Easter In Florida

Or instead of waiting on the Easter Bunny, why we were awaiting the arrival of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:




Those of you farther north of us may recognise these icy particles on top of the car. When we saw this we had an urge to jump in the car and stock up on bread, milk, and toilet paper. Instead of chocolate Easter Bunnies there was an urge to make hot chocolate, snow ice cream. Very disturbing as we are three miles from the Gulf of Mexico, this isn't supposed to happen. We collected ourselves, determined that the bridges were not going to freeze and we were just being freaks, then we look out the back door and see this collecting on the chair cushion:

It's April, it's 40 degrees, it's the Florida Panhandle, Florida's Emerald Coast, there is nothing right about this picture at all. The global warming theory, consider me a believer. The people at Winn Dixie referred to it as hail-yes we went to the grocery, OK?

No I Was NOT Drunk

While stitching Abbey Lane's California Wine Sampler. Here's a finished picture:

Hmmm, something isn't right. There's something missing. What could it be? X, Y and Z.

Doh! Forgot that pesky Y? How'd that happen?

Y is in, it's all good, or is it? NO, the X is a thread off at the top right. Doh! Again. Maybe I shouldn't focus so much on Pacey and pay more attention to what I'm doing!

X is frogged, can I now get this done for cryin' outloud?

YES! We have an X, we have a Y. Everything lines up, or does it? I will never tell. Just as I now believe in Global Warming, I also believe in the Amish mistake. There is one in this piece. If you look real close you might be able to find it. Me, I'm going for a glass of wine and some quality Pacey time.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my dye job. Comments are always appreciated around here.

News Alert

The spousal unit is not the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby. The oldest son says he might be a possibility but we have our doubts. Can that story get any sadder or weirder?

Here's an updated picture of By the Bay's 13th Colony Bay. What goes with 13th Colony Bay like wine and cheese? Could it be The Complete First Season of Beverly Hills 90210? Why yes it can. Sometimes surprises are the best and 90210 on Valentine's Day is about as good as it gets.

What goes with a Mason Dixon Ballband Dishcloth like a Mardi Gras Parade and Moonpies? Why Season 1 of Dawson's Creek is the perfect Ballband companion. More proof that I do indeed have the mentality of a 15 yr old girl. The oldest son has asked, "What's next, Seventh Heaven?" NO. Not Seventh Heaven, maybe The Simpsons or Married With Children. Is that adult enough for him?

Sometimes when there's a lot of things running around one's brain, some escapism is the best way to let it go, chill out, and relax.

Dinner's in the crockpot, pot roast. I found a recipe on Allrecipes.com. I was concerned, I mean it's one thing to load up a chicken pot pie with all the "cream ofs" soups but a roast? Didn't sound too appealing but I read all the recipe reviews so I cut up some potatoes and threw them in the pot along with some baby carrots, then put my roast in and topped it with fresh sliced mushrooms then mixed up a can of cream of mushroom soup, golden mushroom soup, beef broth and a packet of Lipton Onion soup mix and dumped that over everything in the crockpot and hoped for the best. It smells pretty scrumptious. Since it's winter I'm not worrying too much about the "cream of" overload, when the weather gets down in the 20s like it's supposed to tonight some comfort food is a good thing and technically I'm the only one around here that needs to lose any weight, everyone else can easily handle the extra calories offered up by the "cream ofs". Brett Butler used to say that "cream of mushroom soup is the glue that holds the Southern diet together" boy is that true around my house these days.