Monday Morning Brief and Sunday Update

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Good morning from chilly, cloudy Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Currently, it's 36 F. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter yesterday, if you celebrated. Yesterday started out great. Church was fun. I took the basket of eggs for the kids and ended up taking them out to the egg hunt so they could get their egg along with all the other eggs they got during the Easter egg hunt. I figured it about right. I took 36 and came home with 8. The sermon was good and I did the counting after church before I joined the kids outside. Before I left for church, I preheated the oven. I asked Alexa how long to roast the lamb. Then waited about 20 minutes before putting it in the oven. Then I had a meltdown. I planned on making deviled eggs. The eggs didn't peel well, so I made egg salad instead. When I went to check on the potatoes, they hadn't started to cook. I turned on the wrong burner. I got that straightened out, started the yams for the sweet potato pie, and cut up the asparagus. My meltdown came when I was almost ready to take the lamb from the oven and nothing else was ready and I didn't know where I was going to put the lamb because the burners were hot. Nothing seemed to be going right at that moment and I didn't know how I was going to pull it off. I called my son to tell him to come NOW. Of course he couldn't, but would soon. I took a breath, turned the asparagus on high, turned off the oven, another thing I thought I had messed up. I was to start it at 450 and turn it down to 325 an hour into roasting. I remembered that forty-five minutes before it was done. It's also why I turned off the oven before the alarm went off. I took the grill off the counter and stuck it in my bedroom to give me room for the lamb. The potatoes were done. The asparagus was almost done and the sweet potato pie was ready to go into the oven. Everything turned out perfect and was done at the same time. On the table you can see all the food and my son and his girlfriend. I made the strawberries for strawberry shortcake as soon as I got home from church. I thought I waited too long for that, but it turned out perfect too. My son's girlfriend brought the fruit and fruit salad. After letting everything settle for a little while and chit chatting at the table, the time came for them to leave. It was a very good day with a minor meltdown. My friend the Easter Bunny came by. She brought me a wonderful gift, which she has in her possession for a moment. She gave me a village piece. I tried to get the light out of it, but couldn't. So she took it back to her place to get it out. She'll bring it back today. She also told me she hid eggs all over the building and couldn't believe nobody found them. I had looked outside when I got home. I then went on an Easter egg hunt through the building, got a lot of steps, and a good amount of eggs. I have a total of 17 eggs. I won't go out to look for more. The party is tomorrow when we get to open the special eggs and see what the prize is. I tried to watch King of Kings, a movie I watch every Easter, but I was too tired to watch the whole thing. I'll finish watching it today. So, that was yesterday. A very good day. Today's plans are simple and not as hectic. I have the white tablecloth and lace covering in the dryer. I had some bleach, so I'm hoping the strawberry stains come out. I'll also work on a book today, do the health report, and work on another country. Armenia is next. I'm also meeting a gentleman in the community room this morning. He's going to take books for the VA. When that's done and the party tomorrow, I imagine the work will begin in the community room. It was supposed to be locked. We'll see if it happens. In the meantime, everyone knows it's closed until July. So, that's my plans for the day and the Sunday update. How's your day going? Thanks for reading. The image belongs to me.