GOT EGGS??

HAPPY EASTER 

It's that time of year when we all look at each other and ask GOT EGGS?  Probably not if you shop Save Mart or Safeway, but Costco has them by the dozen for a respectable price.  I had to hit up Walmart.  Though twice the price of Costco, they are half the price of local grocery stores.  

Did I color any this year?  Sadly, the answer is no.  I do remember as a kid, we did the hot water/tablet trick after writing on the hard boiled eggs with crayons.  We got to dye one dozens eggs, which were eventually diced into the colorful potato salad, since the dye always ALWAYS seeped through the shells.  

The eggs were hidden by the Easter Bunny (while we were at church) in our 2 acre back yard.  There are probably some rotten ones still hanging out at the ranch.  One time we were lucky enough to get a chocolate Easter Bunny and thought we were in Heaven.  He was smashed and make into cookies!!  So much for eating the ears first.

Here's the scoop on the prescription I got from the Nurse.  She prescribed Benzonatate.  I have to agree with blog reader Judith ... it works.  I didn't cough at all most of the day, but by 5:00 it began once again.  That's just so weird.  So I took ONE pill.  Within an hour the coughing stopped.  In two hours I was dried up like a raisin in the summer heat.  I mean that's good because I wasn't coughing all night long, but I was awake from the dryness in my head.  Oh well ... it was worth it not to have that racking cough!!

This is my BEFORE picture of the "incident".  Truly, it probably isn't a bad thing because most of this green isn't grass at all, but weeds.  I'm pretty sure only about 15 feet got wet, so in the end, it won't be a big deal.  

I am very sure however, to keep Mr. Cooper WAY away from the grass AND the concrete.  It's the side yard in front, where he is never allowed to go without a leash.  He's a runner don't you know ... he'd be around the corner faster than a speeding bullet.

Here we are out on our evening walk.  I have to walk really fast because he runs the entire way.  I guess it's to come in contact with as many smells as he possibly can before I head back home.  Sometimes it's hard to keep up with him.  

Another weird thing this year ... we rarely EVER have clouds that look like this.  It's been really nice to look outside every day and see the beauty before the black clouds and rain show up.  

Besides that, we get to check out all the pretty pink flowers that are in bloom for Easter.  Cooper is well acquainted with every .. single .. bush.

More sewing ensued in the afternoon.  I'm now half done with the center section and ......

I'm starting the second half.  There are 192 squares that have to be marked diagonally before sewing them to another square.  Those are cut in half before you can even BEGIN to put things together.  No one ever said making quilts was simple.  Turns out it is much more time consuming than I ever thought.

SQUIRREL .... tired of that project, I actually put the vacuum away and moved on to finishing up the binding on this one.  TA-DA!!  Another one bites the dust.  My plan was to try sewing the binding by machine, but alas, I already cut and stitched these ... not wide enough for machine finishing.  

Which brings me to THIS one ... a queen sized behemoth that will be ... you guessed it ... hand sewn also.

And so ended my very long day after no sleep.  I'd love to catch up with a nice nap this afternoon, but then I won't sleep once again.  On the schedule .... cooking, eating and sewing on this Easter Sunday.  Hopefully sleeping will follow because I have a 9:00 alcohol inventory to do at the Elks Lodge EARLY tomorrow morning!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!  I hope your day is wonderful and filled with Blessings.