http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com Moms work hard at Christmas - Give Mom a Great Unique Christmas GIft She'll Cherish Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:05:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The IBRRI has been caring for and rehabilitating birds injured in the November 7th San Francisco Bay oil spill, along with birds coming up injured and starving along Monterey Bay due to unrelated causes. State officials now say that funds for cleaning and rehabilitating oil saoked birds cannot be diverted to help in caring for ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/giving-the-gift-of-life-international-bird-rescue-needs-help.html Today we took a trip to "Grey Bears" our local recycling and re-uses non profit for senior support. They feed some 1200 plus seniors every week in our town. Cool, huh? I found the most gorgeous hand made blanket there! All kinds of bright colors on a black background. And nice ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/dont-foreget-your-local-non-profits.html The winter weather has transformed the beaches nearby... Great swaths of water and foam where dry sandy beaches of summer once were... Yesterday the fog was so thick I didn't dare let Doodle Boy off his leash. He just doodles off, and in that thick fog there was no way I was goint to chance having ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/pet-blinkies-flashing-leds-clip-right-on-the-collar.html After such a beaufitiful Thanksgiving weekend that seemed more like summer than late November, it seems winter has finally begun to arrive. The ocean tides are sweeping up high onto the beaches leaving not a lot of room for our afternoon walks - which keep getting earlier and earlier to avoid being caught in the dark ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/shine-some-light-on-those-short-winter-days.html This Thanksgiving we were in our new house- for the first time, there is only one child living with us... It's so different! But the great thing about that is, that all of them (except for the eldest who is spending a year in Africa) came home for Thanksgiving! What a treat to have such interesting ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/giving-thanks-at-thanksgiving-oh-yeah.html While it is months away from Christmas and the greens are all of new leaves and shoots coming up out of the soft spring earth, it's a great time to appreciate how Spring can inspire exceptional gift ideas for mom! From gardening tools to bulbs and flowers Spring time is alive with fun and ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/spring-time-inspires-great-gift-ideas.html Fresh live lobster! If ever there was an impressive gourmet food delivery, this has to be it! Lobster so fresh and sweet, it could only have come from Lobster Gram! Imagine a live Maine lobster brought to your door this Christmas season! If you've never received a live lobster ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/live-lobster-yes-live-maine-lobster-deliveries-for-christmas.html Returning home from the airport last Thursday night after seeing my now 25 year old first born son off to his flight back to the east coast; it dawned on me that my carreer as "mom" was my longest standing gig. It's outlasted my first marriage now by some 17 years... ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/the-sweetest-christmas-gift-of-all.html It's time for some direct communication. There are a few rules to this great present for mom game that you should really be aware of... Well, I mean, you could skip it, but... You run the risk of ruining the entire exprience. Let me see if I can help you out. Rule Number One: Do NOT ask ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/so-how-exactly-do-you-buy-a-great-christmas-present-for-mom.html It's true isn't it? Everyone loves stocking stuffers. Finding great stocking stuffers is an art form all its own. Some people are really great at it... others not so great! Well, the folks at Wrapables have solved that problem for all of us... They have a team of folks who figure it ... http://www.unique-christmas-gifts-for-mom.com/tis-the-season-for-stocking-stuffers-2.html