My Devious Plan

Mom's 50th birthday is in December and I thought it would a wonderful idea to throw her a huge surprise party with all her friends and family. Dad thought it was just the greatest idea since sliced bread since he had forgotten Mom's birthday last year. Shame on Dad. And shame on my sister too, because she also forgot.

Anyway, I am not sure how it will all work out because half the family is not speaking to the other half. Either way, I planned to make a photo slide show with a medley of songs that was absolutely perfect. Even if the party idea gets thrown out the window, I still plan to make the video spanning from her very young years to present day.

Anyway, an opportunity presented itself to me like none other. Mom has slowly begun to remove her photos from her old albums since they were all in those old-style, sticky, acidic pages. I said, "I'll finish it for you Mom!!" and she gladly handed over all her photo books.

What Mom does not know is the real reason behind my keeping her photos hostage for so long. Bwa ha ha ha ha! (insert sinister music here) She really just has no idea!!

Anyway, I finished removing all the photos from their pages and stacked the old, acidic pages along with some binders that were too trashed to be anything but trash. I proceeded to take the lot of it all to the dumpster when Shawn caught me at the door.

"Does your mother know you're doing that?" he squealed. We never say "mother" unless it's considered very serious.

"Yes, yes," I reassured him. "She told me to throw out the pages and torn up books!" Ha Ha, Shawn about had a heart attack when he saw me taking that stuff to the trash.