In many ways, Easter is a bigger deal than Christmas for me. Certainly from a religious perspective, it's more important. From a work perspective, it's better because there are no gifts and no decorations. Which doesn't mean that my to-do list today isn't immense! On the last day before Good Friday I need to
..call my butcher and beg and plead with him to get me a ham for Sunday. I completely forgot to do this last week Done, sort of. The butcher no longer has any bone-in hams available except the ones currently in the case. So now I need to call Abu and see if she will stop by on her way home from work and pick one up. That's assuming they have some left at 3 o'clock. Sigh.
..shop and bake for Sahsez' Third Annual Good Friday Tea Party, all whilst resisting the urge to lick the chocolate off my fingers
..do at least three loads of laundry. Yesterday's laundry day was a bit of a wash (HA!) because of a very attention-hungry baby, motherly fatigue, and a sparring class that I wasn't willing to miss
..email the head pastor at my church the list of songs my kids will be singing at the Easter morning service Done.
..make some phone calls to find out which is the best church service to attend tomorrow morning Done. Found this information on the web.
..harrass Tobias to pick up some Dolly mixture from the British sweet shop and some goose fat (for the Easter Sunday roast potatoes) downtown today Done, except that the charcuterie near Tobias' office doesn't have any goose fat, but they do have some duck confit, and they'll pack up some "just fat" for him.
..make the house spic and span
..shop for and plan the hot cross buns
..drop off cookies at two different neghbours' houses to thank them for taking care of a fallen tree limb for me this week Done. Social crisis (being considered an ingrate by my neighbours) averted.
..pump some milk so that others may help feed M'hijo this weekend
..prepare my heart and soul and think about the Passion (yikes!)
..hold a conference with the Easter Bunny to make sure he knows that since we now have TWO children in our house, he should hide TWICE as much candy this year, even though ONE child will hunt and eat it ALL
..keep M'hijo clean, fed, and happy.
Here we go!
