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Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....
I
feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin
Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I
was....
I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....
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In my last post, I shared how I decorated Nelson Crest for Easter....
And an Easter tablescape....
Click HERE if you missed that post!!
And now for a few Personal Notes...
For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....
On THURSDAYS,
I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local
cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...
I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....
On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...
Today is THURSDAY so I will be sharing a lot of food.....
First off, my next door neighbor Mehrukh sent over this amazing salad as they inadvertently bought 2 and they did not want I to spoil....
And she also sent over this cheesecake that she made to celebrate her Father's Birthday this past weekend....
Friday, I baked some chocolate chip cookies for Easter.....
I returned the favor and sent over some cookies for Mehrukh and her company to enjoy....
I also got a head start on my Easter cooking and made some deviled eggs...
On Saturday, I made this boneless pre cooked sliced ham up....
First time I ever bought one of these and it was so easy peasy....
One bowl of chopped ham for some recipes and maybe omelets during the week, the middle bowl is for Easter Dinner and the one of the right is a take home container for my son Jim and DIL Danielle....
I made up 3 rings of what my son Joey called spicy Polish meat....Keilbasi....
A take home container for Jim on the left and the rest for Easter dinner....
And I made my Dad's sausage filling.....
Again, a take home contianer for Jim on the left and the other one is for Easter dinner...
I also ordered 2 nut rolls from my friend Betty, in the middle....
Betty has been baking all kinds of cookies, pastries and nut and poppy seed rolls for many years, selling them for all the Holidays....
Her nut rolls are about 15 inches long....
And are as close to my mother's as I can get...All for only $14 a roll...
Unfortunately, I will most likely be looking for someone else to buy my nut roll from come Christmas as Betty is most likely retiring from baking at the young age of....
Wait for it.....
89 years young!!!
Her husband Jim recently had and recovered from a stroke at 93 years old!!
And it is getting to be a bit much for her....Bless her heart...
On Easter Sunday, after I got home from Mass, I threw this 6 lb. turkey breast in the oven.....
I also served mashed potatoes with turkey gravy, corn and boneless chicken bites from Sam's Club as my twin granddaughters love them....
Speaking of church, I want to share how my church, Saint Maris Goretti looked this Easter season.....
My friend Elaine decorates our church and several others and does a stunning job.....
Palm Sunday....
I loved the red.....
The Altar of Repose set up in our Parish center for visitation after Holy Thursday services....
Stunning!
And the Church on Easter Sunday!!
Our church is only 50 years old in comparison to the majority of the Catholic churches in NEPA which were built around 100 years ago by the Eastern European immigrants that came here to work in the mining industry...
A joke here is that there is a church and a Bar on every corner as the non English speaking immigrants built churches and had priests who spoke their native language which was Polish, Russian, Slovak, Italian....
My son Jim and DIL Danielle took the Twins to have pictures taken with the Easter Bunny.....
All I can say is Daughters like Father Jim and Uncle Joey only they were terrified of Santa and not the Easter Bunny....
History repeating itself!!
Now they have their own what I call "Screamin Meamie" pictures.....
LOL!!
I hosted my family for Easter Sunday Dinner....
Lily and Gigi
No, Joey and I can not tell them apart so these are pictures of both of them...
Easter gifts from Mimi of clothes and a few toys including Bubbles, Bath Tub Books and stuffed Bunnies that played music when you pressed the button in their bellies which made the twins giggle!!
In their pretty pink Easter dresses with sweaters on that Mimi gifted them for Christmas...
Trying to show Faye a picture of her taken off Mimi's fridge....
A bit tired from running in the circle....
Petting Azumi....
One of my friends said to me that she was disappointed that she did not see pictures of the other little girl...
I told her that she did because they are identical twins so these were pictures of both Lily and Gigi!!
LOL!
Uncle Joey
Azumi
She was tired from running after the twins...
She is definitely her Mama Danielle's pup...
Faye
Both pups wearing pretty Easter dresses like the Twins...
Faye needed a bit more in the shoulders to hold the dress on...
Mimi
It was a wonderful day filled with family and fun...
A bit chaotic with toddlers and pups running around but I would not have it any other way....
And as with all our family get togethers, I had my late husband Joe's candle burning in memory of him as we know he is still here with us and watching over us...
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and got to spend it with those that you love!!
And I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY for my next post!!
Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!
And try to find JOY in every single day! 
Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
If you do not have a blog, PLEASE give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment. If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......
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THURSDAY
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