Topic Posted by: Gail M
Date Posted: Wed May 7 10:15:48 2008
Additional Comments:
Are you doing anything special this week? My mother and mother-in-law have been gone for years. I will get a call from my stepdaughter on Mother's Day, and if I'm lucky a card. My stepson loves me and I know it, but if he called or sent a card, I would faint dead away. He is SO not into mailing anything and is one of the few people on the planet that still doesn't have a computer. And we just talked on the phone last week, so I know he won't call again. He will be FORTY this summer. OMG on that! He was six when we married. Anyway, I digress.
Tonight is our Mother/Daughter Banquet at church. Every church I can remember being a member of has had one. My sil is going with me and we will sit with our niece and my other sil and my great-niece. We are having a salad dinner (which I love.)
What are the traditions (if any) you all have on Mother's Day?
Posted by: Shrila .. . Date posted: Thu May 8 16:21:40 2008
Message:
ERIC IS TAKING ME TO SEE Jesus Christ Superstar!! Well on the 29th, anyway, not Sunday, but it's my mother's day present.
Eric and I are both huge Andrew Lloyd Webber fans, and have seen CATS and Phantom of the Opera, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coat. I have seen Jesus Christ Super Star four times. But Eric has never seen it. The last time it was here was in 1991 and Eric was 5, he wanted to go but we thought he should be older than that to make an informed decision. Now, he's old enough, LOL almost 22! and it's gonna be here in Chattanooga! Ted Neeley is reprising his Jesus role.
Posted by: Aussie Blinky Date posted: Thu May 8 6:51:45 2008
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I've got Mother's Day and my birthday in consecutive days this year. For Mother's day - Joel is working and Peter is playing cricket. Hopefully I will get chocolates so I can sit at home, watch a movie and stuff my face and maybe partake in a nice bottle of vino!!
I've already sent Mum and Mum-In-Laws pressie and card.
Posted by: Fed Up Date posted: Thu May 8 3:28:50 2008
Message: Traditions? My son is a skin-flint. Every time May rolls around he cusses. I bust my a$$ cooking, doing his laundry, making his bed..etc. He says he's not going to buy me anything except fillet mignon which I'll have to cook and he'll eat too.
I'm not complaining. I'll buy myself something I like. That way if he bought me something I'd run the chance of having to lie that I like it.
Posted by: bink Date posted: Wed May 7 23:16:36 2008
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Mother's Day and my b'day ... I am The Queen awaiting her subjects! You think I'm kidding? I am not. If you don't expect it, they don't do it. I expect it and they know it!!! Those are my days. Let the genuflecting begin.
But back to reality.
My kids are thousands of miles away. My mil is a couple of hours away. We're going to see her on Sunday. It's her day. Okay by me because I know in their hearts my own kids are bowing down and loving me. (LOL) And bowing to the Grandma too, as I taught them and (thankfully) as they really feel.
They adore their wacky grandma. My mil is pretty much insane but we all love her anyway.
Posted by: Tori Date posted: Wed May 7 22:47:24 2008
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Cards and phone calls...that's about it since only Son and DIL live in the same area as we do. We'll see them. I sent my cards today and will call on Sunday.
Posted by: mags Date posted: Wed May 7 21:21:03 2008
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If I'm lucky I will get a card - probably brought home by Tom on Monday when he sees the kid at work. If I'm really, really lucky I might get a phone call on Sunday night.
Honestly we don't do much for Mother's Day or Father's Day. Usually just the card and phone call.
Posted by: Doopy Date posted: Wed May 7 20:45:48 2008
Message:
I got my mom's package in the mail this morning. I hope it makes it on time. If I send it too early, she will open it. She's getting really bad about that.
We don't do much... when the boys were small and we went to church in our former town, there was always something special for moms. A flower, a gift, etc. It was so wonderful to see the kids get so excited towards the end of Mass, knowing they were about to give out the goodies.
Anymore, it's a card or a phone call. Either is nice. And I will call my mom, and we'll talk about her gift, providing she got it on time. :-D
Posted by: Ulalume Date posted: Wed May 7 14:45:45 2008
Message: My sons took me to the Mannheim Steamroller Concert in Aurora on April 19, but they will also take me out to dinner on Mother's Day which is usually Outback or Macaroni Grill.
Posted by: Annie Date posted: Wed May 7 12:58:42 2008
Message:
Mother's Day this year is going to be a little different. My husbands nephew is getting married on Saturday night in New Hampshire so we're leaving Friday morning for a little trip. Luckily, the kids were invited to the wedding, otherwise we wouldn't have gone. I didn't want to be away from them on Mother's Day. We're driving to Boston on Friday and taking the kids to the Boston Children's Museum. Saturday morning, we'll start heading up to New Hampshire. We'll probably go to Maine first (since the wedding is on the border or New Hampshire and Maine) for lobster, then check into our hotel. The wedding doesn't start until 6:30. Sunday morning we're having breakfast and driving to Mystic, Conn. We've been there a bunch of times with our daughter, but this is the first visit there for the boy so we're excited. My husband made reservations for dinner at a nice restaurant up there. We'll spend Sunday and Monday exploring the museum and the aquarium and head home on Tuesday. My MIL is very annoyed since she told us yesterday that my sister-in-law (hubby's sister) whose son is getting married is having a Mother's Day BBQ and expects everyone to go. Well, if you wanted us to go, you should have told us way back when we started making plans. We let her know months ago that we were going to roll the wedding into a little New England trip.
To all the Mom's, grandma's and step-moms on the board:
Posted by: Jenny Date posted: Wed May 7 12:15:47 2008
Message: The day is a sad one for me, so I don't initiate anything. My cousins will be having a "family" dinner. If I can, I'll get out of it. I don't feel much like celebrating anything.
Posted by: Kubette Date posted: Wed May 7 11:52:41 2008
Message: I don't know what's going on Mother's Day. My daughter works at 6 a.m. that day so my morning will be spent getting up early making sure that she gets up on time. (Yes, I know she should wake up on her own...). She's done work at 3 so maybe we'll do something after that. If we just order a pizza or something for supper and I don't have to cook I'll be happy. I'm not even sure if my son realizes it's Mother's Day this weekend. Maybe I have to drop a few hints. I also think I'll go put some flowers on my Mom's grave. I haven't been there in far too long.
