[design219]

I haven't got a clue yet. I've got a mom and a wife who's a mom. What's everbody else got planned for Mothers Day?

[CleoW]

Taking her clothes shopping, then dinner.

[Railroader]

Perhaps buying her a new Mac Mini if I can't get her current one fixed for a reasonable price.

[design219]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Perhaps buying her a new Mac Mini

Man, you are a good son.

[SpaceMonkey]

Uh. Sending a card, and calling her.

I see mother's day commercials for like, digital cameras and phones and stuff -- who actually does that?? That seems so over the top.

[wolfen]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey 

Uh. Sending a card, and calling her.

I see mother's day commercials for like, digital cameras and phones and stuff -- who actually does that?? That seems so over the top.

I owe my mom a cruise for mother's day. It'll happen after I graduate and can pay for it. She's been through hell and back and could use some TLC. And, you know...there's that love thing.

[Mastrap]

Nothing. My mother thinks, somewhat correctly, that Mother's Day is an invention of the greeting card and flower industry. She hates it. Her take on things is that if my brother and I would only think about her on Mother's Day we could get lost.

[G4ME]

i am moving back in so she can fix me dinner and do my laundry

[MindFad]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

Nothing. My mother thinks, somewhat correctly, that Mother's Day is an invention of the greeting card and flower industry. She hates it. Her take on things is that if my brother and I would only think about her on Mother's Day we could get lost.

Best mom ever.

[peeb]

I'm going to be sweet and kind to mother, now and then we have a chat. I buy her candy or some flowers, or a brand new hat. But maybe it's better to let it go at that...

[Atomic Rooster]

She's dead.

[anonymac]

I Refuse To Support Consumer Holidays That Are All About How Much You Spend.

[Railroader]

I Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Word In My Sentences.

[highstakes]

Sending my mom flowers and a card

[dcmacdaddy]

Going for a visit to her new place. She just moved two weeks ago to be closer to two of her sisters; They are all widows now and getting up in years so between the three of them they can take care of one another. As for presents, I am going to show her my new MacBook and if she likes it buy her one to replace all her old computers I took before she moved. (She had a clamshell iBook, 12" G4 iBook, and an eMac.) If she doesn't like the MacBook she gets a Mac Mini with 20" screen.

[Dakarʒ]

Telling her this is a made up holiday.

Then giving her a card.

[ghporter]

I'm remembering my mom. It's been almost ten years since she died.

I bought my wife a new jewelry box.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

Nothing. My mother thinks, somewhat correctly, that Mother's Day is an invention of the greeting card and flower industry. She hates it. Her take on things is that if my brother and I would only think about her on Mother's Day we could get lost.

It's a refreshing and fairly accurate point of view.

[SirCastor]

I don't see what the fuss is about regarding mother's day as a consumer holiday. HEADLINE: Moms like flowers and cards, and If you're really doing it just for Mom, who cares?

My Recommendation: Get your Mom some flowers and a card on Mothers day. And then do it again on some random other day.

[osiris]

I hate all holidays, as I think most of them are made up excuses to buy crap for people you wouldn't normally buy for.

But Mother's Day is the one holiday where I make an effort - get the car, travel far, visit Mom and give her a bunch of flowers.

It's the time spent together that's important to both of us.

[Laminar]

It happens to fall the day before my birthday, so I'll be grilling steaks for lunch as a sort of combination celebration (and that way I can go out with friends the day of my birthday...). I'm not sure what else, but I'd like to get her something too.

[CleoW]

Originally Posted by SirCastor 

I don't see what the fuss is about regarding mother's day as a consumer holiday. HEADLINE: Moms like flowers and cards, and If you're really doing it just for Mom, who cares?

My Recommendation: Get your Mom some flowers and a card on Mothers day. And then do it again on some random other day.

I totally agree!

[wolfen]

Cynicism on the Internet. It's so refreshing.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870, as a call for peace and disarmament. An excerpt follows:
“
From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor,
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace...
”

Howe failed in her attempt to get formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace. Her idea was influenced by Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker who, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work Days. She organized women throughout the Civil War to work for better sanitary conditions for both sides, and in 1868 she began work to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors.
In parts of the United States it is customary to plant tomatoes outdoors after mother's day (and not before.)
When Jarvis died, her daughter, named Anna Jarvis, started the crusade to found a memorial day for women. The first such Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908, in the Andrews Methodist Episcopal (now United Methodist) Church where the elder Ann Jarvis had taught Sunday School. Grafton is the home to the International Mother's Day Shrine. The 1912 General Conference of The Methodist Episcopal Church, at the suggestion of delegates from Andrews M.E. Church, recognized Jarvis as the founder and advocated the celebration of the holiday. From there, the custom caught on — spreading eventually to 45 states. The holiday was declared officially by some states beginning in 1912. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day, as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honour of those mothers whose sons had died in war. Nine years after the first official Mother's Day holiday, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become. Mother's Day continues to this day to be one of the most commercially successful U.S. holidays.

Bah.

Call your mom and tell her you love her any day of the year. Gifts are for birthdays and xmas.

[imitchellg5]

I got her a pink iPod shuffle.

[nonhuman]

A little while ago while going through some boxes of old stuff with my dad I found an old mother's day 'booklet' made of construction paper and decorated with crayons that I made in kindergarten or first grade or something.

I'm sending her that.

Again.

[design219]

You're gonna make her cry. Again.

[KeriVit]

I think it's nice holiday to teach lil kids to honor their mom. but later, it's silly. I will call my step-mom and send a card because we don't talk as much as we should. but i reserve gifts for birthdays. Here's why:

Mom's Day- May 13
Dad's Bday- May 21
Mom's bday- June 3
Dad's Day- June whatever

[vexborg]

I'm returning back to Denmark after 5 years in Scotland, to start a new job!

Of course everything is gong to be utterly stressfull, but if everything goes ok, my wife and our 4 cats will be able to join me in less than 10 weeks time... Hopefully our cats won't forget me

[Love Calm Quiet]

My birth-mom long ago left the physical body.

But in India they often refer to The Divinity as "The Divine Mother."

When I remember Her, (Mother's Day or any day), I open myself to more love than ever issued forth from my birth-mom.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by vexborg 

I'm returning back to Denmark after 5 years in Scotland, to start a new job!

How does that feel?

[andi*pandi]

since she lives far away, I've sent a card and will call. for the MIL, I don't know, we usually do brunch or something, but meh.

for myself, I don't really want anything big, my birthday is soon enough. Getting to sleep in, seeing what adorable paper craft my son made in preschool, getting my husband to do yard work for me... that's enough.

[G4ME]

Ahhh the simple pleasures in life

[residentEvil]

nothing for mother's day, but next weekend she is visiting and we are going to the ballgame, drink some beer and then head to mexicantown for dinner. (it is our yearly combo mother's day/birthday preset...since her bday was yesterday).

[mdc]

My family is in South Africa, so I'll phone my mom. My wife and I are having lunch with her mom.

[Sub]

I am thinking about getting her one of those LCD picture frames. Anyone know of anything good. I am also thinking of getting her a Nikon D40, but her birthday is coming up too, so I might just split them up.

[vexborg]

Originally Posted by Mastrap 

How does that feel?

Extremely stressfull, strange but at the same time great!

I'm just hoping that I won't have to be seperated from my wife and cats for that long - as soon as I've found a house, the cats are being flown over, and less than 1 month thereafter my wife is following.

At least I have an incentive to find a house as soon as possible!

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

A little while ago while going through some boxes of old stuff with my dad I found an old mother's day 'booklet' made of construction paper and decorated with crayons that I made in kindergarten or first grade or something.

I'm sending her that.

Again.

Bah, you're just lazy.

Originally Posted by Sub 

I am thinking about getting her one of those LCD picture frames. Anyone know of anything good. I am also thinking of getting her a Nikon D40, but her birthday is coming up too, so I might just split them up.

buy.com has them pretty cheap, like this one.

[shifuimam]

My dad bought my mom a camera for mother's day once. Then he used it that same day to take pictures of my friend's mom, who he was in love with and frequently talked about wanting to run away with.

This year? Probably a call and maybe a card. I'm going to be in Arizona on Mother's day (going to see the great Grand Canyon for the first time, among other things).

[design219]

Originally Posted by shifuimam 

...he used it that same day to take pictures of my friend's mom, who he was in love with and frequently talked about wanting to run away with.

Skip fathers day.

[shifuimam]

Yeah...I think my father's day present is going to be taking a crow bar to his brand-new Lexus ES.

Dude's an asshole. Last time I had any contact with him, it was from my mom's lawyer to his lawyer when we sued him for $11,000.

(my life's a soap opera.)

[Dakarʒ]

[shifuimam]

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by shifuimam 

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Besson?

[DBursey]

My mom gets a delivery of Flowers, being as she is 3 time zones away.

I met her for the first time two years ago when I was 40; we've become quite close (in ways other than geographical) since.

[design219]

Originally Posted by DBursey 

I met her for the first time two years ago when I was 40; we've become quite close (in ways other than geographical) since.

That is excellent, congratulations.

[KeriVit]

I met my birth mother 5+ yrs ago when I was 25 or so. I'm glad I did it. She is kind, smart, funny and interesting. But she has not a mother bone in her body. So we will remain friends on a higher sense. The stepmom did all the work from the time I was 14 on. She gets the credit as a parent.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Perhaps buying her a new Mac Mini if I can't get her current one fixed for a reasonable price.

Update: She got a new Hard Drive installed instead. Took me a while to figure it out.

She's very happy to have it back.