Mother's Day Goodness

I hope all the Moms out there had a good Mother's Day.


I enjoyed mine.


Dax took me to the local coffee house where we had our coffee while we sat outside and watched all the people from out of town waiting for seats at one of the few restaurants in our small town, and chatted with one of the local people that we see most every Friday when we have breakfast. It was nice and relaxing, and I'm certainly not one to complain about anything that I find relaxing.

Once we finished our coffee and were all chatted out, we did a little shopping at some of the shops around the square. It was nice to go into them because they're usually closed when I go by in the mornings on my way to the office and closed again when I go by in the evenings on my way home.

Wyatt had spent the night with a friend and texted me that he was ready for me to come pick him up not long after we got home. When I opened the front door, I notice a snake that was about 3 feet long resting on the sidewalk, right up against the house. Gaaahhhh!!! I don't like snakes. Not even a little bit. I went and got Dax and he killed it and disposed of it for me. Always my hero! (And, yes, I know that there are 'good' snakes. And you should know that we have a fair amount of land and our neighbors have even more. We don't go out looking for snakes to kill. If they stay out away from the house they can live out their little lives any way they want. However, if they come up to the house, it's the end for them.) Even though Dax killed it, I still had the heebie-jeebies all night.

Once I got back with Wyatt, they gave me my Mother's Day gift. I asked for only one thing and I thought it was a simple request at that. All I wanted was a new colander. The plastic one I've had for 20 years is starting to fall apart. Why don't they make things to last anymore? Ha! I wanted an enameled one this time. You know, so it could last longer. Anyway, never send Dax to buy anything that should be simple. I did get a colander. It's like the Rolls Royce of colanders!! It's large, has metal legs that are coated with rubber so it won't slide around, and has sides that pull out so that it can fit across the sink. I had no idea they even made colanders like that......but I've got one!


I was going to cook dinner and was just getting things out to start it when Kirsten needed me to run to the store to make some copies for her, so I let Pizza Hut cook it. It all worked out great.


Dax didn't feel like I had been revered enough when the day came to a close and I think he was a little disappointed. But I try to tell him (although I don't think he believes me) that what matters most to me are the little things that happen all year. I don't want them to ever be stressed out about getting me a gift. It's not worth anybody feeling bad about. And there is not gift that could replace when they walk up to me and hug me for no reason, that they still want to sit in my bed and talk and watch movies, when I come home and somebody has done the dishes without even being asked, or that my 15-year-old son will still tell me that he loves me even when his friends are around. I'll take that any day!!!


But, now the relaxing is over. Since we're nearing the end of school, things always get crazier. This week is no exception. Tuesday morning the orthodontist, Wednesday the eye doctor, Thursday the Show Choir Banquet, Friday my niece Kate graduates from UT, and Saturday and Sunday a soccer tournament. Then we're back to Monday to start it all over again. I haven't even looked at much of what's going on next week because I'm afraid to know.

Mother's Day and so forth.....

I hope all the mothers out there had an enjoyable Mother's Day.

We went to dinner the night before to help avoid some of the crowds. It was a lot of fun and the food was good. It's always good when someone else cleans up after me.

On Mother's Day we took Addison to watch some of her friends play for the state championship in soccer. (They came in 2nd place.) Then we went and had doughnuts. Later in the day they also bought me an ice cream cake. Add that to the cupcakes that I had for breakfast and it was a pretty 'sweet' day.

As far as gifts go, Wyatt gave me some scents for my Scentsy. Addison made a pillow for me to use when I read at night. Kirsten made me a necklace and a bracelet. She did a great job on both. And Abigail made a jar with slips of paper in it for reasons that she loves me. I put it on the counter in the bathroom so that I can read one each morning. What a great way to start the day, right?

On Saturday I took Kirsten and Abigail up to the tennis courts to practice. Dax showed up a little later to play a little tennis with them.

Dax was trying to help them learn to return his power serve.

As you can see, Abigail isn't very impressed with his skills.

All in all it was a great weekend. I even got to take a nap on Mother's Day. That's almost a miracle...and I LOVED every minute of it!

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all the moms out there have had a great Mother's Day.

Mine was fabulous.


Dax did his ride out last night with the sheriff's department and got home at about 4:30 this morning. Since the kids knew hew was out all night they were especially quiet when they got up.


I took complete advantage of the situation and sat in bed reading. Woohoo!!!

We took it easy for the rest of the day.

The most active thing we did was go  buy sno cones.


Oh, and Dax made the kids do the dishes. I think he had to threaten them before they actually made any effort at 'looking like' they were doing it. Not many dishes actually made it into the dishwasher.


My little angels gave me this:

Actually, I ordered it and thanked them profusely for the wonderful gift. But, hey, it works for me.

Now the disclaimer: When I saw the ring in a catalog and it wasn't expensive, I wanted it. I ordered it and told the others (more than once) not to get me anything else for Mother's Day. I even went so far as to make a big deal of it when it came in and asked them how they knew what I wanted. The kids all made cards for me and they were wonderful. I felt (feel) very loved and blessed.

Mother's Day

I hope everyone had a happy Mother's Day. Mine was nice. The family let me sleep in. Dax got up with the kids (and pets) to keep the noise level down and the arguments contained to the part of the house that isn't right outside our bedroom door. (That's where they usually like to fight.)

They usually make breakfast for me and yell at me if I get out of bed too soon. So... I laid there for quite awhile waiting. Finally someone came in to see if I was awake yet and to ask if we could go to the cafe' for breakfast. HA! Figures. So we all got dressed and went to the cafe' and it was nice. We went home and opened gifts.

I got lots of goodies.



From Kirsten I got a cute chicken print for my kitchen. I've looked at these about a hundred times but never wanted to spend the money (and they weren't even expensive.)





From Abigail, I got seasons 1 and 2 of Seinfeld. Woohoo!! (I'm pretty sure her Daddy had a little input on that one.)




Addison got me some Turtle Chex Mix. Love that stuff!! Chances are I won't share either. :0) She also got me a 2009 Debbie Mumm date book. It's very cute.



(Do you see the poor dog getting squished in there?)



And Wyatt got me the next book in the James Patterson series. I think he's come out with #8 so I'll have to be sure to remind them of that when my birthday rolls around.




The rest of the day was spent pretty leasurely and that's just the way I like it.