Mother’s Day Madness May 9, 2015
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First came March Madness. Now it’s time for Mother’s Day Madness.
Every time I turn around some entity is telling me what to give mom for Mother’s Day ~ flowers, chocolates, wine, diamonds, candy, precious gems, silver, gold, etc..
And it’s not just for-profit businesses that want my mad money for Mother’s Day. Non-profits want in on the action too.
And institutes of higher learning.
The Sierra Club suggested that mom might like a stuffed animal for Mother’s Day.
No, no, not a real animal stuffed by a taxidermist, a soft cuddly plush toy suitable for ages 1 – 100.
USC suggested that I get mom something in team colors so she can support the team every time she doesn’t watch a game.
Um . . . no.
But my favorite suggestion thus far.
Hands down.
Tears rolling down my face as I laughed out loud at the audacity, the inanity, the sheer insanity of the suggestion.
Yup. That’s right.
If you don’t know what to get mom for Mother’s Day, consider getting her a Hotdog-On-A-Stick.
Aah . . . that’s better!
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My mother would probably enjoy that. She’s not into expensive gifts. 🙂
I sent mom candy . . . she called (with cheeks bulging) to thank me! Who needs jewelry?!
“Simple pleasures are life treasures.”
Haha Hot diggity dawg! What a brilliant suggestion, Nancy. Why didn’t I think of that? 😀
Many moms want to be taken out to dinner on Mother’s Day ~ now we can take them to the ball park for a Ball Park Frank!
👍😄
A commercial racket.
The sad part is I feel obliged to be part of the madness.
I opt out of the madness. Every year. That puts me in the right position to watch the ads with detached amusement. 😎
Does it include batteries? 😮
Only for Stepford Wives. 🙄
The worst part of Mother’s Day is that you can’t go anywhere. The restaurants are nuts, the garden centers are crazy, any sort of shopping is out. All I have are cats and if I am (un)lucky, they will gift me a hairball for the occasion. My own mother, long gone, was simple. She got a card and a flower she could plant out. She didn’t want one that just died, it had to be useful. (We were such bad kids that we made her cook that day.)
You are very nurturing to those kitty cats of yours.
Since they can’t take you out to eat or go shopping for you or cook dinner for you . . . your husband might act as their proxy! If he doesn’t step up to the plate, treat YOURSELF to something amazing!!!
Like new patio furniture! 😛
That is so true, Kate. Restaurants are mob scenes along with just about everywhere else. It’s all such a racket!
Every restaurant around here seems to have concocted a PRICEY brunch menu just in time for Mother’s Day.
I hate to think what my mother would do to me with that hot dog on a stick. By the way, I am taking her to the art museum to see the Manet, Van Gogh, Matisse exhibit here in Richmond. There’s the off chance she will prefer that…..LOL!
Oh, and we’re waiting until Friday to avoid the Mother’s day rush!
That’s a GREAT plan, Barbara. Spend time together, enjoy some FAB art, and avoid the crowds that throng restaurants on Mother’s Day.
My mom has never insisted on a BIG fuss for Mother’s Day. First we were too little and she didn’t trust our cooking or want to raid our piggy banks . . . and once we were grown she decided that Mother’s Day should focus on mom with wee ones under the roof.
That said, she LOVED the candy I sent her this year.
oh brother or should I say oh mother! hope my kids don’t get any ideas!
Haha! I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you don’t get a trio of stuck up hotdogs tomorrow!
I wonder how many bemused/insulted mothers will be the recipient of a hot-dog-on-a-stick on the very day they were expecting candy, flowers or expensive jewellery? 😀
We don’t do mothers day – we don’t do anything that involves commercial exploitation except Christmas – we do Christmas – but only every second year! We love to be exploited every second Christmas! 🙂
My girls tell me every day is mothers day and they are quite right. They are loving, kind and thoughtful all the time and often spoil me for no particular reason – any day can be mothers day! I love my life 🙂
Yay! I’m glad that your life suits you. When we questioned mom & dad about why there was a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day but no Children’s Day, they snorted . . . “every day is children’s day!”
Ha! I had that same conversation with my children once – maybe it’s a global conversation point in every family……..
Yes! It’s a small world, eh?
I would love that gift, but last time they brought me a hot dog on a stick, it was missing a bite….
Bwahaha! Hope tomorrow you get the whole deal . . . not a hole deal!
They did pretty good today.
Yay! Hope you had a chance to kick back and relax!
My Mom lives in another state and I have to send things that fit into a manilla envelope. Don’t think Hot Dog on a Stick will cut the mustard.
She might not relish a Hot Dog on a stick sent that way!
Relish ? What a hoot! I’ll have to work hard to ketchup with your hilariousness.
That’s punny!
Can’t beat chocolate or flowers for Mum, they are always a winner.
It’s hard to go wrong with chocolate . . . or hand-made gifts from the heart!
In my little world we would do away with all these crazy Days!
All hail Queen Joss!
As a child, I loved Mother’s Day ~ I remember planting seeds and presenting her with a plant on her special day. But, like most holidays, it’s been commandeered by marketing moguls who urge us to buy, buy, buy. I ignore them.
I really dislike all the commercialism around a day that should be about being together. When I was a child, we picked a nice bunch of wild flowers to mom. Unfortunately I lost her when she was in her 30s.
Sometimes life seems like one big commercial . . . exploiting the weak and preying on the poor. I’d rather have a “nice bunch of wild flowers” than a unneeded piece of diamond or gold jewelry.
Sorry you lost your mom when you and she were so young.
Who doesn’t love meat on a stick? 🙂
…well, vegetarians, I suppose. 😉
You got it!
Such a lot of commercial rubbish. Every day should be Mother’s Day in some way, and everybody else’s day. If I were a mother, I’d ban it from my home!
When it’s forced, it’s a chore. Spontaneous = better.
I am not a mother… so no Mother’s Day here for me, but I could be quite happy with the hot dog on a stick. Low key event yesterday at The Mama’s for The Mama and my Sis-in-law rather than today because we are suppose to have severe storms today… it was all about FOOD. I didn’t go with CH because I have been flat on my back since Thursday morning after throwing my back out. I hate to admit it, but I enjoyed my alone time yesterday.
OUCH! Hope your back improves in short order, Pix. Back pain is never any fun.
I’m glad that you enjoyed your alone time. I need alone time to recharge my batteries ~ being around people can be “draining.” 😛
Hotdog-on-a-stick–why didn’t I think of that! Forget candy! Hotdogs!
Seriously, that is a hilarious suggestion.
Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day, Nancy!
Hotdog on a stick sounds like a great Father’s Day gift too!
I’m not a mom (except to Tigger), but I had a great day yesterday playing around in the kitchen to see how many ingredients that had “outstayed their welcome” could be utilized (i.e., eliminated) in one creative masterpiece!
I combined onions, assorted and sundry beans, tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, broccoli stalks, quinoi, zucchini, ro-tel, spinach, and seasonings to make a delicious casserole AND finished up some corn meal by making cornbread. Love it when my culinary experiments work AND clean out the cupboards!
This is just hilarious! I must remember this for next year–I am not sure I could give it to my mom with a straight face, but we could share a giggle! 🙂 I always tell my kids that every day is Mother’s Day to me…save your money! 🙂 We shared some time together and that was my preference. Next year I might ask them to get me a meatless dog-on-a-stick! 🙂
There you go!
Shared time + shared laughter = PERFECT TOGETHER!
My out of town children called to ask if I had a good Mother’s Day, to which I replied, “Wonderful!”
When they followed with, “What did you do?”
I replied succinctly, “I ate.”
That pretty much covered what I happily did all day with my home town children.
So the hot dog on a stick doesn’t sound like such a terrible idea after all. 🙂
Food = Good
Glad you had a Happy Mother’s Day!
There are some creative marketing folks, that’s all I can say. Here’s a thought – instead of listening to all those voices, perhaps we listen to the one inside… surely we know the ones we love better than a bunch of slick strangers 🙂
B~I~N~G~O! And most of us are not going to hear a voice whispering, “get a hotdog on a stick!”