NOT A CLUE

It's MY BIRTHDAY & I'll do a poll if I want to!! =:o}
So, how old are you?

Same age as you... 40.

 

 1

Too old to worry about anything anymore.

 

 2

Not old enough to care about anything yet.

 

 0

Why do you care to know?

 

 0

Huh, it's your birthday... here, have a piece of cake...

 

 4

Cake? Did I hear someone mention cake? I'm there!

 

 3

Wait, what was the question?

 

 3

I had NOT A CLUE what was in store for me when arrived home a little bit ago.

Not a clue that my mom, sisters, son, & hubby were up to something! Not a clue that I would have a BIG surprise waiting for me!!

NOT A CLUE that Mom wanted me early to the funeral home because something needed to be delivered!

NOT A CLUE AT ALL!! Either I've gotten so used to my family's plans changing at the last minute all the time... or I am really slipping... but I had NOT A CLUE that something was in the works for my 40th birthday today.

Ok, ok... Had enough suspense yet? Well, let me set you up a little more...

As mentioned in prior blogs, yesterday I had calling hours (a wake) to go to in the evening... 1st of 2 this weekend. Then the funeral was today. (Tomorrow is the 2nd funeral.)

I was able to get my hubby to go with me, but found out the night before he couldn't make it to the funeral because he had a job fair to go to in the morning. I'm like, no big deal... I am not going to stand in his way for that.

Before we left last night my mom was all instant that I be back at the funeral home 1/2 an hour early. I was going to scoot in about 10 minutes before.

Then this morning I get a call and she tells me she's going to pick me up. I said I'd drive so that I wouldn't have to go to the dinner afterward. (I just wasn't sure if after being up until 5 a.m. I would make it through it.) She insisted.

After the funeral I tried to get her to take me home so, I could pick up my truck. Again, she insisted no, she had to get to the restaurant before anyone else. But she promised if I was in too much pain or too tired she would bring me home. (Oh, yeah, I woke up yesterday with a stiff back again. I know now I can't sleep on my left side much anymore. It's ok today, still tender, but I have to take it easy.)

So, anyway, we're all done with the funeral and the dinner afterward. We're heading home and still, I had NOT A CLUE that something was up.

I didn't even get it when I walked in and saw our VCR tape cabinet sitting in the kitchen (and I almost ran into).

I walked around the corner into the living room to see why my hubby had to move the cabinet, still not got a clue a surprise was waiting... thinking he was up to something with the stereo... But soon as I cleared the corner everything just became quite clear...

In my living room sits this GORGEOUS... & I DO MEAN A GORGEOUS Grandfather Clock! (The link is from the factory she got it from. I'll try to post a picture later of it.)

My mom had been working with my hubby "FOOOORREVER" she said to work it out so that I wouldn't be in the house when they went to deliver it and he needed to set it up.

When my sister's mother-in-law passed away & stuff worked out for the funeral to be today as well... everything just worked out for them to pull of one of THEE biggest surprise to date.

Mom was even telling me as we're walking in the house that she would give me my gift tomorrow when we have the party... Still, it never registered to me that they would pull off a huge surprise like this!

If my mom had talked to me about it before hand, I would have said, no, don't worry about it now... we don't have room. (Which really, we didn't... but her & Hubby found a perfect spot for it.) I honestly had forgotten about getting one for us because I've balked about not having the room.

You see, each of us 3 girls now have a Grandfather clock in our homes. It was something that my mom had always told us, that when we'd have our 1st house she would get us a grandfather clock.

Well, after how many ever years later after we moved here, I now have a Grandfather clock. And I do have to say the timing couldn't have been more perfect!!

(Oh, yeah... Hubby did still have that job fair to go to, but it didn't pan out... Except it was perfect timing to give him an excuse as to why he wasn't going to be at the funeral today.)

I feel awful for my brother-in-law & his family that they had to deal with the loss of their mom... however, I think knowing that I had this surprise waiting, I think cheered up my sister a little. So, yep, perfect timing!! & Yep... they all pulled it off. (Including my son... I guess he almost spilled the beans several times.)

Now, I just wonder, if it hadn't been for the funeral, how was my mom & Hubby going to get me up and out of the house in time. Had this been a normal day... I would probably have still been sleeping. Well, I'll find all that out later when Hubby gets home, or I meet up with Mom & my sisters for a birthday dinner at Applebee's! :o)

*Leaves the room still shaking her head.* "Nope, NOT A CLUE AT ALL!!"