Easter 2014 was....

Absolutely perfect.

We were bad southerners and did not attend church.  Instead we had breakfast together and then played together in the yard.  For the dyed in the wool you're-going-to-hell-for-not-going-to-church-on-Easter people....get over self proclaimed high and mighty selves.

This year I became a bit reminiscent of old Easters.  I have fabulous memories of going to eat at my Mammaw's after Sunday service on Easter.  We'd stuff ourselves full of good food and then hide some eggs.  I would give anything to bring those traditions back.  However, I cannot do that.  My Mammaw is long gone.  Family has changed.  Life circumstances are much more different than they were twenty-five years ago.  So instead of opting to go to Outback with part of my family I decided to channel my Mammaw and do what I love.....cook.

We had a good (little) spread.  Pork roast, mashed potatoes, green beans, deviled eggs, bread, and cheesecake.

It was yummy!  The fact my six year old helped make some of it was icing on the proverbial cake.

Eggs were hidden several times in the back yard.  Summer lillies were planted along the fence. The kids enjoyed a lot of play time in the spring time sunshine.  My husband worked on a new water line for a new outside spigot (trust me he enjoys this kind of stuff).  It was honestly a perfect Easter.

Spending time with my family and enjoying the sunshine and green grass (yes, its coming up) is often times more powerful than a wooden pew and making a grocery list on a bulletin.

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Easter baskets of my childhood were bubbles, chalk, candy, and a cheap stuffed animal.  I usually got a Bible along with some cream eggs.

In 2014 this isn't common anymore...

Today's Easter baskets are out of freakin' control.  Once again people are letting the marketing and ad departments and materialistic nature take over another piece of their lives.

I saw kids get stuff for Easter that, to me, just isn't warranted.  Save that crap for birthdays or Christmas.  Teach your kid not every holiday is about gimme gimme but maybe more about enjoying the gift of family.

Love is never wrapped with a bow and stickered with a price tag.

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I heard about Easter dinners that were less than appetizing because of the upcoming election in this county.

I am so over every bit of political anything.

I have written posts about how I am for the new high school.  If we don't build it now then we'll just be voting on it again at a higher price.

One thing I am against is giving idiots money.  It is obvious no one in a political office in this county is capable of appropriately handling and budgeting money.  Honestly, it sickens me.  Perhaps these were kids given huge gifts at Easter, 4th of July, and Columbus Day and now they have no clue at how to balance a check book let alone the value of a dollar.



To all the folks whose Easter dinner went sour due to all the election clucking....I truly am sorry.  Your day shouldn't have been tarnished by such stomach turning talk.

This election is pulling families apart.  I'll be so glad when it is long gone and folks can find normal lives again...or semi normal lives.

For future reference:  If you have an upcoming family events talk about the damn weather, your garden, or your neighbor's dog that keeps shizzing in your yard.  Leave the politics and debate in the glove box.  Its too hot for gloves anyway.