Ready for the weekend.

by chuckofish

This picture is from five years ago (FIVE YEARS) when Susie and I were in town to throw a rager for our dear Mother’s 60th birthday. It seems like a lifetime ago. I don’t think any of those clothes fit me anymore. Well, maybe the scarf does.

Anyway, I’m glad we’ll all be together this weekend to celebrate Susie’s birthday AND Mom’s birthday. Last year, we were all sequestered in our separate homes–and Dad forgot about it entirely (he was too busy stocking up on Dinty Moore beef stew in the event of the apocalypse). Was that worse than the year I accidentally froze her birthday cake and had a meltdown a la DJ Tanner the time she froze the turkey on Thanksgiving? Well, I think we can laugh about both now…

I sure am grateful for my sweet mother who always brightens my day, takes my phone calls, and tells me my stitching looks fine, even when it doesn’t. She is a blessing to those around her.

I should have volunteered to take blog post duty for her birthday–but I guess my failure to do that means that at least she doesn’t have to write one on her birthday. So let’s raise a toast to her today and many more toasts this weekend! And hopefully at a rager this summer, when we’re allowed to gather in person again. Oy vey. We can all channel our inner-Lottie.