Easter snafu vent thread - add yours

Wish you were nearby. I bought way too much. My husband is going to die when he sees it all tomorrow... 😬😬😱

Well, if it makes you (or your DD) feel any better, Legacy Girl, my DD & I just finished the last stage of my traditional Easter bread, but I was using a variation of my usual recipe and it looks like the consistency is off - the add-ins after the first rising made it gloppy, so the 2nd rising may not happen. I shaped it and put it in the fridge to rest and (hopefully) rise overnight. We'll see in the morning what sort of shape it's in...fingers crossed, but I don't honestly think it will rise like it's supposed to.

Here's hoping you get your Easter miracle with your rising Easter bread!  

I did a Target drive up order a couple of weeks ago that was supposed to have Easter baskets, plastic eggs and candy, along with some other items. Because of covid they, of course, did not hand the order to me nor did I get out of the car. They just put it in the back so I didn't look at it until I got home. Missing the candy and eggs. But Target customer service was great and gave me a credit for the missing items so I just re-ordered and picked up the next week.

jenjie - Don't you love it when it all works out? I searched high and low for those Nestle Crunch eggs that my girls like and lo and behold my Instacart shopper was able to find 1 bag on the shelves.

Legacy Girl  - I have my mother's cheesecake recipe that is foolproof and delicious. If you want me to share it with you, I am happy to.

i didn't clean up yesterday. i am just kinda over it. we laid out a bunch of sleeping bags and stuff to watch a movie last night. i baked cornbread. everything spread out everywhere.

i found (score!) plastic eggs last night, had bought candy several weeks ago when this was just a ripple on the other side of of the world and didn't bother looking at it again. as i have been in the stores, i kept thinking "wow, easter stuff is wiped out, glad i am set".

finally went to fill eggs last night. i was not set. no mini-eggs, everyone's favourite. oreo eggs, kitkat eggs, mix of dairy milk/caramilk and creme eggs and smartie eggs. no mini-eggs. pretty sure at least one of the 3 doesn't like kitkat. sigh.

so i am made up the eggs and thought, kids will sleep in, i will hide them in the morning. came downstairs to wreck of a house. i have some cleaning to do BEFORE egg hiding can begin.

but priorities are cup of tea and some peaing *first*.

I ordered my candy/basket online from Target so couldn't get a feel for how full it was.

The little items, small wrapped chocolate eggs/jelly beans, etc were way too much.  I put half of a bag (still in the bag) in the basket.

I didn't have enough of the bigger items and bought too large of a basket.

I tried to order a bottle of wine also but Target won't allow that.  

DD is 26 so hopefully she won't mind.  Brought it over to her place yesterday.  

Well...we didn't dye eggs yet.
The baskets are out and they have some plastic eggs with candy inside. I work at a 911 center all weekend, so my oldest daughter is going to dye eggs with them today. I guess better late than never,

While I bought a ton (too much!) candy for the kids' baskets I did't realize till I was making them at 6am that there was almost no chocolate....just the small bunny each and some of the smaller Reese's PB cups yet like 5 bags of jelly beans Oh well. I'm so not feeling Easter this year and if ds9 would just admit there's no EB (he has to know by now, right?!?) I'd just say let's have a do over in July

It is myself, DH and my 21 yo ds. I knew I hadn't bought stuff for his basket and so I suggested we do an easter egg hunt in the house. We did. There are still 2 missing eggs and we decided that when they show up, they show up! LOL Not as successful as I hoped but it's not the weirdest thing going on right now, so it's all good. Dh and I decided no baskets for each other. DS got a Moxie shirt I bought a while ago, lots of candy and a little cash. Skimpiest basket I've ever made, but he's 21. He probably doesn't even need one anymore.

I brought my dd her basket yesterday. It sucks not being able to spend time with her and at least hug her. That is my vent. I miss my dd. It's just not the same not being able to be face to face, as I'm sure everyone knows!

Keeping with the "new" Easter traditions being made this year, we're grilling steaks with french fries, deviled eggs and carrots for late lunch. Cherry pie for dessert. Trying a new pie crust recipe. Should be interesting! We usually get together with a large group of friends. I miss them but it is what it is.

Happy Easter everyone!

Having a very scaled back Easter this year, and no eggs to hunt just some in the dining room scattered with the baskets. Was going to put some cash and hide three golden eggs out front for the tween/teens to find when grandma drives by this afternoon. Go to get the golden eggs out of the bin, 2 complete and one missing half. No idea how that happened or where it is. Crud. And many of my hard boiled eggs cracked and some felt like they were a bit soft...not sure what happened instant pot. Whatever. Happy Easter! 🐣🐰

Do you have an instant pot? They are ridiculously easy (not to mention faster) to make in an IP. The only thing is you need a springform pan small enough to fit inside, or I suppose you could make individual ones in mason jars or something...

We didn’t get around to doing it yesterday either, but I did get them hard boiled. We will still color them today. At least we got the egg hunt eggs filled and hidden last night so they were ready for our kid to go find them this morning (and so far she still hasn’t found all the ones with money in them, so does that mean I get to reclaim my cash? 🤣 ) LOL.

My Easter went pretty well. The only bad things are that no one thought to take any pictures of me and I was all dressed up and wearing little heels for the first time in forever. My son told his wife to put the Easter dress back on the baby so I could have a picture with her, but it was way past nap time and she was over it. Same thing happened last year. I got the photos at least but she looks so unhappy when she's really just exhausted.

My DH was unable to find the hyacinth I get every year, and as a result he go me nothing. Oh well.

Lastly, my brother begged me yesterday to come up and take over care of our mom, and I was all set to leave in the morning. He called just as I was putting dinner on the table and said she is back at the hospital. So now it is just wait and see when she is released.

One time we were on Spring Break when Easter weekend hit.  My youngest (16 at the time) was concerned that since we were out of the country, the Easter bunny wouldn't know where to send his basket.  I told him the Easter bunny stopped giving baskets to people when they were old enough to drink.  The all-inclusive didn't know the word minor.  Ha.