Weekend Tidbits

I stumbled through the weekend, somehow managing to clean the house, let the cousins loose to run rampant around my mom’s house, bake and frost a three-layer cake that did not taste awful (although I did spy Clara spitting hers out into her napkin, but 4-year-olds cannot be trusted as taste experts), sing Happy Birthday to my mom with my whole family, do some mother/daughter/sister bonding at an antique store, and even spend some much-needed time with a friend watching the Golden Globes (we collectively roll our eyes at you, Tom Cruise).

Somehow I did not manage to actually give my mother her birthday present in the midst of all the chaos.  Oops.

Perhaps I was a bit distracted by this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Or this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or even this, which kind of says it all:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Either way, I must clear my head and focus on the coming auditions this weekend.  GAH!  First goal:  Actually make the appointments to audition.  Kind of important.  “Gather!” as Kate Winslet scolded herself during her Golden Globes acceptance speech.  Gather thoughts, gather focus, gather courage – gather.

…And eat more cake.