Bittersweet and the little soap company

Easter Love Wishes...

Painting, prepping, and preparing around here. The garden shed porch deck has a fresh coat of gray porch paint as well as the little porch off the kitchen. I'm always amazed how a fresh coat of paint makes everything fresh and new again, love that!

I also love that it's Easter. I'll be throwing together some good foods this weekend, and hanging around enjoying the glorious weather with family and friends.

Blessings to you and your family, and my wish is that you enjoy a peaceful Easter with family and friends. We are all so very fortunate to have our friends and family. Well, you don't need preacher lady telling you that, now do you?

Don't forget about the Bittersweet Easter giveaway! There's a link to the right to enter. Good Luck!

I'm going to take a little blogation the rest of the week.

God Bless, and Happy Easter!

Enjoy a caring and sharing Easter my friends...

Jill 00 (Two Easter hugs are better than none)
 

Easter Love...

 The Easter celebration rocked!

That's a picture of Kate, my step brother's darling little girl. 

MJ, my step-mom, said Kate loves her little pink coat. The other day she put her down for a nap, and little Kate wanted to leave her coat on while she napped, too cute!

After the royal hunt, my dad makes a large bonfire and the kids make smores. H'm, I only see one kid standing there, don't you?

As you can tell by the background in that picture, spring has been slow to arrive.

This weeks forecast calls for sunny and warm, and I can't wait! I have so many items on my spring chore list, and haven't felt like doing any of them when it's cold.

Soap wrap day today. I'm behind on that as usual, and I'll be preparing for the Art on the Hill.

April calendar is filled up with design work, shows, and celebrations.

I mentioned how May Day falls on Saturday this year. So excited to have that. It's been several years since that has happened. That is when I celebrate the arrival of spring, and it's more of a joy when it's on a Saturday! 

I'm in beginning stages, and planning for May Day hostess treats for my guests. I think I have it, but have not made the prototype yet. Coming soon.

So, lot's of spring stuff coming up, and I love to share it with all of you.

Enjoy caring and sharing spring days.

Happily,

Jill 00 (Two hugs are better than one)

 
 

Easter Pie...

Happy Sunday everyone!

We are celebrating our Easter today with my family.

My step-mom and dad have an Easter egg hunt every year this time, and the little ones have a blast.

The coconut cream pie, my dad's request, his favorite.

This is a picture from several Easter's ago. My niece Stephanie basking in the Spring.

Enjoy caring and sharing days, and happye early Easter!

Happily,

Jill 00 (Two hugs are better than one) 

How Does One Find Happiness?

That's a huge philosophical question but yet a question I've been pondering the past few days. Happiness means different things to different people. What makes me happy may not necessarily make you happy. OK, that's a NO BRAIN ER Jill!

What I mean to say...

Sometimes its hard to be happy. We all have serious life things to deal with and some more serious dealings than others.

Notice I used the word deal. That's kind of how I look at life. Each and every one of us is dealt a deck of cards. It's how we play each card that determines the final hand. In other words.. I believe we hold the powers within ourselves to be happy. It's a choice. It's that old good and bad thing. You can choose to look on the good or you can choose to look on the bad. So simple, but oh how we let things get in the way of that simple thinking. 

Whichever you choose, that thought will make or break whether your happy or not, and either way, trickles down all around you and spreads like fire. I would rather trickle happiness than unhappiness.

I choose to be happy!

Quite frankly and putting it simply, It's much more fun to go through life being happy rather than sad.

What makes Jill happy?

My health, My family, and awaking to a fresh new day each morning. That's what makes me happy. Those three things, simple and corny as they sound are huge happy makers for me.

What makes you happy? I'd like to know...

Enjoy caring and sharing summer days.

Happily,

Jill 00 (Simply put, two hugs are better than one)