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Getting close to Christmas, isn’t it. Closer and closer and you haven’t found the right gifts yet for some special people in your life. Some have given you a list but most are, well, your guess, and if you’re like me, your guess is usually wrong.
You want it to be something special but ideas just aren’t there yet.
Maybe the usual? Clothes or something for the house would work, but not without guidance. Sure, if you just let them pick and you pay, you’re OK, but that’s no fun.
No, you want to pick it yourself and see their delighted surprise when they receive your perfect gift.
You want it to be special, something that, whether it’s for your spouse or others, won’t be forgotten after the initial smiles are gone. You want it to have some longevity, something cool that keeps on giving.
So you ask questions of what’s valuable now and later. Wife Weezy says gold as in jewelry. That makes sense: It’s pretty and valuable. Can’t argue with that.
Decorator daughters Laura and Bari say good furniture, which makes sense also. Good furniture not only makes you smile but it’s a lifetime thing.
Dallas daughter Brigette, sole owner of one of the largest car dealerships in Texas, of course says cars. Enduring value, she concedes, isn’t there, but pleasure derived makes it a perfect Christmas gift.
All these things make sense, but then it occurs to me: How about landscaping?
Smart Money magazine made it their investment of the month a couple of years ago. Locally, a well-known real estate person privately told me it was the cheapest way to raise the rent. Surely, enduring value is there.
And then there’s the part that makes you smile. My, how nice it is to return home to a nicely landscaped home after a long day as breadwinner or homemaker. What a pleasure it is to live your kind of life in your kind of backyard?
What’s that? You say too expensive? Might be. Landscaping the whole yard may be a few thousand bucks, something you’d give one another, but sprucing up the front yard might be just the right gift for her and you come out pretty good yourself.
Still more than you want to spend? Ever consider how much just the right container plant at the front door can add? And if you want the ultimate return on your gift expenditure, consider giving a tree.
Plant a fast grower now and before you know it, it has added tons to the front, or you’re enjoying its shade in the back.
So get yourself going. Call me if you want the bigger options, or give the guys at Garden Works a ring if you want the smaller ones. Gotta run now. Warm Christmas wishes from me and wife Weezy. See you next year.
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