Greetings! The weather is improving, and Easter is nearly here! Woo Hoo! We have decided to host the family at our house this year, and I've spent the last week working feverishly (... well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration...) getting ready. I've got Easter outfits bought (nearly), Easter baskets goodies purchased (we're making baskets for each family that is attending the celebration at our house), and we're heading out tonight to pick up the food we will need for dinner on Sunday. I bought Erin a cute Easter outfit earlier this week, and, to my great surprise -- she doesn't like it (sigh). Actually, that's not entirely true. She liked the capris, but didn't like the shirt. Sooo, in addition to dashing all over town tonight to get the groceries we need, I will also be taking Erin to the mall to exchange the shirt. My hope is that we can wrap everything up tonight and have the entire day tomorrow to simply get ready. I have never had much luck that way. We have stopped hosting these types of things because I end up so stressed out that it just isn't much fun for anyone in my family - - and honestly, what's the point of doing it if you make your entire family miserable in the process? I want everything to be nice -- and I want the house to be spotless, and the food to be perfect, and the dogs to be well-behaved. And the reality is -- that's just not very realistic. The house always looks fine, and the food is usually very good (thanks, in no small part, to Kevin's cooking skills!!) -- but I'm exhausted and totally stressed out by the time our guests arrive. But ... not this time!! Mark my words! I'm going to dedicate tomorrow to all things "cleaning" and I'm also going to try to do all the food prep that I can ahead of time. That way, when our guests arrive, I can relax and enjoy the visit! Wish me luck!
Our week has truthfully been pretty busy. We've had a whole slew of birthdays this week, and many more to come in the next couple of weeks. My mom's birthday was yesterday, but I couldn't even stop by and wish her a happy birthday because I had to pick the kids up from school on my lunch hour, and we had commitments yesterday evening! I was considering celebrating mom's birthday when the family gets together on Sunday ... until I realized that my mother-in-law will be there, and we didn't do anything to acknowledge her birthday. I feel pretty bad about that, but I wasn't in a very good place with her back in January, so it just slipped by without us commemorating the day. (I can type that here because nobody in the family even knows this blog exists! How cool is that?!) Anyway, it would be somewhat crass to do some big birthday "thing" for mom on Sunday. I'm sure it would feel like we were rubbing my mother-in-law's face in it, and that is not something I care to do. Sooo, in addition to grocery shopping, shirt exchanging, dinner, etc., I will need to find a few minutes to stop by mom and dad's between now and Sunday so I can give her a gift and card. Life is just soooo complicated anymore.
Our neighbor's building project is continuing. I keep awaiting a structure to emerge from the concrete hole in the ground over there, but so far ... nothing. Big trucks keep showing up, but from the view in our kitchen -- no progress is evident. Kevin said they poured the garage floor yesterday. Whoop-de-doo. I want to see some WALLS over there, baby! We have a wonderful vantage point to view the whole project from our breakfast area. It's actually quite exciting watching it all come together. The house should be really nice. So far, we've snooped around a little bit in the evenings (when the weather has been decent), and it looks like they are going to have TWO walk-outs from their basement! TWO! Yikes! I hope their house doesn't make us look like trailer-trash! (Ha!) Just kidding. That was a tasteless comment, I know. Sorry. Anyway, I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying just being a spectator on this project. It has brought back a bunch of memories from when we built our house.
The weekend is shaping up to be a pretty nice one from a weather perspective, and I am thrilled about that! Sunday should be wonderful. We're going to put the cushions out on our porch furniture, set up the new umbrella, and enjoy it with our guests! Take care - - and Happy Easter!!
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