The Boy Scout Motto

Always be prepared!

Well at least that's what I hear the Boy Scout motto is . . .

So on this Good Friday morning I've gotta ask myself Am I prepared?

Am I prepared for the family coming to spend the weekend with us? . . . not really

House cleaned? NO

Sheets changed? NO

Food bought? practically . . .

Menu's planned? . . . sort of . . .

Am I prepared for an 8 year old birthday's? . . . not really

Presents? Sort of . . . he doesn't know what he wants! We went and picked up a multitude of small gifts last night and of course they aren't wrapped or anything. Do you think he'll mind red and green paper with candy canes and holly berries on it?

Cake? I'm going to bake and design a cake while company is here. Am I insane?

Birthday Dinner? I'm sure he'll love the ham and macaroni & cheese. Now to convince him that he really, really likes spinach salad with pancetta, white beans, and balsamic vinaigrette . . .

Am I prepared for Easter?

Commercially?-I've got the eggs, I've got the decorations, I've negotiated basket size with the Bunny. Clothes are purchased.

Spiritually? I've had a whole Lenten season to prepare and I even included a traditional Lenten sacrifice this year. I haven't ate pork in WEEKS! I smoked a brisket a few weeks ago and I think I ate the whole thing myself. I told my husband-It tastes just like bacon! He said it didn't. OH NO! I'VE FORGOTTEN THE TASTE OF BACON!

Seriously though I have tried to become spiritually prepared yet I feel flat. Oh well, dealing with the flats is the true measure of faith I think! I'm considering it a challenge! But I am frankly excited about all the Good Friday activities available at church and will ignore some of my more secular preparations to take part in them. I WILL! I WILL! I WILL! It's what my mother-in-law would want me to do!

She also wanted me to have those totally hot shoes I found at DSW yesterday. They are Italian and they were on sale! She likes my husband to buy me nice things . . .

HAVE A WONDERFUL EASTER!!! 

Easter!!!

That's my Little Buddy participating in the BSLC Easter Egg hunt a few years ago. The kids run around crazy picking up plastic eggs and then they take them inside and trade them for a goody bag. It's a good time plus there's a fantastic breakfast included. You should come and join us!

It's Holy Week and we're getting prepared for Easter Festivities around here. I discovered just a few days ago that my in-laws are coming to spend the weekend with us. It's also Little Buddy's birthday on Easter so I'm basically ditching all my church duties to entertain family. Charity begins at home right?

So we're laying in supplies . . .

Hmm?

My husband brought that home!

It was on sale!

We have to have our larders overflowing because otherwise their poor little parental hearts want to buy us food. My next door neighbor's mother used to bring her cases of food every time they visited. I remember one Easter when she called and said. "Do you have any freezer room? They're bringing a side of beef . . ."

So today I have a to do list.

1. Make whole grain bread.

2. Make and freeze dinner rolls.

3. Make banana bread.

4. Clean the refrigerator.

5. Rearrange the pantry putting all unhealthy things way in back where they can't be seen.

6. Finalize Easter dinner menu. I've got to be able to convince the eight year old that it is his dream birthday dinner.

7. Plan on how to make a chocolate-mint birthday cake that integrates Oreo cookies look Easterish.

8. Make a shopping list.

9. Work out a way to get my toes painted and eyebrow's waxed.

10.  Figure out what I'm wearing.

11. Pray! I can't let the reason for the season get away from me after all!

What am I doing on here? I've got work to do!