Help me pick a gift
0My husband has been a stay-at-home dad for almost 9 years. Although for the past two years he’s been going back to school (he has a bachelor’s but is working on getting a new associate’s degree and certification in agri-business).
He’s been kicking butt in his studies - high GPA, recommendations all over, so many scholarships (he was even awarded a Mike Rowe scholarship), and he’s being recognized for at least 5 different awards at graduation. He’s also doing a speech at graduation because he’s the student ambassador for his school.
In other words - I’m damn proud of him. I want to get him something for graduation but I’m coming up empty of anything that I think might work.
As the breadwinner, I tend to focus on “functional” gifts because extravagance just hasn’t been something I could do in the past. I was thinking of getting him an engraved or nice wood valet. I also considered a humidor but I don’t particularly want to encourage that habit. He does have a man-cave. I usually stay away from buying anything specifically related to his hobbies because I wouldn’t know what he has and what he needs related to them (he collects some nostalgia-related items).
We have been discussing getting chickens… our village allows up to 6 in town. We would be starting out from scratch. I’ve also asked him about composting. We don’t have much room here as we are “actively” looking for acreage to move to (I say it that way as we are open to opportunities but aren’t looking daily for a new place).
Ummm… thanks for reading this whole story and any suggestions.
- 1 comment, 1 reply
- Comment
If you’re thinking of starting up with chickens, it’s going to cost more than you think. You don’t want one of those crappy store bought coops, they’re garbage and any predator worth the name can bust into them. You need to either build your own or have one built for you. Then, depending on where you are and what kind of predators you have, you may need to keep them in a run during the day instead of letting them wander around your yard. A hawk can snatch up a chicken in 2 seconds. (I learned this the hard way) If you keep them in a run it needs to be big enough for them to run around and be active without bumping into each other.
@Pony yeah we have coyotes around here, i cannhear them at night. Several of my friends have chickens and i’ve heard about some of their experiences in the area as well.
The idea is to eventually start a small farm so we would be building personal experience with these smaller things until we find our new place.