Twitter Flickr facebook lastfm RSS boxedup xbox goodreads
Kitta.net
5Apr/0430

Happy 50th Birthday Mum

It's my mothers 50th birthday today. She's not too happy with the whole 'turning 50' concept, but she is thrilled it's her birthday, even if her present was a bit early.

About a week or so back I asked Ella if she would help me with 'operation surprise mum with flowers' for her 50th birthday (I am without credit card you see). Ella, being the fantastically cool person she is, said yes and became as excited as I was. We decided upon a two dozen rose assortment, a teddy bear and some amazingly yummy (so I'm told) chocolates from the Freo Chocolate Factory. Ella placed the order Saturday morning, and told them to deliver it on Monday the 5th (today) to mums workplace. I then tried to act normal around my mother every time she asked what I was getting her for her birthday.

Saturday afternoon my mother got a phone call from work. There was a package there for her and she really should come pick it up. When she told me, I had to smile and act surprised, but in the back of my mind I thought "oh shit, I hope they didn't fuck up the delivery date". She went to pick them up from work and the moment she brought them in the door I knew it was the package from my brother, Ella and me. Crap.

She was thrilled anyway. She'd never really had someone send her some flowers before. Then she noticed that the teddy had a yellow stain down its side, crap again, the flowers must have stained the teddy. She wasn't really worried, and happily washed her teddy with a cloth and some stain remover. She did it quite lovingly actually, and now that I think of it, she probably hasn't been given a teddy in years.

Later that night, she came to my door dressed in her PJ's, with a cheeky smile on her face and hugging her new teddy. She didn't look like someone about to turn 50, more like a 13 year old girl saying goodnight to her parents. It was so cute.

In a way it turned out well that the flowers came early. On Sunday she had some old friends over, she got to show off her flowers and share her chocolaty goodness with them.

Happy 50th Birthday Mum (And thanks Ella).

Related posts

Filed under: General Leave a comment
Comments (30) Trackbacks (0)
  1. Ella
    April 5th, 2004 - 16:04

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!! Sorry it arrived early :(

    ReplyReply
  3. bobsully
    April 5th, 2004 - 17:43

    Mum got the best gift ever…thoughtful, caring, Love.

    ReplyReply
  4. Jack
    April 5th, 2004 - 18:44

    Great stuff. My mum’s 50th is in June and I need to get off my unemployed ass and whip up something equally stunning.

    Wow… half a century.

    ReplyReply
  5. Kitta
    April 5th, 2004 - 19:19

    Mum got more presents at work today. She got a nice vase (which was $20, the tag was left on it, haha), a rose address book and box with little cards in it and a nice picture frame. Oh and someone made her a cake.

    ReplyReply
  6. Iris
    April 5th, 2004 - 20:09

    aww happy birthday to your mum =) that sounds like agreat present you guys got her, even though it was early, lol. then again, it made for an entertaining blog post =p

    ReplyReply
  7. Gary
    April 5th, 2004 - 23:20

    She got the best gift of all: her children expressed their love for her…..

    ReplyReply
  8. matt
    April 5th, 2004 - 23:37

    happy birthday kitta’s mum

    ReplyReply
  9. Matli!
    April 6th, 2004 - 00:46

    Props to La Femme for not going the Black Ballons-Over the Hill-walking cane route…

    Do the do that type of thing down unda?

    Signed,

    Brotha man from anotha land :)

    ReplyReply
  10. JJ
    April 6th, 2004 - 00:58

    That was so sweet. happy birthday mama kitta. that was such a sweet gesture.

    ReplyReply
  11. Diyan
    April 6th, 2004 - 02:26

    i know i didn’t know your mom, say hai to her from me , but i just wanna say ” HAPPY B’DAY MAMA KITTA”

    ReplyReply
  12. Stacy
    April 6th, 2004 - 02:35

    Aww, I think it’s cute. I’m reading all these emotional (at least for me) blogs today. Hmm.

    ReplyReply
  13. stu
    April 6th, 2004 - 04:21

    Happy Birthday kitta’s mum

    ReplyReply
  14. Lyra
    April 6th, 2004 - 04:28

    Aww that’s so sweet!

    ReplyReply
  15. Mo
    April 6th, 2004 - 12:50

    Happy Birthday kitta’s mom

    ReplyReply
  16. Mark
    April 6th, 2004 - 14:01

    Meh, she’s only 32 in hexadecimal.

    ReplyReply
  17. ~GreyArea~
    April 6th, 2004 - 15:17

    Treasure these moments. Burn them into your mind and don’t ever, ever forget them, because they are worth more than you can possibly imagine. She’s a lucky woman. Good on you.

    ReplyReply
  18. Dani
    April 6th, 2004 - 23:07

    Happy 50th Birthday to Kitta’s Mum! :D That’s so awesome that our Mum’s Birthday’s are so close, hehe ‘cept my Mum turned 40. She wasn’t too happy about that, lol. Take care. x

    ReplyReply
  19. stock
    April 7th, 2004 - 04:26

    hi your site is very good i add it to my favorites sites.

    ReplyReply
  20. chris
    April 7th, 2004 - 07:55

    wow! Nice flowers. A rose never smelled so sweet… A belated happy birthday.

    ReplyReply
  21. Xenia
    April 7th, 2004 - 08:26

    Happy Birthday to your mom! It’s really great to ba able to make someone happy, especially when it’s your mom. Oh God… I miss my mom…

    ReplyReply
  22. DAN MACDONALD
    April 7th, 2004 - 09:30

    Tell her HAPPY BRITH DAY TO MOM AND TALL HER SHE DON’T LOOK A DAY OVER 40 :)) I am sure you made her very happy.

    happy brith day gain mum

    Dan
    from Salem, MA USA

    ReplyReply
  23. David
    April 7th, 2004 - 11:52

    Nice idea putting the flowers on the webcam!

    ReplyReply
  24. ggb
    April 7th, 2004 - 15:07

    wow nice color pic! any significance to yellow and red roses? =]
    Is yellow friendship and red romance i forgot… Such a nice daughter you are…I’m not the greatest son lol *sigh*

    You make losers like me feel bad lol *cry cry*

    Hope your mum has a great birthday! =]

    o/~Let the sun shine in…face it with a grin… o/~

    ReplyReply
  25. Kitta
    April 7th, 2004 - 17:33

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes for mum. :)

    Mark, I told her that and she just said “Hexa-what-imal?”

    GGB, no there’s no significance. We just asked for a nice assortment of colours.

    ReplyReply
  26. Lex
    April 7th, 2004 - 20:02

    Yay! Happy Birthday Mum! 50ths are the best ever. Too bad I’m still only 20 o_0

    ReplyReply
  27. chanel
    April 7th, 2004 - 22:41

    very cool and calm site u have here…its like a breath of fresh air lol

    ReplyReply
  28. ggb
    April 8th, 2004 - 13:13

    woohoo! are you try to seduce us? =] if so, you are doing a good job lol

    ReplyReply
  29. Sorge
    April 9th, 2004 - 15:07

    Such a sweet gesture. Congrats to yuor mum.

    ReplyReply
  30. Snyke
    April 9th, 2004 - 23:32

    Even if I’m a bit late: happy birthday :)
    I love roses, it was a great idea of you Kitta.

    ReplyReply

Leave a comment


:D :-) :( :o 8O :? 8) :lol: :x :P :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :wink: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :| :mrgreen:

No trackbacks yet.

Current cam picture

Nikita is a 20-something year old geeky girl that resides in Perth, Western Australia. She is currently studying and working in the health industry. She spends her spare time blogging sporadically, taking photos, gaming, volunteering, geocaching, making jewellery and trying to stop the Little Red Monkey from taking over the world. So far, she's stopped him 36 times.

Twitter

Photos

Reading

    Tell Me the Truth: Conversations With My Patients About Life And Death by Ranjana SrivastavaWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben MezrichPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithScattered, The inside story of ice in Australia by Malcolm KnoxIt Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita by Heather B. ArmstrongYou Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten BurroughsSecret Diary of a Call Girl by Belle de Jour

Tags

Blogroll

Sponsors

Minions

Little Red MonkeyThere are currently 6 of the Little Red Monkeys minions present and 4,320,589 have done his evil biddings since July 18th 2002. Over 772,447 menacing spam comments have been caught and swiftly decapitated to punish them for their villainous ways. His ranting appeared on your screen at a rate of 1.671 seconds.