OK I have till Friday to come up with an ultra creative birthday present for Mrs.Phlosphr. My summer begins today! So I have all the time in the world. I graduated off another class this weekend and I don’t have to teach summer session. I have all the time in the world.
It’s time for a fantastic Birthday Gift for my lovely wife, who put up with seeing the Matrix yesterday!!
Any thoughts ladies and gents? She likes to be pampered, would love a day at the spa, but I want something tangible. Something really cool. Hmmm.
The very coolest gift Mr. Kalhoun ever gave me was a hot air balloon ride. It cost $125 and you get champagne afterwards. We are in the Chicago area, but I’m sure there’s a balloon port somewhere near you.
hmm thats not a bad idea at all. There are balloon ports near us on Nantucket, and Martha’s Vinyard. We did that 5 years ago in AZ and Mrs.Phlosphr loved it. But that was with another couple and this will definitely be by ourselves.
As you’ve got a bit of time, how about something planted for her, like some Old Roses, a delicious fragrant jasmine wall, or a Bay Tree, or, and this would be really fabulous, a Fig Tree?
(a warm fresh fig straight off the tree is a very sensuous morsel indeed
As for the husband cooking dinner & roses thing, if you’re keen in the kitchen, then yeah! If it’s going to be a stress and a worry for you, then take her out.
Either way, it sounds like the lady has a gem of a chap, to be making such an effort. Good on ya!
As you’ve got a bit of time, how about something planted for her, like some Old Roses, a delicious fragrant jasmine wall, or a Bay Tree, or, and this would be really fabulous, a Fig Tree?
(a warm fresh fig straight off the tree is a very sensuous morsel indeed
As for the husband cooking dinner & roses thing, if you’re keen in the kitchen, then yeah! If it’s going to be a stress and a worry for you, then take her out.
Either way, it sounds like the lady has a gem of a chap, to be making such an effort. Good on ya!
As you’ve got a bit of time, how about something planted for her, like some Old Roses, a delicious fragrant jasmine wall, or a Bay Tree, or, and this would be really fabulous, a Fig Tree?
(a warm fresh fig straight off the tree is a very sensuous morsel indeed
As for the husband cooking dinner & roses thing, if you’re keen in the kitchen, then yeah! If it’s going to be a stress and a worry for you, then take her out.
Either way, it sounds like the lady has a gem of a chap, to be making such an effort. Good on ya!
WOW! Bads -> carving our names in a tree surrounded by a heart is a wonderful Idea!!! We have several old growth oaks on our property what would not mind the slight intrusion and would grow nicely still.
I am actually quite good in the kitchen and outdoors on the grill. So I was thinking Top Tenderloin stuffed with Chevre/spinach/chives with twice backed potato, asparagus etc…etc… And then an evening jaunt to said tree to see our names…
Am I waaay too sappy or what? Thanks Rapunzel I like the idea of planting something as well, maybe a small douglas fir, or something that will grow for along while.
One of my favorite customers (I am a florist) is this guy that buys odd vases for his wife, then brings them in periodically to have a few flowers put in them.
He got a bud vase at a garage sale that we do one rose in (it happened to be antique crystal, for which he paid a quarter), and there’s an old silver vase that we put freesia or tulips in.
Get to know a local florist and let them help you do something small on a regular basis. We call it putting goodwill in the bank.
leave her a message at home with a key. The message is to go to the nearest shopping mall, and the key is of one of the lockers there (does your nearest shopping mall have those?)
once arrived there and opened the locker, have a little gift or the first part of the gift in there, with a little poem (optional–>not completed) with another key of another locker (btw, don’t forget to say where that locker is, so she wouldn’t get frustrated)
the second locker, have another gift…and poem ending, etc…or make message that she should get home.
You, by that time have made whatever plans at home…like that tree idea…
What I’d like to receive as a gift: By Shirley Ujest
A day at the spa
Maid Service once a month.
Car Detailing
Home Organizing service
Sewing lessons
All of the above.
Another nice idea would be a plant (roses come to mind, but they are a pain in the ass to maintain, they are needy attention whoring plants, YMMV) in the garden that you could give as an enduring timeless love kinda gift.
WOW!! All really good ideas! I think Shirley hit it on the head though. I am going to create some gift certificates for a day at the spa, a car detailing, a free dinner and clean up and of course an inhome massage. I’m still going to carve our names though…
I made Mr. Peg-To-Be a really cheesy coupon book for a past Valentine’s Day. I didn’t have a lot of time/money to shop for a present so I cut up colored index cards, drew little stick figures on the cards to symbolize each activity like:
Dinner + Take-out Movie
One Sports Event
One Shoot-em-up action movie
and tied it all together with a (very manly-looking) ribbon.
As cheesy as I thought it was, he seemed to really like it. Especially the one for a massage with the totally-accidental porno-looking stick people. Word of caution: don’t forget things like “one per coupon” and expiration dates or you’re stuck watching chick flicks (or in my case: testosterone flicks) for the rest of your life based on one measley piece paper that isn’t your marriage license. Then again, Mr. Peg-to-Be is a lawyer, so there you go. (Damn you, Michael Bay!)
Sorry, but I’m cringing a little at carving your initials into a tree. It’s really sweet, but please make sure that the tree can handle it. I’ve seen trees (like alders) die because of graffiti. I know one initial carving won’t kill it, but still, I worry about the tree.
Oh, and since you want something tangible, and because I can’t let this one go: How about… a kitty!
