OK, these last 2+ weeks have been so crazy, I know I have not kept you all up to date. Starting with Passover, my favorite Jewish holiday. We had an amazing dinner and so much fun! Cooking with my mom was great and not as stressful as I had thought it would be. I still have more Passover and Easter Recipes to post. After Passover on Wednesday, we had Easter with our friends, the Reeds on Sunday. Easter is another of my favorite holidays. My family and the Reeds, celebrate Passover and Easter together. We have been using the term East-Over to describe my families Jewish holiday and and Easter. We have been getting together for more years than even I can remember. I always love the big family dinners and holidays, Easter, Passover, and Thanksgiving. As stressful as they can be, they are my favorite holidays to cook for and to be with everyone, together.
Shannon and Phil at 9
irish brothers Saint
Patricks Day
Me, Phil, and Tiffany 2 on Halloween, I am a cat!
My birthday cake at work, with a
measuring cup.
LOL
Along with both Easter and Passover, another event happened this week... my birthday. One of the most hated days of the year. I like the birthday thing, but just for everyone else. I have always made a big deal of holidays and birthdays, I am always the one planning for everyone else's birthdays and I seem to be the idea person in my family for gifts and holiday, birthday, anniversary parties and dinners. Don't get me wrong, most of the time I enjoy it, this job that somehow I don't remember signing up for. But I am good at it, but I am not good at my birthday. I have never really enjoyed having my birthday, until this year. I have never felt accepted or as totally loved. I have never really had such a joyous surprise as I got this year. My friends made me cry, I do not remember feeling that loved my friends in a very long time. I was truly surprised and I guess birthdays are a present your friends and family give you each year.
This is Raider's favorite toy, Buddy, the mouse. We have many of these toys but the grey buddy is his favorite. Ray sleeps with his buddy.
Raider loves watching his "Cat" DVDs. I will set him up with the DVDs once or twice a week as I leave for work. He really watches them, you can see his eyes perk up and the tail starts twitching and he "chirps" at the birds, hamsters, and other animals on the screen.
This picture is Raider at 11 1/2 weeks, I call him Baby Bat Ears. Ray has always loved remotes, he will sleep with them or just curl up on top or with a remote. Raider is part Norwegian Forest Cat and has some Siamese, the ears! He is very sweet.
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