My husband is one of those people that has everything he needs or wants. This makes birthdays and Christmas very difficult, as even he cannot tell you what he wants for a gift. I have learned to be creative and I think he appreciated the effort I put into getting him a gift more than he appreciates the actual gift himself.

I hit the jackpot this year, though. I was walking through Home Depot, trying to find a tool or something that he may not already have, when I came across a display of solar panels. I knew he didn’t have one of these, so I bought one, thinking that I had nothing to lose. I was so right. He was thrilled with it and has devoured so much information on the topic since.

I don’t think that gifts will be a problem anymore, as I know I can always get him another solar panel. Who knows, maybe one day our whole house will be run on solar power. He does, after all, have a lot of birthdays to come in his lifetime. I wonder if it is a good time to tell him that next year, he can also get one for Father’s Day.