this…they had mentioned the possibility of getting the Wii awhile ago, but they definitely didn’t go on about it, and they fully realized the difficulty of obtaining one. I had made one attempt at 2:00 a.m. the Friday after Thanksgiving at Best Buy only to find the line all the way around the strip mall! :eek: My oldest D and I had tried one other time at Best Buy but missed again, and since then, I’ve only hit stores off and on during the day which is, as you know, a truly hit or miss thing. So they were NOT expecting this, and yes, they will be very excited! :)</p>
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<em>sigh</em> Waitin’ for the day!!! <em>lol</em> BUT…I <em>KNOW</em> that it will come, just as it did for the trail of little kiddie toys we’ve left by the wayside <em>sniff</em>. No more Tickle Me Elmos…and some day, no more Wii’s… :(</p>
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<strong><em>ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!</em></strong> The PS3’s are harder to get around here than the Wii’s!!! Our stores have been getting them in batches of 3-5. We were not in the market for one 'cause of the cost, but OMG, my hat’s off to you my dear!!! You are the <em>only</em> person I know who’s actually GOTTEN ONE!!! Your S2 will be THRILLED!!! CONGRATS!!! :D</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Kinda funny story from this a.m…</p>
<p>For the past year or so, my middle son has been attached at the hip to me. I am <strong><em>LOVING</em></strong> it…how many thirteen year olds want to go with their moms EVERYWHERE! And he <em>loves</em> to talk to me–about anything and everything. He’s also extremely astute at reading behavior, so not surprisingly, he knew what I was up to last night.</p>
<p>What else could I do? 
I nabbed him to go and sit out there with me for five hours…they way I figured it, it was some GREAT bonding time, and we could spot each other for breaks! :)</p>
<p>So, this kid who can’t get up for ANYTHING except basketball practice BOUNDS out of bed this a.m. at 3:15! <em>lol</em> After about an hour out in the cold Kansas north wind, he decided to take a break in the car. About 30 mintues later, he comes out and asks me for a pen. HUH? It’s, like, 5:30 in the a.m. and the kid wants a PEN? I asked him why, but he just kept saying, “I just NEED it!”</p>
<p>About twenty minutes later, he comes out of the car and stuffs a stack of Post-It notes that my youngest son had gotten on his field trip to City Hall last week into my hands. And sure enough, there was black writing on them, so I begin to read:</p>
<p>Paper #1 says:
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<h1>2 says:</h1>
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<h1>3 says:</h1>
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<h1>4 says simply but eloquently:</h1>
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<h1>5 says:</h1>
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<p>and #6 says:
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<p>Of course by this time, I was <strong><em>ROLLIN’</em></strong>, and so was everyone else!! And then, I had a brainstorm!</p>
<p>When this gift gets presented to the kids, I’m going to take a box about the size of a video game…and wrap up these little Post It Notes!!! (Yes, my family has a rather warped sense of humor <em>lol</em>). Then, when they’re good and puzzled, *******<strong><em>VOILA</em></strong>********!!!</p>
<p>And after all is said and done, S2 and I can tell the story of our adventure!</p>
<p>BTW, when I finally returned to the car after buying the Wii, I found Post It Notes ALL OVER my steering wheel suggesting good places for me to take him to breakfast. Ha ha! Smart kiddo! ;)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>B,</p>
<p>Welcome to the Wii all nighter team! </p>
<p>S has been playing his for three weeks, and loves it.</p>
<p>No holes in TVs. No physical harm of any kind. Make sure folks wear the wrist straps and give each other plenty of room.</p>
<p>Still savoring my video golf victory over my 14 year old S.</p>
<p>S.A. crowd is planning to exchange Miis… We’ll talk after Christmas.</p>
<p>hey m&s, THANKS!! :)</p>
<p>Some of US (read: YOU) got it right the FIRST all-nighter time! I, on the other hand, had to do some serious calling and subsequent number crunching into the wee hours of last night!</p>
<p>Glad to hear that you’ve had no Wii mishaps!! And congrats on the golf win…gotta take the victories over the kids when you can get 'em! :D</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Congrats berurah on your Wii! I loved the story about the post it notes. I gave my son his Wii over his Thanksgiving break (a very early holiday gift) just so he could start playing it. I bought a mini Zelda game at thinkgeek.com and I’m packing it into the Wii box for Xmas.<br>
Right now my son is on the Wii all nighter team too! He’s been up all night, and sleeping until 3 or 4 in the afternoon…or until he hears the Zelda music - its me playing (I really suck at this game, but I’m actually having fun). He gets up to help guide me and tell me which buttons to push on the remote. </p>
<p>Maybe all us Cc’rs with Wii’s should have our Mii’s meet in cyberspace.</p>
<p>berurah~congrats on the Wii!! I’m sure the people in the line were your good friends by the time the wait was over–wish I had been there with you! </p>
<p>Your son now can say that he “tented” for a Wii, just like his Cameron Crazie bother does for bball games–he probably got such a kick out of that!!</p>
<p>Happy Holidays, and glad your Crazie has arrived home–ours got home on Friday, as did our D–we are all back together again!!! :)</p>
<p>{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} after all your hours in the cold!!</p>
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oaklandmom~
<strong><em>ROFLMAO</em></strong>!!! Why is it that anyone under 25 can just pick up a controller, <em>ANY</em> controller, and automatically know what to do with it?? As coordinated as I’ve always been as an athlete, I find that I am HOPELESS at video games! <em>lol</em> I can totally relate about your son’s schedule…my son follows the same one whenever he’s home from college. Good thing that their mixed up nights and days are not as problematic as they were when the kids were babes! Have your Mii secretary get with mine, and we’ll set up a date! <em>lol</em> :D</p>
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irish~</p>
<p>Yep, S was pretty thrilled, especially about being the <em>ONLY</em> one to know “the secret”!!! He’s really a sweetie and is just as excited as I am about surprising the rest of them! Son got in last night TEN MINUTES EARLY!!! GO AIRTRAN! He had a very short layover in the Atlanta airport, and I knew that if he missed that flight, there would be no others that night. I was so relieved when I talked to him as he was sitting on the second flight, ready to take off. I’m <em>SO</em> glad that all of your kidlets are back home, safe and sound…and I wish you the MERRIEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!! Love ya!</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>I just got a PS3!! Since it was the only thing son asked for–am relieved that he will not just have an I.O.U. under the tree.</p>
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AWWWWWWWWW, CONGRATS!!! That is <em>really</em> awesome! Where did you turn one up?? ~b.</p>
<p>Blockbuster has been getting in 3 or 4 at a time with no advance notice of if or when they would be receiving. I just happened to time it right!</p>
<p>^^ ooooooooooh, that’s what <em>I</em> was tryin’ to do, but to no avail! Even yesterday, the place I went only had 9 of the Wii’s and we were number 8 in line! :eek: ~b.</p>