skinnay 0 #1 December 15, 2009 Need some ideas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hcsvader 1 #2 December 15, 2009 I'm gonna send em a postcard from eloy Have you seen my pants? it"s a rough life, Livin' the dream >:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nerdgirl 0 #3 December 15, 2009 I get my mom 6 months of flowers every year. She'll also get a couple small things to unwrap Christmas morning. For mother's day, she's get another 6 months. /Marg Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters. Tibetan Buddhist saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #4 December 15, 2009 Pictures. She doesn't want any more "stuff", but has said directly that she likes framed pictures (my two sisters regularly send them). She wants the one I have in the "pets" thread that's titled "5 left and cut". I'm going to take one of both dogs and both owners in a serious (more or less) setting, print them both and put them in a paired frame. The last time I did that (a pic of me and the dog plus a pic of me just after landing paired in a double frame) she cried (happy tears) "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amstalder 0 #5 December 15, 2009 I made my dad a couple different dry rubs and put them in glass jars, and I got my mom a pretty picture frame that that I put pics of me and my little brother in.. I wish I could do more for them, but tuition is due in less than a month Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #6 December 15, 2009 Got mine a 46" Samsung 1080p LCD tv, and my brother hooked them up with a blue ray player. They were pretty pleased I think.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #7 December 15, 2009 Flowers/flags for their graves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #8 December 15, 2009 Visa Gift Card. g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #9 December 15, 2009 Quote Flowers/flags for their graves. + 1 for my Dad. I do not have a relationship with my mother so she's getting nothing.Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #10 December 16, 2009 Quote Need some ideas Last year I got my Mom one of those electric picture frame thingies. You download a bunch of pics onto a memory stick and it shows them in a slide-show mode...I send her a fresh memory stick every month or so, to keep her up to date on us & the grand kids. Anywhere between 30 & 70 bucks depending on where and what kind you get. She thinks it's one of the best gifts she's ever received! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #11 December 16, 2009 This sounds weird, but we got both sets of parents Sonicare electric/sonic toothbrushes this year. We've been using them for a while now. They are awesome, and nifty, and they work. And they aren't overly expensive...Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #12 December 16, 2009 Special Ties for Dad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topdocker 0 #13 December 16, 2009 I'm waiting for the first person to admit they got their parents Snuggies!!!top Jump more, post less! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #14 December 16, 2009 A fruitcake. No, seriously, my dad actually likes fruitcake and Harry & David makes an awesome one. But we've pretty much gone non-commercial in my family the last few years and do greetings and time, but not gifts (or if there are gifts they are small ones)."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #15 December 16, 2009 They told me a few years ago that they have everything they could possibly need, and the only things worth getting them are gift certificates to the bookstore and/or favorite restaurants, and updated 5x7's of the grand-daughters for their picture frames. All that's about $102.00."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotsR4pimps 0 #16 December 16, 2009 i card letting them know i am moving back to Hawaii Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #17 December 16, 2009 Digital picture frame loaded w/ pics of the grandkids."What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #18 December 16, 2009 QuoteDigital picture frame loaded w/ pics of the grandkids. My grandfather once told me, "A birthday present for me is pretty difficult because if I wanted it, I'd have bought it by now." I go with the pics of family because that is the one thing that they couldn't have bought 10 years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #19 December 16, 2009 I thought long and hard about it, cause my dad has everything he needs... So I am getting him a gift certificate for a full body massage! I think he will enjoy it! "In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #20 December 16, 2009 Dad died in 1995 on Dec 4th Mom, depends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #21 December 16, 2009 This is the first Christmas I'm really excited about in years. My family is all going on a cruise together and and will just be doing a small white elephant exchange with some extended family. What I'm really excited about though is that my sister has spent the last 6 months scanning photos and pulling together videos and is turning them all into a DVD w music for my parents. I just arrived in Atlanta (from Texas) last night and saw it for the first time. Still have some work to do and happy I can be of some help finally, but I venture to guess there won't be many dry eyes in the house when it is watched as a family for the first time.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,445 #22 December 16, 2009 Quote Mom, depends. You're getting your mom Depends for ChristmasWendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #23 December 16, 2009 Quote Quote Mom, depends. You're getting your mom Depends for ChristmasWendy P. Better than letting her shit all over the place. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchid 0 #24 December 16, 2009 Up until several years ago, I purchased round trip plane tickets for my mom...wherever she wants to go. These days, she just want to spend Christmas with us, mainly with my son & daughter."Love is doing small things with great love." Lacrosse: Legally beating men with sticks since 1492 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #25 December 16, 2009 Not a damned thing. At their request. My father just bought a new 2010 tricked out Camaro. He informed me that my Xmas present is out there wrapped up in that car somewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
