Travel and vacation

Reeling in the perfect gift

Posted on: 27 August, 2010 - Category: Uncategory by: admin

Deciding what gifts to buy my mom for her birthday and special occasions is always tough. She’s pretty picky and sticks with what she knows, so that means that most new nightgowns, sweaters and perfumes my kids pick out for her for Christmas stay in their boxes underneath her bed. It’s not that she doesn’t appreciate the things, it’s just she doesn’t like to try new things.

But one thing that we know she loves doing is watching movies. So the kids thought that we would share our love of Netflix with her and it has been quite a hit. Her internet provider wasn’t so great and we knew that our satellite internet in Alpine CA would be much better for streaming movies, so we got wildblue in Kansas for her.

I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say she’s the company’s best customer because every time I talk to her on the phone she tells me about al the movies she’s watched with wild blue direct tv in the days since we last talked. I’ve also introduced her to “The Office,” which she seems to really love.