Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2009
5:01 A.M.

5:59 addendum: SCROLL below the Easter images to view my Sunday Stealing Meme Answers.
or go directly to the Meme Section by Clicking Here


Happy, Happy, Easter! I decided to go all out for the midday meal for the two of us today. I'm going to prepare all the fixin's!!! Yes indeedy. Gonna have baked Virginia Ham and mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet yams with marshmallow, some freshly made cranberry sauce, green bean salad and tossed salad. With oven baked rolls and a relish dish with celery, olives, pickles, and cheese. For dessert it's going to be homemade pineapple upside down cake with whipped topping.

I hope your day is blessed with peace and tranquility. Here's to the Easter Bunny!! Three cheers! And for Easter, I thought I'd share some more Easter Spring decor around the house, [the three ceramic Egg Cups are new this year...another beginning of a collection maybe?]--- along with Easter Quotations....

The stuffed duck sings and dances and waddles...the cats just love this. NOT!!
And the last photo...she's a cookie jar!

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right...
~Phillips Brooks, "An Easter Carol"

Celestial spirit that doth roll
The heart's sepulchral stone away,
Be this our resurrection day,
The singing Easter of the soul -
O gentle Master of the Wise,
Teach us to say: "I will arise."
~Richard Le Gallienne

The fasts are done; the Aves said;
The moon has filled her horn
And in the solemn night I watch
Before the Easter morn.

So pure, so still the starry heaven,
So hushed the brooding air,
I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings
If one should earthward fare.
~Edna Dean Proctor, "Easter Morning"

For I remember
it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace
are all new born.
~Alice Freeman Palmer

Awake, thou wintry earth -
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
~Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices...
~Charles Kingsley

With OUR EYES we see
The beauty of Easter
as the earth awakens once more...
Easter Reflections [in part]
by Helen Steiner Rice.

I think of the garden after the rain;
And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
And the Easter bells be ringing!
~Edna Dean Proctor, "Easter Bells"

<><><>

Join Here

1. What is your current obsession? Apples! yes, it's true. Don't ask.

2. What’s a good coffee place? Dunno....I'm NOT a coffee drinker.

3. Who was the last person that you hugged? Bud

4. Do you nap a lot? No

5. Tonight, what’s for dinner? Well, it'll be leftovers if we're hungry...I will make our Easter meal, [see above] to consume around 3pm

6. What was the last thing that you bought? The Easter Egg cup....above. [the one with the blue egg]

7. What is your favorite weather? Spring for the weather

8. Tell us something about one blogger who you think will play this week ? ? ? ?

9. If you were given a free house that was fully furnished, where in the world would you like it to be? Anyplace....if it's free. Can't be choosy.

10. Name three things that you could not live without. I'm cheating....I took out 'not' and just went with things I'd LIKE to see gone for good..... Reality TV programs. Rap music. Dirt in the house!!

11. What would you like in your hands right now? Oh boy....like, a gazillion dollars!!

12. What’s one of your guilty pleasures? Do I need another alibi? There is always 'guilt' with these memes. I've been home all weekend. I swear!!

13. What would you change or eliminate about yourself? Eliminate? That sounds very unnerving.

14. As a child, what type of career did you want? Mom

15. What are you missing right now? Dunno, nothing I guess

16. What are you currently reading? See my sidebar. Henry & Clara

17. What do you fear the most? Snakes and deep dark water.

18. What’s the best movie that you’ve seen recently? We just watched Australia...very good!

19. What’s your favorite book from the past year? It took me nearly 6 months to read just one...over a 1000 pages, Atlas Shrugged.

20. Is there a comfort food from your childhood that you still enjoy? Shhhhhhh, don't tell anyone....but, Sugar Smacks before bedtime.