May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 3

[EllaEnchanted]

Good Morning Angel....

Sounds like you had a long night. I hate when DH gets calls in the middle of the night for emergencies. I can get used to him not being home all day, but I hate when he's working all night.

I'm doing some house cleaning and bill paying today...then getting ready for Greek Easter this weekend. Do you celebrate Easter? If so, do you have any special plans. We're doing the traditional Greek dinner at mom's house. It's the biggest holiday of the year for Greeks. I'll go to midnight mass on Saturday and light candles for all my friends and family...now I'll include my disfriends too.

 

[granmaz]

Easter is celebrated, but more and more people don't know what it is really about, just a holiday with hot cross buns and Easter Eggs.

Easter Sunday is the only day that shops, garden centres,etc are not allowed to open so it is a little strange out and about. I think our corner shops as we call them and tourist shops can open though. We are so used to Supermarkets being open, allbeit with shorter hours, on a Sunday these days that it is easy to run out of something and then not be able to get it!!

Lamb is still a popular meat to eat but Turkey has also become popular too. Giving other presents is catching on, though not with us particularly as we are older and will resist it to the end!!!

 

[UKANGEL]

Good Morning Angel....
I'm doing some house cleaning and bill paying today...then getting ready for Greek Easter this weekend. Do you celebrate Easter? If so, do you have any special plans. We're doing the traditional Greek dinner at mom's house. It's the biggest holiday of the year for Greeks. I'll go to midnight mass on Saturday and light candles for all my friends and family...now I'll include my disfriends too.

We don't do much for Easter now, although if I'm home at my parents I would go to church on Sunday with them. I'm waiting for Becky and her bf to let me know if they're in on Sunday, as they don't have work we thought we might have a nice family lunch Mark (dh) does most of the cooking at the weekends as he loves to cook.

Schools and colleges are off for 2 weeks now (1 week before and 1 after Easter weekend) adn as Marilyn explained, the Friday and Monday are holidays here so DH will be home in theory.....but he's on call til Monday so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I hate it when he's not around.

Your Greek dinner sounds good! Hope you all have a wonderful time

 

[UKANGEL]

Easter Sunday is the only day that shops, garden centres,etc are not allowed to open so it is a little strange out and about. I think our corner shops as we call them and tourist shops can open though. We are so used to Supermarkets being open, allbeit with shorter hours, on a Sunday these days that it is easy to run out of something and then not be able to get it!!

Maz, I'm not even sure about some of the shops now! Becky & Paul aren't at work on Sunday as their shop is closed, but my niece (who works at Bon Marche in Swindon) has to work! I found that very strange as it's Easter Sunday!

I don't beleive in all the gift buying these days either, when the children were little I used to buy them eggs etc but I just gave them little chocolate Lindt rabbits this year....Becky doesn't eat chocolate of course as she's Vegan but I did find her one that's non-dairy this year


Oh...and hot cross buns......I'm eating one right now!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Easter is celebrated, but more and more people don't know what it is really about, just a holiday with hot cross buns and Easter Eggs.

Easter Sunday is the only day that shops, garden centres,etc are not allowed to open so it is a little strange out and about. I think our corner shops as we call them and tourist shops can open though. We are so used to Supermarkets being open, allbeit with shorter hours, on a Sunday these days that it is easy to run out of something and then not be able to get it!!

Lamb is still a popular meat to eat but Turkey has also become popular too. Giving other presents is catching on, though not with us particularly as we are older and will resist it to the end!!!

Hi Marilyn, isn't it funny how a traditional holiday evolves... what are your plans on Sunday? Will you do a big family dinner? Will you color eggs? Do you hide them? For American Easter the tradition is to make the eggs all colors and hide them. Then you have an Easter egg hunt and probably win little prizes. For Greek Easter the tradition is to make all the eggs red and you have an Easter egg fight...really two people just hit each other's eggs and the one that doesn't break, wins. There are no gifts or prizes for the winner....just bragging rights.

 

[granmaz]

Maz, I'm not even sure about some of the shops now! Becky & Paul aren't at work on Sunday as their shop is closed, but my niece (who works at Bon Marche in Swindon) has to work! I found that very strange as it's Easter Sunday!

I don't beleive in all the gift buying these days either, when the children were little I used to buy them eggs etc but I just gave them little chocolate Lindt rabbits this year....Becky doesn't eat chocolate of course as she's Vegan but I did find her one that's non-dairy this year


Oh...and hot cross buns......I'm eating one right now!

The shop situation is strange as I did think it was a law. Ah well!

Now, I adore hot cross buns, adore them!

Hi Marilyn, isn't it funny how a traditional holiday evolves... what are your plans on Sunday? Will you do a big family dinner? Will you color eggs? Do you hide them? For American Easter the tradition is to make the eggs all colors and hide them. Then you have an Easter egg hunt and probably win little prizes. For Greek Easter the tradition is to make all the eggs red and you have an Easter egg fight...really two people just hit each other's eggs and the one that doesn't break, wins. There are no gifts or prizes for the winner....just bragging rights.

Growing up Easter was low key and we never did anything special, so we never did with our children. I think some areas of the country did Easter egg rolling as a traditional thing. Now I hear of parents doing Easter Egg hunts etc I feel I was pretty useless at that type of thing!! Another tradition used to be Easter bonnet competition and we never did that either. Our local area had 'Pace Egg' plays on Good Friday. We went to watch it every year - it was performed out in open places around the district - but I never had any idea what it was about. Nothing to do with Easter I think!

 

[granmaz]

Just in case you are interested - they still perform it today. There is a link to some pictures at the top of the page. Hebden Bridge was where I lived till I was 18 and my parents for 70 years!

http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/news06/15.html

Ours used to wear silly headgear as in this picture.
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/localhistory/glimpse-past/traditions/pace-egg.html

 

[Jhalkias]

PJ - you are PRICELESS!

I LOVE it!

NOW, how can I use it in my sig and not get pulled over for too many pixels?

 

[EllaEnchanted]

We don't do much for Easter now, although if I'm home at my parents I would go to church on Sunday with them. I'm waiting for Becky and her bf to let me know if they're in on Sunday, as they don't have work we thought we might have a nice family lunch Mark (dh) does most of the cooking at the weekends as he loves to cook.


That sounds like a very nice day planned, Angel. Don't you LOVE it that DH cooks!!! John does too. When I met him and we got together he drew an imaginary line across the kitchen entry way and said, this is my territory, I love to cook and the kitchen is my zone....so I immediately married him!!! HA HA HA

Schools and colleges are off for 2 weeks now (1 week before and 1 after Easter weekend) adn as Marilyn explained, the Friday and Monday are holidays here so DH will be home in theory.....but he's on call til Monday so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I hate it when he's not around.


Let's hope that Mark is able to stay at home this weekend and not be called out on any emergencies.


Your Greek dinner sounds good! Hope you all have a wonderful time

Thanks. It'll be great because we'll all be together.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

PJ - you are PRICELESS!

I LOVE it!

NOW, how can I use it in my sig and not get pulled over for too many pixels?

Good Luck with that John, the DIS police are watching and we all just got busted!!! Only allowed to have three graphics....so.....gotta make choices, can't have it all.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Just in case you are interested - they still perform it today. There is a link to some pictures at the top of the page. Hebden Bridge was where I lived till I was 18 and my parents for 70 years!

http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/news06/15.html

Ours used to wear silly headgear as in this picture.
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/leisure/localhistory/glimpse-past/traditions/pace-egg.html

Well that's enlightening and different. It's theatrical with costumes...representing good over evil and the symbol of the egg is prosperity. It is almost as if there is no religious correlation, whereas the American and Greek traditions are both based on religion. Of course, it's very commercialized today.

And somehow Hot Crossed Buns becomes a part of it all too. How did that get in there? I wonder.

 

[UKANGEL]

"That sounds like a very nice day planned, Angel. Don't you LOVE it that DH cooks!!! John does too. When I met him and we got together he drew an imaginary line across the kitchen entry way and said, this is my territory, I love to cook and the kitchen is my zone....so I immediately married him!!! HA HA HA "


Deb, my thoughts exactly!

 

[pahrumpgirl]

Oh . . . Yeah!

Now I can be a Champagne girl . . . NOT.

Maybe we need a "Beer Boys" - Maybe use one of the lost boys to keep the Peter Pan theme . . . Of course, I am about a party of ONE for that group, unless Dennis has time to get back on.

John,

That sounds like a great idea to me!! "The Lost Beer Boys" We could even have a mascot too. A lime green nite shirt, top hat and umbrella should not be hard to find. Count me in as another member.

Doug

 

[HollyTyler]

Hope you're feeling a bit brighter when you get up again Holly!

Nope....this is just the start. Since the congestion started breaking up, I'll probably be couging it up for 2 or 3 days. Wonderful. But at least this is happening before school starts back up. That's the good part! And Tyler left for his dad's house last night and won't be home until Saturday at 5pm, so that gives me plenty of sleep time after work.

Probably won't see me much here today. Feeling very fuzzy-headed and groggy. Too grumpy to chat because of feeling lousy. Wish I could afford to leave work and go home to bed. Have a great day everybody!

 

[HollyTyler]

Easter is celebrated, but more and more people don't know what it is really about, just a holiday with hot cross buns and Easter Eggs.

Tyler gave me a very detailed description the other day about Easter and what it means, what happened to Jesus, how he came back to life after 3 days of being in the tomb, etc. Of course I already knew this, but it was funny how he thought I didn't know! Very cute! His day care is at a church and is very bible-study oriented, so I'm thrilled that he's learning so much because I agree about how so many people just don't know what Easter is all about anymore.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Nope....this is just the start. Since the congestion started breaking up, I'll probably be couging it up for 2 or 3 days. Wonderful. But at least this is happening before school starts back up. That's the good part! And Tyler left for his dad's house last night and won't be home until Saturday at 5pm, so that gives me plenty of sleep time after work.

Probably won't see me much here today. Feeling very fuzzy-headed and groggy. Too grumpy to chat because of feeling lousy. Wish I could afford to leave work and go home to bed. Have a great day everybody!

Bye Holly...hope you feel better real soon. Get some good rest tonight and remember to drink pleanty of fluids. Try a hot toddie to release some of that chest congestion...if nothing else, it'll put you in a better mood coz you won't feel as lousy!!!

 

[granmaz]

Nope....this is just the start. Since the congestion started breaking up, I'll probably be couging it up for 2 or 3 days. Wonderful. But at least this is happening before school starts back up. That's the good part! And Tyler left for his dad's house last night and won't be home until Saturday at 5pm, so that gives me plenty of sleep time after work.

Probably won't see me much here today. Feeling very fuzzy-headed and groggy. Too grumpy to chat because of feeling lousy. Wish I could afford to leave work and go home to bed. Have a great day everybody!

Well you just take care and rest when you can.

Tyler gave me a very detailed description the other day about Easter and what it means, what happened to Jesus, how he came back to life after 3 days of being in the tomb, etc. Of course I already knew this, but it was funny how he thought I didn't know! Very cute! His day care is at a church and is very bible-study oriented, so I'm thrilled that he's learning so much because I agree about how so many people just don't know what Easter is all about anymore.

That is so lovely! He sounds a real little cutie.

 

[Jhalkias]

For Deb and whoever else may be interested . . .

The traditional Greek Easter Hymn translated:

Christ has risen from the dead
By His death He trampled death
And those in the tombs,
bestowing to them the eternal life!

You can hear it here:

http://lent.goarch.org/holy_pascha/listen/

It is sung, oh, I don't know 40 some times after midnight in our church!

 

[UKANGEL]

Nope....this is just the start. Since the congestion started breaking up, I'll probably be couging it up for 2 or 3 days. Wonderful. But at least this is happening before school starts back up. That's the good part! And Tyler left for his dad's house last night and won't be home until Saturday at 5pm, so that gives me plenty of sleep time after work.

Probably won't see me much here today. Feeling very fuzzy-headed and groggy. Too grumpy to chat because of feeling lousy. Wish I could afford to leave work and go home to bed. Have a great day everybody!

Poor you! Tuck yourself up when you get home and get lots of rest while you can......thinking of you

 

[ibouncetoo]

Surly says the Beer Drinking in Mexico part of him cares, too...

Carolyn

Didn't they set some kind of beer drinking speed record in Costa Maya?