I felt like I was channeling King Theoden of Rohan in LOTR Two Towers. I let the gas tank get pretty low because I had earned 10 cents off a gallon for a fill up, through a grocery store, by buying enough groceries there. So, instead of paying $3.45 a gallon, I was paying $3.35 and for a few seconds was delighted about it. Then, I got to thinking I was only saving about $1.65....that's it. What a bummer. Gas prices suck, I can't think of a more ladylike way to say it. I am glad I got a hold of Hubby's new Civic. He's getting over 30 miles to the gallon.
I told Hubby my dilemma, of what to get my mom. He suggested I buy some Sees Candies over the internet, and have it sent to her, no note needed. That way I don't have to express any sentiment, but we still mark the day. I got on their website, but they are asking $15 for regular shipping! Pretty ridiculous, so I called my little sister and asked her to buy the keepsake box of chocolates that I was trying to buy on the internet. Then, I will call on Sunday and wish her a happy Mother's Day. I can still appreciate the 20 years that she was a good mom, without bagging on the last 12 years.
Today is where I get double time off because I am headed off to the school to eat lunch with Buttercup and then I get to go to Fiona's music open house where I am expected to wear clothes that make it easy for me to get down on the floor with her and participate. Ugh. Not really my cup of tea. I am glad it's not hubby's either because I get extra credit with him for doing stuff with the girls that he's not a big fan of either.
In the mornings the girls and I try to have a little family prayer before the girls go to school. We take turns, yesterday was Buttercup's. She asked that Daddy drive safely, that she and Fiona have fun at school and that Mom, here there was a big long pause and I could hear her brain working. Basically she wrapped up with, hope Mom has a good day doing whatever it is she does all day. Hubby and I laughed about it at dinner. She enjoys always having clean clothes, food to eat, entertainment, etc, but never really thinks about how it got there. That's going to change, we have homemaking class this summer. Both girls are going to help me with daily chores and learn how to do a few new things.
Update: The music class was an hour long and involved me doing the chicken dance.....I know, laugh all you want.
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Sounds like an excellent plan. I am heading off to Target this afternoon to pick out a lovely generic card and a lovely card for my mom-in-law.
Love Buttercup's comments about you. How kids brains work is almost always amusing.
Before making amends with my mom, I would send that generic card and thank her for things she did for me as a child - when things in our family were good.
We still are not super close but it works for now.
Kids just take their mothers for granted. It's the natural order of things. I didn't get it at all until I had my own house and children. My brothers still don't get it!
This is probably too late for this year, but as a mother of grown children, one of the nicest Mother's Day "gifts" I have received was a note from a daughter recounting something I had done during her childhood that had an impact on her and made me a hero in her eyes, at least on that day. I had completely forgotten about it, but was so thrilled to know I had done something right in her opinion. So maybe you could pick a memory from those twenty good years and share it with her, even in an email if it seems like a good idea for this year. All moms do the best they can, but we all make mistakes, sometimes huge ones. But like the naughty child, if we notice the good they do and take less notice when they're naughty, it often completely changes the dynamics.
Hopoe that helps.
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