Good Things Mother's Day Edition
1) I celebrated Mother's Day with my son and my husband for the first time in... forever. I've officially been a mother for ten years, but in all that time, Mr. C always had to work on Mother's Day and couldn't be with me and Lil' C. I had usually spent the holiday delivering flowers to my mom and mother-in-law (I took care of that yesterday) and waiting for Mr. C to return home all cranky and tired. Today, we enjoyed a leisurely, sumptuous brunch at Guilio and Sons at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency Hotel. Mmm, cracked crab claws, lemon tarts and mimosa... there were a lot of yummies to be had. And actually, brunch was a twofer celebration because Mr. C's birthday was this past Thursday.
2) A new addition to my extended family, great niece B -- born to my oldest nephew and his wife -- shares her birthday with Mr. C. Another reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
3) The basement is shaping up nicely. Over the past few months, Mr. C had been updating the tired, old rec room and storage portions of the basement. Walls and flooring are done. The ceiling is a work in progress. Still to do is an electrical update of the storage room so we can utilize my dad's major power tools (radial arm saw and drill press). The plan for the rec side is to make it more user friendly so that Lil' C will have a place of his own for gaming and building Lego.
4) Yesterday, I finished building a more streamlined entertainment center for the basement. Hurray for IKEA!!! Then, I moved Lil' C's gaming system from the living room to the basement. If only I could get the Xbox Live to connect with our home network...
5) Just learned that Penzeys has opened a store in metro Detroit. Plotting summery food mischief.
6) Last but not least... SQUEE-EE-EE!!! I got a postcard from a few of the awesome fangirls who attended Aeternitas 2011. Thanks a bunch to mollyssister , lariope , m_mcgonagall_65 , maf779 , machshefa , droxy , pokeystar , annietalbot , juniperus , sabrebabe , dixiebell12 , qui_quae_quod , sbrande , subvers , laiksmarei , irishredlass69 , averygoodun , dickgloucester , bethbethbeth , effronteaumonde , firefly124 . From what I can see in those gazillions of con pics recently posted, looks like y'all had a fabulous time. Hopefully, I can add to the mischief and mayhem at a future con.
Have a great week, flisters. :D
2) A new addition to my extended family, great niece B -- born to my oldest nephew and his wife -- shares her birthday with Mr. C. Another reason to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
3) The basement is shaping up nicely. Over the past few months, Mr. C had been updating the tired, old rec room and storage portions of the basement. Walls and flooring are done. The ceiling is a work in progress. Still to do is an electrical update of the storage room so we can utilize my dad's major power tools (radial arm saw and drill press). The plan for the rec side is to make it more user friendly so that Lil' C will have a place of his own for gaming and building Lego.
4) Yesterday, I finished building a more streamlined entertainment center for the basement. Hurray for IKEA!!! Then, I moved Lil' C's gaming system from the living room to the basement. If only I could get the Xbox Live to connect with our home network...
5) Just learned that Penzeys has opened a store in metro Detroit. Plotting summery food mischief.
6) Last but not least... SQUEE-EE-EE!!! I got a postcard from a few of the awesome fangirls who attended Aeternitas 2011. Thanks a bunch to mollyssister , lariope , m_mcgonagall_65 , maf779 , machshefa , droxy , pokeystar , annietalbot , juniperus , sabrebabe , dixiebell12 , qui_quae_quod , sbrande , subvers , laiksmarei , irishredlass69 , averygoodun , dickgloucester , bethbethbeth , effronteaumonde , firefly124 . From what I can see in those gazillions of con pics recently posted, looks like y'all had a fabulous time. Hopefully, I can add to the mischief and mayhem at a future con.
Have a great week, flisters. :D