May 10, 2004

TO DO LIST AND MOTHER'S DAY

TO DO LIST

  • post casada cake recipe and pics in nbl kitchen

  • post self portrait photo

  • get the house together after yesterday's brunch

  • buy wedding present for jen's wedding on saturday

  • figure out what to wear to jen's wedding

  • schedule pool opening

  • schedule pool area clean-up

  • buy summer plants

    • ok. i'll get to those later. right now i want to talk about mother's day. it doesn't really mean all that much to me as a holiday. i feel appreciated most of the time when i'm with all my guys. i don't want them to feel that it's necessary to get me anything - not even a card - on mother's day. if they do, fine. it's very nice. but it's really not necessary. it's impossible to try to fully express how much your mother means to you on one day. i always felt guilty that it didn't come out the way i wanted it to on mother's days with my mom. i don't want the boys to worry about that. it's just silly to me. i know how much my guys love me.

    i admit, however, to using mother's day as an excuse to tell bill, "oh. look! the 5-gallon, green glass octagonal beverage dispenser i've ALWAYS wanted. you could get that for me from the boys, if you really want. heh.

    now. having said all that: yesterday's mother's day was wonderful. really, really nice. my boys called me in the morning with mother's day wishes before everybody arrived. we met dana earlier that morning at starbucks. it was a beautiful day, weather-wise. and a perfect opportunity to get together with some of bill's cousins and two of his aunts. karen brought a rose for each of the moms. jax arrived home from his 12-step weekend before everybody left. that was nice. bill and i made a french-toast casserole and our huge casada cake, and everybody brought a dish to share. bill made lattes and mochas. we decided we'd try to take a short thanksgiving weekend trip to italy with some of the cousins (we'd seen a special internet 4-day trip advertisement).

    bill and i took a short nap after everybody departed. while we were sleeping, jax emptied the dishwasher and took all the garbage bags from the garage to the curb for pick-up (without being asked!). when we got up, we went to have coffee with my sister at starbucks. ordered fried rice and dumplings on the way home. when we picked it up, we (literally) almost ran into another of bill's cousins in the parking lot. he wasn't at the brunch as he was on a plane coming home from the bahamas. he'd picked up pizzas for his family and invited us to come over to his place to eat our own dinner there. home for the end of the sopranos and a shower. to bed. phew. wonderful day. wonderful. and then when jax came in from his late night out (a meeting and then out with friends after), he came into our room, bent down, and gave me a kiss good night.

    perfect.

    Posted by Stacey at May 10, 2004 11:47 AM
    Comments

    Sounds damn near perfect to me!

    -d

    Posted by: -d at May 10, 2004 11:56 AM

    Sounds like you had a fabulous day ;D

    Posted by: Charlene at May 10, 2004 02:01 PM

    Sounds like a good day to me.

    Posted by: TW at May 10, 2004 03:58 PM

    Happy belated Mother's Day, Stace! I want the recipe for french toast casserole! Yummy, or does it have fig newtons in it?

    Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at May 11, 2004 08:51 AM

    cp: lol. no fig newtons. the recipe's on the kitchen blog, along with a picture. "food of the gods" entry.

    Posted by: stacey at May 11, 2004 11:09 AM