My husband, daughter, and I picked up oldest son from his apartment and attended a new church together. Younger son went to our regular church. H picked up a ham and made an excellent lunch!
If you ever feel sorry for yourself on Mother’s Day - think of my sister. Her son, who died in August, should have graduated from college yesterday. Today, Mother’s Day, should have been his 21st birthday. 
My H made waffles for breakfast filled with syrup and whipped cream! Yummy. Both kids are home. Relaxing and watching movies with my D. My hubby will cook a nice meal for dinner for all of us. I will get my presents at dinner! Wonder what I will get. Always love a relaxing day with calmness in the house! Happy Mother’s Day.
DH made me breakfast. Then we went to a crafts fair. DS’s and DIL called from across the country. Sweet. One DS’s birthday is very soon, so we will call again very shortly.
Nice hanging flower baskets for our deck (it’s the annual gift, but I love it). Both kids called early today.
Only thing better would have been if my kids had been here.
I’m very lucky. All my kids came by today. Oldest took me out to breakfast. Youngest stopped for lunch and all three will be here for extended family dinner including their grandma who is a great-grandmother. They also spent much of the day doing stuff around the house we can no longer do. Makes me feel very loved. Especially since they know me so well they didn’t give me any silly presents but did what they knew I would appreciate: spend time here.
My oldest son flew in for a long weekend, and we went to a beautiful church service (two actually) and brunch with younger son, H, MIL and SIL. It has been one of the most beautiful days I can remember in a long time. It meant so much to me that my oldest came home, one last time. Our house closes in June, and it will be the end of this chapter of our lives.
Feeling so blessed, and thankful.
Woke up early this morning and made myself a cup of tea. Ran some errands this morning and have spent a quiet afternoon enjoying the nice weather with the windows open. Sundays are always peaceful days and today was one of them. Last night dd and I went out to pick up chicken kebabs and baklava which was a nice treat. Yesterday I finally sat down at the dept store makeup counter and had the sales lady help me with purchase of some makeup. Since I was a longtime customer she gave me a free makeup bag with purchase which had my favorite lipstick color and other useful things that were an added bonus. Did I mention she took $20 off my purchase which truly made it a special treat.
I got some ribbing from my church members this morning because I had chosen “Faith of our Fathers” for the sermon hymn (it went well with the scriptures for the day). I went straight to the gym after worship and then off to my 3-11 caregiver job so I never saw my husband (or yesterday for that matter). But I picked up Chinese for my supper and talked with my mom while I drove to work.
I got Facebook greetings from my girls. They know I’m unavailable today. And one from the nurses who team with my Physician Assistant daughter, thanking me for birthing and raising her because they love her. After only two months at her new job so I was amazed.
My “nothing” day turned around. My new SIL, who is away from my D visiting his parents, texted me a thank you for raising a wonderful daughter. Moments later, my D Facetimed me for over an hour, followed by a scolding phone call to my H with instructions. H went off with my son to the store to buy flowers, chocolate, and groceries and is now cooking dinner. Maybe I did do a good job raising my daughter! 
My weekend was not at all what I expected it to be. Two of my daughters live in Boston and they surprised me by flying down to visit , and my third did too. I was really expected to spend mother’s day alone but I didn’t ! It was a great weekend
I had a great day. S skyped (from school in London) and D called. S told me he is sending a gift and my gift from D was the CD soundtrack for “Hamilton” which we are seeing together this Saturday night!
H and I drove downtown (DC) and walked 3.5 miles are aound several of the monuments/memorials in perfect weather…
D1’s gift to me is to see Jackson Brown in NYC with her, BF and D2 this summer. I love Jackson Brown and have never seen him concert. I am very excited.
D1, her BF and I drove out to NJ to take my mom out to lunch. My mom was very excited to have D1 there.
D2 sent me a card with a dinner certificate from Groupon.
It was a good day.
I love Jackson Browne!
D called mid afternoon, on her way out the door to have dinner with her BF’s mom. It was short, but we did have several conversations last week as the non-profit where she works was trying to cope with the national day of giving fiasco.
DH made an emergency trip to Target for a card and Ghirardelli. This was after he actually said to me “You’re not my mother.”
I love Jackson Browne too! Never have seen him in concert. Will check out the date in NYC.
S just came home from GF’s with an edible bouquet, and we will watch Game of Thrones together. Also watched him performing yesterday. D1 sent flowers, texted and called. D2 sent a card, texted and called. H gave me a very loving card. Good day,
But actually spent a large part of it grading finals. Ugh.
Today was a lovely day! Had breakfast with H before he had to leave for business travel. S2 then called and we had a nice long talk. He has taken up woodworking as a hobby and had sent me a plant stand that he had handcrafted-very touching. S1, DIL and my precious GD invited me out to lunch and then I spent the afternoon with S3 who indulged my desire to browse at the garden center. We treated ourselves to a stop for ice cream and came back to the house for a light dinner. After several tries throughout the day, I finally got a hold of my mom! I’ll see her and my dad at the end of the month when we head to NJ and will celebrate Mother’s and Father’s Day during our visit.
I was in line by 9 am to see captain America with dh and s2. There were probably 60 people in front of us already. But that son hardly ever wants to go to movies, so I was happy to oblige him. Then my H and I went for a 6 mile walk, while son took a “cat nap” (in his case, that means a nap with the cat). We had Chinese delivered. Then S1 actually called and talked to me. It was a very pleasant day.
I also lost my mom, just a few months ago. My kids sent a present that got here early (that has NEVER happened, before), and both called me before noon today (also a first). I think spending days sitting with their Grandma in hospice got them thinking.
Had a great day–my two Ds and son-in-law surprised me and sent me a ticket to fly from Boston to visit them in Chapel Hill, NC. My youngest D,who lives in Philly, flew to Chapel Hill too.
They had an entire weekend of events planned. We played disc golf (weird but good exercise), went strawberry picking, and drove to a funky small town that was in the middle of nowhere NC (Saxapawhaw). We listened to music, walked by the Haw River (that’s really the name) and had dinner in a renovated old mill building. I flew home late this afternoon–great weekend. My H picked me up at the airport and took me out to dinner.
S flew in to join us in SF (we’re here for MD appointments and a medical conference). D flew up to be with us, so all 4 of us were together for over 24 hours before S had to fly out for a work conference. It was a lot of fun–nice dinner last night, breakfast together at a nice little cafe, and dinner at a great Chinese restaurant before taking S back to the airport to fly to his meetings. H and I bought some new shoes for ourselves too–had the kids shop with us but they didn’t see anything they were interested in. Having both kids together and all of us enjoying each other’s company–priceless!