It was a mostly glorious Easter yesterday. The only thing that would have made it better was to have had Steve celebrating it with me. His choice. Went to church for an Easter breakfast before services. Yummy! Then the service - one of those mornings when I was moved to tears at many points. Songs, readings, drama - all served to remind me that Jesus Christ had made the sacrifice of his own earthly life so that our sins might be forgiven. Our God is an Awesome God!
I returned from church and got to boiling. Eggs that is. Steve's dad requested "Eggs a la Goldenrod" for Easter dinner. This is basically hard boiled egg whites in a cream sauce, served over toast with the yolks sprinkled over the top. Steve's mom used to make it at Easter. As Steve's dad's appetite isn't what it used to be, it was just right and certainly a lot less work for me than a full Easter dinner! I gathered all my ingredients and, when Eric got home from his church, we went to dad's.
I brought him some Euros and pounds from my trip, as well as pictures to share. We had a good visit, highlighted by Scott's call to all of us wishing us a Happy Easter. He went skiing in Switzerland after I left, so it was nice to hear about his trip as well.
Home again for a quiet evening. The big task was to get the taxes done. Steve sat down with me so that "two heads" could possibly find any other ways to reduce our tax bill. Alas, none other than an IRA contribution - and even with the maximum contribution to my IRA, we would have still had a four figure tax bill. So opted not to make a contribution this year. We think our bill was so high because of Steve's overtime last year and my not having enough taken out of my paychecks. Needless to say, I'm filling out new tax forms at work today! Oh well, it's done now and electronically filed.
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