Since last Sunday was Mother’s Day I’ve been thinking a lot about moms. My mom, the kind of mom I want to be for Hannah and my stepkids, and the moms in my favorite TV shows. And so, this week for Ten on Tuesday I’m creating a list of my 10 Favorite TV Moms!

1. Marion Cunningham from Happy Days. Of course she’s first, she was the best and didn’t we all want her to be our mom and cook us a pot roast?
2. Caroline Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie. Mostly I just wanted to wear long dresses and be married to Pa.
3. Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch. This show is airing these days and Dale and I have really gotten a kick out of watching some of the old episodes. Carol Brady was the perfect 1970s mom and you had to love that flip hairdo!
4. Lorelie Gilmore from Gilmore Girls. She was one amazing single mom.
5. Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show. She had it all: the career, the kids, the doctor husband and that great brownstone in New York City.
6. June Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver. She was the quintessential 50s mom with her full skirts and pearl necklace.
7. Nora Walker from Brothers and Sisters. Meddling but loving and what a strong matriarch she was.
8. Miss Ellie Ewing from Dallas. Strong and loving but don’t cross her or her sons!
9. Abby Bradford from Eight is Enough. She was a great stepmom, something I strive for myself.
10. Olivia Walton. She was understanding and firm and held that whole family together.

I had a lot of fun writing this list and thinking about all of these awesome TV moms. Hope you all enjoy the topic and don’t forget to add a link to your post if you happened to write on. Sign up for Ten on Tuesday emails here.

This weekend was the first one in ages that did not include any obligations
And so we made the most of it
Friday was a much needed day to myself that included
a nice 2.5 mile run
sushi for lunch
sunning, knitting, reading on the deck
The evening brought music
homemade steak fajitas and tequila
and dancing in the kitchen
Saturday morning was relaxing
coffee and more coffee in my pjs
shopping for new pillows in the afternoon
and dinner with our cousins in the evening
Sunday was a perfectly lovely Mother’s Day
quiet time with Dale
and a brisk walk
a phone call from Brant in Florida
flowers from Hannah
and the sweetest card ever from Jessica
breakfast made just-for-me by Dale and Hannah
a ride to Plymouth for cocktails with friends
brought the day and the weekend to a lovely close

How was your weekend?

We had friends over on Sunday for an impromptu Cindo de Mayo celebration and I picked this pretty little bouquet from the flowers blooming around my yard right now. Simple and colorful, just what I love.

Have a great weekend, my friends!

It’s been a while since there’s been a random post around here and I’ve got a lot of disconnected things running through my head. So, here’s what’s on my mind . . .

• For someone who loves knitting and has great reasons for doing it you would think I’d actually spend more time knitting and less time, well, playing Candy Crush. Seriously. I may be in need of an intervention.
• The other thing I’m doing – when I’m not knitting or wasting my time with Candy Crush – is reading the first Outlander book. I’ve resisted these for years, not wanting to get caught up in the gazillion page saga but I finally succumbed and I have to admit it’s pretty good. Or, at least, I can see what the hype is all about.
• I keep hearing about people who are chronically dehydrated. I truly enjoy drinking water and probably have no reason to fear that I have this syndrome and yet I’m feeling quite paranoid at the moment. I’ve upped my water intake considerably and that means I’m spending more time than ever running to the bathroom. Hmmm. Maybe that’s why my knitting production has slowed down so much? Nahhhh, I’m pretty sure it’s Candy Crush.
• The other night we had  our monthly spinning group at the library. I chose some pretty fiber and packed up my wheel and was ready to settle in for a nice productive time. And then I realized I had packed a woolee winder flyer and a regular bobbin. Sigh.
• I started a plank-a-day challenge for the month of May. Today I’m supposed to plank for a full minute and that’s not a big deal for me but tomorrow it jumps to a minute and a half and by the end of the month I’m supposed to plank for 5 whole minutes. That is a looooong time.
• It’s May and that means it’s time for Macro May. I’m trying really hard to not take pictures of bugs and flowers this time. It’s a challenge, I tell ya. It will also probably mean that my photos will all be of food.
• And finally, on the whole knitting thing, a sweater on size 3 needles? What the hell was I thinking?

Powerful words from the recruiting station at this past weekend’s Frank Harlow Day.