Well, the dogs gave me a card, which Mr. Tall assures me they picked out and signed themselves. I am mightily impressed--I didn't even know Roxie and Friday could spell, let alone lick an envelope without surrendering to the temptation to shred it. Murphy must have been supervising...

I took my mother to see the Vagina Monologues and then out for a little shopping while Cowboy and Things One and Two cleaned the house and made us dinner. It was faboo!

I can't dissapoint you, Whitney. Although the kids didn't do so bad with no guidance from hubby- they actually said "Happy Mother's Day" and had stuff they made from Preschool- so they are off the hook, but DH is not. I woke up and did dishes while DH slept until 10am who then was upset I did not wake him up- like it's my responsibility to help him plan MY day! LOL

Anyway, he did manage to make lunch and put the kids in their room for nap. After which, he promptly left for three hours as I argued with the kids to take their naps as I do every day. He calls me hours later asking if he can spend good $ on of all things... a video game system. (I guess the N64, Dreamcast, GameBoy, & Xbox just aren't enough) After I hung up on that call, he came home later mad at ME... saying he can never please me. So, yeah... my name is misery and I'm your company.

Yeah, my 13 year old forgot that it was Mother's Day. I asked her to feed a bowl of Cheerio's to her 15 month old sister and she rolled her eyes and huffed. I told her to forget it and proceeded to break down into tears. My hubby gave me a card at some point after 5pm. (He had to go to the CVS and by one.) Oh well, there is always next year.

I will admit that the day was less than stellar. I did get to sleep in but I get to do that pretty much every weekend.

I got up and colored my hair. Hubby half-heartedly (while still in bed) asked if I wanted him to make me something for breakfast (there was nothing in the house for any kind of "special" breakfast and I could get my own cold cereal, thanks.) He finally got up while I was in the shower. Of course, what he did when he got up was to go into the living room, turn on the XBox and start playing Guitar Hero II. Which I had bought them.

The kidlet was playing with the PSP. Which I had bought. I finally asked if there was anything he wanted to say to me. "Good morning!" he replied cheerfully. He eventually got out the card he'd made me at school. "My mom" it was titled. And he'd written what he loved about me. And then drew a picture of me being stomped on by a giant monster he was fighting.

There was no further mention of food. No other gift or card (when hubby asked me what I wanted earlier last week, I told him to just take the kidlet out shopping and let him pick something out. Whatever he (the kidlet) wanted. Yeah, I guess that was asking too much.) I finished making myself presentable, grabbed my book, purse, and keys and left without a word. I did get a "where are you going?" that I declined to answer.

I took myself to Arby's (which was deserted because everyone else was spending the day celebrating Mom) and then to the DQ for a malt. When I returned home, all games had been turned off and hubby and child were cleaning. Am now trying to decide what expensive bauble I want to reward myself with since they didn't come through. I did tell hubby that we were now going to be getting a fold-down (pop-up? tent?) camper and I didn't care if he wanted one or not, that *that* was going to be my Mother's Day present. He really should have just taken the kid shopping...

Five days prior to Mother's Day I ordered my mother flowers from FTD. Although I speak to her daily I wanted to send her something to tell her how much she is loved. Her husband recently died and I wanted to brighten her day a bit.

Instead.....FTD didn't deliver the flowers. FTD customer service wouldn't help, wouldn't refund, called me names and threatened me. Then they said their affiliate company could help me if I'd be willing to pay twice as much.

Desperate, I tried the affiliate company who swore they'd get flowers there by the end of the day on Mother's Day. They didn't. Their customer service (equally as nasty as their partner FTD) said that they make no guarantees although the employee who took the order guaranteed the delivery.

Everyone is refusing to give full refunds. They'll refund price of flowers but not all the extra fees attached. So.... I spent mother's day on the phone with all sorts of customer non-service types and writing hate mail about my experience and wishing that I could be spending the day with my feet up.

Maybe next year.....

Hows this for sucky; my daughter is in an orphanage, 3000 miles away from me while I have to sit and satisfy myself with pictures I get once every 5-6 weeks for the next 7-9 months until we can bring her home. Sad enough? And this was my very first Mother's Day..... spent w/o my baby girl.

Mothers Day (MD) wasn't so bad. Except for the premenstrual headache and the PMS. I really think that was the motivator for the hubby and son doing the housework under the guise of M.D. Huh..."M.D." Aren't those letters also found in the dead center of the acronym PMDD? I sure could have used an M.D. that day, too! But the cards were adorable and the chores are done. And family members remained intact!

Cameo! I hope the next 7-9 months pass very quickly and you see your little girl soon!

Well, I ruined my gift in advance by remarking, when Dave actually HAD IT IN HIS POCKET, how much I dislike "those stupid Mommy bracelets."

I am wearing my "stupid Mommy bracelet" as we speak. I am a terrible person, and I will now have to wear it forever as punishment.

My daughters kept trying to get me to open my gift before we went to church and I put them off saying that I wanted to wait and we didn't have time (which we didn't). After we got home I opened it--and wished with all my heart I had done so earlier so I could have shown off my lovely heart penedant with multi-colored jewels they had given me!! I haven't taken it off since! AND my honey turned on the XM satellite radio in my Tahoe! Oh heaven! I LOVE XM because I get all these great stations that play music I haven't heard since I was growing up! AND no more searching for a good station while traveling--it's awesome!
They even took me out to dinner. It was a nice day. Sorry, I've got great kids and a wonderful husband who loves to treat all of us like queens!