Any friend of Bacon's is a friend of mine! This is why we chose to do the traditional Easter ham this year. Copper Penny Carrots (below) was a side dish.

Potato-Onion Casserole (below) was another side dish and was delish.....

All in all everything turned out pretty well...at first I thought my husband was just saying it was good to be nice but he is pretty straighforward and plus when I tried it myself it WAS pretty good (and I didn't have any wine in my system at that point, yet.)

Of course no dinner would be complete without Pillsbury Grande buttermilk biscuits...yum!

Easter is one of those funny holidays that is kind of a big deal but not as big a deal as say Christmas. I normally celebrate by watching my mother cook and consuming obscene amounts of wine...but this year because I was responsible for a lot of piping hot dishes, various degrees of cooking and paying attention to what goes in the oven when and for how long...I had to have my sober game face on. This year's Easter was a far more positive memory than the one when I was frolicking in Nana's garage and slipped in the oil from Uncle George's boat. My Polly Flinders dress ruined I was forced to strip down and wear Uncle Ed's red "Coke is IT!" t-shirt and brown socks for the rest of the day...I guess any Easter would top that one though when you think about it....

Blasted Bird Wallpaper

Can you find the light switch? Ok, maybe you can...but when it's late at night...you're puttering down to the Bamboo Room*  to chillax with a glass of red and the lights are dim you would be surprised how many times you have to high five this particular wall before you come up with a light switch. Worse than the ugly wallpaper is the fact that someone took the wall switch plate and painstakingly matched it up perfectly to create a light switch chameleon.
*This is not some new retro club, it is our family room that is covered in bamboo, true story.

They mock me...all of them...even the shells who seem so innocent and unassuming are jeering.

"You don't think it's too much?" "Oh no no... it's a very versatile print...put it everywhere it will blend nicely".