Vote For My Mom!
My Mom is an absolute HOOT!I talked to her on the phone the other day. Actually, she talked and I held the phone up to my ear. She’s really, really good at talking. In fact, when Monkey-Man decides to rescue me from a typical 75 minute phone call, we find it most effective if he runs into the room and yells, "HELP ME! THE CAT'S ON FIRE!"
In our recent conversation I got the low-down on her volunteer work, the church schedule, some new recipes, how all the grandchildren are doing and the weather. After about 45 minutes she says, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, the neighbors all nominated me, so I’m running for Mayor."
I started laughing, and I kept laughing and laughing and laughing ... I just couldn’t stop. The poor woman was getting upset because she didn’t know what I was laughing about, but there were so many things … and my tummy hurt and I really wanted to stop laughing after a while.
First: HOORAY ! ! ! I’m laughing because, GO MOM! Shit, YES! And, best of all because my brother told her it was a stupid thing for her to do. And double best of all, because his daughter (my Hot Chik in-training niece), and all the grandsons think it would be super cool if their Granny was the Mayor.
Second: The town is teeny-weeny. It’s just so cute that my little Mommy is going to be the Mayor of such a cute little Wisconsin town.
Third: The whole town is going to get FAT! I guarantee it! Check this out if you don’t believe me. The woman is diabolical. She’ll show up to all the Council Meetings with cake and cookies, enough for everyone to take home to their families. At every public event, she will take it upon herself to make sure that EVERYONE gets pie; not a piece of pie, A WHOLE PIE! They won't be able to resist. She's amazing; like a little Betty Crocker Oven in Target sneakers. It’ll be something to see.
I have half a mind to drive up there this weekend and take a bunch of "Before" pictures. Who’s with me? Come-on, it’ll be a fun road trip. I bet we can snag some good eats while we’re there!
MidNight Add-On: I was just thinking about what a kick-ass Mayor my Mom is going to be. The woman totally knows what's going on locally, nationally and internationally. She's well-read, socially connected and a good citizen. I'm thinking Hilary should take a serious look at Mom as a running mate in 2008!
posted by Theresa @ 2/23/2005 05:50:00 PM
7 Comments:
That is so cool.
You will get to tell people "Hey-my mom is the Mayor!"
She gets my vote just for raising such an awesome daughter-see what she did with one person? There can be a whole town of Hot Chiks!!
My Dad said he's looking forward to telling people that he's sleeping with the Mayor!
So when you visit your Mom's town, you'll be the First Daughter?
I freakin love your mom yo. Wanna come over and tell stories with me ala drunkass?
Yea for Her soon to be Honor!
I am sure she will just get the town to pleasingly plump.
Oh Maurice, you must mean plump, juicy and succulent like ME!
When I lived in my last town of about 1100 people, the long-term mayor was a woman in her 60's or 70's. She was a great lady, always happy to meet everyone and talk about her kids or grandkids. She came to our weekly quilting group at the library/town hall whenever she wasn't at a town meeting or ladies' auxiliary meeting. She had to deal with a lot of crap from small-minded people and she remained sensitive without letting it get to her. All this for an annual salary of $150.00. Anyway, it made me think that grandmother-age women are probably best qualified for public office, especially for small towns, because of the crap they've had to overcome and people they've had to keep happy in their lives.
You go, Theresa's mom!
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