We are a multi-cultural family so we celebrate both.

Last night we had my husbands Killer Matzo ball chicken soup and watched the Ten Commandments. My husband has to watched this every year because that is what he did growing up so he watched it with his boys. We discussed Moses and all. Dessert was Egg Matzos with butter and honey and macaroons too MMMM. I like Passover but we don’t do the whole nine yards with a traditional meal and all. I tried some years but wasn’t very good at It and husband wasn’t into it as much since we are not religious Jews. His relatives do and it looks fun. Jewish holidays are just so fun.

This morning we had an Easter egg hunt for the boys. I know they are a bit old for Easter bunnies and baskets but I made it hard. I hid clues in the eggs, instead of candy, on how to find the next egg hidden in the house. HA! It was fun watching them trying to figure out the riddles. I had to help out a few times. The final clue was to find where I hid their chocolate Easter bunny. I loved it that Leif was running through the house with a big smile on his face. I will do it again next year for sure.

 

The chocolate bunnies didn’t stand a chance.

 

Yesterday was a sad day. It was the 13th anniversary of my mothers death and the first for my Aunt Peggy. Also I learned the sad news that my brothers ex-wife Lois also died early that morning. I have talked about her before in the past. She was a good friend even if my brother Tim wasn’t with her anymore. We talked and we still considered us sisters. She was a lovely Navajo woman and taught me so much about that culture and cooking. I really am so very sad she is gone but she had a serious disease and her passing was a relief too since she was suffering so much. We talked often on the phone and Facebook. I am going to keep up my relationship with her youngest son Jordan who isn’t blood but I loved him like I was his auntie too. They came to visit us once and I got really connected to them. I invited him to come visit us sometime and I promised them a visit to New York once and told him the deal is still on. He was really happy to hear that. Please Pray for them .

Here she is  in the middle with her grandchildren.

  

 Lois left 3 adult daughters, an adult son, and a teen son Jordan many Grandchildren but none were biologically my brothers. Lois was much older then me when Tim  and her got together. It kind of was a weird relationship and I wasn’t surprised they split. But I still loved Lois all the same and was mad my brother left her like he did. Tim is with living with his girlfriend and they are expecting their second child. We are estranged I think because of Lois even though I explained I love my brother always no matter what. I hope it brings in a new hope for our relationship too but I hate it had to come to a death of a beloved friend for that to happen.

 

On a brighter note: This is something my mom gave me one Easter for me and my son Leif the year before she died. HA I photo bombed this bunny and son. Do you see ME?

Today I am making a traditional Easter feast of a nice baked macaroni and cheese dish with ham, roasted brussel sprouts and  and asparagus. Yummy! Also with a Sugar free Strawberry pretzel salad dessert to end the dinner. I can’t wait!  MMMM

I took a lot of pictures of my flowers this morning and I hope you enjoy them. They survived the snow and today is raining but nice enough to open the windows and bit.

 

I hope you have a great Easter and/or Passover.

G-d Bless!

 

 

 

 

This morning was a surprise since we woke up to a blanket of snow. I was wondering if my dreams came true and I was living in Canada again.

I took some pictures of my spring flowers covered in snow.

Enjoy!

 

The Daffodils look cold. 

 

These Hyacinths are just blooming for Easter. I hope they make it.

I think its pretty but I hope the snow doesn’t kill them off.

 

 

Today I am missing Church and a church friends. I don’t have any of both.

My old church burned me so badly I haven’t returned to any church. My friends from that old church all unfriended me on Facebook a couple years ago because I voted for Obama. Such Good Christians…

Now I want to go and I cannot go. I cannot drive to one or have close church I could walk to around here.

I have a friend on Facebook that attends church in  my area and I have been thinking of asking her to ride along Sunday mornings. BUT I am afriad to let her down if I don’t like it and lose her as a friend. Seeing my past record this isn’t that far off from reality. It is the same with my Husbands family too. I am afraid to start going and hating it then feeling guilty not going with them, so I go, and loathe my whole time there while getting more bitter. WOW I am a mess!

I think this feeling comes on me every holiday that comes up. I have become a wannabe holiday attender. I am thinking that maybe I can just start my own church but I am not a leader in Spiritual things.

WHat do yo think of Online church? I am thinking of seeing if I can join something like that. Have you all heard of that?

Do you attend or did you attend one once? Tell me your church experience Positive or negative I want to know. I have had both why I want to find a good place to worship.

It seems the week just begun since I got over my cold yesterday. It was a dozy. I couldn’t think or see straight. Now I am better and it is already Friday.

Today I baked bread, finished my laundry, and showed my baby sister how to Spackle walls. She is becoming a little homemaker these days. (Shhh I think she is starting to nest a bit. he-he You know what happens after that.)

Apart from my normal duties I have also been taking care of my husband who rarely gets sick but was home for two days with the same nasty cold. When he got better I then had a sick oldest son who got an ear infection. My oldest is way more independent than my husband LOL.

It was fun having him home though since we did a marathon of a TV show called “Community” from NBC. It is a pretty hilarious show and right up our funny bone alley. We still have HULU so we can watch some things.

I have some idea of what I want to do this weekend but no solid plans. Aaron is having a sleep over tonight. Leif is going to a quinceanera tomorrow for his buddy’s sister. (I So wish I could go to that too.) Husband has homework to catch up on since he missed classes. And my big plans are to go shopping. I have grocery list made and coupons ready to go. Boy I am so fun huh?

Any Plans for you?

Memow plans naps, kitty kibbles, chasing his toys( that we throw) and bird watching.

Cats are so easy.

I lost my expensive Charm Bracelet. I have had  that bracelet few years and my husband has been buying me charms for it on special occasions. I feel pretty sick about it since it wasn’t just a piece of jewelry to me. It was a love thing.

What is worse I think it was stolen by a neighbor girl who is not coming over any more since it disappeared. She had mental problems and I tried to keep an eye on her while over playing but sometimes she would wander through the house. I had it hung up in my bedroom. I know that day she was last here she was upstairs and hurried out the door to leave without saying good bye. I thought nothing of it at the time but I searched high and low for that thing for months thinking I would just find it. I cannot. I hope I am wrong and it is just lost but I have cleaned my bedroom several times and looked everywhere I can think of in my head. I think it went out the door like my cell phone with another neighborhood kid who also doesn’t visit anymore. I realized he took it too late too.

It seems more than things get lost when kids steal from us. Friendships for my son too get lost and that hurts worse that losing my possessions.

Is Maxine not the best? LOL I love her crabbiness because it makes me smile at my own. Trying to put that frown upside down here.

We dropped off the nephews yesterday in Binghamton NY with their parents and they are back in Canada today. That is a half way meeting point we have now and plan to do it again this summer.

 

This funny had me rolling. Canada has this effect on me too. I wish we could afford to go back but having the nephews for a visit was good enough for now.

I was glad to get that small driving trip in because it was a lovely drive through mountains and snow.

The Scenery while snowing was fantastic.

 

I put some corned-beef, potatoes, carrots and cabbage in the crock-pot this morning and plan to relax today. A bad cold set in my lungs last night so I slept miserably. I slept until 10:30 which is really unusual for me. I am going to play Candy crush and enjoy the day off. Technically I did a months worth of Childcare in a week. I loved every minute with my nephews. But I am glad to get back to normal schedule with my own kids. They are happy this morning they can play their video games again in the living room. LOL

 

 St. Patrick’s day is going to be a good day though because I feel all rainbows even if I am under the weather.

I hope your day is rainbows and gold too!

I had a very busy week and it has taken a toll on me. I have a sore throat and feel fatigue from sleeping in the living room on an air mattress with a preschooler, a third grader while getting kicked in the head by an overly large first grade student on the couch. yeah i moved us around every night to find a good spot after trying several positions. Nate the 4 year old is small but wanted to sleep with me and not his brothers so I had to sleep next to him. I also found out that Ike is a very restless sleeper. He woke up running and scream the first night dreaming his cousin Leif is after him. LOL (Just a note, he has Aspergers for those who do not know.) My sister needed a break so I took them for their spring break so she could catch up on house work and her studies as well as some time with her husband. My nephews just cannot have a regular babysitter. Christian is not  a problem but Nate has allergies to foods like crazy still and Isaac is… well very different. I wouldn’t take him any other way.

So today is the last day. I am just letting them play their hearts out. We are meeting halfway to do the drop off so it isn’t too bad. They drive down from Ontario and we from Delaware makes it a nice even thing. We cannot afford to go up for a visit so this is my option to see my Nephews. I love it.

Their Grandmother on their fathers side came to visit yesterday. here is a picture of that.

I couldn’t get a straight face out of any of them kids LOL.

My kitty has been angry all week too.

Memow is very jealous of Nate. He glared at me every evening laying on the couch or air mattress. Kitty just couldn’t understand why I was not going to my own bed. HA! He is use to sleeping at my feet on the bed. He stared at me every time I held Nate in my lap or hugged him. LOL Then took swipes at Nate when he walked by. It was he was saying like “THAT’S MY MOMMY!” HAHA! Other wise he liked the three little boys who started to call hi cousin after I said Memow was like my baby. I was trying to get them to be kind to him. Aaron joined in with Yep That’s my younger brother. OH BOY! I see “cat lady” in my future. HA! Otherwise Memow could care less what they say. He just is so avoiding me right now, That Moody Cat.

I plan to give the boys all a bath tonight, get lots of sleep, and have them ready by morning to hand over tomorrow. 

It will be nice to get a good nights sleep back, a clean house, and my cat.

 

 

So as promised I am posting the shirt.

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I must admit it isn’t a super traditional ribbon shirt but then again my husband isn’t a Native. I just picked colors that would looks good on him The print is small swirls of black on dark green.

I know the tradition to making a ribbon shirt is to pray and fast a day for the person you are making it for, and then the next morning when you wake up the colors you see of the sun rising are the colors you use for a man’s regalia.

My dad never owned one most all of his life even though he was full blooded. Dad wasn’t a dancer so he had no need for one he said. I made him one when he is living with us. He liked it very much. I was glad to do that for him.

I want to make one for each of my sons the traditional way.

I am posting this because I really liked the picture.

Have a colorful rest of the weekend. I know I am going to because my nephews are coming here tomorrow for a week stay over spring break.

I am so excited.

 

  

 

 

 

I am sad we didn’t get snow but wow is it nice out. I plan to walk some more today.

I walked yesterday in the rain to prove to myself it wasn’t so bad. HA I saw some interesting things that made me speculate a scenario of other peoples lives.

First I saw a lamp post beside the road was down and a bunch of plastic headlights pieces all over the area. Definitely hit by a car, I don’t know when but then a utility truck pulled up to secure the electric wires. I was wondering when that happened and then how it hap pend. Then when up the road I saw a bunch of red roses with their baby’s breath tossed in the bushes. Hmmm then the wrapper for the flowers further down along with a few beer cans. AH a jilted lover driving dangerously with a broken heart?? I know I was making all kinds of scenarios in my head. I automatically think it was man. What do you think?

I got my husbands ribbon shirt almost finished. I have promised him once since we were first married. Once I am finished I will take a picture. If you do not know what a ribbon shirt is it is a traditional shirt worn by native men during pow wows or whenever. He has been going to class evenings so I haven’t been able to measure the hem on him. I hope to catch him tonight because my next project will be the moccasins to go with them.

I started the bead work for the mocs but lost it. I am sick just looking for it since it was a month of embroidery bead work. I had laid it aside in a plastic bag to hide it form my husband. I think it got tossed out. WAH! It is back to square one. I told my husband I am no longer going to make it a surprise. I am going to work on it in front of him. LOL That way I don’t need to hide it!

ACK!!! just got a call form the school. Aaron’s pump site feel off. He is making me gray hairs. Well I got to go look for a ride. SIGH* and I was so upbeat!

I have been feeling depressed about my no drivers license situation and so I decided to do more walking in the neighborhood to feel less home bound.

I want my license back so bad though. We mailed off the paperwork finally to immigration so hopefully they will accept it. And hopefully they will send me my certificate of citizenship. (A Long Story if you didn’t know about my situation already. I was denied a drivers license due to insufficant paperwork because I was born in Canada.) The next step would be to renew my license. Once I have my certificate I won’t have anymore trouble. I most likely will have to take the course all over again.  HA!

But walking everywhere is just not driving. I so miss driving and having that freedom.

I get called by the school for my son at least 2x’s a month to pick him up for medical reasons. It is exhausting trying to arrange a ride for him. I have my teeth set on edge when the phone rings from his school. I never know what is going down. It will be so nice once I get my license and can drive over to pick him up.

No bus goes straight in that direction so it isn’t easy to just hop a bus-line to that area. I would have to travel into the city and then switch to get a bus that goes by the schools area then walk another 1 mile to pick him up. With a child who is sick it’s nearly an impossible situation.

Hubby works 45 minutes away and really cannot drop everything to come get him. He will if he has to but I call neighbors, his grandpa, or my sister hoping someone can do my job. Once I have my freedom back I can be less stressed. Also making Doctor appointments around my husbands busy schedule will be a snap if I could drive them or me plus picking up groceries, going to school for myself, Oh! the list is limitless!

SO even though walking is nice it is not the same as having your own vehicle with license to get around in. *Sigh… Some day soon I hope.