~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 27, 2011 I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run. Babe Ruth ~★ Can you guess what three things we are celebrating today? This story is about a famous ball player whose real name was George Herman Ruth … Continue reading Babe Ruth, Story Telling and Prime Rib Day!

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 26 A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.Ludwig Wittgenstein ★~Today is hug and Australian  Day: G'day mate! Happy Hug an Australian Day to you! Today we pay … Continue reading Hug an Aussie and Eat a Pretzel Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 25 “Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” Emily Dickinson Happy Dyngus Day, also spelled Dingus Day by our Polish friends. In Poland, Easter Monday is known as Wet Easter Monday, when boys try to drench girls with buckets of water, squirt guns, or … Continue reading Happy Dyngus Day!

Grab a cuppa this is going to be a long story . . . I told you the story about the antique bunny mold and how I hadn’t attempted to use it in 10 years, but for some reason this year I decided to try and make the bunny cake myself; I don’t know why … Continue reading Bunny Cake: If At First You Don’t Succeed Try 4 More Times

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 24 He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.  ~George Herbert Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy Spring! ★~Born Today: ♥~1934 - Shirley MacLaine (Shirley MacLean Beaty) Academy Award-winning actress Terms of Endearment [1983]; Emmy awards: Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now [1974], Gypsy … Continue reading Happy Easter! Passover! Spring!

My mom, ever the optimist, gave me her great grandmother’s antique bunny cake mold after Cole was born. I should have asked her why she never made the cake for me while I was growing up..... Since I’m the mother who does not bake, when Cole was about four I took the bunny mold to … Continue reading Quiet! Easter Bunny Cake Baking!

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 23 To eat an egg, you must break the shell.  ~Jamaican Proverb ★~Take a Chance Day: A long time ago I had a boss who told me, “Katybeth, once you ask, you have cut off your options. Don’t ask. Take a chance.” If it doesn’t work out; ask for … Continue reading Take a Chance Day~Cherry Cheesecake Day

My teen informed me that the fridge was bare and insisted he was hungry. Feeling a tad guilty,  I agreed to take him to Potbellies for lunch and then go grocery shopping. At Potbellies, I stayed in the car because we had pups with us, and it was a little warm; Cole went in to … Continue reading Teens, Grocery Shoping, Roosters

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ April 22 ★~ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.  ~Native American Proverb ★~ Today is Earth Day: ★~ The Earth has everything we need: cities, forests, and oceans — all in 3-D. Farms are more expansive then Farmville and the ability … Continue reading Earth Day and Jelly Bean Day

  Multi-Tasking, Stylish, Hoohaa's: Let me only say...I really had a tough time with the picture part of this post. Cousin Carla Rants... Ever since our conversation the other night I have had noticed more and more the current vagina obsession.  I think it started with the Vagina Monologues.  I told you I went to see … Continue reading Multi-Tasking, Stylish, Hoohaa’s