Happy Mother's Day
It's Mother's Day in Australia today, so all of you Mums out there, where'er you be, I hope you give yourselves a big pat on the back and have a day of being spoilt and appreciated!
'Yes, yes... the cards, flowers and soppy songs are very nice, dear... now, WHERE'S MY TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE!'
I actually woke up to a completely cleaned, sparkling kitchen (thought I was in the wrong house!) and a DVD of The Hobbit (both courtesy of my eldest)- so not a bad effort from the munchkin! My foster son? He made me my morning coffee - he's 16, lazy and in the midst of an extremely snotty phase at the moment, so making me a coffee and actually deliviering it with a smile is quite an achievement. LOL!
They're good kids - especially when they're asleep...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Update: I also got a fantastically comfy recliner too! My eldest, 17, surprised me with it a little while ago! It's second hand (he got it at a garage sale) but in fantastic condition, almost new... and here's the impressive part:
He carried it all the way from the other side of our nearest town (around a 10km trip) by foot, balancing it upside down on his head rather than ask me to pick it up so he could surprise me!!! I'm incredibly impressed by the feat alone and equally touched by the sentiment!
When you have teens, especially, you can tend to feel undervalued and underappreciated - it's moments like this that well and truly make up for it! What a great Mother's Day!
I must say, I am most definitely on a roll. I just watched Now Voyager, one of my favorites , and now TCM has Mrs Miniver and I'm just in the mood for it - I would have preferred the Ghost and Mrs Muir, but , to paraphrase the final line from Now, Voyager: 'Why ask for the moon, when we have the stars?'
'Yes, yes... the cards, flowers and soppy songs are very nice, dear... now, WHERE'S MY TERRY'S CHOCOLATE ORANGE!'
I actually woke up to a completely cleaned, sparkling kitchen (thought I was in the wrong house!) and a DVD of The Hobbit (both courtesy of my eldest)- so not a bad effort from the munchkin! My foster son? He made me my morning coffee - he's 16, lazy and in the midst of an extremely snotty phase at the moment, so making me a coffee and actually deliviering it with a smile is quite an achievement. LOL!
They're good kids - especially when they're asleep...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Update: I also got a fantastically comfy recliner too! My eldest, 17, surprised me with it a little while ago! It's second hand (he got it at a garage sale) but in fantastic condition, almost new... and here's the impressive part:
He carried it all the way from the other side of our nearest town (around a 10km trip) by foot, balancing it upside down on his head rather than ask me to pick it up so he could surprise me!!! I'm incredibly impressed by the feat alone and equally touched by the sentiment!
When you have teens, especially, you can tend to feel undervalued and underappreciated - it's moments like this that well and truly make up for it! What a great Mother's Day!
I must say, I am most definitely on a roll. I just watched Now Voyager, one of my favorites , and now TCM has Mrs Miniver and I'm just in the mood for it - I would have preferred the Ghost and Mrs Muir, but , to paraphrase the final line from Now, Voyager: 'Why ask for the moon, when we have the stars?'