Perfect weather. Perfect food. Lots of stories and lots of laughter. It was a very nice Mother's Day. Mom looked spectacular, Michael wore his cranberry 501 Levi's with a dress shirt tucked it and my Christmas dress never fit better. All in all, we felt fantastic.
We took mom to a French restaurant where we began the meal with muscles. Delicious muscles. Mom ate a skirt steak with pomme frites, Michael has a Croque Madam and I had a Salad Niscoise with seared tuna. Mom was in heaven. This is a woman who does not eat much beef and NEVER eats French fries. Apparently, the fries were an exact replica to the ones served when she was in high school in the 1940s when she would walk miles to Cooley's Cupboard in Evanston for an order of fries. She couldn't stop eating them yesterday. It was fun to watch! She said it made her feel like a teenager again.
On the way home afterwards, we decided to crash a Mother's Day dinner party we had been invited to but had to decline. I told Michael I wanted to just stay for a few minutes but we had so much fun, we stayed three hours! We were so full from the late lunch that we did not eat anything but had so much fun talking. Jim is trying to lose weight with the Atkin's-tpye diet and for the first time, the weight loss showed. He is large but I'll bet he has lost probably 40 to 50 pounds. We talked food and recipes and rewards. I used clothing and shoes as a reward. I tried to encourage him not to use food as the reward for weight loss. Their two teen-aged granddaughters were there and I spent so much time with them. Really great young women. One was home from college for the summer, the other is going into her senior year of high school.
William phoned to wish me a Happy Mother's Day. His wrenched neck is better and he is ready to begin the next leg of the tour on Wednesday with a week in Europe followed by three weeks through the US. There is talk about extending the tour as all the concerts are sold out.
A very nice day. I hope everyone had a Happy Mother's Day!
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