Mum's day

After a productive day of shopping downtown, I puttsed around the flat taking care of bits and bobs and chatted with every member of my family. I can't remember the last time I talked to Mom, Dad, and Kim all in one day. It was pretty special to talk to all members of my fam in one day. Anyway, as it is Mother's Day today, we decided to give Carol a little something special, since her daughters couldn't be here. We picked out a beautiful bouquet of lilies, roses, carnations and all sorts of foliage and made her a card with photos from the past year. Mark and Carol came for tea and Anna had made a beautiful chocolate raspberry cream cake, so tea and dessert was quite nice. As I sit here, catching up with computer work, I am at ease from the noises of the flat - the guitar playing, an episode of the office playing in another room, while dishes clink in the kitchen as they are being washed and dried. Of course I think about how I will miss the noises of eight other people now, when I should be doing homework, but in all honesty, it will be quite strange to live alone this coming summer. Anyway, I am off to study and work on a paper...here are a few pics from the past week or so:

Hardwick Hall, as seen from the side gardens...

This is Aaron. Aaron is comfortable in our flat. I like Aaron's outfit. I am glad that we can all be comfortable in our flat and wear what is necessary to make us comfortable in our flat. I have my IHSA orange Bball shorts from state track, Aaron has his England Cricket shorts and his moccasins, Mary has her sweatpants, Anna has the blanket her Mom knitted for her... the list goes on. The moral of the story is, hurray for comfy clothes. And nutella. Comfy clothes and nutella equals comfort.

Carol, Anna and her masterpiece. Happy Mother's Day!

... Don't worry Mom, I will pick you a beautiful bouquet of flowers, bake you a wonderful tart and give you all sorts of hugs just as soon as I get back.

Oh, and Picasa has a few new photos up if anyone cares to look...