Mother's Day Weekend

This was a pretty good weekend for the most part. Saturday I spent the day cleaning & organizing the house for the Mother's visit. Not only did I vaccum everywhere, but dusting and actually picking stuff up and putting it where it goes. Well, putting it upstairs in the 'office' to rot. I also caught up on GH (holy crap! Anna & Holly & Robert Scorpio are back....and old!)and Alias, as well as listening to music entirely too loud. You see, we let Blixx sleep in until almost noon, sent him & Cass into the shower then off with Grips & Vic to the Worcester Ecotarium. It's been raining for what seems like forever and Cass definately needed to run her little self out. They all had a great time, & Blixx brought home pizza for dinner so it was all good.
I get tense around my mother. That's an understatement really, but you get the idea. Add Blixx's mother to the mix and I've got palpitations, so you can imagine me runnign around the house making sure the cats stop shedding, keeping Cass's ponytails in...snapping at my husband. Oh ya, it was classic. So I'm all freaking out because they are on their way - then 11 comes & goes and I'm freaking out because they aren't there yet. Grrrr.
Anyway, we all went to the Post Office Pub and met Grip's family (grandmothers, sisters...there was 15 of us) to have a nice breakfast buffet. The food was wonderful, as was the company. Our moms came back to the house and we looked at pictures from Blixx's mom's trip to New Zealand & Australia. Wow she saw some wonderful sights and had a great time. They were all out of the house by around 4pm, at which time I promptly ditched the pantyhose and went right for the sweatpants & fleece look. Cass went upstairs for some rest (NOT a nap, cuz she's a big girl and don't you forget it)and Blixx went out to do some errands. He came home & we were both on the couch watching Stealth. OMG what a piece of drek. And since when do USNavy fighter pilots get to wear belly shirts as their uniforms? Anyway, I decided to really milk the Mother's Day thing and lay around as much as possible so Blixx sure had his hands full with Cass. She helped him make shepards pie for dinner even.
Grips came by later on & we watched the Survivor finale and I drank too much wine.
Yesterday was so rainy and miserable, I didn't get out of my pajamas until almost 2pm. I just didn't see the need to. Cass & I stayed in and read some books and watched the movie Valiant (ok I dozed, I admit it)and took a day of rest. I've got to say, I'm feeling pretty good right now for it. Cass slept until after 8 this mornign so that might have something to do with it too. Or its just the coffee talking. Mmmmm talking coffee.
Today we're heading to B&N story hour, which I assume will be packed due to the weather, then going to the health food store to do some grocery shopping. I can not stress enough how cool Trader Joe's is as a market. You MUST go there, especially for snacks. Not everything there is good for you, but it's less sugar and less preservatives and less sodium. I think I'll grab their crispy orange chicken for dinner tonight. Nice & easy. We'll go to the pet store next door so Cass can see the fish & birds & ferrets. Later this evening I'm going out with friends to my favorite seedy bar to watch the Red Sox cream Baltimore. Tomorrow I watch Q & I think I'll grab that Ecotarium pass and take them up there again to run around. I don't think Q has ever been so Cass can show him around. Thursday we have a fun playgroup at a local church, then Blixx has the day off so we'll come home & wake him up. By that time camping will be only a week away so we've got to get our gear together. I imagine there will be a big trip to EMS or REI in our near future. I think we're heading to the library on Friday for some animal or train show. I don't remember what they had scheduled, but whatever...free entertainment for my kid is hard to find.