What this tech mommy wants for Mother's Day
My husband has done pretty well with the geek gifts. He started with an iPod, which I use ALL the time. This was followed by a neoprene holder and chip for my shoes so my iPod can tell me how far I've run, which is still sitting in the box but I do plan to use it one of these days. For this mother's day, I've only told him 20 or 30 times that I want this, but his need to surprise me may still trump me getting what I really want.
I thought I had the world's worst sense of direction, until I met my husband. Combined we could get lost in our own neighborhood. Give us a choice of left or right, we'll choose wrong.
So what is my ultimate wish? A GPS for my car. (hint, hint, hubby!) I fantasize about as GPS all the time! I really wanted one last year, but they were around $800 for car models, not quite in our budget. I heard that I can now get one for about $200 to $300, which to me is still a lot, but I guess I'm worth it. Especially after hubby got his digital video recorder. How will this help a busy mom, you ask?
- Avoiding the "just let me print out these directions!" rant to my kids as we're trying to head off to a birthday party since I of course lost the ones I printed out well ahead of time at work.
- House hunting will be a breeze with just a one simple list of addresses versus the 20 pages of maps, including 10 wasted pages of that 2nd blank page.
- I will no longer get hopelessly stuck in a neighborhood of dead end streets when trying to avoid a red light with a long line of cars, and then have to drive all the way back to where I started to wait for the same damn traffic light. My trusty GPS will provide the fastest shortcut.
- When my brain has been completely fried from the bickering and singing competitions in the back, I can still find the nearest park or drive-thru coffee.
My husband is not a shopper and tends to buy the first item that meets his criteria, so I have a feeling I'll be doing the research. Do I go cheap with Dell? Costco's got at Garmin one for $300. I'll probably just ask my techie co-workers unless y'all have suggestions.
Here are some other fun toys I could use to entertain my co-workers kids when they visit. My drawer full of conference giveaways is just not cutting it anymore.
- My very own palm size Remote Controlled Helicopter, how cool is that?
- Cubicle "doll houses" - collect them all.
- How distracting from work would this be?
Happy Mother's Day!
