My Day-To-Day Photos

 You would think, being that because it's the first Mother's day I've been an empty nester that it would be the saddest one of all. And, yes, it was tinged with constant feelings of missing being a household of four, but I enjoyed several beautiful moments today. Todd gave me a gorgeous journal and I spent a couple of hours seeding with him today. All went smoothly, even though the ride was very bumpy. But even that was a gift because my Handsome felt the need to hold me tight against him so that I did not bump my head on the window. Loved every minute of that. Tucker called when I was on my way back home. That was a very happy phone call, as he is finally recovering after a scary stomach bug. I was so worried about him. Relief is a wonderful thing.  And in the evening, Jared sent me a touching email and a song he wrote to commemorate our time together during his last year at home. Incredible.  Amazing, actually. And although I'm home alone  this evening as Todd work...

 We weren't sure we were going to be able to go, but we managed to squeeze in a visit to the kids before seeding.  We helped Tucker empty his stuff from the studio for the summer. Next term, he'll have his own cubicle,  so he's really looking forward to that.

 Tucker continues to sketch people everywhere he goes.

 We're starting upstairs and have spent 3 half days removing the doors and floor boards and talking about what we want to do and the best approach.  Today is the first full day, and we plan to get all the carpet ripped out from upstairs. 

 We've started work on the house on the farm, but today was a down day to celebrate Todd's birthday.  I made him a pizza and the funniest turtle cupcakes.  He assured me they were great.  We watched a couple of movies - an old John Travolta one, "Michael" and "Ratatouille." His gifts included 10 MTG booster packs in which he got some good cards, but nothing overly exciting.  Also, a travel case for his Magic cards.

 We went for a drive after we had a delicious breakfast of maple bacon, eggs and hash-browns. Then it was back into town and over to Skies where Todd had a gift picked out, but was a little unsure as to whether or not I'd be interested.  I was also a little unsure,  but in the end, I was charmed by the idea. It's likely going to take up  a lot of hours, especially since I can already see myself customizing it. The Exit game proved a disappointment. Not only do they always put me in a sour mood, but sometimes there are errors in the game, and this was one of them. We still have one that we bought a while ago, and we'll do that one, and then that'll be it.