Maybe it’s Mother’s Day at 7:30am and your kids wake you up with a plate of cold toast, runny eggs, and a short glass of lukewarm OJ. Sure, it may not be the best-tasting meal in the world, and yeah, you might fill your sheets with crumbs, but don’t tell me getting served breakfast isn’t the greatest.
I mean, there you were just sleeping there. And someone else said “Let’s go downstairs and cook up our best possible meal, toss it on a tray, and bring it upstairs and serve it to you.” Yes, serve it to you! Cook it up and set it up and serve it to you. I have to say you’re pretty lucky if this happens to you.
Plus, breakfast in bed can also help accomplish the exotic get up and eat up and get back down move, a brilliant Saturday or Sunday feat that involves filling your belly with breakfast and then immediately crashing back into a post fiesta siesta. Yes, it’s a great feeling to go back to bed with that full stomach. And who knows? Maybe there’s a lunch in bed just waiting for you on the other side of those sleepy dreams. But really, it’s a good question — has anyone ever actually scored lunch in bed? If so, I’m pretty sure they win the World’s Greatest Day Ever contest.
Now, the Trump Card for turning a good breakfast in bed into a great one is when it includes one or more of the following:
- One of those tiny, miniature glass bottles of ketchup or jam
- A homemade greeting card wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day or Happy Birthday
- A breakfast dessert of any kind
- Butter painstakingly carved into a perfect sphere
- Cute, restaurant-style folded up napkins
Because let’s be honest, people. We sure do love eating. We sure do love sleeping. And breakfast in bed is the closest we get to combining both at the same time. And around here, you know what we think of that.
Say it with me now.
AWESOME!
22 Comments
October 23, 2008 at 12:38 am
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October 23, 2008 at 2:06 am
The only thing better than breakfast in bed is breakfast in bed when your home sick from school. Generally served while watching the Price is Right.
October 23, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hmmmm im gonna be one of those people and say ~ I don’t like breakfast in bed!! Cos of the crumbs in the sheets! Strangely I don’t mind eating munchies in bed late at night that can be guilty pleasure! But breakfast when I’m just waking up.. I can’t enjoy eating then! I end up being the server actually! Which is fine by me! LOL
October 23, 2008 at 8:35 am
Also why Mother’s Day? Isn’t Neil a man’s name?
October 23, 2008 at 8:46 am
Thank you! I have now decided to make breakfast in bed this saturday for someone special!
October 23, 2008 at 9:11 am
Mmm… breakfast dessert! This reminds me of a vacation we took where the meals were included. After your breakfast entree, the waiter would bring a TRAY of breakfast desserts to the table for us to root through. They were fancy little french pastries. That was seriously awesome! Plus, my in-laws paid for the vacation, so that made it FREE breakfast dessert. Double awesome!
October 23, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Has anyone ever scored the perfect-stack-of-pancakes-that-looks-like-the-picture-on-the-pancake-box-breakfast-in-bed? Because that would have to rank up there pretty high, with an entire team going to work for you downstairs.
October 23, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Okay. So today I had to urinate EXTREMELY bad and I didn’t think I was going to make it to the bathroom…then when I finally (barely) made it and just let loose at the urinal…it was awesome. I’m just sayin’ it was. I pee’d for like 5 minutes.
Happy to share. No thanks necessary.
October 23, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I love it when my breakfast in bed comes with a side Norwegian flag.
August 27, 2010 at 8:08 am
Me too! It’s really not the same without it. <3
October 28, 2008 at 2:06 am
Okay, tip from the recently married guy. If you don’t know what time your wife has to wake up for work, don’t chance it. As happy as she’ll be to get food, she’ll be much angrier if you wake her up more than 15 minutes early. The bruises are still healing. The coffee stains on the carpet never will.
October 28, 2008 at 9:16 am
That’s right, former Dave. Everyone knows the last half hour of sleep is the most important. No matter how fluffy that omelette, it will never make up for that precious, lost shut-eye.
December 19, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Ah Dave, your mistake was doing it on a work day – go for the non-work day when she can fall asleep again straight after you take the tray away to wash the dishes. :-)
March 24, 2009 at 1:57 am
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August 4, 2009 at 2:52 pm
My 6 year old daughter loves doing this for me. Once in a while she surprises me with a cheese sandwich and a glass of water or milk :D . Yep, it´s awesome!!
November 15, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Hey, a Norwegian flag! Wohoo!
December 13, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Yes, I agree with the post…keep the comments coming…
February 4, 2010 at 9:56 am
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March 15, 2010 at 6:12 am
I just find it hard manipulating the knife and fork at a 30-45 degree eating angle :)
April 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Me, I don’t really enjoy it unless I’ve just been snoozing and lazing for the past hour. I am never hungry immediately after waking up.
I do, however, quite enjoy serving breakfast in bed. :D
(Whoo commenting on things two years two late! But I just discovered this, and it’s my little ray of sunshine. After reading various other blogs that make me confused and angry at how ridiculous people can be, I always come here and read a few Things to restore my faith in the world. Thanks!)
May 9, 2010 at 8:31 am
haha, pretty awesome aiiii. my brother, myself and my mums partner served mum (and ourselves, of course!) croissants and coffee in bed for mothers day :))) she said it was one of the best mothers days shed had
August 5, 2010 at 1:24 am
probably more than getting breakfast served in bed i like serving it and receiving it with a smile :)