Happy Holidays to You All

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To those of us who are Christian, today is a very special day in that we celebrate the resurrection of our savior, Jesus Christ. I am wishing all of you celebrating Easter, a very happy day with whomever you are with, and that you are all surrounded by love and joy.

For my Jewish friends, I want to wish you a joyous Passover... From my research and my own personal bible studies, I have learned the story of Passover as follows (taken from Chabad.org):

"After many decades of slavery to the Egyptian pharaohs, during which time the Israelites were subjected to backbreaking labor and unbearable horrors, God saw the people’s distress and sent Moses to Pharaoh with a message: “Send forth My people, so that they may serve Me.” But despite numerous warnings, Pharaoh refused to heed God’s command. God then sent upon Egypt ten devastating plagues, afflicting them and destroying everything from their livestock to their crops.

At the stroke of midnight of 15 Nissan in the year 1313 BCE, God visited the last of the ten plagues on the Egyptians, killing all their firstborn. While doing so, God spared the Children of Israel, “passing over” their homes—hence the name of the holiday. Pharaoh’s resistance was broken, and he virtually chased his former slaves out of the land. The Israelites left in such a hurry, in fact, that the bread they baked as provisions for the way did not have time to rise. Six hundred thousand adult males, plus many more women and children, left Egypt on that day, and began the trek to Mount Sinai and their birth as God’s chosen people."

I wish the same for my Jewish friends as I do for my Christian friends, love and joy as you celebrate with your family and friends.


I would like to ask everyone today to please remember those who are away from their loved ones protecting our country and our freedoms and say a prayer for their safe return as soon as possible.

Happy holiday, thank you for being my friend!!

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Self-Portrait Sunday ~~ Easter Sunday Dress

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Maria's Space

My friend Maria over at Maria's Space started this meme to get us out from BEHIND the camera and showcase our own lovely faces on our blogs.... We don't want to have a blog full of our family, friends and children and when we go back years later and wonder.... where the heck were we and what did we look like?



This photo is me on Easter Sunday... Bill and I went out to dinner at our favorite Irish Pub Shannon's of Celebration then we came home and vegged out on the couch and watched a movie. I love spending time with him and my fur-babies.
 
 

Join Maria by posting your beautiful face and link up with Maria over at Maria's Space, visit the other participants and leave them a nice comment.


Have a great week everyone!

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Funny of the Day... Christmas is Over

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Several of my friends have told me that they have been using Santa to keep their kids in line for the last several weeks, even my step-son and DIL have been doing it with my grandson... I guess that's not going to work anymore.  I saw this and it made me think of them.....

I wonder how long you have to wait before you can start using the Easter Bunny????

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Self Portrait Sunday: Me and My "Babies"

Welcome to Self Portrait Sunday, Maria explains why she began this meme on her blog.

Don't forget to visit Maria, check out her gorgeous photos, link up to her blog and visit the other participants. Hope you have a lovely week and a wonderful Easter filled with love and joy surrounded by your families.

Until next time..... Lorie

{Thanks to my darling husband, Bill for taking this picture.}

Happy Easter!!

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter filled will love and happiness with your families.

Until next time..... Lorie, Bill, Nano and Mia

Saturday9: Hurts So Good

This meme was begun by Crazy Sam, here are her words:


"Welcome to Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!"


Saturday 9: Hurts So Good

1. Tell us about the last time you really got hurt. Eight years ago when I was assaulted. It has been the cause of all my spinal problems and some serious mental problems.

2. What's your oldest possession? I have a teddy bear that my grandmother gave me when I was born. It has had a "music box-ectomy" and has lost a lot of fuzz from all the love over the 44 years I have owned it.

3. Do you have any phobias? Oh, man yes!! Too many to list - I am medicated, see question #1.

4. What values did your parents instill in you? Not gonna go there... they had some serious religious issues and I also had problems with my dad (he was an abuser).

5. What are your plans for Easter? It's just me and Bill (and of course, the puppies), we are going to The Hyatt Regency at Grand Cypress for Champagne Brunch.

6. I like sun more than snow. Um, that's nice... is there a question there?????

7. Tell us about 3 fads from your teenage years. 1. Stone-washed skin-tight jeans; 2. High-heels with jeans; and 3. "Feathered" hair... and yes, I sported them ALL!! :-)


8. Tell us what is the most important attribute in a lover. Kindness!

9. What new piece of technology have you resisted buying and what would it take for you to change your mind? We are pretty up to date with technology (don't really want an iPad)... The newest thing out there that we would like to get is a 3-D HD LCD TV, but they are way too new and way too expensive. We will wait until there are more movies and shows available to watch on it and more sets available from different companies.


That's it for this weeks Saturday 9. Don't forget to link your post and visit the other participants. Have a wonderful week and a very Happy Easter weekend.


Until next time..... Lorie

Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop

Hershey's has partnered with the Children's Miracle Network for over 20 years - and this year, in celebration of their Easter products being sold exclusively at Walmart - they are going to donate up to $5000 to the Children's Miracle Network with the help US - the blogging community.

Here is how we can help:

* Create a blog post with the specifics listed here.

* Hershey Company will donate $10 per each blog post to CMN, up to a total of $5000.

* One blog post per URL counts towards the donation, but you can give as many virtual Easter baskets as you want.

* The Hershey’s Better Basket Blog Hop will officially begin at 12 AM EST on March 18th and end at 12 PM EST on April 4th, 2010. Blog posts submitted to Hershey before or after that time period will not be counted for.

* The blog post link has to be submitted to Hershey for the donation to be counted. (Link below)

* In addition copy and paste the following text in your blog post:


HERSHEY’S BETTER BASKET BLOG HOP RULES

- Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
- Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
- Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
- Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
- Leave your link at: http://betterbasket.info/BlogHop/ comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
- Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
- Please note that only one blog post by each blog URL will count towards the donation

I was fortunate to receive my virtual basket from my darling friend Maria of Maria's Space. I'd like to give a basket to my friends:
~ Karen at On the Brink de la Locura
~ Alexis at Running Away? I'll Help you Pack
~ Courtney at CooCoo Courtney
~ Krystyn at Really, Are you Serious?
~ Cat at 3 Kids and Us

This is a wonderful thing that Hershey is doing and I wish you all a wonderful Easter!

Until next time..... Lorie