Wow, this is interesting about the colors. I'm using black, I expect three people to post about how stylish it is.
I am now typing with a brace. It is hard.
I painted my bedroom a grey/green. I know...you think I've gone psychedelic. Peaches, find something you love - a wallpaper or a fabric. Then pick your colors from that.
What is new around here, other than this color thing?
Is anyone else envious of WAbby's social life? I still don't have a clear picture of what Bunco is, but doesn't it sound like fun?
Sugar, how's the rash and throat? You poor thing, hope you're ok for Easter.
Bagzie, do you do Easter displays?
I think I'll go snoop at Kiwi's diary.

Rash is much better. Sore throat is gone. Thanks for asking. I'm sure it was all just a stress reaction (or punishment from the gods for sending e cards to the children of married men, eh, Wabby?) More stress tonight when we go to the ILs for dinner. FIL has informed dh that he is expecting a bottle of expensive schnapps for Easter. Since we are no longer supporting his addiction, he will have to do with a chocolate bunny. Pththpffffff!


Hmm, colours for Peachy's house. I haven't a clue. Our house has no detectable colour scheme. I'd go neutral. Then you can paint over it if it's too boring. What happened to the purple house?

Spent much too much money on three rhododendrons today. They better grow.

fabric? I really like my khaki pants and red tee shirt. So glad Sugar is better. I'm better too. Since I gave up FOR REAL sugar and such things three weeks ago, I have not been tired all day long as in the past. Isn't that good? Update: the neckerchief guy explained that what he said was a poor attempt at trying not to say something else (about somebody else) so I'm ok with it and Herbie sent me what I had asked for in email instead of what the hyenah sent. I've thought about that and it bugs me because 1. he told me he went to Reno last year without me because it was her idea 2. to appease me she sent me some STUPID keychain from some place she visited with a message that I should ask Herbie to take me there (I gave him an old eraser to take to her from me but he wouldn't) 3. he told me he didn't want ME 4 but is rubbing it in MYFACE that his buddyship with her is still blooming by giving the lemme-be-one-of-the-guys-but-remember-I'm-cute-jerkette my email address. There.

A khaki house with red trim


How easy is that? Lush knows everything.

Herbie is mind-boggling.

RED
KHAKI
RED
That khaki looks a little jaundiced doesn't it?

Yeah, I agree, how about this for khaki? Looks nice with crimson.

I have 2 gorgeous cheesecakes sitting on the counter in the kitchen plus 4 little mini cheesecupcakes. Now I have to make strawberry sauce. I'm going to be the most popular person at Easter dinner tomorrow.

Kiwi

This colour thing is sooooooo funnnnnnn!

Eggs have been found, waffles have been eaten and now dh expects l'il ol' me to go outside and dig holes for those rhododendrons. As if giving birth to two children wasn't enough work for one life.

Hope all you darling cows have a Happy Easter!

Easter happens to be a day I don't care to go to church because it's so crowded. I don't like crowds.
A few years ago ds and I went to church on Easter. Because of the crowds, they held services in the sanctuary and in the social hall We went to the social hall. Tables and chairs. We stood for prayer like they do and while we were standing, the usher took our chairs and gave them to other people who were dragging in.
I told this story then and said they were a mixed-race couple and got accused of being a racist for noticing such a thing. Grrr

Taffy-coloured hair is never gross.

So much for resting. Finished digging the three holes. Then planted a bunch of other crap and watered it. Should actually be doing laundry and making dinner but what the hey.

I remember that story, Peachy. Very sensible of you not to go today. Is that the church with the good snacks?

Dahling, you could never be a bad mom. Did you not refrain from taking him back to the scary church? Knowingly passing up the good snacks? You know if you had suggested that he go on an Easter egg hunt on your own, he would have rolled his eyes at you just like my little darling. I didn't see her turning her nose up at that fine chocolate bunny she got, though. And it is a beauty -- went to the nice candy store when I was in the citee and bought good stuff.

Sounds like a lovely meal. What is asparagust? The kind that's so thin it could blow away in a gust of wind? Our dinner was very good -- roast lamb and my fab cheesecakes with strawberry sauce. Woowee, not bad.

You know, I personally think that when people have guests that don't smoke, they should ask them if it would bother them if they smoked indoors. And if you say yes, they should very graciously move outdoors for their lung pollution. However, this rarely happens. Smokers generally feel pretty much like a put-upon minority that needs to band together and "suffer" with vocal non-smokers and then pretend that they are in no way inconveniencing those non-smokers who are too polite to object. I speak from personal experience (granted, in the hazy distant past) -- I remember being very resentful if someone asked me not to smoke, although I would always put out the cigarette. I suppose if you really didn't want to leave so soon, you could have invited DS for a "little walk" -- maybe they would have gotten the hint by the time you got back.

Just think, Sugar, you are going to have lovely bushes in your yard. I'm going to order a book called Lasagna Gardening. Not because I plan to grow a lasagna. It's some system of layering mulch and compost and so on to develop a garden where you have nothing much for soil. I will probably still be reading it in July when everyone else is picking beans or whatever.

Here is the cute card:

Peaches, you're a good mom. It has nothing to do w/ making Easter thingies, even though making Easter thingies is a nice thing to do. I decided that my children, at 23 and 20 were too old for Easter baskets, but late Saturday evening DH asked me if I had the basket situation under control. I said "I think they're too old for that". DH said "DS said he would be over early to see what the Easter bunny brought him." So apparently they never get too old for the Easter bunny. I went to the store and bought a bunch of candy for baskets, and flowers for DD since she's going to WW and would not appreciate the temptation. Of course DH needed a basket too. He's my biggest kid. When DS came over on Easter he brought me flowers too - sweet, huh?

The big family dinner went well, I made spiral sliced ham, roasted asparagus w/ a yummy parmesan/sourcream/horseradish sauce, asian cole slaw, banana cream pie, & lemon merengue pie. Contributed dishes included potato salad, deviled eggs, jello salad, potato rolls, 3 bean salad, etc, etc. We are ppl who know how to eat.

Sugar P, there is a rhodo grower here who sells huge bushes for $5 on one weekend a year. They clear out there fields once a year. I've gotten some beautiful plants, and even though they're supposed to grow like weeds here, I don't always do well w/ them. They need lots of water and sometimes in August I get tired and don't take care of them. Did you find muscles you forgot even existed after all that work?

Now that DH doesn't smoke, we ask ppl to go outside if they just have to. I love it. My house smells good now. We have covered porches, so at least they don't have to stand out in the rain. Peach, I think your friends, even though they cook good food - which counts for lots of hospitality points in my book - should take their guests lungs into consideration. Especially when you have your son w/ you. Too bad the world doesn't see things our way.

Peaches, if you mentioned that the Queen and King were an interacial couple, ppl would get upset. It's just the way of the world that some ppl are very sensitive to the racial thing. And you never know what constitutes black or white now anyway. My niece is half black, half white. You'd never know that she's 50% white by looking at her, because she definitely looks like her father. At 6 years old she's already had to deal w/ ppl's cruelty about her race several times. The kids who won't play w/ her because she's black, etc. So that's what gets ppl's shorts in all in a bundle when they think someone is making a racial comment. It's better just not to mention the race. As in "these jerky, inconsiderate people came and took our seats" (notice the lack of mention of race). You see, I know that you didn't mean to make a racial comment, because I know you're a sweet, loveable person, but lots of ppl will take it the wrong way. OK. Now you can let me have it.

Hi everybody else - Hope you had a good holiday.