Day: 3/23/08

Well now, Easter time again. I hope everyone had a nice holiday, and those of us that got a three-day weekend, it just didn't seem long enough, did it? Oh well, back to the daily grind.

We were a bit heavier in the company department this year with the addition of my uncle, aunt and cousin from Texas coming up for the holiday. It's been quite a while since we have seen any of these family members, but we knew they were family as soon as we saw them. Must've been the weird look in their eyes. :)

Now, we have a few traditions in our family when it comes to Easter. First is the meal, I think everyone has this, but we usually have the standard fare of chicken, ham, lamb, assorted vegetables, pastas, and rolls. Next up is the kids. We are running low on children of age enough to participate in an egg hunt, but the three we did have had fun looking for the various plastic eggs around the yard. My son walked away with $0.90 this year for his efforts. As for the adults, we have the annual 'Beer Hunt'! This was started a number of years ago as a way to give the adults something to do besides stand around and talk and eat. I don't know where the idea came from, but pretty much everyone looks forward to it. One of the highlights of the Beer Hunt is not necessarily the hunt itself, but the trading that goes on afterwards. Everyone has their favorite beer, and some of us are willing to try just about anything. So, we all stand around trading until we get a good selection of brew to have. I walked off with 4 Killian's Red, 3 Buds, 7 Corona, and a Red Stripe.

For the most part, the whole weekend was kind of slow. We welcomed in the new washing machine on Friday, did laundry all day Saturday, and relaxed when we had the chance. Not a bad weekend, at least it was a three-day weekend so I was able to get a little extra sleep for a change.