If March Winds bring April showers and April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring??
PILGRIMS
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I don't know why I think of that every April and by every April I mean probably about 30 zillion billion times. Corny I know so don't ask me about DooDa going fishing either because that joke is outrageously corny funny!
Boo Mama has this book coming out. Cannot wait. JUST CAN NOT WAIT!!
Click on the link to read a chapter then roll over and read her blog. If you are a Southern girl you will especially love her humor. Her humor is clean and true while her faith is as strong as a little girl sees her papaw when he hoists her into the air. (That's mighty strong people...mighty, mighty strong)
The top photo is Sir Winston in the tub getting a bath, which he despises yet still gets every week.
(I seriously had no idea that bulldogs had such odoriferous emanations )
Bottom photo is approximately 30 1/2 seconds after getting out of tub and he's rolling in the grass.
(Yes, that is a baby gate around our garden...apparently my dog loves his my vegetables)
First roses of the year. We even had two nights of below freezing weather and these babies still came through for me. Aaahhhh, I smell spring now!
Nothing like coloring, incredibly relaxing not to mention it serves as a greeting card.
So the next series of photos were the result of the Hubster, Merebear and yours truly having way too much fun with hard boiled eggs, easter egg dye, googley eyes, a sharpie marker and waaaaaay too much time on a Saturday night.
Oh no.....what happened to Blue??
hmmm, Mr. Red is looking a tad suspicious back there.
OMG, he's been scrambled!!!
oh geez, now there is a one eyed monster running loose.
Help, help I've been hit.
Aaargh, walk the plank matey.
And now it's time for the whole gang to head to the refrigerator to chill out.
(Yes, we had a wee too much fun but we were cracking ourselves up and seriously is there any other family that starts making up stories with the Easter eggs? )
I gave up ice cream for Lent. Sweet mercy it was a loooong 40 days.
I had this for breakfast, lunch and snack on Sunday.
Yes, I ate the whole container. No, I was not ashamed.
My friend Cookie from high school gave up Ice Tea for Lent.
You're a brave man Cookie and a much better person than I could ever be.
Speaking of beautiful roses, this one bloomed out of nowhere on Sunday morning.
Beautiful rose for a beautiful day.
I made cupcakes with peeps on top. Nobody eats the peeps, they just look cute.
We also made homemade Wendy Frosty ice cream. I'm not ashamed that I ate some of it too.
(I think I know why my shorts were a little snug yesterday)
Also out of the blue my Christmas cactus decided to bloom on Easter Sunday.
I just cannot even tell you the emotions inside me when I saw this. Court told me "it knows".
How beautiful that even the cactus knows the glory of Easter that follows the birth of Christmas.
I extended the use of my shamrock plant and added some yellow flowers for the table centerpiece.
And the shamrock is just a smile in a dirt pot don't you think?
We had ham for Easter, in the south it's the rule you know. We had to go to the Sams on Saturday to get a ham because I like theirs better than the Costco's. I also noticed that about 95% of the buggies in Sam's had a ham inside them. See, I told you it's a law to have ham on Easter and you know there's always that 5% who think laws don't apply to them!
We also had some roasted asparagus and yes, we like ours very done!
Sir Winston got a new toy and a bone for Easter.
He decapitated his Santa toy.
The kids got their usual Easter baskets but only Mere was in town to get hers. Court and HubbyAustin got their box on Friday or Saturday but they held off until Easter morning to open it. Good Job!!! The Abogg got his when he got home from Kentucky yesterday. Some of the best words you can hear from your child "oh my gosh, you know me so well". Why yes son, I like to think that I do!
All the kids also got the standard kite but sadly the wind was not kite weather on Sunday, grrrr.
This face is not as innocent as it looks!
How was your Easter? Did you have the family all together?
Did you have the never ending game of Scene It at your house too?
What did you eat? Did you over indulge in your Lent sacrifice? Did you finish watching The Bible?
The crucifixion scene was almost unbearable to watch. Excellent job Mark Burnett & Roma Downey, you brought The Bible to people who may have never heard those stories and hopefully they will open their minds to our Savior. You didn't interpret the bible for us you just told the beautiful stories as they were written. Good job, good job indeed!
Peace, Love & Peeps
Michelle, I have been reading your blog since you started it and it always makes me smile! My parents have a bulldog Lulu, she is my little sister, and they do have an aroma that is all their own. My parents had a male bulldog several years back and I do think the males expell a little more odor then the females (sorry :( ). Don't let Sir Winston get over heated while sunbathing. If he starts to pant alot he needs to cool down. Bulldogs can drop dead suddenly from heat exposure, and it doesn't take much to get them over heated. Lulu eats Royal Canine dog food and that helps with flatuation and is good for her skin. Bulldogs are high maintainence but soooooo sweet and adorable! Love Sir Winstons interest in the laundry! Too funny! Love the Easter Egg drama too!Like I said your blog makes me smile!
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ahhh, you are too kind Marlie!! Yes, poor Sir Winston has but a few days left to frolic in the grass around here in Texas before he has to stay inside in the air conditioning and I laughed really hard at the kennel when they told me that when it starts getting warm to remind them that he needs to stay in the "special" section. haha Oh, he's special alright!!! :-) In just 5 short months he has sucked me right into his charming personality and he is truly my little buddy all day long. At least the neighbors think I'm talking to the dog now instead of myself, it seems somehow a tad bit less looney!!! We tried the Royal Canine Bulldog food but he didn't do too well so we went back to the Blue for now. Maybe when he's a bit older we can try the other again and yes, they are VERY high maintenance but they are sweet indeed. I'm glad you are getting a smile out of my crazy world because making people smile is the main reason I keep on blogging and as long as 1 person smiles when they read it then I'll keep doing it and of course subjecting everyone to Sir Winstons daily antics!!
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