We had a lovely Easter day and it was so much work . The dishes are done and the silver put away. But I still have to get the silver chest put up and all the hand wash china back in its cupboard and then take all the Easter decos and find someplace for them. Holidays are so fun until they are over and you face the aftermath.
Now I have to face the music of an overly busy shop, and a dance recital this week. Many rehearsals, that I don't want to go to and just so much stress to get everything done. But this too will pass and I just have to endure. Blah!
My weary little brain just says, " I don't want to." But my logical brain says, " you have to."
So expect a lot of whining and feeling sorry for myself this next two weeks. In fact feel free to skip the blog if you are tired of me. I am tired of me.
AS I wrote last week, I feel like I sewed non stop on Friday and it did no good in the shop as things just kept pouring in, I even had a dress come in on Saturday and. several more will come in today.
I plan on sewing most of the day and then going to a 4 hour rehearsal tonight. Tomorrow the littles come and I have to take a meal into a family from Mom's old church. One of the parishioners has Alzheimer's and he and his wife live with a daughter. Neither one of them is well and the daughter is stressed. He took a bad fall over Easter and was in the hospital. The daughter cares for both and they live with her. She posts regularly about her days with the two parents and it is heartbreaking. These two were good friends of my mothers, so I feel the need to help her or them in some way. I will make scalloped potatoes and ham, and apple salad, and whip up a Swedish almond cake. Easy peasy. I say that now and have not thought about the fact that the littles will be here. You may not want to read tomorrow for more than one reason. I may not want to get up tomorrow.
I have two costumes to make this week. I need to make Cinderellas, work dress and her mom's dress that the step sister's tear up. It has to be made with velcro pieces so it can be sewn back together. But today I am just going to work on prom dresses and see how many I can knock out. I also have military uniforms that need love.
When I was doing my running around getting the last minute stuff for Easter Sunday I found large beef roasts for $4.19 a lb. But two of them were marked with 50% off stickers, so I snapped those up and brought them home to seal and freeze. That made them 2.10 a lb. I also went back to Albertsons and now have 10 lbs of butter in my freezer. The sale ends on Tuesday evening so I will go back a few more times, as I am aiming for 20 lbs.
We will be eating leftovers for the next few days and I have eggs to make into egg salad and I will devil some.
I can gladly say I made no Easter baskets this tear and I causally make about 10. I just thought, I really don't need to spend that kind of money, and it is something that I can let go of. I love making the baskets, but they are not necessary. Let things go and make your life easier.
Did you do anything to retrench or save money on your Easter doings?
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
Kim
No deadbeat relatives came so I didn't have to feed them. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI used a free ham in the freezer I got at Xmas from Weis and kept the menu to 5 items(though I could have gotten by only making 4 items for dinner).
I am feeling it in my hands today from making 8 dozen rolls. ugh
WOw- * dozen? I thought I made a lot of rolls. Everyone wants to take home rolls.
DeleteMy boys didn't come home for Easter this year, so I dodged the preparations and cleanup. I didn't really save money on the holiday, though, because I sent a package to The Pony at college, and some lottery tickets to Genius in Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteI love the names. I used to call my youngest the baby elephant, not that she was or is an elephant, at 5.6 and 120 lbs she just acted like a bay elephant.
DeleteI am glad your Easter was successful! We had a nice yet quiet one for just TheHub, Mom, My Beloved Sister and me for lunch. I spent more than I intended to but it was delicious and well worth it. (Even though Mom declared she hated lamb but ate every bite of it)
ReplyDeleteGood for you, keep it simple. Leg of lamb is wonderful if you know how to cook it.
DeleteWe had grilled steaks, which meant DH had to cook! I did make sweet potato wedges though, and baked two desserts. Even though I had made a pear tart, on Sunday morning I decided to whip up a chocolate bunny cut-out cake frosted with peanut butter frosting. The kids dyed eggs on Saturday evening. Some were hilariously inappropriate. The hardest part of our celebration for me was peeling them for the deviled eggs to put on a snack tray for lunch on Sunday. The Easter baskets I made were simply the goodies I have amassed for the past couple of weeks stuffed in baskets I have lying around the house. (Gum, deodorant, toothbrushes, clearance/sale chocolate bars.) There was very little Easter themed candy in those baskets, as I know it will go on sale for 75% off on Sunday. Besides, some years ago I made the mistake of making homemade peanut butter eggs, and now the kids claim they can't go back to Reese's. After dinner, I quietly sat with a book, and finished off the contents of the bottle champagne we had opened for lunch. It's not the first time our New Year's champagne wasn't opened until Easter day.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great Easter especially the champagne.
DeleteKim, you do such a great job of just doing what you know you have to do! So what if you have to whimper about it a bit - it all gets done because you are so dedicated! (& you motivate us!) I agree with just letting the Easter baskets go. The kids get so much these days - I think we do it more for ourselves than for the kids! They probably don't miss it much! I've just started putting a few dollars in a little card for them - they're thrilled with that! And it's so much easier (& better for their teeth!). That was a good decision - just let it go! You're not out any money & you didn't stress & use of extra energy trying to get them done. I've come to get better at just letting some of that stuff go as I get older! Comes down to priorities. We get better at them as we age!
ReplyDeleteIt really did help my stress level and my pocket book.
DeleteAs always, you're a whirlwind and treasure, girl. It's so sweet of you to do something for your mom's friends. I know that feeling of "Mom would want me to help". A better memorial than flowers or stones, I think.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree, plus I have so much ham left, so what a way to get rid of some and help someone in the end.
DeleteI got exhausted just reading all that you have on your plate my friend. I think it is time for you to scale back in areas that you can. YOu cannot help others if you are beyond exhausted yourself. Praying for you.
ReplyDeleteReally it is the studio that is making me crazy, but this too shall pass and I pray for the day I am not involved at all.
DeleteWe went to a friend's house after church on Easter. She provided the ham and a couple of side dishes, and I brought everything to make my famous 'mulched salad'. Other folks brought food. And wine. LOTS of wine. We had a wonderful time.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the lots of wine was the main dish?...... :)
DeleteMy son constantly pushing his soldiers to get their new uniforms MONTHS ahead of inspection so they don't over whelm those that have to do the sewing...probably because he has done his own a lot since I refuse to touch his uniform except to mark it when he needs it hemmed. Our family meals used to be Thanksgiving until last year... didn't do anything nor did we bake over 100 dozen cookies and 50 dozen candies. Retirement and a low/loss in the stock market really changed finances... less money but able to see what is really the priority.
ReplyDeleteSpent Easter afternoon with Daddy in the nursing home. My only living brother was very sick with allergies and he didn't want Daddy to know. There is only 3 of us out of 10 left living and even with Dementia Daddy worries he will bury all his children. Brother's wife is a preacher and I told him he was with her(which he was as she was feeding him chicken soup) and Dad assumed at church. Our meal was a ham bought at Christmas and stored in deep freezer. A sweet potato we cut in half after nuking and asparagus from garden with ice cream Hubby bought on sale when he went to the store for fresh produce.
Wow to lose 7 of your siblings must be very hard. No parent should outlive there children. But to outlive 7 s just beyond the scope. It will be a happy reunion when he gets to the other side.
ReplyDeleteThat was very nice score on the beef roasts and the butter.
ReplyDeleteI know. The butter is off sale now but I really stocked up so I can wait for the next sale.
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