What is the coolest mothers day gift you have ever recieved?

Trying to find a neat and different idea for Mom this year. She is retired, has everything she ever wanted, and no real hobbies except gardening, and I live several states away, so plants or trees are kinda out of the question.

What is the coolest mothers day gift you have ever recieved?
Having never received one as you can readily tell, I can only share stuff I thought my mom liked.





Stuff I got for her that I thought she would like often ended up stored away for posterity somewhere. The stuff that I saw she put in places she could see anytime were things where I put some "heart" into it.





Some examples are: souveniers I got for her while on trips abroad where she could see I was thinking about her even while I was busy with many other things. A small trophy for "world's best mom." A framed poem about how much I appreciated the things she taught me, and another one about the hard times in her life when she sacrificed so I could have, and another about "now I understand what she was trying to explain." And other things that let her know how much I appreciated and loved and thought about her a lot.





Maybe consider sending her your answer to the "hereafter" question with things about her too? Anyway, just my opinions.
Reply:I'm asking the same question.


It seems like no one's on tonight.


I think I'm going to do a balloon and put a picture and confetti in it.



super nanny

Does anyone know of any plants/flowers called angela? If so where can you find it?

I am asking this on behalf of a friend who is looking for a gift for his partner

Does anyone know of any plants/flowers called angela? If so where can you find it?
Angela (HMusk x K) The cupped silvery pink, semi-double flowers carried in trusses continually and have fruity scent. Plant is vigorous and open with shiny lime-green foliage, which blend nicely with the flowers and has good shade tolerance; will benefit from good fertile soil for summer-long beauty. 5-7', Z-5, B





http://www.kedemroses.com/photos/ANGELA....
Reply:could you mean angelonia? It's also called "summer snapdragon". Check your local nurseries.



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Will you accept my gift?

Note:Please read whichever you like, so please don't complain about the lentgh! It's optional!


Hi.I live in Iran and I'm 18.I've translated these Iranian pop songs by myself..This singer's albums were chosen as the best pop music for the best and the most meaningful lyrics and the best melody in the Europe.It's somehow similar to the "believe" album by Cher.If you like to listen to them just e-mail me and I'll send them to you in no time.Cos I'd sent them to 11 Americans and I don't need to attach them again.They all loved them.





First:(mahboobeye shab)


when the night steps in the gardens, the flowers cannot breathe


when the darkness rains (comes down) from the sky, the blooms become sad


when the darkness doesn't allow the flowers to breathe, the "love flower" stays awake at night


she (the love flower) doesn't allow the night to have any effects on her, her smell can be felt even at the other side of the gardens


if (someone) puts the love flower in a vase, and plants thistles all around her


(even) if (someone) walls up all around her body (existence), (even) if everyone accuses all of her fibers


(even with all these difficulties) the smell of the love flower makes its way to the beyond of all the stone walls


(and) the love flower, has a shelter in the heart of the blooms


at nights when the flowers are sitting in the darkness, and they all have closed their eyes because of the horrer of the night


(and) when their body trembles becuase of the fear of the darkness, you "lover flower" are the shelter for them





Second:(yaade man baash)


you left (me) and your memories have sat down in my mind


without you I'm the prisoner of the impossible wishes (ambitions)


you didn't keep me in your memory (you didn't think of me) but, I broke in the memory of you


I didn't fall in love with anyone but you, (because) you're far from me


sing with me and think of me, think of me (keep me in your memory) without any excuses


when the moon is awake, think of me with all your love


if you be (with me), it is possible to pass the (unfortunate) events


and) it is possible to learn how to burst into flames, in the fire of your love)


if you're away (from me), if you're not (with me), (at least) be the breath of my cry


till the end of the world, forever, keep me in your memory (think of me)





Third:(Tasavvor kon)


Imagine.Even if it is hard to imagine.a world where each person is truly fortunate!Imagine a world where money, race, and power have no place!a world where riot police is not the answer to the calls for unity!a world with no nuclear bombs, no artillery, and no bombardments!a world where no child will leave his legs on land mines!Everybody free, totally free! no one in pain, no pain!You wouldn't read in newspapers that whales committed suicide!Imagine a world with no hatred, no gunpowder,no cruelty of arrogant, no fear, no coffin!Imagine a world filled with smile and freedom!full of flowers and kisses! Filled with up-growing improvements!Imagine! Even if it is a crime to imagine so!even if you'd lay down your life on this!Imagine a world where prison does not exist in reality,where all wars of the world are included in ‘The Ceasefire Treaty'!!a world where nobody is ‘The Boss' of the world!people are all equal!Then each person will have an equal share in each single seed of wheat!No border, no boundaries – motherland would mean the entire world!imagine you could be the interpretation of this dream!





Forth:(Booseye Baad)(club mix)


The kiss of the autumnal wind whispers to the lonely leaf unmercifully that you'll be the victim of the autumn


The new green leaf loses its green color, it drowns in the kisses of the wind and the horror of the new days


It (the leaf) abandons the tree and wanders around in the alley (becomes homeless), an alley that is the reminder of the gone and futile days


It (the leaf) sits down in the corner of the alley, stares up at the sky, thinks of the past, and feels pity for it (with sadness)


(It thinks of) the days that the alley was under my body's shade, and the kind lover tree, loved the smell of my breath so much


My share of the wind's kiss, what can I say oh my gosh, was all getting yellow-colored and faded, and dying and being forgotten





Fifth:(Panjareh)


When at sunset, the rain hits the (window) glass


All the sadness in the world is in my chest


In the rain drops, my choked voice breaks (intrupts)


I don't want anything but a window anymore


I sit down behind this window and sing


I wait for your arrival under the rain


Under the rain, waiting for you is very different


Sounds like I love you more when it rains


Sometimes when you come, you put your head on my shoulder


You take all the sadness away from my heart


But this is only a dream, a dream behind the window (glass)


When I'm awake, sadness sits down in my throat again (I become sad again)


Sixth:


Defrost my frozen tears, open up your heart


Hear the voice of my heart, what have I done to your heart?


I wish in the last moment, you could read the love in my eyes


Your heart didn't hear my voice, you left (me) and stayed with a stranger


If someday I tell you this story that I've got used to you


My heart's lucked up in the prison of friendship, in your heart


If one night, I get to the truth, I'll become the lover God


(And) I'll say my secret to the star of the western sea





Seventh:


Hey actor, don't cry.We're all like each other


When we get up in the morning, we cover our face with a mask


Someone becomes a teacher and someone becomes a homeless


Someone becomes a song-writer, someone becomes a song-seller


The old life's mask is on our faces till night


The tears behind the mask are soundless as usual


Whoever you are, come out of the back of your mask


Don't talk about that fate, free yourself of the night's illusion


Draw the shape of an outlet on the cage's bars


For just once (in your life), breathe in place of yourself (It means don't pretend that you're someone else)


I wish it was possible for us to be ourselves (Not to disguise who we are) and that'd be enough


Even if it's as brief as a short glance or a breath


Until when (should we allow) our mask to talk in place of us?


Until when (staying) silence will be my roll in this show (life)


I want to sing this very song on the floor show so loudly


(I want to) tear my mask and cry out loud as if I'm myself (Not my mask)





Eightth:


The figure in the photo which is in the album is wet


I kissed your memory again, I've asked myself this unanswerable question thousands of times so far:


What makes the songs lifelike?


Its pulse is the throat of yesterday (It means my throat could produce a better voice in the past, so my songs were liflike)


I know that without you, my tomorrow will be the same grey color as yesterday's (grey color)


I'm thirsty like the sun and more landless than the wind, more immediate than the song, outspoken like a loud cry


I'm lonelier than silence, brighter than the star, I love more than ever, sing with me again


I open the eyelids of the window, there are murmers of the moon light in the lane


All the windows are silent, sounds like (everyone in) this deserted lane is asleep


I call out your name aloud noiselessly, my crying closes the window


Once again, the invisible hands of night closes the eyelids of my window








sorry, if it was too long.And also sorry for the gramatical mistakes.The rest of them are as beautiful as these, but I haven't translated them yet.

Will you accept my gift?
that is rubbish.



nanny

What's a good gift for mom?

Good lady. Not a lot of hobbies. Likes her plants, her grandchildren, reading. Any amazing books out there?

What's a good gift for mom?
maybe some nice stationary (even customized) so she can write letters to people and grandkids. noone ever writes letters anymore and sends them snail mail. they're so nice to receive and she might like the idea.
Reply:Yeah, like you said, you could get her some books, or maybe some jewelry or perfume.
Reply:Some perfume they love that.
Reply:Try making something:





http://www.make-stuff.com ,


http://www.familyfun.com ,


http://www.foodnetwork.com
Reply:Get her a picture book about the home town she grew up in. Some bubble bath too. A couple of plant stands for outside planters. "The Testament" by John Grisham was a good book.





http://www.amazon.com/Testament-John-Gri...
Reply:Sounds like she would love a thoughtfull gift instead of an expensive gift. Try to look for something you made or something that is personal.
Reply:You should get your mom this book titled a "Message in a Bottle" by Christopher Sparks. He is a very good author he writes about life and romance. You should also get her a card. Get it blank and write something from your heart inside. It is the thoughtfulness that counts.
Reply:Get her a brand new swimming costume! She can take the grandchildren to the swimming baths in her new costume. The kids will miss swimming indoors in such miserable weather in December.
Reply:A good no, great gift mom huh... let's see visit these websites. I hope this will help you. This is an awesome website!


Good luck!


http://www.buy.com/dept/Books_Bestseller...





http://www.bigplantshop.com/
Reply:Based on the information provided I came up with a picture frame that can hold multiple pictures of her grandchildren, giftcard to a local bookstore, bookmark, gardening stool, seeds, or a book about plants.



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Caring for Bamboo Plants?

I have a 5 stalk Bamboo in water with rocks and keep it with plenty of water.My problem is that some of the leaves are turning yellow at the tips.What am I doing wrong!!! Please help.It was a gift.

Caring for Bamboo Plants?
Try this link.....
Reply:bammboo mainly need a planter, water and rock small ones


and here are some facts of bamboo


Bamboo is a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giant bamboo, forming by far the largest members of the grass family. Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world. Their accelerated growth rate (up to 3-4 feet/day (1.5-2.0 inches/hr)) is due to a unique rhizome system and is dependent on local soil and climate conditions.





They are of economic and high cultural significance in East Asia and South East Asia where they are used extensively in gardens, as a building material as well as a food source. In Filipino, they are known as kawayan, in Chinese as zhu (Chinese: ; pinyin: zhú), in Japanese as take (Kanji: 竹; Hiragana: take?), in Korean as dae or daenamu in Vietnamese as Tre /tʃe/, and in Indonesian as bambuu





There are 91 genera and about 1,000 species of bamboo. They are found in hot tropical regions. They occur across East Asia, from 50°N latitude in Sakhalin through to northern Australia, and west to India and the Himalaya. They also occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and in the Americas from the southeast of the United States[3] south to Argentina and Chile, there reaching their furthest south anywhere, at 47°S latitude. Major areas with no native bamboos include Europe, north Africa, western Asia, Canada, most of Australia, and Antarctica.


[edit] Mass flowering


Although some bamboos flower every year, most species flower infrequently. In fact, many bamboos only flower at intervals as long as 60 or 120 years. These taxa exhibit mass flowering (or gregarious flowering), with all plants in the population flowering simultaneously. The longest mass flowering interval known is 130 years, and is found in the species Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. %26amp; Zucc. In this species all plants of the same stock flower at the same time, regardless of differences in geographic locations or climatic conditions. The lack of environmental impact on the time of flowering indicates the presence of some sort of “alarm clock” in each cell of the plant which signals the diversion of all energy to flower production and the cease of vegetative growth. This mechanism, as well as the evolutionary cause behind it, is still largely a mystery.





One theory attempting to explain the evolution of this semelparous mass flowering is the predator satiation hypothesis. This theory argues that by fruiting at the same time a population increases the survival rate of their seeds by flooding the area with fruit so that even if predators eat their fill, there will still be seeds left over. The death of the adult clone, this hypothesis argues, is due to resource exhaustion, as it would be more effective for parent plants to devote all resources to creating a large seed crop than to hold back energy for their own regeneration.
Reply:minght be in a draft or by a heater.. also it happens sometimes. happens to me, but then grow new ones
Reply:Needs little water and try some light maybe.



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Mother's Day Gift?

For an inexpensive present for my mother-in-law and mom I was thinking of getting some kind of nice plants or roses, representing each child they had. That would be 4 for mother-in-law and 2 for my mom. What you think? That sound thoughtful or do I need something else?

Mother's Day Gift?
Sounds sweet, I'd like it...
Reply:nothing else




puppy teeth

What is good gift for transplant patient in hospital?

I imagine says they have to be so careful of germs that plants are not allowed in their rooms. Any suggestions?

What is good gift for transplant patient in hospital?
No flowers, plants, store bought candy, stuffed animals or cards please.





Fresh fruit, flowers, plants, or cut flowers are barred from the patient's room, as these can carry disease-causing molds and bacteria. Because of the fact that the patient will be immunosuppressed, even a small amount of a pathogen might cause a life threatening condition for him/ her. I met a lady at my transplant clinic who had a kidney as well as a liver transplant. She had contracted some infection from somewhere (in spite of being very careful) and had a fever for 2 months! So you need to be careful.





In fact, if you are genuinely concerned, do not even visit the patient. Persons with symptoms of any type of communicable infection should not provide care or visit. Even if you do not exhibit symptoms like fever or coughing, many a times our bodies are "carriers" to diseases, and this can be harmful to the patient.





There are a couple of things that you can do though.


1) Call the patient or his primary care giver as often as you can. Talk to the patient, in person before and on the phone after the transplant, encouraging him or her. Lend your support - a ride to or from the hospital for additional family members maybe. Family members of the patient need help and support too.


2) There is always e-mail. Write as much as you want. Send the patient e-cards. Chat on Yahoo messenger if you can.





I received my transplant last year and I did not go out of my home much for 3-4 months. I did receive beautiful flowers (from friends who had no idea) but sadly, had to dispose them off. Most of my friends talked to me over the phone and to my family members when I was in surgery. I did not receive any visitors for a long time, but it was wonderful to talk to everyone and contact people over the internet.





Good Luck to your friend!
Reply:Cards and balloons are always nice.
Reply:just a card and if allowed a plant or fresh flowers, it will brighten their day regardless
Reply:well, the best gift that you could really give this person is support and care. Just visting if you can, would probably be the best thing for them. Also, plants are really good...some kind of plant like a fern or something that can be good for filtering oxygen and such would be great, and a card couldn't hurt either.
Reply:A good book,a gift certificate,a box of candy,an offer to bring a favorite food, favorite magazines to name a few.
Reply:Flowers and a personal visit. Flowers promote a cheery atmosphere and require no care and go away in about a week. This is especially good for those who aren't yet able to care for themselves. Don't go cheap. If you can't afford a dozen roses, send 3 in a nice arrangement of more common and cheaper flowers. Just make sure to ask if the recipient has any allergies. If allergies present a problem or you really can't afford them, start a get well card writing campaign and have friends and family all send cards. Then visit and read them so the patient knows how much they are cared for.
Reply:Just the gift of life.


My wife had a liver transplant back in 1999, and she died in 2004. All she ever wanted was thoses extra years so we could be together.


I Love You Suzan!! RIP Hun.



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