https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:44:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303274 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 09:10:15 +0000 FaithFertility 2303274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: Nice watch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303243 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:53:19 +0000 BandDmommy 2303243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: thank you :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303240 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:49:58 +0000 MrsSCB 2303240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: ahh, darn! Maybe another nice weekend place nearby? Or the Post Ranch Inn in CA is gorgeous. If you want to wait until after your LO comes, you could always give a gift now and plan a trip together for a bit later. That could actually be fun, to do all the planning together.</p> <p>I will say that I do also like the idea of a class -- my mom is retired, and since retiring she's gotten super into yoga. I think she's taking like five or six classes a week. Doesn't have to be yoga, of course, but I think having some kind of fun routine like that when you're done with the boring routine of work is great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303235 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:43:23 +0000 looch 2303235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of your ideas sound really nice to me, I'd welcome any of them and I don't think they're crazy at all. Life needs to be decorated, if you have the means, why not? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303234 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:41:57 +0000 BandDmommy 2303234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: that place is amazing! She's been there though with my dad for their anniversary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303232 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:40:50 +0000 MrsSCB 2303232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Experience-wise, could you do a long weekend trip together? If you're in NoVa, the Inn at Little Washington is not too far and it's amaaaaazing. You could have a lovely celebratory weekend there and maybe also give a small keepsake, like a pretty piece of jewelry? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303222 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:33:02 +0000 blackbird 2303222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: keepin' it classy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303219 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:29:39 +0000 Truth Bombs 2303219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: iced down with some silver bullet? Because nothing says "Happy Retirement" like Coors Light </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303215 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 07:20:06 +0000 blackbird 2303215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: that song was stuck in my head after I saw this post! I almost wrote you needed to buy her a truck, a boat, and a yeti 110 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303209 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 06:59:49 +0000 BananaPancakes 2303209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Figure out a bucket list item of hers to help check off. Find out something she's always wanted to experience or see to celebrate her retirement! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303202 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:48:01 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2303202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Canyon Ranch spa long weekend or cruise. If you send her somewhere will you be her companion? I'd also create a tote bag full of goodies she would need on her trip and the diamond/ other previous stone earrings in there too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303195 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:17:06 +0000 regberadaisy 2303195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: LOL I was just teasing. She sounds amazing.<br /> But seriously m. My inlaws are retired and that's what I hear them say time and time again. Making a real effort to stay active and change up the daily routine. So they're not left wondering if today is Wednesday or Saturday. Anything that will help with that I think will be great for retirement. A trip sounds fun too but you can take her on one any time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303191 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:11:04 +0000 BandDmommy 2303191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I know my gifts sound crazy but she's done soooo much for me that i want to celebrate her. She was a single mom and raised my brother for 9 years before marrying my dad. She is the most amazing person I've ever meet and she never does anything for herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303190 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:09:21 +0000 BandDmommy 2303190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MoonMoon: I know, nothing says retirement like a boat :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303189 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 05:08:57 +0000 BandDmommy 2303189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: that is really a joke.. It reminds me of the song.. "It could buy me a boat..." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303163 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:27:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 2303163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An experience would be my first thought! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303158 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:12:09 +0000 MoonMoon 2303158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh never mind, I was going to suggest a boat 😝 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303154 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:03:59 +0000 blackbird 2303154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like how nothing crazy implies a boat 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303111 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:59:38 +0000 regberadaisy 2303111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha LOL your ideas are pretty "crazy" to me! :P LOL but seriously, I love the idea of a mother daughter trip! Does she live near you? What about classes for something she has always wanted to try? I'm thinking like something that can become a hobby/passion post retirement. I think that's the biggest fear of most retirees, that each day becomes the same and stagnant. So a hobby would be nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303109 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:58:05 +0000 BandDmommy 2303109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: she wants to go to Paris BUT I'm pregnant right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303108 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:57:10 +0000 chopsuey 2303108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: you should do a mom/daughter trip with her!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303103 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:54:17 +0000 BandDmommy 2303103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: I was thinking Mediterranean cruise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303101 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:51:53 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2303101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>New tablet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303094 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:48:02 +0000 chopsuey 2303094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: a trip somewhere? what are her hobbies/interests? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/retirement-gift-for-my-mom#post-2303085 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 19:37:23 +0000 BandDmommy 2303085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom is retiring after working for over 40 years. I want to get her something amazing that she wouldn't get herself. Current ideas: diamond earrings, LV purse, David Yurman jewelry. Looking for very nice gift but nothing crazy like car or boat. Any other ideas? </p>