I Get To Have...

...five children call me "Mom". Or sometimes "Momma". Once in awhile I'll get a "Mommy". And every so often a "Mother".

 

And now is the time of life when I don't get to be with ALL of my children on Mother's Day. During those long years of mothering a house full of children it never really occurred to me that the day would come when my Mother's Day would feel a little empty. Where are all the children??

But Samo did send Nick home from our weekend in the City with sweets to give me today from the Sweet Tooth Fairy bake shop. Very cute, pretty, sweet and tasty! Just a side note: the owner of this shop is an old surfing buddy of one of Sam's room-mates and today Sam told me that he came over to their house last night. He plays the guitar really well and he jammed with Sam, who was on his drums. Then Fred went over and he and Fred played guitars together. They had a fun time with him. Sam said he's really good. Think about that. A former surfer dude who plays guitar really well and now bakes cupcakes.

Well, back to today.

Miss Abbie made me a garden stone in her Girl's Achievement last week. The great thing about this stone is that it can either say "MOM" or it can say "WOW". And if you turn it quickly back and forth it will say "WOW MOM".

And from Nick I received a very pretty silver necklace. Jewelry from my son! How cool is that?

Jake came home tonight from a band trip to Denver. He was exhausted but happy. He brought home PEACE for his Mother's Day gift to me. (Ha ha! Cheap jewelry from the amusement park! A good reminder, nonetheless.)

And my gift to myself? Lilacs from our bushes! I LOVE lilacs. And these smell wonderful.

Doug fixed yummy food. I took a much needed nap. Another Mother's Day, with all the ups and downs and successes and failures and happy's and sad's that it represents.

And to my Mother: I Love You. Thank you for being my Mom.

 

Need Anything Sliced or Diced?

I have a new knife.

I'm pretty happy about this tool

which is going to make my life easier.

Right? Right??

This knife first came to my consciousness

because of The Pioneer Woman.

In her cooking section I noticed she always used

One Particular Knife.

Then in January she talked about

her knife

and had a give-away

for 10 lucky readers.

I wasn't one of them.

But I sure was interested in this knife.

However, I couldn't justify the price.

But I sure could fantasize. 

I mean, look at that blade!

Doesn't it make you want to 

chop and mince and dice and de-bone

just for the fun of it?

I guess it was watching

the chef at the Japanese restaurant

with his flying knives

that caused me to start pining again

for this knife.

And Saturday night, when Doug and I

were at Macy's

(NOT the grocery store)

I wandered over to the kitchen things

and guess what?

The Knife

was on sale

with a bonus bamboo cutting board.

Doug made a deal with me

and I now have

The Knife! 

Here I am

cutting a tomato

with one hand.

One hand!

I'm now thinking of meals to make

that require a lot of

cutting, chopping, slicing and dicing.

Ain't she a beauty?

I just need to start doing

the kind of cooking

which justifies owning

This Knife.