Showing posts with label Easter2023. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter2023. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Easter 2023, Sloane's First Crawl and Chocolate Pie...

 Good morning friends!

Has it been a week already?  Where is the time going... Easter absolutely flew by.  I wasn't feeling too chipper so Larry and I went to our consecutive "corners", and just piddled away at the day.  Me watching television and him out in his workshop creating something on his humongous laser.  

We didn't get to see our granddaughter, Samantha...greatgran Sloane or her hubby, Everett. With me not feeling so good they had many other stops to make so we made "do" with these photos.  We love them dearly.

Our daughter Crystal and hubby live several hours away so they just got to rest over the weekend.  We celebrate, as a family, most holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving but Easter, Independence Day, Valentines and St Patricks Day, we enjoy phone calls and food, at home.

We could insist that the kids and grandchildren come but as a young mom myself, once...I remember the running around...money spent...time...(although I miss my mom and dad and wish I had a time machine) and miles we traveled to spend time with family we saw all the time anyway...If you can't let loved ones know how you feel about them...traveling 3 hours isn't going to change things.  


Sam, Sloane and Everett


Sloane with her cousins...


I saw this Summer dress in Targets the other day for Sloane...couldn't resist!  It's SO 1950's.



WATCH!!!  I know you want to!lol

Sloane is Crawling now!!!  How fun!  This was her first time...



I made a chocolate pie earlier in the week...didn't last long!



I was cleaning out my greenhouse when a bird flew up in my face!  I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out how it had gotten in there...Well, she'd made a nest and it had four eggs in it!  And yes, she came back to continue her keeping her babies warm.  Hope they hatch and I didn't hurt anything...I just backed out and let things alone.


I finally got Larry to finish out the trim on the bay window in the playroom.  You'd think a year was long enough of my asking?lolol


Pooped him out...lol...he usually takes a half hour "power nap" (he calls them that for effect...lolol...I call them his "pooped" naps!  He still works hard around the house, inside and out.


I'm on the Monk Fruit craze now...It really does taste and act like real sugar!  A, 1:1 ratio!  No after taste!  We are on a smoothie kick right now.  Frozen fruits (I partially thaw them before blending), Heavy cream, fruit juice...I'm even starting to loose a bit of weight...I like that part!
BUT!!!  DO NOT FEED TO YOUR PETS!
Erythritol can kill them!


I bought a Nutri-Ninja blender for $49 at Walmart and it works great.  Comes with two cups so Larry and I can make our smoothies the way we like them.


My Libby the Pug...Goes everywhere I do...This is the bed beside my computer.




Truth right here! Lolol




We once had an employee who would steal our lunches out of the employee break room...wish I'd thought of this...and before you think me mean spirited, I'd had the chat with him more than once!  We paid our employees well...but no one would speak up...so when he stole my lunch, I got a little bent out of shape.  Needless to say, he never stole my lunch again...lol


This is exactly how I feel sometimes...Yes, I've had a good life and wouldn't change anything...but sometimes, age has a way of reminding you of your seasons and how very precious time is.
Use it wisely.
Tell family you love them, Every Day!
So, until next time....

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Happy Easter and New Love


 

              Happy Easter to all my sweet Blogging                                       Friends!

              I pray this finds you all well and safe.

 Well, we finally were able to bring our new baby girl home!  What a hoot she is!  Yes, it's been a bit of an adjustment for us all, but I think things are beginning to settle in.  As with any new pup there's the potty-training phase to get through.  She's smart though and as soon as I tell her "It's time to go potty", she does her business and we're back in, spit spot!

She literally eats, potties and sleeps...like any baby does.  She's already stolen our hearts.

Introducing Miss Candy...She's so excited...lol



 




And of course...Our Miss Sloane!  Her mom and Dad took her to Texas Road House,,,her first time to visit.  Of course she's a Rib-Eye kinda' girl so she enjoyed herself.  



Our granddaughter Samantha with our Sloane.



I fried up a lo-carb lunch of chicken tenders rolled in crushed pork skins.  Crunchie and delicious.




Those Cinnamon rolls I made?  Well, of course we couldn't eat them all so I wrapped up most of them and put them in a big baggie and froze them.  Larry (hubby) thawed one out in the microwave and said it tasted "brand new".  First carb for him since his one and only attack several weeks ago.  I believe the bile salts are helping...but he's being careful about his carb intake.




I can't imagine doing all this work!!  But women did it and more without all our modern appliances of today.  Makes me tired just looking at the photo!




Now this looks and sounds Good!  I will be trying this recipe soon!




This is SO TRUE...and it's a price I will always be grateful to pay.



Amen...

Well, I hope you all enjoy and celebrate Easter in your own way.  We'll be babysitting little Sloane on Friday and Monday since her daycare is closed.  We love sitting with her and being amazed at how much she has grown since the last time we've seen her...lolol...even if it's only been a week so...until I post again,