Here's a toast to us. I opened typepad and saw that this is our 100th post.
and i opened the post and saw that kath had scored the 100th post and i thought to myself, oh no you don't missy. without even asking i have jumped in here and decided to share this momentous occasion.
Margie wrote that while I was trying to post the champagne picture. I got booted out of typepad and didn't know why! You'd be surprised at how often we do the same thing at the same time or are thinking the same ideas. You'd likely not be surprised at how we can hear a bottle being opened in celebration from far away.
A few weeks ago I posted a picture of our family which got us laughing and reminiscing a bit. I didn't have many memories of the time that the photo was taken, so Margie filled in the blanks. We decided that every now and then we should have a Memory Monday.
That's our Mom. I don't know what kitchen that is. Probably our farm. We moved from there when I was five, just before kindergarten started. It's a great photo, isn't it? Mom is probably younger than I am now. Her pants are unzipped there, was it thanksgiving? Are those the turkey leftovers in the pan?
I recognize some things from the photo, the aluminum tray, the yellow can opener and the cutlery bin from the dishwasher. Those three things ended up in the kitchen at our family cottage so they are clear in my memory. There are a few things I wish I had from that photo, the porcelain door knob on the wooden door and the dark green pyrex bowl have caught my eye!
oh wow, i am laughing my, well you know. there has never been any doubt in our minds how we inherited the decorating gene, it was definitely from mommy. the sea foam/buttery yellow colour scheme, trendy!! you don't know our mother, she is 90, she lives here in my city and frequently will call and pronounce "i need to redo my kitchen" or "i want a new vanity in the bathroom" or "i am going to repaint the apartment." Until she was about 85 she would do the painting unassisted. when she calls me i tell her if she is well enough to want a new vanity she is well enough to find one and get it installed. i am not mean, she is bored and tackling a reno makes her feel young. she is capable, ask the president of a rather large flooring company here in canada, he has talked to her several times on the phone because she wasn't happy with his service. he actually called me because she gave him my number so that he could promise me that he was going to fix everything she was unhappy with even though it was going to cost him money and very unprofessionally he said "your mother is something else". poor guy. i told her quite awhile ago that she should feel free to play the "90" card. and when she needs to, she does. a couple of days ago she managed a plumbing crisis. meanwhile, now i know why my zipper is undone after dinner!!! and kath, ahem, too.
