Happy Mother's Day! My boys treated me to a dinner out in downtown Baltimore. Tom made reservations at Morton's Steakhouse. They had a lobster tail/filet mignon combo special. Scott had never been to a ritzy restaurant before, so we guided him through a few different meal options. We started off with escargot, but Scott and I thought it just tasted like spinach pie since they served the snails on spinach and puff pastry. My wedge salad was so big, Scott and I shared it. And he tried a huge veal chop. So big we had to send it back to cook some more. Scott enjoyed nibbling on the bone! We all enjoyed our dinner so much, we were too stuffed for dessert. Instead we stopped in for milk shake on the way home.

I would have enjoyed bringing my Mom along, and I planned on taking her out. However, my schedule and mom's schedule did not seem to mesh. I had to drop Scott off to work on Mother's Day! The roller rink has always been closed that day. Not anymore. They want to increase their revenue. Not necessarily a good thing since Scott reports 2 people showed up to skate. I guess everyone figured they were closed. They did not do a good job advertising their new opening.  Anyhow, I did stop by to bring Mom some flowers after dropping off Scott. And we all went out to see Guardians of the Galaxy II before he went to work. We really enjoyed the movie, but it was not exactly on Mom's list of must sees! However, she had a very busy Sunday schedule at the residence with entertainment, BINGO and movie night. And Mom B was looking forward to the activities. Meanwhile, Tom spent the afternoon busy mowing the lawn.

It has been plenty warm enough lately to keep us busy with yardwork. I haven't bought all my outdoor flowers yet though. Just waiting for some steady, warm weather. I actually picked up a few tomato plants and had to put them in the garage since we had a freeze warning!  Crazy. Now that everything is busy growing, it will be time to do more trimming of the bushes too. Oh well. Scott was looking forward to putting in a garden again this year. So as a Mother's Day gift he offered to buy me a raised planter to grow our jalapeno peppers. We tried growing them in an old kid's swimming pool in the backyard, and mostly the bunnies ate the plants. So we thought we'd go a little higher. Just waiting for it to arrive!  The kids also bought me a sweet MOM charm on a gold chain. I am spoiled! Just wish Allison could have joined us. She was busy studying for an upcoming final. We had talked about visiting her on Mother's Day, but she had friends over for the early part of the weekend and a trip to the beach scheduled. Turns out we had rain all day Saturday, so she put off the beach trip to Sunday morning.

She was making the most of her last few days with her roommate, Jen. She graduated last December, and is planning on attending the Library Science program at Uof Maryland in the Fall. So she was packing up her things at the condo and heading home. Her parent's actually live right around the corner, so she is moving back in with them until she can find an apartment closer to school. So that meant most of the furniture and household items were going with her. Not to worry, we have plenty to share with Allison. She asked for our old kitchen table and recliner chair. Turns out, Jen's parents have a large van and were able to transport the furniture from our house to school on Saturday. So Friday night, Scott and I moved all the furniture to the garage so that Tom could help load it into the van when he came home from work. The furniture looks great in the condo, and she loves feeling like she is at home!

Unfortunately, my back did not survive furniture moving(on top of carrying Cookie around for a week after her surgery). Cookie was not supposed to be jumping on furniture, or walking up and down steps while her stitches healed. She is a good 25lbs, so I guess my back felt it along with lifting and carrying tables and chairs. I did me in.  I could barely walk over the weekend. And that being said, I was supposed to go to a church concert and out to dinner with a coworker and her friend on Saturday night. However, I spent the entire day on the couch with the heating pad

. I hope I can make it through work next week!

I was pretty busy the week before. I had a dentist appointment Thursday morning. Sadly, our dentist office closed, but they merged with an existing dental office in our neighborhood. So we had a husband/wife dental clinic, and the wife joined forces with another female dentist right around the corner. I met the new dentist, and she worked on my tooth. Our previous dentist only works 3 days/wk and this was her day off. I was impressed with the new dentist, but not their office. Very, very outdated. I used to tease about remembering spit bowls, and there they were! I did not think most dental clinics today still used those. It is like walking into a high tech store and seeing overhead projectors and tape cassette players(or electric typewriters!). Anyway, I was getting an impression made for my new dental implant. The new dentist was very patient with me since I cannot stand having goop shoved in my mouth-makes me gag. I also had to schedule some more upcoming appointments for myself, Scott, Tom  and my Mom. So we'll see how this works out.

A big shout out to Mark Seitz celebrating his May Birthday! ( I think he spent his special day painting at their new house. )Now if they can just sell their current house! My brother Dan is doing the same thing as Mark. He downsized with wife Sheila and is looking for a buyer for their previous house in Houston.