Monday,Post Easter blues.

     We had a lovely Easter day and it was so much work .  The dishes are done and the silver put away.  But I still have to get the silver chest put up and all the hand wash china back in its cupboard and then take all the Easter decos and find someplace for them.  Holidays are so fun until they are over and you face the aftermath.

     Now I have to face the music of an overly busy shop, and a dance recital this week.  Many rehearsals, that I don't want to go to and just so much stress to get everything done.  But this too will pass and I just have to endure.  Blah!

     My weary little brain just says, " I don't want to."  But my logical brain says, " you have to."

     So expect a lot of whining and feeling sorry for myself this next two weeks.  In fact feel free to skip the blog if you are tired of me.  I am tired of me.

     AS I wrote last week, I feel like I sewed non stop on Friday and it did no good in the shop as things just kept pouring in, I even had a dress come in on Saturday and. several more will come in today.

     I plan on sewing most of the day and then going to a 4 hour rehearsal tonight.  Tomorrow the littles come and I have to take a meal into a family from Mom's old church.  One of the parishioners has Alzheimer's and he and his wife live with a daughter.  Neither one of them is well and the daughter is stressed.  He took a bad fall over Easter and was in the hospital.  The daughter cares for both and they live with her.  She posts regularly about her days with the two parents and it is heartbreaking.  These two were good friends of my mothers, so I feel the need to help her or them in some way.  I will make scalloped potatoes and ham, and apple salad, and whip up a Swedish almond cake.  Easy peasy.  I say that now and have not thought about the fact that the littles will be here.  You may not want to read tomorrow for more than one reason.  I may not want to get up tomorrow.

     I have two costumes to make this week.  I need to make Cinderellas, work dress and her mom's dress that the step sister's tear up. It has to be made with velcro pieces so it can be sewn back together.  But today I am just going to work on prom dresses and see how many I can knock out.  I also have military uniforms that need love.

     When I was doing my running around getting the last minute stuff for Easter Sunday I found large beef roasts for $4.19 a lb.  But two of them were marked with 50% off stickers, so I snapped those up and brought them home to seal and freeze.  That made them 2.10 a lb. I also went back to Albertsons and now have 10 lbs of butter in my freezer.  The sale ends on Tuesday evening so I will go back a few more times, as I am aiming for 20 lbs.

     We will be eating leftovers  for the next few days and I have eggs to make into egg salad and I will devil some.

     I can gladly say I made no Easter baskets this tear and I causally make about  10.  I just thought, I really don't need to spend that kind of money, and it is something that I can let go of.  I love making the baskets, but they are not necessary.  Let things go and make your life easier.

     Did you do anything to retrench or save money on your Easter doings?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim