clhyer
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OK, the election is over! Time to prepare for Christmas, not because I am so very prompt - more like I am very slow... I could use a few good ideas for the following:
Wife - 50 something...
Son - 20 year old college student
Daughter - 17 yr. old high school student
In return, I will offer the following ideas for y'all that have been good for me...
For the wife, just about anything that I have made in the woodshop. Quilt rack, clocks, shelving units, lazy susan, garden benches...
Son - ever since he was born, for birthday and Christmas, I would buy him tools instead of toys (he got lots of toys from others). Real tools, usually Craftsman. He has a tool box that would make a mechanic proud, and, he knows how to use them! An added bonus to this, he is not afraid to tackle any type of job. A subscription to a car mag when we started restoring our 'bird has been good also.
Daughter - Beginning when the kids were first born, each Christmas I give each of them a small photo album (20-24 pictures). I put pictures in each year from the previous 12 months and they would be pics of what we had done together - learning to swim, ride bikes, birthday parties, family trip, picnic, working in the yard, anything that we had done together or that was significant to them at the time (their friends, school functions, etc.). The kids have loved them, I wish I had also given one to the wife each year. Outside of the photo album, I usually get her a couple CD's or DVD's and gift certificates.
It's been a whole lot easier buying for the son!!!
Help me out folks,
Thanks,
C
Wife - 50 something...
Son - 20 year old college student
Daughter - 17 yr. old high school student
In return, I will offer the following ideas for y'all that have been good for me...
For the wife, just about anything that I have made in the woodshop. Quilt rack, clocks, shelving units, lazy susan, garden benches...
Son - ever since he was born, for birthday and Christmas, I would buy him tools instead of toys (he got lots of toys from others). Real tools, usually Craftsman. He has a tool box that would make a mechanic proud, and, he knows how to use them! An added bonus to this, he is not afraid to tackle any type of job. A subscription to a car mag when we started restoring our 'bird has been good also.
Daughter - Beginning when the kids were first born, each Christmas I give each of them a small photo album (20-24 pictures). I put pictures in each year from the previous 12 months and they would be pics of what we had done together - learning to swim, ride bikes, birthday parties, family trip, picnic, working in the yard, anything that we had done together or that was significant to them at the time (their friends, school functions, etc.). The kids have loved them, I wish I had also given one to the wife each year. Outside of the photo album, I usually get her a couple CD's or DVD's and gift certificates.
It's been a whole lot easier buying for the son!!!
Help me out folks,
Thanks,
C
