Happy Mother's Day

Finally it was Mother's Day weekend! I have been waiting for this weekend for months. Why so excited? I love to garden. I love being out in the yard and making things look pretty. Mother's Day is always the safe day to plant your garden and your seeds. Also being that I am a mom, I pretty much can get away with making my family hang out with me and help. Saturday my parent's came to visit. They day had a chance for rain, so I was hoping to get the gardens ready to be planted so i could do the planting on Sunday. I planned for us to visit some garden centers if the weather did get rainy. They called me when they reached the Rockford area explaining they wanted to go eat breakfast at Sam's in Cortland. They invited us to go and I almost said no, but there was no reason not to go this time. Everyone ordererd their breakfasts and when they arrived at the table it almost made me laugh outloud. They food around the table included, a mickey mouse pancake with whipped creme, one stuffed french toast with bluberries and whipped creme, french toast, country fried steak and eggs with gravy and potatoes,  french toast, a veggie skillet with scrambled eggs, and one waffle with strawberries and whipped creme. Guess which one was mine. It was very hard for me that morning to enjoy my breakfast seeing all the yummies around me (it was like everyone had a hot fudge sundae in front of them and I had a salad), but in the end after enjoying my wheat toast with some eggs and veggies, I was very pleased with my decision. I think chose the best for me for the most nutrition. I also had a tomato juice. It was a yummy treat.

The rest of Saturday was awesome. We went to many garden centers and had fun looking at flowers and plants. After the ice cream sundaes at breakfast, I craved it all day, so for a mid afternoon snack I took everyone to Ollies. Ollies happens for me only a couple of times per year, so it was a good treat. Plus I get a junior size usually which I think is just enough. Later I made chicken fajitas for dinner and like last time, they were awesome!



Mother's Day Sunday was a birdwalk with two of my besties. It was lead by Peter Olson which is a fun bird guy that makes birding interesting and fun. I had a blast at the marsh and saw some fun stuff. Every Mother's Day he offers this walk. It is a perfect way to start my Mother's Day off each year. The rest of the day I planted seeds and pulled weeds. It was so perfect. I honestly had the best Mother's Day EVER!

I remember back to my first Mother's Day. Charlie was just a month old and I walked to church with him. It was just the two of us and Dean had something else to do that day. I was totally ok with it. I loved being with him. It was a perfect way to spend Mother's Day. Mother's Day is created for children to spend time with their mother. It is special time set aside for appreciation. I take it as a time to reflect also. Life goes by fast, you need to enjoy being a mother, or let your mother know how much you care.  If you don't have a mother to spend time with, then find something to do for yourself that day. It is just a special day set aside to do something special. It is usually a beautiful day, so enjoy it.






This Mother's Day has been the closest to compare to that first one. My wonderful day was topped off by my favorite pizza ever. World Famous Pizza! After I thought about asking for it for dinner that night, I remembered that the final weigh in was the very next day. Ohhhh no! I decided that I was going to have a salad and only eat two squares of pizza. Well that totally didn't work. I ate and ate and ate. No!!! It was yummy and I couldn't stop. I could have used a little someone sitting on my shoulder at that moment telling me what to do. I know that my weight loss in pounds was barely one pound in this 9 week program and I was a little disappointed. I know that I lost inches around my waist though. I was hoping for 4 inches and couldn't wait until Monday's weigh in!