Easter is two weeks away.  like any holiday, there is prep work to do...cept i don't really consider Easter a real holiday for a few reasons...

 

ok, first, the food.  ham.  really?  we all gather to eat ham?  now, i don't hate ham, but it's certainly not a meal that i get excited about.  ham = lame.  if you want to have a real holiday - make a turkey or burgers or good apps/desserts - none of these things make an appearance at Easter.  Easter meal = lame.

 

second, the attire.  apparently, when you have kids, you're supposed to dress them up in ridiculous outfits that only involve pastel colors.  why?  seriously, am i supposed to go out and buy a new frilly pastel dress for Sadie and some pastel shirt and khakis for Aman?  i can't bring myself to do it.  it seems like an excessive waste to buy said attire for one day...esp. when they're going to get it all dirty and have no where else to wear it to.  so, i'm standing firm, no special Easter attire.  i'll dress them in something respectable that they already own and call it a day.

 

third, religion - a clearly non-controversial topic.  i suppose the whole purpose of Easter is to celebrate religion and to go to church, hence why i suppose people buy the frilly attire.  well, i'm not religious...i know, shocking.  now, i am spiritual...but, i absolutely do not believe there is some dude sit'n in the clouds directing my life.  i firmly believe that people are in control of their own actions/destiny and that people can determine their path with every choice they make.  with that said, i think everyone has the right to believe what they wish.  so, since i don't believe in the religious purpose of this holiday, i have to grasp on to something else.  so, now that i've probably offended all the church-go'n-folk, i'll move on to the only default positive i can get out of this holiday...

 

candy.  yep, i just went from religion to candy...please address your horrified hate letters to "Easter Schmeaster".  so, my favorite Easter candy would be the jelly beans, Starburst jelly beans to be exact.  i also like chocolate...just not the ridiculous life-size, foil-wrapped, hollow bunnies...they're completely over-rated.  the two worst Easter candy items have to be those creme filled Cadbury eggs and Peeps - both definitely gross me out, but i respect their place in the Easter candy isle.  now, with two young kids, i get to partake in the candy buying for the Easter baskets.  i also get to fill plastic Easter eggs and watch Aiden hunt for them in our yard...and this year, i'll get to see Sadie waddle around the yard and try to chew the token empty egg Aiden allows her to have...even more exciting is that Sadie is too young to eat any of her candy, so i get all that loot.  score one for me.

 

so, since Easter to me is basically Halloween without costumes, i charactize it as lame.

 

 

so, i decided to paint our master bath.  the color we chose is what i would call a Frosty color...kinda tan and kinda brown.  well, as i was painting, i mentioned to jon that the color reminded me of a Frosty...and the tough part is that a majority of the time i was painting, all i could think about was wanting a Frosty.  Jon's response to me (all matter-o-fact) was "i've never had a Frosty.  isn't it just a milkshake?"  wha-wha-what?!?  how can you live 35 years and never eat a Frosty?  and to say that it's "just a milkshake" - unacceptable!  so, now, i need to CLEARLY plan a trip to Wendy's to show him the way.  and, to be honest, i haven't had one in probably 5 years, so i'm due.

 

then, yesterday, i'm talking to my sis on the phone.  i tell her the Frosty story.  she then transitions into the fact that she has a Dairy Queen right down the road from her house and she starts to reminisce about eating Blizzards.  i get all frothy and say "omg - i loved the Butterfinger one!"  she says, "i'm a fan of the Heath Bar one!"  Jon says "i've never had a Blizzard."  WHAT THE HELL?  the Frosty was one thing, but you've never had a Blizzard either?  and i thought i was sheltered growing up!  granted, i haven't had one since high school, but still, good god man! 

 

good part about all this...i've got me two delicious road trips coming up!  :)