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Olive Garden gift, at least you can return it to the rightful owner…. Can’t take back having to sit through a Pearl Jam concert. BQ I really want a vacation.

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Garden Bon Bons – look like candies, but are seeds for growing Italian Herbs or Herbs for Tea
http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/garden-bon-bon-sets

Chicobag Produce Stand www.chicobag.com $15.99 – machine washable 3 reusable bags in a cute pouch – reusable collection is very cute

Wrap-n-Mat – www.wrap-n-mat.com – reusable sandwich and snack baggies $6.99-$8.99

Electric Candle/Scent – Warmer Pots with scent bars http://scentsy.net/ (Pomegranate, Mochadoodle and Gingersnap are my favorites)

If you have an Olive Oil & Balsamic Tasting Gallery near you, go and get either Blueberry or Raspberry – they are great on salads and unbelievable on ice cream. Here’s what it looks like: http://oliversevoo.com/

Gift card to her favorite store or restaurant

Make a ‘love jar’ and fill it with origami hearts, flowers and slips of paper with notes of appreciation written on them or ‘I love you’ written in different languages (on the back write which language it is).

Http://www.ehow.com/how_2061320_fold-origami-heart.html
http://www.bloom4ever.com/how-to-make-origami-rose.php
Say I love you in different languages

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Garden plants and your help in planting them. It’s inexpensive and you give of your time and you get your hands dirty all at the same time. The gift will keep on giving all summer long.

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If she likes gardening why not a gift (like an apron) with her favorite type flower http://www.perennial-gardens.com/

HTH

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She would like a gift card to a gardening center.

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Those are cute. You can try swiss miss.

mini rainboot gardens

Here are more
http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/mini-rainboot-gardens
Michaels has stuff like this
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/projectsheet?pid=25892
I am not sure if they have the boot shape.
Http://www.michaels.com/art/online/search?search=yes&type=0&searchWords=garden&as_fid=2
Happy Birthday to your friend.

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Walgreens, Walmart and Olive Garden for sure have OG gift cards

Walmart – http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_query=olive+garden&Find=Find&search_constraint=0
Walgreens – http://www.walgreens.com/topic/giftcards/all-giftcards.jsp?erule=giftcard

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One year I got an outdoor sink for my gardening. It was a real help! I could clean up before going in (to clean up) and it was great to use while potting small plants. It hooked to the outdoor fawcet … Or the hose. I got it from Home Depot. It was such a good gift I gave one to my best friend that same year.

Honestly, a bird bath will be pretty useless with chickens and dogs in the yard. The dogs will lap up most of the water and the chickens will drink the rest while they poop on the edges of the bath. If your mom doesn’t have a gazing ball check those out. They really add a touch of whimsey to any outdoor setting.

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Would be nice if you gave it to him and maybe went with him, I don’t know how long your visiting. It may also be nice to give him a nice picture of you to keep.

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It depends on where you are going. You’d need to find out what the seeds are (what herbs) and then contact the agricultural department for the country you are going to and ask them if the seeds are allowed. Not all countries allow all plants.

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99% of the free offers are scam when the amount of the prize is over a few dollars. It is just to get your address to sell to mailing lists. I am sorry but it is next to impossible to stop. Many spam emails have a link to remove you but the majority of the time it just confirms that you exist.

NOTE: If the junk mail is actually in your spam folder then the Yahoo filter is doing what it is supposed to do. 
 
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Friday, January 14, 2011

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Spider plants are hard to kill, and beginner gardners have luck with them:

http://www.joaf.co.jp/kanyo-syokubutu/(5)syo-leaf/10-spider-plant/spider-plant-LEB-0833.jpg

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I like that soup that has the little dumplings in it. {but they could easily cut out some of the salt in it; and it might even be better.}

For the main course, go for something that is more meat, cheese, and sauce. A chicken entree would probably be your best choice there.

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I don’t think it would be in very good taste. Many people don’t bring gifts at all – they bring cash in a card, and it’s really not polite to open cash gifts in front of others. That’s best done at home, in private, for both etiquette AND security/safety purposes. You don’t want to be walking out of some family restaurant with wads of loose cash!

Also, remember that guests have plenty of time after your wedding to send a gift on. If someone wants to wait (say, until their payday) to buy and mail a gift, it would be very uncomfortable for them to have that fact highlighted by their gift not being there at the time of the opening.

Follow your mum’s advice, she knows what she’s talking about.

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If you can use the gift card at more than one restaurant owned by the same company it will say so somewhere on the card. If you don’t like Applebees and would prefer a gift card for a different restaurant, there are websites where you can sell gift cards for cash or exchange them for gift cards from other companies. If you want to check some of the reputable companies, here is a link with more information: http://www.squidoo.com/unwanted-gift-cards

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I usually figure in $15-$20 per person when I give a gift card, with a minumum of $30-$40 (enough for two people). If they have a family then I usually give closer to $70 so they can bring their kids and it will cover some of that, too.

Even if they are single they will more than likely go with somebody so I would think $30 minimum.

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Those look fine , but give her a basket full of gardening things like seeds , cute shovels ,etc.

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Does she have ergonomic garden tools? I saw an article about them in an issue of Organic Gardening. They had them for the disabled volunteers that worked a community garden.

I too have arthritis but in my back, so I find it easier to sit and do my gardening. Bending hurts after a while.

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I don’t blame you Olive Garden is the worst place ever. And a lot of people think the same way they said Jessica Simpson ate there and she went into the kitchen to thank the Chef. She thanked the microwave. And yes you can use it like that, its basically like a Wal-Mart gift card you can also use it at Sam’s Club because they are owned by the same company.

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We did this for ours. I put seeds in a pouch with the following saying “plant these seeds in memory of our wedding. As your flowers grow know that our love too is blooming “