Elegante Mother is going to be NINETY<\/b> years old on December 7th. We’re planning an open house a week from today to celebrate. Plans have been in the works since September.
\nOne of my nieces created her invitations and addressed about two-thirds of them. She is also preparing music for her iPod to play as background music during the open house. AND, this same young woman is going to oversee the beverage table for us. Her husband is going to be our official photographer, so that we can get pictures of family and friends.
\nMy two older sisters are working on picture boards. There are pictures of family members from my great grandmother down the family tree to my granddaughter. There are also shots of EM on a camel in Morocco and other memorable vacations. I’m looking forward to seeing them when they are all complete.
\nMy youngest sister has been collecting information and pictures about EM and her family to make a binder or scrapbook that has journaling, and mementos. I hope that we can duplicate that book for each of us, because her collection of historical information about the family is just amazing.
\nI helped EM make the choices at the caterers, and I’m keeping the list of who plans to attend. I’ve organized carpet and window cleaning for this week, and I have some cleaning of my own to do. We will not have all the Christmas decorations out, but some of them will be in place. I have to put away all the Fall decorations before the end of the week.
\nSaturday, I get to take EM to the salon, so we are both going to have our hair done for the day.
\nMy mind is focused on lists of things to be done. The lists, and the chores are not what’s important, the celebration of my mother’s long life is the key. But, if the lists help me to clear things away so that I can focus on EM and her guests, then they have served their purpose. Each day, we’ll get closer to our goal, and I hope that makes us calmer, happier hosts.
\nNinety! Pretty darned spectacular, isn’t it?? *G*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elegante Mother is going to be NINETY years old on December 7th. We’re planning an open house a week from today to celebrate. Plans have been in the works since September. One of my nieces created her invitations and addressed … Continue reading