Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Mother's Day 5767

Spending the past 4 and 1/2 weeks at home on maternity leave has definitely awakened some latent domestic inklings. The proof is in what I was hoping to receive as a Mother's Day present.


 


When PC mentioned to one of my friends that he was getting me a mixer, she calmly explained that no woman wants to get a mixer as a Mother's Day gift.






And so he surprised me with this:

 
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Postscript -- I must mention here that DadGiraffe, who is normally clueless about such matters, actually recognized that his son-in-law's lovely gift was from Tiffany's!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Many years ago, my mom was talking about how much she wanted a treadmill. So, for her birthday one year, my dad bought her a treadmill. Needless to say, she wasn't happy and the rule became no gifts that plug in.

But a KitchenAid mixer might be an exception.

Rebecca Einstein Schorr said...

That is funny. Your dad definitely gets points for being a good listener ;)

The mixer would have come in handy today while I was making that HUGE batch of cookies...