Mother's Day Gift: My Techie Wish List

Posted by Charlene Prince Birkeland

Mother's Day is ten days away. My husband usually asks me how I'd like to spend Mother's Day...sleep in? Brunch? A day at the beach? My response is simple: I don't want to have to do or plan a single thing. My feeble brain simple wants to power down. If it means I have to stay in bed comatose all day for emphasis, well, so be it.

I do not, however, get asked what I want as a Mother's Day gift. This year, I can't, in good conscience, ask for anything after spending my weekend at Ladies Rock Camp (LRC) and purchasing a new sexy little Vox amplifier for my electric guitar. And have I mentioned we're also getting a puppy? There's a reason I'm called crazedparent.

But I do I have a wish list. And being a techie mama like my friend, Beth, my wish list is all geeked out. Of course, it's another list of five. And there's a reason it's called a "wish list"...

• Cingular 8125 Pocket PC: I'm admit it. While I've been completely against pocket PCs, this hot little number is calling my name. I covet the Cingular 8125 Pocket PC, and I'm okay with it.

• GarageBand Guitar Cable: I have turned into a music geek. With my MacBook and iGarage, I can plug my electric guitar right into my computer to make beautiful, head-banging music. It makes me tingle all over just thinking about it.

• A Multimedia Refrigerator: I'm not joking. I have a dream...the completely modern, web-enabled kitchen. I hate printing out recipes and taping them to a cabinet to read as I cook. While I am a lover of cookbooks, I also despise having countless tear-sheets of magazine recipes. Enter my solution: the Web Fridge. All I'd have to do is pull up the recipe on my fridge as I cook. Yum

• Wireless Speakers: We got rid of our stereo system in favor of an iPod. We never listen to the radio and often favor pulling up XM Radio on my laptop when we need a little change of tunes. But we're using a small Altec speaker system, which you can only hear in nearby rooms. I'd love to set up our house and backyard with wireless speakers so we can hear tunes everywhere. And I'd really love the speakers it they were Bluetooth enabled so they would pick up XM Radio from my laptop.

• Epson MovieMate 30s: We've been a television-free family for years, but we do like to watch movies on the weekend. Occasionally we'll borrow a projector and watch flicks on our living room wall. But the cables, the kids getting in the cables, the noise from the projector, the poor sound quality overall. The Epson MovieMate 30s would solve these problems so easily. It's a movie in a box. No need for a laptop connection or speakers. Just pop in a DVD, press play and you're golden. I'm giddy at the thought.

What's on your techie mama mother's day wish list?

Comments

[Laura]

A woman after my own heart! I want that fridge too. I sometimes have recipes pulled up on my laptop--but the fridge would be way more convenient. Actually, I'm getting a pod coffee pot from Green Mountain for Mother's Day. I'm the only one who drinks coffee in the house and sometimes I want one cup, sometimes two or even three.

I could always use a new computer. :)

[Alison Murdock]

yo fellow courtney rockette. I have a cingular 8125. great for email but not so good for mom's who need to dial the phone on the run. the touch-pad feature is not very friendly.

[Jess]

Ohhhh this list could get way too long for me.

30 GB Zen Vision MP3 Player Pink
Inspiron
Cannon DC50 DVD 10X Zoom Digital Camcorder

Ok I will stop here LOL

yeah jess i must say your right , i am also looking to get that for my self .