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Post by twoboyzmom on Mar 27, 2016 1:38:01 GMT
This year out usual isn't happening. My dad just ended chemo and is feeling pretty sick so they are out. Normally my sister does easter each year...was up on the air this year (long story) she asked last weekend what we were doing..I said don't know, maybe just dinner with dh and our boys. Hadn't heard from her all week...basically we didn't want to go anyway...and now dh is working. So I may just cook something different.
Anyway, long winded nothingness, anyone else not doing anything?
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Post by mom on Mar 27, 2016 1:41:44 GMT
This year is just my husband and I. Since my dad remarried we don't get to spend holidays with him and his wifey (she doesnt like me or my siblings), and our boys are at their dads.
We are ok with it, though. We do our own meal and church, and then always go to the movies or hiking (depending on the weather). We have friends who always invite us but we have learned that we really do like it just being us if the boys are gone.
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Post by SnoopyFan on Mar 27, 2016 1:42:43 GMT
None of my kids are home and I have no family here. I have to work 6 am-2:30 pm. The weather is supposed to be awesome, so I'm going to head to the park after work and go for a long walk. I'll probably have a salad for supper and then I'll watch some TV.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Mar 27, 2016 1:45:28 GMT
We're not. My kids are gone for the week (DS is visiting DD). We were invited to SIL and to a friend's house but we're not going. We never get a day at home alone (even my sister is leaving for awhile and that rarely happens). We are going to just relax, maybe swim in the pool, nap, etc.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Mar 27, 2016 1:48:38 GMT
We are just hanging out at home. We were invited to our families in the cities, but oldest dd started a new job, and has to work Sat, and youngest dd just got back from a catalyst trip thru her college. So she just got back to her college tonight, and is washing clothes. So we decided to just stay home. Which was a good idea, because I came down with the colds of all colds. UGH. SO I have coughed and slept most of the day. Tomorrow we plan on going out to a Easter buffet.
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Post by Merge on Mar 27, 2016 1:51:43 GMT
Nothing exciting. It's just the four of us and the kids are teenagers, so no big deal with the bunny. We'll attend church (my twice-yearly deal with DH) in the morning, and then I bought some plants today that I'm going to put in the front beds tomorrow afternoon. DH is smoking a brisket and I'm making some veggie sides. I took the lazy way out and bought an angelfood cake and some strawberries for dessert.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 1:56:43 GMT
Sorry about your papa, twoboyzmom . Hope he feels better soon. We're just having dinner at home with our kids and will probably watch a movie or play games. I'm making ham, my grandmother's amazing mustard sauce, Pioneer Woman mashed potatoes, and Trisha Yearwood's broccoli casserole (carb fest!) I love the big holidays with extended family but I like the quiet ones too. It'll be nice to attend church in the morning without having to rush off to family's house who live 40 minutes away. Just come home and finish cooking, then chill  |
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Post by bklyngal62 on Mar 27, 2016 2:00:19 GMT
We are not doing anything. I finally have a day off and I'm hoping I can get some rest and try to get rid of this cold that I've had all week.
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Post by shescrafty on Mar 27, 2016 2:00:35 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun.
This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much.
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Post by refugeepea on Mar 27, 2016 2:04:22 GMT
My son hates Egg hunts. So we didn't go to the town hunt or the one at my mom's house today. I have no desire to find the Easter baskets and eggs, so I'll put their stuff in plastic bags and call it good enough. None of them care. I already gave my 2 oldest their adult coloring books this morning anyway. I'm making a ham tomorrow and other things, but nothing fancy. ETA: shescrafty, you have wonderful friends! A getaway to the beach sounds amazing. Do what works for you and your family! Big ((hugs)). |
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Post by pridemom on Mar 27, 2016 2:07:26 GMT
Church and dinner just with our kids. Both working older kids have the day off. Hubby and I are baking pies now.
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Post by padresfan619 on Mar 27, 2016 2:08:41 GMT
It is just my husband and I. His mom visited us a few weeks ago and brought us all the candy we could ever want, so I guess we will eat some of that. I'm looking forward to a low key day. We have decided to go see a movie in the early afternoon and just be lazy the rest of the day.
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Post by mom on Mar 27, 2016 2:10:48 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun. This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much. Oh, I am so sorry. I remember our first holiday without our daughter. It was rough but once we made it through, I remember thinking it wasn't as bad as I had dreaded it to be. I will remember you in my prayers tomorrow. <3 |
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Mar 27, 2016 2:11:30 GMT
We had small plans, but now that my daughter has thrown up three times I think it will turn into a "do nothing" Easter.  |
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Mar 27, 2016 2:12:10 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun. This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much. I'm sorry. Big hugs to you and your family. |
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Post by originalvanillabean on Mar 27, 2016 2:13:01 GMT
Going to our friends home for brunch and then maybe to the lake (if it doesn't rain). We opted to stay home because traveling on I-35 on a holiday weekend in Texas, is just brutal.
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 27, 2016 2:17:52 GMT
It's just dh, myself and our two teens. We do a ham dinner and a basket scavenger hunt for the kids. Then it's just family time...games, a movie maybe and hanging out.
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Post by jayfab on Mar 27, 2016 2:21:33 GMT
Just hanging out at home with a small dinner. No kids so no candy |
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Post by pridemom on Mar 27, 2016 2:22:37 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun. This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much. Hugs. What great friends to let you use their retreat. |
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Post by azredhead on Mar 27, 2016 2:24:03 GMT
nope. We don't have kids and Dh just lost his mom. He only his one sister and it's a really rocky relationship. The cousins were are close to that are here in state that we do stuff with are out of town for spring break so we're doing our own thing. But wer're acutally okay with it. It's kinda of a nice change and we need a break. So we're just watching movies and it's a nice weekend so we're doing church and then Dh is making dinner tomorrow. I did buy some mini snickers and me some bunny peeps. Those are stiill favorites  |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 27, 2016 2:25:45 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun. This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much. Hugs to you. |
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Post by librarylady on Mar 27, 2016 2:28:33 GMT
No family in the immediate area, so we are not doing anything.
We will do church. DH didn't want ham so we are having boiled shrimp for lunch. No sure what will be the side dish to go with it.
We bought ourselves some chocolate for Easter.
We shall Skype with the grandchildren who live Ottawa tomorrow. They have snow, so any egg hunt will be indoors for them.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 27, 2016 2:41:21 GMT
I want to stay home. I was asked last night to work today, and I said as long as I'm done by noon. That didn't happen  . Morning was great albeit another change in plans, early afternoon nothing went right. I had to go to another building, where anyone being there on a Saturday is scarce. Went to a floor that I was supposed to leave somethings and the entire floor was vacant as in under construction. Kept calling to find out where everyone was, and finally found out someone gave me a wrong location. Fixed that with a trip across town then I go to the floor that I'm supposed to be, and once I drop off--and try to get back on the elevator--I get stuck in a small narrow hallway (coded doors for security) trying to get the elevator I just came off of to open. Which wasn't happening. Once you get off the elevator you need to have a code to get back on it. ( I didn't know that because you don't need one to get on) I couldn't find any staff on the floor that I was confined to and ended up having a panic attack. It took about 15 minutes for me to get it together and finally find someone who saw me in the throes of panic and was super nice and just talked to me softly and walked slowly to try to calm me down. I just wanted to get the hell outside for air! I finally got back to our offices, boss was there and I was trying not to cry and throw up! My stomach was (still is) upset. I left work an hour later came home and crawled under the covers. My stomach is still churning but I'm fine in the panicked area! We were supposed to have our Easter dinner tonight, I have not even ventured into the kitchen DH came home from wherever they were all day and asked why I was in bed and I told him about my stomach, he asks if I want to eat and I'm like NoooOoo! So he disappeared and hasn't even checked on me once (it's been 7 hrs now since He's been home. He hasn't even fed the animals or walked the pups either. He sucks right now. We are supposed to go to my siblings house Sunday and I just want to stay home. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 27, 2016 2:41:42 GMT
Not us. Usually we do a huge gathering with our close friends and parents/grandparents/cousins and it is a good time. But with Phoebe passing just a month ago we could not bear the idea of even being at home. Friends of ours let us use their beach condo that is 2 hours away and we are here now. I did get my son an Orioles coin bank (that kid leaves likes of coins all around his room and it makes me nutty! Lol) and filled it with candy so he will have something fun. This is our first real holiday without her and it just hurts so much. I think I can relate as it is less than 2 weeks for us. We have cousins over and my Dad is making a prime rib for dinner. (I don't celebrate Easter or I do as much as my family does which is a zero on a 10 point scale). We have dinner together. I wish you peace tomorrow and hope for the best for us. I am just kind of dreading everything. BFF goes home early tomorrow and then it will just be us again. It sucks. |
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Post by lancermom on Mar 27, 2016 3:11:36 GMT
Just us this year. Kids are either out of town or working. I plan to sew. It will be a nice quiet day. We are going to church, then breakfast. Kinda looking forward to a quiet day.
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Post by alissa103 on Mar 27, 2016 3:28:03 GMT
It's just the three of us and that's fine by me. Sunday is the last day of spring break so it made it too annoying to try and see family... We'd end up having to travel home late on Easter (family is 6 hours away).
So we are going to do an EASY dinner. I bought a mini ham and we are going to have mashed potatoes and green beans.
The Easter Bunny braved Walmart this afternoon to finish DS's basket. I was surprised I actually found a few good things left! And we will do an egg hunt in our backyard. I stuffed our eggs with stickers and some random goodies I bought at Walmart. Plus a few coins here and there.
Low key and easy!
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Post by moodyblue on Mar 27, 2016 3:39:43 GMT
My extended family gets together on Saturday instead of Sunday for Easter. We started doing this a long time ago because it was better for the people coming from out of town, so they could travel back on Sunday. So we had the egg hunt and dinner and all that today. Plus, in the morning we went to a birthday party for my great niece. So it was a busy day. Tomorrow we don't have to do anything or go anywhere, which is fine by us. I'll probably do laundry |
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Post by mallie on Mar 27, 2016 3:59:48 GMT
Nope. Just the two of us. Going to the movies and lunch, which is a typical day off together (don't get mAny of those).
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Mar 27, 2016 4:05:16 GMT
Easter has never been a big deal with us, and this year we haven't made any plans at all. I am looking forward to a day at home, and will finally sit down and do our taxes. Big fun! My usual Easter activity is an Easter Monday visit to Target to examine the marked down candy, but I foolishly made a dentist appointment for tomorrow that I have to get right home for after work. Just as well, I have very little self control when it comes to Easter candy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2016 4:13:45 GMT
We will go to IHOP ( Easter bunny favorite restaurant) for breakfast. Then son works 4-10. Right through dinner.
I bought a small roast and two pieces of ham.
I bought chicken liver to make chopped chicken live pate. That is our big splurge.
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. Morning was great albeit another change in plans, early afternoon nothing went right. I had to go to another building, where anyone being there on a Saturday is scarce. Went to a floor that I was supposed to leave somethings and the entire floor was vacant as in under construction. Kept calling to find out where everyone was, and finally found out someone gave me a wrong location. Fixed that with a trip across town then I go to the floor that I'm supposed to be, and once I drop off--and try to get back on the elevator--I get stuck in a small narrow hallway (coded doors for security) trying to get the elevator I just came off of to open. Which wasn't happening. Once you get off the elevator you need to have a code to get back on it. ( I didn't know that because you don't need one to get on) I couldn't find any staff on the floor that I was confined to and ended up having a panic attack. It took about 15 minutes for me to get it together and finally find someone who saw me in the throes of panic and was super nice and just talked to me softly and walked slowly to try to calm me down. I just wanted to get the hell outside for air! I finally got back to our offices, boss was there and I was trying not to cry and throw up! 
