Easter 2013

Just a simple plan for Easter, really...

A little differently played out this year...  The boys and I will sleep in on Good Friday, see a movie, have a fun lunch.  The Girl will be home, but I work all weekend.  Kind of sad about that, but she will be able to spend time with Dad and brothers.  I put together E. Bunny sussies; can't break with tradition there!  I will miss going to church with all of them on Sunday, but it can't be helped, and I will keep Easter in my heart the whole day. It will go fast, as weekends always do....it seems like the year is slipping by quickly, on the whole.  And Monday will be here before we know it.

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For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace are all new born.  ~Alice Freeman Palmer

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Happy Easter, everyone!

Zilker in the Spring 2013

My family is here, and I have had such a fulfilling life here. Bloom where you are planted!

Gina

Zilker in the Spring 2013

My family is here, and I have had such a fulfilling life here. Bloom where you are planted!

Gina

Mealplan Monday #53 and Juan in a Million

One of the things the boys and I love to do is discover new fun places to eat.  Recently, we visited Juan in a Million downtown.  

 No really, they are thrilled to be there - just hungry.

 Then, IT arrived.  The Don Juan.  World's largest breakfast taco.  

The thing must weigh a pound.

I challenged both of them to finish it!

Monday - (freezer) Chimichangas, salad, crock pot pintos
Tuesday - Creamy Spagetti, peas and carrots
Wednesday - Pulled pork stuffed baked potatoes, salad (the last of the pulled pork, for now!)
Thursday - Orange Chicken with rice and green beans in the Dutch oven
Friday - Mom off! Pesto Chicken Pasta, corn and Stadium clean-up with the Boy Scouts. Joy.
Saturday - Easter Dinner:  Spiral Ham, green bean casserole, oven carrots, rolls.
Sunday - Sammies and deviled eggs
Dessert this week will be a strictly pineapple version of this cake

 

And they did.  It's so gratifying to see them eat.  Makes my heart glad.

Gina

Mealplan Monday #53 and Juan in a Million

One of the things the boys and I love to do is discover new fun places to eat.  Recently, we visited Juan in a Million downtown.  To get decent Mexican food in this town you have to travel downtown, as north Austin is a barren suburban wasteland filled with chain restaurants.

 No really, they are thrilled to be there - just hungry.

 Then, IT arrived.  The Don Juan.  World's largest breakfast taco.  

The thing must weigh a pound.

I challenged both of them to finish it!

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Monday - (freezer) Chimichangas, salad, crock pot pintos
Tuesday - Creamy Spagetti, peas and carrots
Wednesday - Pulled pork stuffed baked potatoes, salad (the last of the pulled pork, for now!)
Thursday - Orange Chicken with rice and green beans in the Dutch oven
Friday - Mom off! Pesto Chicken Pasta, corn and Stadium clean-up with the Boy Scouts. Joy.
Saturday - Easter Dinner:  Spiral Ham, green bean casserole, oven carrots, rolls.
Sunday - Sammies and deviled eggs
Dessert this week will be a strictly pineapple version of this cake

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And they did.  It's so gratifying to see them eat.  Makes my heart glad.

March 2013 Thrifting

I really needed some new summer stuff, and lately, the boys aren't as into thrifting.  So I had to wait until Spring Break was over and hit up my favorite Salvation Army.  

I found a pair of shorts, a pair of capri's, a tee, some like-new Keds slides for me, a pair of shorts for hubby,

and these darling birds!  I'm sure you have seen these - they aren't rare.  But I remember my mom having a set when I was a child.  They lived on a doily atop the TV cabinet.  I always thought of them as "love birds" for no particular reason.  The lady sold them to me for $1.50 for the pair.

 One of them had been broken and repaired with glue that discolored over time.  Exactly like something that would have happened in my childhood home.  

It was nothing spray paint wouldn't disguise, and after two coats of Rustoleum in Heritage White satin, they went to live on the floating shelves in our master bedroom.

 

Just like a family - repairable, redeemable, lasting, lovely.

Gina

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March Thrifting

I really needed some new summer stuff, and lately, the boys aren't as into thrifting...so I had to wait until Spring Break was over and hit up my favorite Salvation Army.  

I hit paydirt!

I found a pair of shorts, a pair of capri's, a tee, and some like-new Keds slides for me, a pair of shorts for hubby,

 ...and these darling birds!  I'm sure you have seen these - they aren't rare.  But I remember my mom having a set when I was a child.  They lived on a doily atop the TV cabinet.  I always thought of them as "love birds" for no particular reason.

The lady sold them to me for $1.50 for the pair.

 One of them had been broken and repaired with glue that discolored over time.  Exactly like something that would have been in my childhood home.  We were forever breaking something - there was just too many kids, not enough supervision!  My mother was always wailing 'I can't have anything nice with you kids".

More on that later...for now, it was nothing spray paint wouldn't disguise, and after two coats of Rustoleum in Heritage White satin, they went to live on the floating shelves in our master bedroom.

They add a very Spring-like touch to the shelves.  I love them!

 

 You can't even tell which one was repaired, unless you take them down to examine them.

Just like a family - repairable, redeemable, lasting, lovely.

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