Great Mother’s Day, etc, here in Abilene
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm by Dee O'Neil Andrews
First of all, for all of you who inquired about the gravy that went with the chicken fried steak the other day (and fried pork chops Saturday evening), it was, indeed, "white" gravy! You know - the kind made with pan drippings, flour and milk!! And, boy, was it ever good. Good ol' southern cooking of the best kind.
Mother's Day weekend was a blast. My older son David sent beautiful flowers - pink tulips with dark blue iris - for GRAND mother's day, as he said on the card, and son Mark sent a New Orleans style "king cake" from Picayune's famous Paul's Pastry. Check out the link because it shows exactly what the king cake for Mother's Day looked like. It was a doughnut style big dough ring in a box with a filling of cream cheese and pecan praline mixture and was out of this world.
Daughter Rebecca was here and treated her mom (moi) to an hour long facial massage Saturday, while she got a pedicure, and then we went shopping for Grandma and got her a gift and cards.
Yesterday, my sister Laura and husband came over to have lunch with me and Mom and Rebecca and we stuffed on homemade lasagna, fresh asparagus, broccoli salad, hot garlic bread, all topped off with "Lots o' Lemon" tart/sweet lemony pie for dessert that us "girls" - Mom, me and Rebecca - made Saturday afternoon.
We sat and laughed a lot as we visited before Rebecca left to go home to McKinney (so she could be treated to Mother's Day by her husband Garth and the boys) and Laura went home to take a nap. Mom and I rested, too, and enjoyed the Sunday paper.
It seems really quiet here today after all of the activities, but is cool again and I'm enjoying the down time. I'm "fixiin'" to take a nap when I finish here and then later go to Starbucks for an iced coffee with Laura. We haven't had a chance to do that, yet, and that is one of the sisterly things we always do when I visit Abilene.
Hope you all had a good Mother's Day weekend, too. Mom is 86 and in very good health and I try to cherish every moment I have with her. She is a lively companion and life of the party when we all get together. A true matriarch and Proverbs 31 blessed woman, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and now, as of a year ago, great-great-grandmother.
God is good and has greatly blessed our family. I pray that He will bless y'all's familes, too.
Cheers & Blessings to you all today! Dee
Sounds wonderful! I am glad that you are getting to spend this time with your mom, sister and Rebecca.
I’m glad you were able to have this day with your mom and your daughter!
Glad you had a good day! I spent Mother’s Day w/my mom, too! It was fun, we went to church, then ate fajitas for lunch and watched a video together.
I had a great Mother’s Day. Went to church only, no class since I had my tonsils out last week. So, I took a nap before going to worship so I could be active for a while!
Went to eat at a Mexican food place, muy good and I was able to eat one chicken flauta. We got the cheese dip that had flour tortillas and they were easier for me to eat than the corn. Yes, I ate as much as I could, which isn’t much at all, but enough to satisfy.
I am hoping to lose about 15 pounds by the time I can eat again! I know I certainly breath better without those monsters clogging up my airway.
Glad you had a great Mother’s Day. Continue to enujoy your Abilene visit. Wish I were there as well as my bestest friend in all the world lives there. Take care of yourself. Enjoy those naps!
glad you had/are having a great time
God bless
Sounds like you are having fun. I know your home cooked meals are delicious. After being gone for 9 days in CA I had been graving home cooked meals - even mine, so last night we had fried eggplant and fried green tomatoes that my son has been growing, along with corn on the cob, baked sweet potatoes and chicken baked in the oven in tinfoil with a homemade sauce. I also picked some okra but Tom wouldn’t let me fry it till we had a “mess” so I had to put it in the freezer. We also have a lot of flowers - all growing in pots in my front yard. I guess I will have to take a picture and blog about it. I need to blog about something. Continue to enjoy your visit.
What a great time you are having! Sounds like such fun. Continue to enjoy and make memories.
Hope you have a safe trip back to Tom and a heart full of wonderful memories to keep with you until you are able to make the trip again!
“White gravy” - yes!
What a special Mother’s Day when 3 generations can share it together.
glad you’re getting some time with your Mom. I know she is good medicine for your soul.
are ya home let?
huggs
I am glad you had a good Mother’s Day. Being surrounded by family makes any time special.