Happy Mother's Day & Giveaway Winner

First off Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there!
I hope your kids fete you in some nice ways this year.....or at least CALL YOU! lolz

I lost my mom almost 15 years ago and I still miss her.

And now here is the Winner of my latest Boring Blog Box Giveaway.

CSKIES!

cskies1April 29, 2015 at 6:52 AM

Your food totals so far for 2015 look great....hope May doesn't blow you out of the water!! :)
Adding another entry for your giveaway box of goodies!!
cskies1 at yahoo dot com

Congratulations!
I guess that mountain of entries paid off for you.  ;-)

Please send me an email cskies with your full name and mailing address and I'll get this box of goodies out to you asap.  You have 48 hours from when this entry posts to get back to me with the information or I'll have to draw another name.

And another big THANK YOU to everyone who played along this go 'round.

I'll have another Giveaway Box coming up soon so stay tuned.

I am off now to enjoy the Mother's Day breakfast Hubs made for me......

Sluggy

Some Thoughts on Mother's Day

Everyone has a mom.
None of us would be here without her....not to play down your father's role in the matter, but hey!, it's all about Her today, right?

I am sitting here alone in the house without my kids today feeling sorry for myself.
Oldest son is hundreds of miles away at school.
Daughter left this morning to start a new life in Louisiana.
Youngest son left a few minutes ago to go to work at the restaurant so we won't see him until late into the night.
So I'm feeling somewhat forlorn and alone without my kids today and turning to the internet to entertain myself.

Here are some cute/funny videos I found that say some things I am feeling today on Mother's Day. I couldn't pick just one so I'll let you decide which one is best.








And this one is for a new blogger friend, Java....


Who says moms can't be "hip"?....




Now what are you doing wasting time on the internet!
You should be off doing something special for your mom or that woman in your life who has been like a mom to you in some way or another.

I'll be back later today with a tribute to my mother.


Sluggy

Size Matters on Mother's Day

My Daughter has to "one-up" everyone else.
It's a trait that has served her well at times but other times it has been her downfall.
I just wonder where she gets this from?  
*sluggy whistles absentmindedly while looking at the ceiling*

Anyway here is what greeted me when I finally trudged down the stairs Sunday morning......please excuse the bed hair and "not quite awake" stare on my face.....

And inside was this.....

Yes, Daughter believes that a ridiculously large novelty Mother's Day Card is the way to show that she loves me more than her brothers love me.
Either that or she is trying to butter me up so I don't yank her college $$$ anytime in the next 3 months & throw her ass out in the street now that she's 18, no matter how tempting the thought of that is.
Sending $15K to a school or having my kitchen redone.....hmmmm......it's a hard call some days! ;-)

#1 son sent me a card(a funny card as expected)and actually called ME on Sunday and talked to ME for a record breaking 20 minutes!  This was a huge sacrifice on his part as we both are NOT "telephone magpies" kind of people.

#2 son hid in his room most of the day, thereby avoiding having to interact with me.  I did call him out at one point and told him that today was Mother's Day.  He grunted something(it might have been Happy Mother's Day but my super sonic hearing wasn't turned on for the day, so I can't be sure)and then he disappeared back into his cave room. 

Hubs fixed me breakfast, gave me a card and flowers and went for take-out Chinese for dinner. 

Even more exciting, he also helped me work on decluttering the living/dining room without being asked to or complaining that it was cutting into his sports watching. 
Yes, the man knows the way to my heart. ;-)
I was truly the Queen for the Day here in the Upper Polka Belt of PA on Sunday!

This morning it was back to cleaning up dog shit in the kitchen.....

Sluggy

Happy Mother's Day!

For all you Muthas, "Other Muthas" and Mutha Wannabes out there....
Peace out!

Sluggy

Happy Mother's Day to All You Moms Out There!

Here's hoping all you moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day.
This Cartoon hit home for me.  Both of my sons opted NOT to give me a card, a hug, a kiss or acknowledge the day.
Typical man behavior, no?
I would have even settled for what the mom in the cartoon got.....8-(

DH-who knows better than to do this-had a bouquet of flowers(lavender ones, of course!lol) & a card(funny on the outside, appropriately mushy on the inside) waiting for me when I came downstairs Sunday morning.  He also made dinner....from scratch! ;-)

Daughter surprised me this year.  She got her butt up early Sunday morning and went out in search of just the right Mother's Day card and bought me a plant too.....all with her OWN MONEY!  If you knew Daughter, you would KNOW what a sacrifice this was for her.lol  I also got a "Happy Mother's Day" and a big hug from her.
I just keep wondering if she wasn't in the doghouse for having a car accident in the high school parking lot on Thursday if she would have been as attentive to me Sunday. 8-P

Here's picture of the cards I received.  The larger one on the left in the photo with the purple flowers is the one Daughter gave me.....

If you can't make out the words, it says, "You've been like a mom to me...."
LOL
The insides joke here is that when she and her older brother were 3 & 4 years old, my DH took them to the drug store to pick out cards to give me for Mother's Day.  Not being able to read, Daughter picked out her card because of the pretty flowers on the front.  That card said, "You've been like a mom to me...." also.  So now she makes an effort to find a Mom Day card with that same sentiment....evidently because I am just like a MOM.
8-))

Sluggy