Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
First of all, Mothers' Day is a very highly hyped holiday in the US -- I am not sure about how much they emphasize it in the UK where it comes during Lent, but here? Restaurants and phone lines will be swamped, guilt trips will ensue for those kids and husbands who don't ante up. One of the more amusing conversations was at work where two of my male coworkers opined that if Fathers' Day would just come first so that they could ask as a gift that they be released from the burden of Mothers' Day's expectations....
Everyone tries to get in on the act, giving ideas and suggestions for using their products. Some observances are fun -- like this little movie trailer that was sent to me by Lavinia. I promptly passed it on with a smile! Some kids come up with great ideas [that was from a few years ago] -- sounds like Dannah had a wonderful outing. My kids always make me feel cherished: Tom weighed in with a hearty greeting before he crashed [he works nights and weekends]; Gem and Craig made reservations for a special brunch at Cafe de Paris, taking time out of their busy schedules despite the stress of the wedding in just a week.
But I didn't go see my mother. Too much history now. I have been sending flowers to her for the holidays.....
Next week is the wedding. It won't get as much attention as the royal wedding, but it is pretty much preoccupying all of us, but especially Gem. She really has done all the planning herself and made almost all the decorations and it is coming down to the wire! Gem is already obssessed with the long-range weather forecast, and after a couple of simply gorgeous days today, tomorrow and Wednesday, it does look a bit dicey for the weekend -- not good when the wedding was planned to be outdoors and plan B may be implemented.
Meanwhile it is back to work after a weekend that as usual was all too short....
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