Happy Mothers Day! I send my mom the same gift every year. Her favorite, Dark Chocolate Truffles from Harry and David. I send her 100 truffles and a bag of dark chocolate covered almonds from them as well. I am not a mother so that is all i do for the day.

It would not be Mothers Day or Christmas without the famous Creme Brulee french toast. Mom did not remember to ask for it this year, memory at 85 is not what it once was 🤷‍♀️

But she did ask why it was not already in the oven the moment she got out of bed and saw it on the counter. Thank you Woodie. Nor sure if I make this for Mom or me at this point.

This was our second mother's day without Mom. We went to a dance recital for our 5 yr old niece. She was so excited we were there.

We joined a group of probably 400-500 in the audience. I don't know how many instructors are at this studio, but it hadn't occurred to me the recital would include all from toddlers up to teen aged. Many children performing.....a mix of modern with some ballet touches.

And it was 92F outside, unusual for us here at the coast and not a great afternoon to have to dress up a little and go out ;)

But it was lots of fun.

When we were little, my sister and I took tap. We didn't have the money for the lessons so my mother sewed class costumes, painted background props/scenery for recitals in exchange for our tuition.

My first Mother's Day without Mother, so it was different. My girls both came and basically hung out all day, eating and talking and keeping me company.

Joan, Mother also liked Woodie's Creme Brulee french toast and I often make it when we have company. Woodie has also passed away, and I miss her, but her french toast lives on in my kitchen.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers, even if I am late.

Annie

It was very different, because, like Annie, it was my first without my mother. After my sister and I became mothers, she celebrated us more than we celebrated her! She was amazing.

I'm still enjoying my Mother's Day gift, more than I would have imagined:

It's a programmable thermostat. Ah! Takes a load off my mind. We installed it together, and I programmed as much as I could, but yesterday my child had to fix the three things I couldn't figure out how to do. Best present!!! ❤️

We ended up having our programmable thermostat taken out because it thought it knew better than we did! It would turn on to 83* in the middle of the night when we thought we had turned it off. We usually didn't use the heat during the day (we're in California) and the stupid thing would turn on even though it wasn't one of our "usual" times to turn it on! Our bills went through the roof with this "SMART THERMOSTAT". Just my experience!

Turn off the recovery option if that happens on a thermostat. Then it won't turn on by itself.

Rob, my sister in heart, it's a shame we have to share this too, the loss of our Mothers. I'll be thinking of you.

Annie

rob333 Does not compute! That's why we got rid of it!

Didn't it come with a manual? Oh well.

I really don't understand why you would program something the way YOU want it, and then the computer will override it. What is the point of the programming? Right? If I wanted it warmer/cooler, then I wouldn't have set it the way I did 🙄

Yes, it came with a manual! We followed the directions! We turned it on when we were cold! Then turned it off when we went to bed! It started turning it'sself on and/or off whenever! We had it taken out by someone who knows what they're doing and they had the same problem! Too late to return. Got one that you set the temp and turn it on or off. Happy now!

Indeed, electronic products can be lemons, &/or just poorly designed.

This reminded me of the AC at the recreation where I work. Years ago, thermostats were all moved out of the various zones/rooms and a new programmable system placed in a central location in the office - an energy saving move, since staff would invariably turn thermostats way down in the rooms and then forget, and we also had some serious issues like freezing and moisture buildup/mold because of that.

Now it's an ongoing problem that no matter what the thermostats are set to, or what temperature they're registering, they either don't come on at all, or won't stop running and make rooms freezing cold and extremely humid too. My theory is that the wiring isn't even connected to some of the units.