1. BEAUTY ROOM
Click the photo above to check out my new Beauty Room! I had a chandelier put in the room, and I absolutely love this room now! Actually, we all do. It’s a cozy gathering place which was not what I’d intended. I’m still working on organizing some drawers and still getting rid of things, but it’s a great place to run my empire! (By empire, I actually mean my life.)
2. PAULIE’S
I rarely take a proper lunch break when I’m at work. On this one rare day, I stopped in for a cappacino and cookie break at Paulie’s in Houston. It was the most amazing coffee in Houston. Ever. Just saying. The adult food looks amazing as well, however the last four times I’ve been in, I’ve only been buying cookies as gifts or for events at work.
3. EASTER EGGS
I was so thrilled to find a bird’s nest in my back yard. The thrill was ruined just two days later, when my dogs had to chase off a cat that was in the middle of stealing one of the eggs from the nest. Nature can be so cruel. I carefully picked up the damaged egg, patched it and attempted to incubate it for a week before I was sure it was ruined and lifeless. I had incubated tons of eggs in the past, but nothing so small and fragile as Dove eggs. Doves are known as sloppy nest makers and honestly it was in a terrible location. Obviously the top of a fence is where any smart cat would sit to torture the dogs below. But the beauty and joy I felt when I first discovered the nest leaves me hopeful that other birds in the area will be more successful in the future here. I would love to be able to photograph brand new life!
4. BIRD HOME AVENUE
Every thing isn’t about makeup and fashion to me…I love gardening and anything to do with nature as well. It’s a bit old lady I suppose, but I adore bird houses and pick up a few every year to tuck here and there throughout the yard in hopes that it draws more birds my way! Nothing is better than hearing chirps in the morning!
5. GALVESTON DAY TRIP
While Galveston Beach is not exactly The Bahamas, it’s still a beach. It’s nice to go sit and hear the waves crash in, feel the wind blow and of course…take the dogs. I do this at least once a year. It was great because it wasn’t too hot yet. At one point, I suddenly look down, and see that Jazzy has scribbled her name in the sand! Amazing girl! Blanca and Bella were not crazy about having other people on the beach, as you can see in their resting bitch face shot. They were also not thrilled with the concept of sand in their toes, so mainly they sat in the lawn chair and observed the passers by.
6. EASTER
Easter
This article is about the Christian and cultural festival. For other uses, seeEaster,[nb 1] also called Pascha[nb 2] or Resurrection Sunday,[nb 3] is a festival and holiday celebrating theresurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.[5][6] It is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.
The week before Easter is called Holy Week, and it contains the days of the Easter Triduum, including Maundy Thursday, commemorating the Maundy and Last Supper,[7][8] as well as Good Friday, commemorating thecrucifixion and death of Jesus.[9] In western Christianity, Eastertide, the Easter Season, begins on Easter Sunday and lasts seven weeks, ending with the coming of the fiftieth day, Pentecost Sunday. In Orthodoxy, the season of Pascha begins on Pascha and ends with the coming of the fortieth day, the Feast of the Ascension.
Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts which do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorianor Julian calendars which follow only the cycle of the sun; rather, its date is determined on a lunisolar calendarsimilar to the Hebrew calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established two rules, independence of the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules for Easter explicitly laid down by the council. No details for the computation were specified; these were worked out in practice, a process that took centuries and generated a number of controversies. It has come to be the first Sunday after the ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March,[10] but calculations vary in East and West.
Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover by much of its symbolism, as well as by its position in the calendar. In many languages, the words for “Easter” and “Passover” are identical or very similar.[11] Easter customs vary across theChristian world, and include sunrise services, exclaiming the Paschal greeting, clipping the church,[12] and decorating Easter eggs, a symbol of the empty tomb.[13][14][15] The Easter lily, a symbol of the resurrection,[16][17]traditionally decorates the chancel area of churches on this day and for the rest of Eastertide.[18] Additional customs that have become associated with Easter and are observed by both Christians and some non-Christians include egg hunting, the Easter Bunny, and Easter parades.[19][20][21] There are also various traditional Easter foodsthat vary regionally.
-SDS
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