Sooo... what did you do for YOUR mom on mother's day???

I took mine out to a nice Italian dinner.

My mom loved the tulips I sent.

the whole bathroom is covered in palm trees now!!
plus a new set of glasses, a very large picture frame. two hanging baskets with flowers. two cards and a candle set!!

smile ally

Mom, you did put that curse on my kids!!!

I totally forgot! Crap! Damn! My wife's dad just came over from Japan, and I've been so preoccupied with showing him around that I totally forgot! Crap!


Thanks for the reminder - it's already late where she is. I'llhave to order her a belated bouquet for tomorrow.

:)

Hope she's the understanding type.

So I didn't do anything for her.

Though i did go to a performance of Durufle's Requiem tonight at my church. Odd day to do a requiem, but at least for me, it was appropriate. :-)

Was it well done?

It was the Grace someting-or-other choir, a local Brooklyn Heights Choir. It was off a bit in phrasing, IMO, and it would have been better had we removed all the pew cushions from the pews (or at least from all the balcony pews at the church), but it still an admirable peformance. I'm only critical because that's one of my favorite musicial pieces of all time and so I am well familiar with it and have heard it in other venues.

Best peformance I've ever heard of it was at the Princeton Chapel - which I will let you know, in case you've not been there, is all stone, and long and thin - I sat in the balcony, way in the back, so that by the time the sound came to us it was totally mixed and full of its resonance. The Durufle Requiem really needs a "live" acoustical space, and the Princeton Chapel has it. My church COULD have it, but sadly, we're obsessed with the idea of having carpeting on the floor, and cushions on every pew. Our former organist and I used to pull all the balcony cushions off, but the current organist isn't into that.

Sad.

She's upstairs, behind those pearly gates, hanging out with Sally Baron and Gertrude Jones, heavenly Democratic campaigners, doing what they can from the clouds.

"Oh that Bush*! He's such a Whistle Ass!"

My mom passed away the day before shrub was inaugurated. She was a lifelong Democrat, and a kindred spirit to those two lovely ladies whose obituaries made national news. In many ways, I feel that every effort I make to get a Democrat elected is for my mom.

Tomorrow she's taking the 2 litre bottle of Mt. Dew to work with her and drinking out of that. :-) Caffiene!

For only %10, but she liked it.

so my options were limited...

and 4 books.

and gifts. Plus sent a nice card and of course, called my Mom. (I'm in the city, she isn't)

She was very touched, but she's such a sweetie. :D I love my Mom!!!!

and pick out some nice artificial flowers for a vase Dad got her.

She's in a wheel chair and really self-conscious about that.

Made her Italian Meatballs for dinner and we had a carrot cake for dessert.

Hung up the porch wind spinner that I got her. She really liked that.

Gazpacho, and a seranno ham and asparagus frittata.

She's dead nearly 30 years. No sympathy required. :)