Conference back40::soapbox

    
    I sent my mother a dozen roses and rang her up this afternoon.
    
    Pretty standard stuff, but hey, she's in Florida; what else could I do?
    
    Yes, I'm feeling guilty 8^/.

    "I'll take the kids out to the city, for lunch and a movie, so 
     you'll be undisturbed when doing the housework."
    
    (on R.SH. Radio)

    Made dinner for mom and & my wife (of course the rest of us et, too).
    Veal medallions with prawns and hollandaise; asparagus, fettucine with
    garlic, butter and fresh basil. & Pouilly Fuiss�.

    
    classy.
    
    are you a hollandaise homebrewer or did you use instant hollandaise ?
    
    Heiko
    Germany's #1 asparagus w/ sauce hollandaise fan
    

    
    	My sister took mom out to dinner [at the restaurant of her choice,
    	which happened to be Gator Pub in Slatersville].
    

    >did you use instant hollandaise ?
    
     Savage.

    Allright, Mark.
    
    I just wanted to check it out. You know, there's some kinda prejudice
    regarding 'murican style over here. 
    
    I'm glad you didn't dissapoint me. 
    
    
    
    Any add-ons to the hollandaise ? 
    I may be adding some freshly 'cut' (wrong word) red pepper to the 
    hollandaise this Sunday. 
    
    Heiko

    Mine went Australia for mothers day. So. I could doo to much excpt wish
    her a safe and happy trip.:)
    
    Outside of that, I got a wicked sun burn fishin.;)

    
    I called my mom and my m.i.l. and wished them a happy day.
    I gave them their cards and gifts last weekend.
    
    My hubby made me my favorite dinner...make your own beef fahita's
    with all the fixing, and then we played one mean game of Monopoly with
    the kids, which I kicked butt on!!  They all lost miserably while I
    owned all the railroads, both utilities, Boardwalk, ParkPlace, and
    three full sets of other locations, with hotels up the wazoo! :*)
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    My mother was on a trip with my father...
    
    As for Lynn, took her shopping, then sent out for chinese food.
    She really liked the card we got her. While everyone else
    at the pharmacy was looking at traditional cards, I chose
    one from the "Sympathy" section. We all signed it and she
    cracked up when she read it.
    
    Knowing how hard it is for a full time mother and housewife
    it seemed appropriate.
    
    								Hank

    Saturday, kiddies and I purchased presents. Flowers, a Nathaniel
    Hawthorne book, some kitchen gadgetry, etc.

    Yesterday, I decided to cook breakfast for my wife and my mom,
    prompting my daughter to inquire if I had notified the Red
    Cross, but I digress... :-)

    I cooked French Toast. I've cooked breakfast many times before,
    but somehow French Toast was not on my resume. I decided to
    experiment a little and used a large round Italian loaf as
    the bread, with a batter of eggs, milk, sour cream, nutmeg,
    cinnamon, vanilla extract and sugar. The FT came out quite
    nice and there were no casualties.

    My father hates it when I cook, because he never does and it
    makes him feel awful... my mother made sure to say how great
    it was to have someone cook for her, about 100 times I think...
    :-) And my wife seemed to enjoy having me around for the day,
    which was also quite a surprise...

    -b

    We went to see "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a
    Mountain," then adjourned to home of daughter for an excellent dinner
    of lasagne and fiddleheads prepared by daughter's fianc�.

    
    
    We almost went to see that last night too, but I was too tired
    after being out till 3:00am the night before. :*}  How was it?
    
    
    Thanks,
    
    Terrie
    

    It's really quite charming.  Overladen with Brit stereotypes of the
    Welsh, but a very enjoyable film.  It deserves to do well at the box
    office, not because it is a monumentally great film but because it is
    charming, unpretentious, and thoroughly entertaining on its own terms.

    
    
    since my 'mother' is not speaking to me, i decided not to waste the
    dime or the stamp.  my grandmother got a card, eventho she is not
    talking to me, either.  spent the morning lounging around the house,
    did some laundry, cleaned out the car, then headed over to my
    boyfriend's house for dinner.  gave cards and prezzies (earrings,
    different for each) to his mother, sister, and sister-in-law (it was
    her first, so she got gifts, and i didn't want to leave his sister out).
    then we just hung out, playing nintendo and watching some tv.  seems
    the network decided to pull a switharoo...the tv guide said 'seaquest'
    was on, but instead, it was reruns of 'wings' and 'fraiser' ... but the
    first 1/2 of the stephen king miniseries was pretty good.
    
    
    
    

    Binder,
    
    What are some Welsh stereotypes?
    
    

>    What are some Welsh stereotypes?
    
sheep shaggers!

Chris.

    -1 Really?  Guess the Haameister must have some Welsh genes somewhere
    :-)
    
    
    On the other hand, I remember how often leg of lamb was Sunday
    dinner; this troubles me :-)
    
    

A friend of mine, who incidentally lives near Chepstow, on the Welsh
border, decided it'd be a laugh if he tried to take one of the sheep
for a walk!  Problem was, the animal was too stupid to realise that
by running away it was strangling itself on the choker lead.  The
worrying thing is that this guy's a barrister...

Chris.

    Went to Cape Cod on Saturday and spent the week-end with
    the folks.  Took Mom (and Dad) out to dinner on Sunday.
    
    

    My mistake was having stuffed spare-ribs for dinner, it manages to
    bring both my kids and their families out of the woodwork.
    I ended up doing all the cooking.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    But it was nice :>))
    joan

    
    Belatedly, my mom got a halogen floor lamp and a new kettle (hey,
    that's what she wanted) as well as the pleasure of my scintillating
    (HAR!) company.
    
    :^)
    

    
      Don't forget, Mother's Day this Sunday.
    
      bb

    
    big day??  big deal...
    
    

    well, it is for some.

    
    yes, it is for some...

    for others it's a slit your wrists day.

I have a double header on Sunday.... so it is a big day for me! 

    always with the innuendos...

    filthy.

    It's another gift day, huh? I think we have far more of those than
    required.

    Taking Mom to see Evita (the musical, not the movie) on Sunday.  
    
    

    
    Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there in Soapbox land. 
    oh, you too debra.

    Same from me, to allllll you muthers out there!

    
    <--- love the p_name!!!!

  For Mother's day I decided to surprise my ex by preparing a lobster dinner.
  So, I purchased 4 of them and stuffed them in the refigerator til Sunday
  afternoon, at which time the plan was to take them to her house and boil
  'em up.  Got to her house, and got the water boiling away and then the power
  went off in her part of town..OK..dumped the water, grabbed the pots, lobsters
  and assorted paraphenalia and went over to my place.  By now I'm sure the
  lobsters were thinking life was pretty grand..get plucked out of the pool
  at the store, taken for a ride, put in nice cool place in the refrigerator..
  taken for another ride, stuffed into another refrigerator, and then another
  ride back to my place...at one time I thought I heard them shouting with
  glee "We're home!" as I put them back in my fridge..alas, their glee was
  short lived as they were plunged into the boiling water, realizing that
  life wasn't all that grand..

  'twas a nice evening, though.



 Jim

    Mary Tyler Moore would be throwing a fit if she had read this.

    MTM is bored.

    So I had carefully bought the latest Barbara Michaels book for my wife
    for Mother's Day.  Saturday we were at the mall and I said I needed to
    dash into Suncoast Video.  She immediately latched onto the idea that,
    hey, Waldenbooks is right across the way.  I said no, you can't go in
    there.  After a couple of back-and-forth remarks, I had to tell her to
    go ahead but she wasn't to buy the newest Barbara Michaels book cuz I'd
    already bought it.
    
    Ah me...
    
    Yesterday was okay, nice and quiet, a little work in the garden and a
    dinner of fettucine alla carbonara with a side of asparagus saut�ed in
    browned butter with sesame seeds, and a nice oaky Chardonnay to imbibe.

    
    <----- beats my 2 Big Mac dinner by a landslide.

    Mom and I went to see a stage production of "Evita!"  first time in a
    while for me to be wearing "grown up clothes."  Back to geek at home
    wear this week.
    
    meg

    My son and I cooked Lobster Tails for my wife on Mother's Day. Of
    course he and I like it too. So, I wonder if it was really for her.