Little trick I learned a couple years ago....
Anytime my wife says something like "gee, I sure wish we had a nicer colander" or "this pizza cutter SUCKS" I open my Notes App on my phone and jot the gift idea down to a running list of items she's off-handedly commented about over the year. Then on Xmas or Mother's Day or whatever, I have a handy list available to take to Amazon.
Now, this year, I had an issue. The notes section was on my old, crappyasssss phone which I threw in a drawer because I don't know what else to do with old phones. Panicked a little, but retrieved the old boy, fired it up and to my great surprise, it turned on! My Samsung notes were alive and well and so, she's getting the aforementioned colander, a great pizza cutter, a new wooden pizza shaped cutting board and a non-stick silicone muffin pan. I'll let the kids choose what they want to wrap and give her.
I'm going to give her an Xbox.