Not All Salads Are Good For You

I woke up yesterday morning at 6:30 to find The Boy staring down at me intensely.

"I'm making you breakfast in bed," he announced. "So you'd better wake up." And that was how I started Mother's Day this year, sitting groggily in bed and eating toaster waffles with LOTS of syrup, my son sitting beside me and just beside himself with pride.

"STOP EATING IN BED!" The Baby demanded. "That is GWOSS."

Later on that day, The Girl went to Canadian Tire with her dad and picked me up a foot spa, facial steamer and manicure set, so I was very spoiled on my Mother's Day. I wasn't a bit relaxed, though, since I had one of those harried non-stop weekends and sometimes when people say things like that they're bragging, like Look How Interesting And Popular I Am, but I'm not, really. What I AM saying is that I am so exhausted today that my brain hurts and the next couple of weeks promise to be equally frantic, so I really felt like I'd EARNED that facial steamer, you know?

1) Friday evening - we attended the school concert, complete with the bellydancing display of Despair. Did I mention that we're having grim-faced discussions about homeschooling AGAIN?

2) Saturday - we threw an all-day-long party for The Girl (with a High School Musical Theme - aggggghhhh) and one of the guests got cracked in the head by an over-excited pinata whacker, who may have been yours truly. I need to lay down on the floor and feel nauseated with guilt just thinking about it, thanks. 

3) Mother's Day and I had a restful breakfast in bed at 6:30 in the morning, as mentioned, and then had to make a ton of macaroni salad for my dad's surprise 60th birthday party, which gave me a chance to use my new food processor:

What a weird thing to take a picture of! But the food processor snaps on to the top of my stand mixer and it's very handy. Once I had the carrots grated, I was able to make my rather-tasty macaroni salad:

For the record, that was a TREMENDOUS amount of macaroni salad - enough to feed several dozen potluck-goers, for example. And yes, I do feel corny when I'm making macaroni salad, thanks. And then we went to my dad's party, which actually WAS a surprise - my mom had told him that she was having us over for dinner and then all of a sudden there was his family - his brother and sister-in-law, his sister and brother-in-law, his neice and her husband, and my dad was very pleased, which was nice. My grandma wasn't feeling well and couldn't make it, but sent her DELICIOUS carrot cake with my aunt, and my dad was well and properly feted.

And then we went home and the long exhausting weekend was over. Now we just have a camping trip and a monster truck rally and a yard sale and a weekend trip and then it will be the summer. Phew.

 

Comments

[bren j.]

Mmm.....macaroni salad....shouldn't you be feeling carroty rather than corny?

[LoriD]

I had a busy weekend like that too. Not at all relaxing. My favourite kind of weekend is the kind where I have nothing to do and nowhere to go.

[Pieces]

Hey! Look at me--all signed in and everything. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order.

1. The Baby is a-dorable!
2. Happy B-day to the Girl.
3. That food processor rocks!
4. Num. I want some salad.
5. Did I tell you that I am homeschooling Girlkiddo next year? Oh, yes, I am.

[Sarah]

I, too, am now a member!

Every year we comment on how busy May is, and every year we forget how busy May is.

[Chelle]

w00t I am registered!

*all-day-long party for The Girl (with a High School Musical Theme - aggggghhhh) *

HAHAHA

Mmm that Macaroni salad looks yummy.

You cracked a kid on the head! You rock! Did you at least break the pinata?

[Chelle]

w00t I am registered!

*all-day-long party for The Girl (with a High School Musical Theme - aggggghhhh) *

HAHAHA

Mmm that Macaroni salad looks yummy.

You cracked a kid on the head! You rock! Did you at least break the pinata?

[Kathryn]

Okay, you should know that I had to register on this site to comment and it actually took me close to 15 minutes!!! Ack!!!! Come on Urbanmoms, give us a break! ;)

Okay, so I just wanted to say that it always seems to be that Mother's Day is never relaxing. It seems to be one of the most stressful days of the year trying to visit both my husband's mom and my mom equally. And then for the past few years (this year included) the boys always seem to be sick too. I'm thinking of skipping Mother's Day next year. ;)
Hope you get to relax this week!

[elizabeth]

Beck, I totaly nderstand your pain. My weekend, and the last few weeks, have been so exhausting I literally contemplated staying home from work today jsut to get some catch up rest....but then I realized I would spend the whole day stressing about not being responsible at school so I went in and have stressed all day about how I will ever keep up. Can I jsut lie on the floor beside you?