My mother and father are away until next month,and I have no children(of the 2 legged variety anyway) So it will be a normal day for me. Mothers day restaraunt menus are insipid aren't they? My mother never was one for quiche.....

We find ourselves without a furry friend for the first time in 19 years, We lost our 3rd Australian shepherd to a seizure disorder almost 3 weeks ago. She was too young to die (6 1/2 years). So we have heavy hearts and an empty house. But new pups on the way and we're in line for one of them.

We only go out to eat on Sundays for lunch. I do not like egg based brunch menus or buffets. So, we'll see. I told my mother this afternoon we might be eating at Wendy's lol.

For the first time since 2002, we'll be with our DD and her family on Mother's Day. We are all going out to brunch on Sunday. I am excited. I am babysitting with her children tonight and we will make a MD present for her -- the three of us -- which we will give her at brunch. She doesn't know! My MD present is a tour of the Betty Crocker kitchen on Monday which I am so excited about!

Going to my daughters for a Mother's Day dinner she is preparing. I don't have to cook a thing.

We don't have kids, and both our Mother's passed away. Mom and I almost always made a meal together as my birthday falls around or on Mother's day, depending on the year. Mom always made me a rum angel food cake with rum buttercream, decorating it with pansies, her favorite flower. It was such a treat, planning and cooking with her. This year we're invited to our neighbor's house for a B-day party (mine), and DH and I plan to brave the Mother's Day croud (and food) for my B-day also at my fav restaurant... I'm tired of cooking on card tables!

When I was (much) younger, mother's day morning was always spent gathering morels. we would go early and get back mid-day. we would clean up the shrooms, soak them in salt water, rinse them and dry them a bit and fix pans of them - dipped in egg and then rolled in flour, corn meal and frying' magic, and fry them in butter - for the moms. what a great memory.

Seagrass, I'm so, so sorry about your poor furry friend. It's so hard to lose them, and they are never here long enough, but that really isn't long enough. My own poor sweet Cooper was only 4 when he died, and The Wonderweiner was 8. (sigh) Now I have big old Sadie, but she's 15!! She has congestive heart failure and heart disease, so she won't be here much longer, but she's having the best life I can give her until her time comes. Good luck with that new puppy, they do take up a lot of time and attention.

2many, I tried to pack several occasions together too. Elery and I got married on a Saturday (May 10), which happened to be the day before Mother's Day that year. My birthday is May 30, which was traditionally Memorial Day, until they made every holiday fall on a Monday, so I never went to school on my birthday. My Dad told me the parades were for my birthday, I didn't know he lied to me until I started school. (grin)

amylou, I don't know who the heck makes those menus, but they are all kind of the same. You'd think they'd leave the menus the same and then people could just choose to go to the restaurants they like anyway.

Martha, good for you, enjoy all your time with family. I never care as much about the food as I do the time with people I love.

Walnutcreek, I'm cheating, I'm making pie the day before!

Annie

That's not cheating, Annie. That is being smart. My daughter can make everything the day before. Just so long as I am not doing any cooking this time.

I will be cooking for all the mothers on this earth.

Fathers are no good. Mothers will do anything for their children, it it part of their nature.

Happy Mother's Day for all you mothers out there!

dcarch

We're having lunch at my mother's house, where all will gather. I'm making chicken salad but haven't quite figured out what yet. It will have walnuts and celery for sure, and probably orange bell pepper and scallion. I think it needs an herb, but I don't know what. Tarragon seems wrong, and sage seems very wrong, and even if mint went with the walnuts (which were a request), I don't think my mother would like it. Maybe thyme. That would go well with the nuts.

The rest is just sliced vegetables and cracked wheat sourdough from TJ's because I don't have time to bake. And little flower shaped mousse cakes and lemon squares from the same place, along with blueberries and first crop cherries. The original plan had been to go out for lunch on a weekday, but the spare sibling is showing up on Sunday, so it's simple things and TJ's. :) But none of us will really be there for the food. :)

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Pillog: What is a "spare" sibling?

Nothing happening here........ It has always been the kids came here to the cottage, and I cooked ! LOL

That was OK because it was always a cottage work weekend. Getting docks in, boats, in leaves blown, winter kill picked up. The kids were such a help and I loved spoiling them with a great meal...and they spoiled me with their love.

However, this year Meredith is within days of delivery so a trip here is not smart and Chris has a kennel full of dogs to manage. So it is Clive and I and hopefully a phone call to say our new baby Cal is entering this world !

Mind you if that doesn't happen I think it will be spaghetti and meatballs from the freezer ! I'm getting way too old for this docks and boats thing!!!

Both our mothers have passed away, but Suzi's kids live ten minutes away and we'll probably see them at some point tomorrow. As far as food goes, I'm going to smoke some pork tenderloins for dinner with homemade cole slaw and mashed potatoes.

Lizbeth, the spare sibling started out as our babysitter, and has been a member of the family ever since, whom my mother calls her spare child. She lives the better part of an hour away, so we're kind of adapting to her schedule.

No kids, just kitties.

Plan on making strawberry/Prosecco cocktails to go with stuffed jalapeños in the afternoon. Lobster ravioli with a butter drizzle and red butter lettuce salad with a pepper jelly vinaigrette for dinner.

Chase, hope you get that call!

Mother passed away and no children; in fact I've never been married, and DB got divorced without having any children. For us it will just be another Sunday. RuPaul's DragCon is going on at the convention center downtown, but we are skipping that this year. We went the last two years, and last year it started getting really crowded, although two years ago there was hardly anyone there, which made it much easier. We'll go again next year with our niece, who wants to visit us for that.

Nothing going on here. I have no surviving children and other than a cousin I never see, I am the oldest in my family and they never get together anymore. I have one surviving sister, but we haven't seen each other in several years.

Seagrass, My furkid, Sig, is having the typical German Shepherd hip problems and I really think he won't last much longer. My other German Shepherds and my Australian Shepherd lived to age thirteen, but he won't make it. He turned ten last St. Patrick's Day. My heart goes out to you.

Bragu, thank you for your mention of morels. I had completely forgotten that I wanted to go out and look for them in my woods. Don't like going out to look by myself, but will. I'd like to have some fresh then dehydrate some for later use.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!

Madonna

bcskye - It's so. hard to watch a pet die. We're in our mid 60's and told ourselves "no more" but that lasted about 24 hours. Our house is lonely and our hearts are empty. She made us laugh every day. So we have a lead on a new Aussie pup - should be ready for adoption by the end of the month. We will be like grandparents. It's been 19 years since we got our first Aussie.

Mother passed away 17 years ago. At any rate, we'd never gone out for brunch... too crowded and restaurant food is so much better on days when they run their regular food. (Even back then. )

Sometimes Dad would make her breakfast in bed. And would cook up one of her favorites for dinner, when we lived around, we'd help out. (Dad loved to cook - they both did - it was his favorite hobby.)

When we didn't live around, we'd call.

When we were kids, we'd hand-make cards out of construction paper.

I don't have kids of my own, unless you count the cats, and now the chickens.

artemis - happy Mother's Day to you. I think I would enjoy your company.

Well, current hubby is not father to my children nor am I mother to his . . . result is for him there is not much for HIM to do today. His mom passed 6 years ago and mine 16 years ago. He was super cranky when discussing MD so I am guessing he is feeling it and not talking about it.

I got gifts for both my DD and DIL; but, will likely only see my DD today. HER hubby has arranged brunch at a local smokehouse for my DD, the grandchildren, his parents and myself (possibly DD if he chooses to attend - he left some doubt yesterday if he was going to sing in the choir and miss the brunch- yep cranky). I know DS was invited but DIL has crowd issues so they will spend the day with her mother and father, I might get a phone call at some point today, but will not get a visit from him.

Last week I watched my eldest grand (5 yrs old) and we picked out a card (he didn't care what it said past Mommy and had Mickey Mouse on it) and a pretty potted plant for her front porch. I let him pick out the card and plant himself. I have no idea what he picked but it had multiple colors: purple, orange and pink, so matched what she had lining her walkway. I think he did a good job at it.

"Well, current hubby..."

Susan, every time I read that I chuckle......

I would never have another "hubby" if something happened to mine. Too much time and work to put into the relationship. It's a difficult dance, the relationship of marriage, but not a bad thing. You have to put yourself into it. Sometimes it's a bit of effort. But the comfort and security is a gift. So that's a good thing.

"It's a difficult dance, the relationship of marriage, but not a bad thing. You have to put yourself into it. Sometimes it's a bit of effort. But the comfort and security is a gift. So that's a good thing."

seagrass_gw, what a lovely way to put it : )