Easter Sunday Morning

It is nearly noon as I'm typing...... everything is just about ready for this afternoon. The Scottish egg (or is that Scotch eggs?) are in the fridge, waiting to be baked, and so are the bunny-shaped salmon-crabcakes. The plastic candy-filled eggs are hidden around the house, waiting for the after-dinner egg hunt. Prizes are wrapped, favors are set out by the guest book, placecards are set, the table looks very pretty in pink and ivory. The dinner plates have large pink roses and green leaves on an ivory background, so those worked out perfectly. All the plates that I'll need for the different courses of today's dinner are lined up on the breakfast-bar..... neat little piles of nine.

I'm just waiting for the dishwasher to finish up, so I can empty that and have it ready for this afternoon's collection of dishes and glassware. The cats are on the porch still, and they all have probably realized by now that we're having company. They don't like being secluded on the porch, but once the house starts filling up with people, I honestly think they're happy to be out there in their own space, whether we're having nine friends or twenty-five. Even Gracie is out there now, and she loves the porch so I don't think she minds being out there at all.

This morning when my husband walked Gracie, she seemed to turn her ankle the wrong way and now she's limping just a little bit. If the limping doesn't quit by tomorrow, I'll take her to the vet so he can have a look-see.


We were invited to L's house last night.... her parents had a little birthday party for her and her twin brother M. Our young Miss C was there, along with her parents, and L and M had invited a bunch of their friends from school-- all of whom we know, being that C has invited the same group here to our Christmas and Halloween parties. Such a nice group of kids.... they're all 15 years old, and they're all truly just 15, rather than 15 going on 37.

We only stayed a couple of hours last night........ just enough time to have a little something to eat, have a slice of birthday cake, and chit-chat with the other adults there. I had explained to L's mom that we had been busy all day preparing for today, and we still had things to do last night. When we came home from L's party, my husband made the Scottish eggs, then we both hid the plastic eggs around the house. I thought if we both did that, we'd have a better chance of remembering where the eggs were hidden, just in case our friends don't find all 89 of them. 89 eggs seemed like a lot for just seven people to hunt for, but once we got to hiding them, it didn't seem to be too many at all.

Time for me to get the last-minute things done..... the dishwasher needs to be emptied out, and I need to set up the coffee urn, and I also need to feed the cats. Where's the Easter Bunny when you need him?