<p>Thanks, p2n.
Your roses, diamonds and chocolates haven’t arrived in the alley yet. What time will they be here?</p>
<p>Thanks for the welcome to the Sinners Alley. I figure I’m going to need a few more drinks while I nurse the gross injustice being done to me this morning. It’s Mother’s Day and I am the only one UP!!! Where’s my breakfast?! I had to make my own coffee, for Pete’s sake.</p>
<p>(No chance of 4 at this rate, I’ll tell you that much! grumble, grumble)</p>
<p>Oh well, they’ll all be busting their patookies this afternoon while they sand and paint the deck furniture…as I supervise with a…margarita in hand. Bring on the little umbrella for my drink, please.</p>
<p>Yes, thanks for the welcome! And pomegranate Martinis are to die for good (2 oz vodka, 2 oz PAMA pomegranate liquer, 1/2 oz triple sec- shake and enjoy!!)!! they have become my faithful companion through the season of applying and auditioning for college!</p>
<p>And I did get breakfast this morning - hubby makes this B&B recipe of baked french toast which is incredibly good!!! I consider myself one of the lucky ones on this Hallmark holiday!!</p>
<p>Hey zimmer…when they finish with yours, can you send them over to my house…my whole deck needs sanding and staining…</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>Mikks, I <em>NEED</em> your H’s recipe for baked french toast! Pretty please? How 'bout you pass some around the Alley and we’ll all take a few bites?</p>
<p>(Those who are observant may already know that I have plans to run a B&B after I retire from the corporate world in a few years, and I’d love to experiment with that yummy-sounding breakfast recipe! I’ll be trying that pom martini tonight, will let you know how it turns out!)</p>
<p>Very Happy Mother’s Day!</p>
<p>So back to the original premise of this thread. Funny stories. I was trying to think of some more. Thing is, my kids weren’t all that funny, hehe.</p>
<p>First talk about sex, son asked father how often we had done it. You know, how boys like to measure things? When told, approximately, he went silent. When I asked him later what he was thinking, he said, “Well, if it’s that many times you must really like it.” It caused him to reevaluate his understanding…</p>
<p>I think he was 5.</p>
<p>Happy Mothers’ Day to all the mothers here!</p>
<p>D had one of the Carleton a cappella groups call me with a short serenade - definitely an awwww moment.</p>
<p>firefly-
Thats a lovely gift. Did they do that with several moms?? It is a very clever idea. It could also be used as a fund-raiser for the group. Charge a nominal fee to serenade a family member of a special occasion. Brilliant!</p>
<p>I had to lie around reading while dh finished making his Mother’s Day Card.</p>
<p>Being serenaded by an acappella group: priceless!</p>
<p>Having your shaggy college kids get haircuts just for you: well worth the $12 apiece!</p>
<p>We just had steak on the grill and a nice beaujolais for dinner. Yum! And a refreshing non-alcoholic drink I just tried for the first time. Have to share this:</p>
<p>Frozen watermelon whip</p>
<p>1 3/4 c. ice
1 c. chunks seedless watermelon
1 c. brewed lemon-flavored herbal tea (I used lemon-honey decaf green tea cause that’s what I had)</p>
<p>Blend on high speed until smooth. Serve immediately. May be doubled and amounts are flexible.</p>
<p>I got the free pass this year!</p>
<p>W and D are thousands of miles away, for fun Mother and Daughter bonding. Last I heard they had a mother/daughter massage planned.</p>
<p>No cards, no breakfast in bed. Sadly, no pizza. </p>
<p>But I did get to take uncommuniative 14 y.o. S out to breakfast.</p>
<p>The Mothers’ Day serenade calls are a fundraiser, and I suspect there are a lot of happy Carleton moms out there.</p>
<p>Massage sounds good, but breakfast with an uncommunicative 14 year old son? Priceless.</p>
<p>I have sadly spent most of my Mother’s Day bi***ing at TSFS to study for AP World History test next week. Arrggghhh! Would it kill him to CARE?</p>
<p>But before I started cracking the whip, he gave me a sweet sweet card about how much he loves our relationship! Awwww!</p>
<p>And my DH scored the perfect present: a 15-CD/textbook set that promises to teach me to speak ITALIANO!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Well, I think I’ll set on down and stay a spell. Another thread from h*ll has bitten the dust in the Parent’s Forum. I’m not much of a drinker, but I could learn to like some of these pre-Mother’s Day drinks. <hic></hic></p>
<p>Roses, diamonds AND chocolate? Sheesh. :rolleyes: It’d be cheaper to fly you to SF for supper! Then, just maybe, you’d get chocolate and bourbon.</p>
<p>I just got an email–an out-of-town friend who was pregnant and overdue had a baby boy today! A Mother’s Day baby!!! :)</p>
<p>What’s the appropriate drink–champagne?</p>
<p>Oh, I get it, 15 CDs=1 hot italian soccer player? Your hubby has you covered, SB. You’re too easy.</p>
<p>Welcome to Zimmer! Very funny story but I cannot imagine my sons speculating on our sex life when goal number one was: By any means necessary: stop the sex talk from Mom. :eek:</p>
<p>Someone tell Alum that she’s 50 not 70! Holy cow! Get a personal trainer Alum (see above for suggestions about type; ie hot italian soccer types). You can rebuild that upper strength. Kegels for sneezes, jymmie, kegels for sneezes.<a href=“Incontinence all natural products for your inner core - Medgo.com”>Incontinence all natural products for your inner core - Medgo.com; (bah-bye p2n)</p>
<p>Happy Mday to all of you. I had an unbelieveable Mday sans kiddies. Picture perfect weekend really. Got a happy BDay email from S2 instead of Happy Mday–but it included so many “Mumsy’s” and “Mwahs” and sheer happiness–I couldn’t be too irritated. Got a dose of minor anxiety from S1–but not until the end of the day because we didn’t have phone service all weekend. I gave him a ‘do-over’ and we had a lovely chat the next day. Full of laughs and kisses. The boy like his father just spat him out his mouth. I should have paid more attention to H’s procrastination when I was dating him.</p>
<p>However, at 50, in the providing a fantastic Mday weekend, H got a perfect score.</p>
<p>Kegels? I’m history. :eek:</p>
<p>Don’t you remember what it was like when your parents became affectionate? I remember - it was “eww”.</p>
<p>jym I think I misread your post…of course diamonds, chocolate and roses all around for SA moms!</p>
<p>Calcio. I think that’s how you say “soccer” in Italian. :)</p>
<p>Va bene. Ciao bello.</p>
<p>Those five words, probably sufficient…</p>
<p>throw in “prego,” “alora,” and “grazie” and you can pretty much get wherever you want to go.</p>
<p>Kegels? I destroyed those muscles during 2-day labor with my first. She’s a darling and well worth it, but I’ll never be the same. Did have a bit of reconstructive bladder surgery 10 years ago…it lasted approximately…5 years. 
I do remember fondly whatever drugs they gave me during surgery to make me feel so…happy and cared-for. Since I didn’t do those in college, it was a novel experience. :D</p>
<p>Highly recommend Pilates for restoring all-round strength & flexibility, however! Cheaper than a personal trainer.</p>