John coloring eggs...we have a great tradition of coloring eggs each year at my in-laws. I don't think any of us will ever get too old!

A.C.'s cool eggs! We like the method of using
rubberbands and dipping only part of the egg into a color.

I am teaching a club at our school for 1st-5th graders. It's entitled, "manicures, pedicures, facials, OH MY!" I am trying to emphasize the realtionship between living healthy and being beautiful. And also stress that beauty comes in all colors and sizes! So far, we have done manicures, made an oatmeal face scrub, and done facials with avacodo masks! It's been a blast. The cool part is we have also incorporated the scrub and mask ingredients into our snacks! Healthy in...healthy out.

my camellias...
look like candycanes!

my daffodils

Harbor enjoying SPRING! She's
a beautiful yellow daffodil.

March was not the best month I've had. I usually like March: spring arrives, my anniversary, my best friend's birthday. Well, my anniversary did come. I got a gorgeous ring that my husband picked out all by himself. I know it was a challenging and gratifying accomplishment for him. ( I am not easy to buy for...frugal and simplistic...hard to apply when shopping for jewelry). Anyway, it was so perfect, a little over budget, I am sure, but for once I didn't give him crap about the money and accepted the ring graciously. So, ok, that was a plus. Spring also came. Nice, you'd think, but the whole March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb...not so! The weather was crazy. It rained, it poured, it blew like crazy ALL month. It was cold too. And do you ever have those periods in your life where everyone needs you. I mean I think I was torn into 40 different directions of support. My friend, Kim is funny. She told me some of those people, especially the newly rekindled ones from facebook, needed to back off! She said I had way too much on my plate trying to deal with her (she had major sugery and has 2 young children) and another close friend whose mom and father-in-law were diagnosed with cancer in March. Her mom has lung cancer and is in hardcore treatment, and her father-in-law passed away last week, two weeks after diagnosis! Then there is always the "family bullshit." I'm not talking about my precious children or my newly redeemed husband! Preachin' to the choir, I know. And last but not least, those screw ups that the cable company makes that overdraw your little stockpile account! Those really just suck. I will admit, I have been consumed by it, but I am not by nature a confronter. I do not like confrontation. I just want my flippin' money back. I worked hard, wiping noses and handing out hugs for that money. So, as a very good friend of mine likes to say...long story short...I am happy and optimistic that April is here. Perhaps I will find something interesting to write about in April. or maybe it will be blissfully boring!