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Location: East Texas | You guys came up with some good ideas last year and saved the day for me. One of the ideas y'all gave was a leather travel case for her jewelry, and she loved it. Well, it is down to about a week and I still have not done any shopping. So I need some ideas. She is not a soccer mom. She is a rodeo mom, baseball mom, school teacher, and likes the outdoors. |
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Location: mi | Is she a traveling Rodeo mom? anything to make her more comfortable while away from home. A new super comfy anti gravity chair to lounge in during the off time. A new memory foam matress topper for the living quarters..... just anything to make that time away more comfy.
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Location: Texas | Spa day.
Nice chair to sit on bleachers with
Gift certificate for a custom made pair of boots
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Location: Hogwarts | Is she a baseball mom who has to sit out in the cold a lot? My dad made my mom one of those blankets that you tie all the way around. He put baseball on one side and then hockey on the other because we played both. Then, when it was cold out at both of the events she could use the side that went with the sport. He also made her a tie scarf. It's fairly easy to do and its homemade. My mom loved it! |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | This soccer mom loves her remote start . Cold in the summer and warm in the winter after watching my son run for nearly 60 minutes straight. One of the best presents ever. |
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Location: relocated to Texas | Get her something that she would never buy for herself. Its hard to be specific without knowing her tastes, but make it something personal (not practical). Maybe a nice piece of jewelry to go in the case you had made for her? The gifts women remember are the ones with thought behind them. |
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| We're softball people and the Crazy Heifer has the COOLEST bleacher chairs and benches. Cup holders and all. Great for rodeos too! Comes in a couple colors.
http://www.thecrazyheifer.com/sports-fans/ |
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| Has there been anything that she's mentioned "It sure would be nice to have ______ this to make life easier" etc? If you are paying attention to her, I'm sure she has. If not, maybe offer to send her to a spa, or get her a chair massage pad for school. Or a massage gift cert. Something to make her feel like a lady even though she's a get down and dirty rodeo mom. |
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Holy Fruit Loops!
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Location: Colorado | A housekeeper for the year.
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| Spa day! Massage, I like the idea of those nice lounge chairs. They are a bit heavy but super nice for kicking back for long spells. Does she hunt, fish, camp? We need more info. :) |
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Location: mi | OMG!!! A house keeper for a year would be THE best christmas present ever!!!!!! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Stitch4k9 - 2013-12-17 10:36 AM A housekeeper for the year.
karen
That gets my vote! |
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Location: La Frontera | Stitch4k9 - 2013-12-17 8:36 AM A housekeeper for the year.
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | If your wife likes to read get her a NOOK she can load her books to take to the rodeo. It is one of the best gifts my husband ever gave me I love it. Or get her a puppy, a mini weenie or a mini poodle women love cuddly pets. If she is not a pet person get her a Pandora bracelt, they are beautiful! |
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 Living on the edge of common sense
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Location: Carpenter, WY | I love the idea of something or anything to make her life easier
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Location: Colorado | A housekeeper. Honestly, ours come very two weeks. I would give up Starbucks before I give her up. |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | A gift that was given to me that makes my cry and full of joy all at the same time is a hand drawn picture of my children that my hubby had an artist draw. The artist really captured my teenage son the most, its is something that I will always have even when he goes away to college in a few years. It gets to me really. |
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Location: Never in one place long | My husband got me a really nice pair of metal stirrups one year with my name on them... I REALLY liked them and thought they were super special. I think they were Martha Josey ones??? Last year, he got me a Charlie One horse hat, I would have never spent the money on it but LOVED getting it as a gift. Massage would be nice too!! Can't go wrong there. |
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Location: on my horse | graciemay - 2013-12-17 12:24 PM
A housekeeper. Honestly, ours come very two weeks. I would give up Starbucks before I give her up.
That's big lol
I don't know what to get a wife but I got my mom a super cool coffee thermos, made her a scarf and blanket, and she loves to read and loves funny stuff so I got her a couple books and this
http://www.thecatconnection.com/cat/Bad-Cat-Book.html |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | If it were me I wouldn't want a housekeeper. I guess I'm weird but also private and don't want a stranger in my house. I'd also clean before the housekeeper got here.
I'm an avid reader and down load books on my smart phone. THere's better things out there I'm sure but I'm a technotard so don't know the names. If she likes to read maybe one of those along with a gift certificate for money towards downloading the books. Something great to take along to be occupied between tournament games, rodeo events etc. |
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Location: East Texas | I new this would be the place to go for ideas!!! Why would she need a house keeper when she has me? BAAAHAHAHA Great ideas keep them coming. These have given me an idea, but I may need more if it doesn't work out. |
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Location: Kansas | Tack set |
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Location: Where I am happiest | I'd be all over the housekeeper for a year. One day a week or one day every 2 weeks would make life a heck of alot easier. It's the perfect gift for a busy mom and it's the gift that gives all year! Yowwzza thats a cool idea! |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | I live in a very rural area so don't have access to a lot things others do. The thing I hate the most is cooking because I never know what to make. Do you have a place basically like a catering service that you could have them make you a certain amount of meals whenever she wanted so she doesn't have to cook? The busy summer season is the worst. Even if its hot dishes its still something she doesn't have to think about.
Just a thought.
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Living on the edge of common sense
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Location: Carpenter, WY | Is she the one that cleans stalls and such? You could hire a kid for that task to help her out and free up some time
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Location: In Ky following Barrel Races & Walker hounds. | A nice camera so she can take pictures while watching the events? |
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Forever Young
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Location: relocated to Texas | redmansmyman11 - 2013-12-18 12:49 PM graciemay - 2013-12-17 12:24 PM A housekeeper. Honestly, ours come very two weeks. I would give up Starbucks before I give her up. That's big lol I don't know what to get a wife but I got my mom a super cool coffee thermos, made her a scarf and blanket, and she loves to read and loves funny stuff so I got her a couple books and this http://www.thecatconnection.com/cat/Bad-Cat-Book.html
Exactly. In my opinion, gifts like these are gifts you give to your mother, not your lover. If you have listened to her, there is probably something special she would like to have - something that is personal to her. Being a rodeo and baseball mom is what she does, and a small gift like a stadium chair would be fine as long as you gift her with something that speaks to her as your woman.
My daughters mother in law is a very practical, no frills woman who lives in a small farming community. Every year, hubby would buy something like an easy chair, or something for the house that would make her chores easier. So one year he asked my daughter to help him and she called me. We selected a nice diamond necklace for her (the man had never bought her a personal, feminine gift) and some perfume that she would never have paid the price for. She literally cried for 2 days.
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Location: Oklahoma | My husband got me an awesome early Christmas gift . . . a hydraulic bale spike for my truck. He was so excited that it came with a switch for the truck cab so I no longer need to hitch up to a buggy and crank bales up and down in all weather.
See if there is an area in which you can get something that will make a task easier or a way to give her more free time . . . better than jewelry in my opinion :) |
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Location: Deep in the heart of Texas. | Diamonds are a ladies best friend :) |
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Location: WV | Get her a nice tote (somethig she could use over) and make her a goody bag. You could put one main item like a new hat, boots or what ever. Then just put things she can use. Examples, boot socks, home made soaps, gloves, treats for the horses, bell boots, special coffee, coffee mug, chocolates, gift certificate, I think you get my point. You better get movin!  |
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Location: MN | RustyLove - 2013-12-17 10:33 AM
We're softball people and the Crazy Heifer has the COOLEST bleacher chairs and benches. Cup holders and all. Great for rodeos too! Comes in a couple colors.
http://www.thecrazyheifer.com/sports-fans/
Those look very comfy!! I drive school bus and drive the sport kids, it sure would save on bleacher butt.
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Location: East Texas | Awesome! I have ideas for her birthday and valentine that will be coming up.
My 6yo son gave me something that she said she liked (a charm bracelet)...... I did not take her for wanting a charm bracelet, but that will make a good gift for me to get to give to her from him. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | CrossDRanch - 2013-12-18 11:10 AM Awesome! I have ideas for her birthday and valentine that will be coming up. My 6yo son gave me something that she said she liked (a charm bracelet)...... I did not take her for wanting a charm bracelet, but that will make a good gift for me to get to give to her from him.
Charm bracelet would be awesome and you can add to them for years to come. |
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Location: East Texas | CYA Ranch - 2013-12-17 2:52 PM
I live in a very rural area so don't have access to a lot things others do. The thing I hate the most is cooking because I never know what to make. Do you have a place basically like a catering service that you could have them make you a certain amount of meals whenever she wanted so she doesn't have to cook? The busy summer season is the worst. Even if its hot dishes its still something she doesn't have to think about.
Just a thought.
I really like this idea....... I am going to do this for my MIL. She lives about a mile down the road from us and she cooks us dinner half the time anyway. She will think this is great. Thanks for the idea. |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | CrossDRanch - 2013-12-18 11:27 AM CYA Ranch - 2013-12-17 2:52 PM I live in a very rural area so don't have access to a lot things others do. The thing I hate the most is cooking because I never know what to make. Do you have a place basically like a catering service that you could have them make you a certain amount of meals whenever she wanted so she doesn't have to cook? The busy summer season is the worst. Even if its hot dishes its still something she doesn't have to think about.
Just a thought.
I really like this idea....... I am going to do this for my MIL. She lives about a mile down the road from us and she cooks us dinner half the time anyway. She will think this is great. Thanks for the idea.
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