{"id":15115,"date":"2016-03-25T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15115"},"modified":"2016-03-25T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T01:30:57","slug":"happy-friday-randomness-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15115","title":{"rendered":"Happy Friday + Randomness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Friday! On Wednesday, K went over a friend’s house to paint some eggs. She made the one above for me — isn’t it perfectly neutral? What can I say, the girl knows her Mama. The\u00a0pre-Easter party was hosted by K’s friend’s grandmother, and at pick-up time I was politely half-listening\u00a0as I gathered stray socks and zipped up bags\u00a0when she told me that she had prepared seven dozen eggs for the girls. Seven dozen eggs?<\/p>\n

It turns out that she saves the\u00a0shells every time she makes an omelet or bakes cookies or poaches up Eggs Benedicts\u00a0throughout the year, washing them out and stockpiling them until Easter. “My mother did the same thing, and\u00a0I painted eggs like these as a child,” she said. Her mother\u00a0upheld this tradition for 81 years with kids, grandkids and great grandkids!<\/p>\n

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The egg shells are filled with jelly beans and bits of tissue paper, and hearing the backstory makes them all the more\u00a0endearing.<\/p>\n

In my family, my mom boiled\u00a0a dozen eggs, and using pens and acrylic paint, my brothers and I spent hours <\/em>drawing and painting\u00a0intricate designs on them. They took so long that we each completed\u00a0two or three at most. I tried to do the same\u00a0last year and promptly dropped all the eggs I was working on. A steady hand and a gentle yet firm grip are required, none of which I possess, it seems.<\/p>\n

Anyway! Happy Easter weekend to you all! We’re gearing up for an\u00a0egg hunt bonanza followed by a\u00a0hearty\u00a0outdoor brunch. It’s our own annual tradition we’ve created with our neighbors, and it’s going to be loads and loads of fun! Let’s hope it doesn’t rain…<\/p>\n

Haiku by K (she loves coming up with them):<\/p>\n

They have hidden eggs<\/em>
\nFilled with candy and money*<\/em>
\nI will find them first<\/em><\/p>\n

*Our neighbors must be overly generous — I’ve never stuffed the plastic\u00a0eggs with money.<\/p>\n

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P.S. The winner of the giveaway<\/a> is Amy M, congrats!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Friday! On Wednesday, K went over a friend’s house to paint some eggs. She made the one above for me — isn’t it perfectly neutral? What can I say, the girl knows her Mama. The\u00a0pre-Easter party was hosted by K’s friend’s grandmother, and at pick-up time I was politely half-listening\u00a0as I gathered stray socks and zipped up bags\u00a0when she told me that she had prepared seven dozen eggs for the girls. Seven dozen eggs? It turns out that she saves the\u00a0shells every time she makes an omelet or bakes cookies or poaches up Eggs Benedicts\u00a0throughout the year, washing them out and stockpiling them until Easter. “My mother did the same thing, and\u00a0I painted eggs like these as a child,” she said. Her mother\u00a0upheld this tradition for 81 years with kids, grandkids and great grandkids! The egg shells are filled with jelly beans and bits of tissue paper, and hearing the backstory makes them all the more\u00a0endearing. In my family, my mom boiled\u00a0a dozen eggs, and using pens and acrylic paint, my brothers and I spent hours drawing and painting\u00a0intricate designs on them. They took so long that we each completed\u00a0two or three at most. I tried to do the same\u00a0last year and promptly dropped all the eggs I was working on. A steady hand and a gentle yet firm grip are required, none of which I possess, it seems. Anyway! Happy Easter weekend to you all! We’re gearing up for an\u00a0egg hunt bonanza followed by a\u00a0hearty\u00a0outdoor brunch. It’s our own annual tradition we’ve created with our neighbors, and it’s going to be loads and loads of fun! Let’s hope it doesn’t rain… Haiku by K (she loves coming up with them): They have hidden eggs Filled with candy and money* I will find them first *Our neighbors must be overly generous — I’ve never stuffed the plastic\u00a0eggs with money.   P.S. The winner of the giveaway is Amy M, congrats!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15123,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15115\/revisions\/15123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}