Without the 'P' And The 'Y' The 'T' Is Kinda Rude

song of the day

Laura declared it her Mother's Day anthem for the 2014

can't wait to see what she deems her theme song next year

Motherz, With A 'Z'

Yuula was so proud that she made he own Motehr's Day card this year. She kind of taught herself how to write those letters. I'm not sure if that's a good thing.

This year we upped the ante and brought Mommy breakfast in bed. Mainly because I knew she wouldn't get up for anything less than food in her lap.

I had a few surprises up my sleeves. First stop on the list was Columcille. Yeah I don't know what it is either, but it's awesome, enormous, and we're going to have to go back real soon. 

Then after a short detour, we finally pulled into Remembrance Stables, where I got Laura some time on top of a horse. Of course that time would have to be another day because even trainers are Moms to someone, but they were nice enough to give us a little tour of the place. Stayed tuned for that little adventure...

Look at the size of this damn horse

Yuula got to see the brand new foal

I really feel a strong bond with this guy

Next: lunch. And for some reason no one serves lunch on Mother's Day. Just a lot of late breakfasts and early dinners. But Mother wanted a sandwich, so after trying Thisilldous, Riverton Inn, and Johnny's we ended up back in Stroudsburg at Sweet Creams, and you know what, it's where we'd rather've been.

After lunch we took a nice stroll down Main Street and splurged on Starbucks. We got Oprah-approved chai lattes because, I don't know it felt maternal. They were okay.

We drove around for a bit and then stopped off on route 447 for a little riverside action. Laura fed the boy and Yuula picked flowers and threw them into the stream.

 The sun was going down and I know all Laura had on her mind was pork steak.

Kind of like us, in cat form. 

 there it is!

We threw the boy on the swing, and he just lumped there

We ended the day with a little hammock time for Mommy and her mommied

Baskets, Benches, And Nekkid Bums

That was the theme for Mother's Day 2013. I think it's mostly self-explanatory, but maybe a few details for those who so desire...

It's become the tradition round here that Laura works out her hanging baskets on Mother's Day. It's thematic, it involves flowers and pretty girly things. Plus it's not terribly taxing work, so a the intent of a holiday stays intact. 

While the girls did that, the "men" built a new garden workbench in the alcove of the vegetable garden. It came out damn good if I do say so myself. 

And while everyone worked and built and created loveliness Yuula ran thru the yard naked.

Perfect day.

A Brief Lull In The Month Of May

Today was rather uneventful. After we got the Krupps on the road and got mother off to work, Yuula settled in for one of her 3 viewings of Cinderella today and i went upstairs to tie up some loose ends for SSI, hopefully for the weekend. I gotta admit, it was nice not to be on 24/7 Yuula watch, and even tho all I did all week was work, it was still like a sort of vacation. But I missed her. She missed me. She told me so today. Then we both fell asleep to Cinderella. Shut up.

Decided to greet Laura in the driveway. Had to start talking about M-Day plans, since it's the day after tomorrow and we have no idea really what's going on. I think I'll drive her in tomorrow and spend the day wandering around town, in part to get out of the house, in part to get supplies.

And more beer.

A Mother Serves Her Sugar

Happy Mother's Day

We Love You

so far so good, eh?

Moms, The Freak & The Letter J

Happy Mother's Day Moms & Moms-To-Be!

This mom had to work today, hopefully the for the last time. She was in high spirits this morning, but I'm thinking that was because of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I packed her a delicious lunch that weighted about 17 pounds, and it'll probably be gone before noon. Hey, it's Mother's Day. Let them eat.

Mets play their final game with the Giants today. They got their ace, everybody's ace, Tim Lincecum pitching. We got Oliver Perez. Advantage: San Francisco. Big advantage. They call him "the Freak". I don't know that I will watch. It could be ugly. But the Mets have won their last 8 or 9 at CitiField so... maybe they'll be really pushing for it. Protect that home turf. I think if they can at least get a couple runs across they'll have a chance. If the Giants put up 3 or 4, I may switch back the the Law & Order marathon.

Today is also about cataloging some more of the collection. I finished the letter "I" yesterday, but that was an easy 611 folders. "J" is 960. You don't even wanna know about the "M"s. We're talking over 3,000. You have no idea what I'm talking about...

PS - I got the fire going!

Eyes: Lost, "The Candidate"
Ears: Phosphorescent - I Don't Care If There's Cursing