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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 6:05 am
what do you think of these for high school graducation gifts? Link Fixed link <24>
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 7:39 am
is this something you are giving your son? my daughter would think i was crazy to get her something like that!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 7:50 am
Personally, I wouldn't like one of those. They look more like something I would pick up as a stocking stuffer for Christmas or something. Despite being personalized, they don't seem "personal" to me at all...sorry!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 9:20 am
no, not to ds. he has had group of friends since practically prek. it would be for them. but ds hated the idea! LOL he said 'why in the world would we need one? we will all be using laptops' he liked this idea (of course, its' more expensive LOL) http://www.tervis.com/store/retail/catalog.aspx?CID=21
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 9:52 am
When my son comes home from college, he uses his flash drive to print something out on my computer (because he leaves his printer at school). My son who goes to college locally uses his flash drive to print things out on my computer because he doesn't have a working printer in his room. Neither of them could get along without a flash drive!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 10:57 am
you could still print from your laptop couldn't you? i meant to say, he has had the same group of close friends since prek. i joke that i should really be giving some of their mom's presents for all the times he spent at their houses! LOL
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 11:19 am
What do you think about getting all of them tickets for a concert or something? It would be a gift of another memory together that will last their lifetime.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 12:48 pm
not sure i could find concert tickets for less than $20 to anything they would like to hear.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 1:23 pm
i started a graduation gift thread 3 years ago when my son was graduating. someone had a very clever idea of a gift box. one of the items was a pair of sunglasses--cause their future looked bright. it was filled w/ other gifts w/ cute sayings. if anyone remembers, maybe they can post again.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 05, 2008 - 10:57 pm
I knew I had seen a thread like this somewhere! Took me a few minutes to find it, lol. We got a grad announcement and invitation to the graduation party for our neighbors son today. This is a kid we've known since he was six. We're close friends with the family, he's dog sat for us when we're out of town, earned extra money babysitting the kids for us and tutoring Dakota, has helped with home improvement projects, all around good kid that we know and love pretty well. We talked and decided that since he's the only kid we know graduating this year and we're close friends with the family, and frankly cuz we think he is a great kid, that we'd like to spend between $50 and $100 (what we can afford) for a grad gift. We're at a loss though as to what to get. Within a few months (I think July, but I'm not positive) he's going to boot camp and then for more training after that. He's hoping to become an Army Ranger. We'd like to do something more thoughtful than handing him cash but at the same time we know he's limited on what he can take with him when he goes to boot camp and we'd like it to be something he can actually use. Any ideas?
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 2:27 pm
What if the four of you each write a letter or make a family scrapbook with all of your favorite memories of him growing up and put the cash inside of it in a cute way? Or what about the cash and IOU's from your family for weekly letters while he is in bootcamp? Or spread the money out over the span of boot camp and send care packages of things he needs/wants/is allowed/but can't get.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 2:38 pm
What about one of those digital photo frames? That way he could upload a bunch of pics of his family/friends and have that with him at bootcamp.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 10:41 pm
Oh, oh, I like the scrapbook and digital frame ideas! I've got to check with his mom sometimes in the next couple of days and see if she has a list of stuff he can take with him when he goes. My kidlets are pretty upset he's leaving but are happy they get to write to him. At some point, he'll be able to get his computer (not sure if it's after basic or advanced training?) and he's also reminded Caleb that they'll still be able to play Guild Wars and Runescape together.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 10:57 pm
War I'd get that list and also ask in the military support thread.. people in there are likely to know what might be perfect.
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