so i’ve been busy–kill me. i was quite pleased to have a tiny grown up shindig celebrating that which is pete and glo–35 style. was thrilled with the face cake–no?
last weekend was the picnic wedding of larry and livia. great times were had by all. h. missed much of it b/c she was/is sick (j. is now as well–seriously–where the hell is the nice weather?) but it was such a good time!
livia looked gorgeous–did we expect anything else? and i’ve never seen larry so happy in his life. that is just wonderful. (you looked handsome too, la. but livia! wow!)
in other news, i cut all my hair off. all of it. you can see it in the above picture, but it never looks like that. i cut it so i could look like a normal person every day rather than wear a hat or put the pre haircut short hair into a ponytail and look a fool.
now, i look like a mad scientist.
that’s ok.
i usually feel like a mad scientist most days anyway.
and it’s still in an even tinier ponytail or in a hat.
that i am one of those being honored on this day? it seems just yesterday i was buying my mother little bears made of pom poms at a fair at ps 55 (which she still has btw) and now i am the one being honored with homemade cards, breakfast in bed, the new laura schlessinger book, and a NEW WASHING MACHINE! (because a woman’s place is in the home……..and yes, i am barefoot, but not pregnant at the moment………)
and of course,
i received my two annual cards:
from my MIL and from judy
thank you so much ladies!
the strangest thing is that this arrived a few minutes ago:
from my parents!
is that funny?
gloria, i should be sending you……..well, everything.
you are such an amazing mother. it’s like you were the underdog–because you were the WORST mother when i was a teenager………only you weren’t the worst………..i just thought that because you were just that–a mother. you had rules and ways to do things and certain heights your hair could not exceed and times to be home……ways to clean up the kool aid….. and this list could go on.
you taught me how to be a mother.
you loved timmy and i til it hurt and continue to do so. you love h and j the same way. you care about every little thing that they do and i never think i’ll bore you with j’s latest accomplishment or h’s new best thing that she said.
you taught me values and morals which is why i rush to finish this so i can run out to mass. and you taught me to value my time with my babies. that is the best thing of all.
i love you, gloria. you are the best mother on the earth. so thanks for the edible arrangement, but thanks so much for everything else.
so h. had a lollipop for the first time. dum dums. which everyone (but pete) knows is a brand of lollipops. so Mitt says to his three year old, “you want a lollipop? here you go dum dum.” the joke was lost on h. but not on her brother!
so i’ve been busy–kill me. i was quite pleased to have a tiny grown up shindig celebrating that which is pete and glo–35 style. was thrilled with the face cake–no?
