It has been a while since I updated - but there was much to do and little time to get it all accomplished.
We hosted a birthday party for my son-in-law as he was reaching his 40th milestone. Allison flew up for the occasion - as no party is complete without her. As usual, the party began the moment Allison's feet hit the tarmac!
Allison arrived on Wednesday night and left the following Tuesday morning. In that short period we broke all land speed records in completing the following tasks:
a visit to Grandma who is still in rehab nursing those ankles, food and booze shopping for Sunday's festivities, food and booze shopping for "other than Sunday's activities", setting up the yard (per Allison, "I am glad I come up once a year to scrub your lawn furniture!"), intimate gathering of the kids on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, Cooking fest on Saturday, HUGE (40 people) party on Sunday, sleepovers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the last gathering of the kids on Monday (who all took off work except for Michael - he came by after work).
These kids clung to each other and laughed together for days. It was the sweetest time I can remember. The party on Sunday was just an excuse for them to get a "Vodka Ice Luge" to enhance their fun! I swear I had a permanent smile plastered on my face for days. Mr. Wonderful was just beaming. All those years of carpools, runny noses, sibling rivalry, cutting coupons, etc - it all paid off. THIS WAS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Relaxing at Mom and Dad's
This is the Michael that goes to work each day.
And this is the Michael we get on the weekends!!
And this is the Michael we get on the weekends!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Words of Wisdom
Had another noteworthy weekend - noteworthy in that we had an uneventful, restful weekend with the boys.
Michael left our house around 8:00pm last night. The traffic heading towards the city was just horrendous. It took over an hour and a half for him to get home!! He called when he arrived home - so excited that he got such a great parking spot.... only to realize that his house keys were still at my house!!!
Mr. W promptly offered to drive to Brooklyn with the keys - but I offered a (more sensible) different suggestion. We met him half way!!
When we were safely tucked into our beds, I said to my Mr. Wonderful - "We had such a nice weekend, too bad it had to end like this." - and he responded, in his catch-all phrase that will live on through eternity, "It is, what it is". The man is just, ummm, "wise" - yeah, that's it, "WISE".
My sister has deemed Mr. W to be one of the world's greatest philosophers. She has nicknamed him, "Ari-Storch-Aclese"
Michael left our house around 8:00pm last night. The traffic heading towards the city was just horrendous. It took over an hour and a half for him to get home!! He called when he arrived home - so excited that he got such a great parking spot.... only to realize that his house keys were still at my house!!!
Mr. W promptly offered to drive to Brooklyn with the keys - but I offered a (more sensible) different suggestion. We met him half way!!
When we were safely tucked into our beds, I said to my Mr. Wonderful - "We had such a nice weekend, too bad it had to end like this." - and he responded, in his catch-all phrase that will live on through eternity, "It is, what it is". The man is just, ummm, "wise" - yeah, that's it, "WISE".
My sister has deemed Mr. W to be one of the world's greatest philosophers. She has nicknamed him, "Ari-Storch-Aclese"
Monday, August 03, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mr. W.
Sunday we celebrated Mr. Wonderful's birthday. He was treated like a King!!
Let me back things up by first stating that this man went to the rehab center on Friday to visit his Mother-in-Law (broken ankle lady). He brought her lunch, reading material and a month's supply of candy - AND HE STAYED FOR 4 HOURS!!! The man deserved to be treated like a King on Sunday!
I spent Saturday morning shopping like Grandma would have - this store for the meat, that store for the bread, etc. Then I came home and cooked for hours.
All the kids gathered - and there was even a special guest apprearance - My brother actually showed up!! (he heard I was cooking!). We did appetizers gathered in the kitchen - assorted imported cheeses and olives, homemade Tuscan bean spread and artichoke pesto to be smeared on homemade crostini. This was followed by dinner served in the diningroom: Rigatoni with Bolognese Sauce, Sausage and Peppers, Eggplant Parmagiana, Salad (with homegrown lettuce - from Suse's mother's garden), and Ciabatta bread hot from the oven.
The kids did all the clean-up - then we sang to the man and cut into his homemade birthday cake (when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he requested jelly-donuts instead) - It was a 4 layered sponge cake filled with seedless raspberry jam, slathered in vanilla icing.
We had lot of laughs - and Michelle was there so we had some tears too!! We made a wonderful memory.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Wonderful. You are still the light of my life...
Let me back things up by first stating that this man went to the rehab center on Friday to visit his Mother-in-Law (broken ankle lady). He brought her lunch, reading material and a month's supply of candy - AND HE STAYED FOR 4 HOURS!!! The man deserved to be treated like a King on Sunday!
I spent Saturday morning shopping like Grandma would have - this store for the meat, that store for the bread, etc. Then I came home and cooked for hours.
All the kids gathered - and there was even a special guest apprearance - My brother actually showed up!! (he heard I was cooking!). We did appetizers gathered in the kitchen - assorted imported cheeses and olives, homemade Tuscan bean spread and artichoke pesto to be smeared on homemade crostini. This was followed by dinner served in the diningroom: Rigatoni with Bolognese Sauce, Sausage and Peppers, Eggplant Parmagiana, Salad (with homegrown lettuce - from Suse's mother's garden), and Ciabatta bread hot from the oven.
The kids did all the clean-up - then we sang to the man and cut into his homemade birthday cake (when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he requested jelly-donuts instead) - It was a 4 layered sponge cake filled with seedless raspberry jam, slathered in vanilla icing.
We had lot of laughs - and Michelle was there so we had some tears too!! We made a wonderful memory.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Wonderful. You are still the light of my life...
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