Happy Monday to you!
I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend for those that celebrated. Matt & I went to Easter mass. Then we had my Mom & step Dad, my brother Steven & his wife Jill, Aaron and his sweetie Jill, Annie, Matt & I gathered around our table for a lovely meal together in the afternoon. Lots of visiting and enjoying ham dinner with all the sides and yummy desserts. I was so in the moment that I forgot to get pics of everyone though! I'm determined to get better about remembering that for future family gatherings. Then my brother & SIL had to leave for my SIL's family gathering. And Aaron and Jill went for Jill's family get together. So my Mom, step Dad, Matt, Annie & I played cards for a while. It was such a fun day and the weather was sunny and lovely and we had the windows open. It felt very Spring-like. I love my family so much and treasures time with them any chance I get! 💗🌷
Also, Saturday night our friends, the C's, had asked us to go out with them. So we went out for dinner to a new restaurant in our town (had really yummy food and Mrs. C and I may have enjoyed a lovely adult beverage 😉) and then they came back to our house to play some cribbage and smear. The men were the victors, sadly. Lol They won the cribbage game (but it was close!) and we won the first game of smear, but they won the next 2 - boo!) Those boys love to give us crap too. Don't worry, we'll get them next time! 😁
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
cereal, coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
might be helping my Mom & step Dad with a medical appt, take Annie to get her prom dress hemmed, senior party committee meeting at
Annie's school, errands, hospice work
THINKING ABOUT:
how lovely it's been the past few days and that it's nice to see all the snow melting... wondering when we'll be back to green grass and a full open bay? ☀️
AS I LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE
Listening to pretty music with birdsong sounds too, and I was just tickling Bubb's under his chin as he was lying here next to me. I see my kindle and a little stack of magazines across the room...maybe I'll get some reading time in this afternoon between house chores. 😊 My son often comes home for lunch, too, and I love getting that time with him.
CURRENTLY READING
Almost done with the Ready or Not book - really fun one. Not sure which book I'm going to read next?
ON THE TV TODAY:
Jeopardy, Call the Midwife, LPBW, The Good Wife, Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, The Rookie, Password, Ghosts, Shark Tank, The Good Doctor, Blown Away glass competition show, When Calls the Heart starts this weekend
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - Easter leftovers
TUESDAY - hot honey chicken w/ BBQ roasted potatoes & roasted broccoli (HF meal)
WEDNESDAY - beef tenderloin & gouda sandwiches w/ au jus, mixed greens salad with apples w/ lemon vinaigrette (HF meal)
THURSDAY - crispy cheddar chicken w/ roasted broccoli & loaded mashed potatoes (HF meal)
FRIDAY - maybe out for dinner?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
read, go walking, craft or cross-stitch
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
FROM THE CAMERA:
I had gotten this for Matt's birthday late last year because he talked about he had always dreamed on an A-frame on his 10 Mile Lake property (besides the cottage already there). But now we talk about building something with more room one day, however, I thought it would be cute to get him "his A-frame" and I found this. I don't have the patience to want to put them together so I had recruited Annie. She just finished it last week and I had to share how cute it turned out. We have lights for inside it too. :) I thought Matt could put it down in his office and admire it whenever he likes. 🏡
I topped the deviled eggs with bacon this year (like bacon & eggs 😉) That was a hit!
Gf low sugar berry pie I made for my bro's diet restrictions (he shared with all though) and he said it was amazing - he took the little bit that was left home with him. It's such a tasty pie for being as healthy as it is. You can find the recipe when I posted it before here.
I know have shared the front of our church often, but I think these stained glass windows in the back up above the loft are so pretty too.
My handsome fella all spiffed up for church 💕
For dessert I also made a big fruit pizza "egg" cookie.
I gave Aaron, Jill, and Annie their Easter baskets. But I also had these cute little bunnies that one went to my Mom and one to my SIL, along with leftover sugared pecans from the Easter salad I had made.
I always love making this strawberry spinach salad (w/ the homemade sugared pecans) in my big hummingbird bowl. It's so bright and pretty for Spring! I serve it with poppyseed dressing and raspberry walnut vinaigrette so folks can take their pick.
Matt lives for anything peanut butter, and he loves to experiment. So he made this peanut butter "crack" dessert with ritz crackers, peanut butter, chocolate, a toffee sauce made from brown sugar & butter and some butterscotch chip and peanut butter chip drizzle on top. It was SO good but you could only eat a little piece. Lol