The Traveling Mermaid

In return of my travels this spring I am reminded of past years and the many trips that I enjoyed with my family. I think that the first hand experience of another city or culture unlike your own is one of the riches gifts that we can give our children. It encourages a sense of wonderment and lust for knowledge. I was fortunate enough as a child to have traveled a bit with my parents and siblings. This bestowed on me the traveling heart that I encompass today. There is so much beauty both far and wide that I have not had the privilege to experience as of yet. But plan to in the future.
When my children were young we did travel a bit but not to the extent that I would have liked. I feel now that it is now my duty to expose my granddaughter and future grandchildren to the curiosities of the world. It is so easy today to hop on a plan to destinations all over the globe. Yes there is the matter of money travel can be quite costly and time consuming. But the planning and research is half the fun. With the gift of internet travel we can extend that trip or experience to last a year or two with the prep and follow up being done on via computer.
In the near future I would like to ask all of you to share your travel memories or secrets in a post with all of us. Sometimes the best way to find out about a cool place to visit is simply from the word of a friend. Stay tuned for updated information and date in a post within the next week or two.

Easter Wishes

Happy good Friday to you all. My Easter wish for all of you is that you find the day to be as magical and spiritual as it was when you were young and you would wake up in the morning to hard boiled eggs, chocolate bunnies and hidden Easter baskets. Then dress in your Sunday best complete with Easter bonnet and go to church. After church came Easter egg hunts and boiled dinner. Then it was time weather permitting to go out in your new spring jacket and fly your new kite. After the perfect afternoon of sunshine you were free to dive into your giant chocolate rabbitt. First you nibble the ear then you get brave and eat those candy eyes and before you know it there goes the head. Well maybe not every Easter was quite this perfect but I do remember at least one that followed this scenario pretty closely.

I also remember one Easter morning waking up to my mothers hysteria because someone had gotten up during the night and Eaten most of the coconut bunny cake, that took her many hours to make. There was a little trail of coconut from the kitchen to the living room. This was almost as bad as the year the cat ate the Thanksgiving Day turkey. Well after many interrogations it came out that it wasn't the beloved children that ate the cake but a guest spending the weekend. Whoops, was it the coconut in her teeth that gave it away?

Well, I really just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Easter and oh I almost forgot I wanted to share with you Ms. Martha's tip for little Easter cup table favors. Click on the link below for more info.

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=3f8476ecfd22f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=wks_EW_WK4_Proj2

Wow, leave it to Martha to have an extra complicated link to her site. I do love everything that she does but sometimes it is just a little too perfect and makes me feel pretty inept. If you have a special or a funny Easter story to share leave it here at this post.

Now bring on the chocolate bunnies!