Easter dinner is going to be AWESOME. Tom is working, I am not, therefore I have time to cook, uninterrupted. :)

- Apricot-Brown Sugar Ham, which I'm going to try doing in the crock-pot, so I can have the oven free for other things. Tom is skeptical of the apricot-part, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be delicious.

- Heidi's Vibrant Tasty Green Beans, which really are freaking amazing. I wish I had actual real fresh local green beans, buuuut it's a little early for that. Found some pre-bagged ones at Tops that looked alright... at least they aren't spotty like most I've seen lately.

- Horseradish Deviled Eggs, which Tom is bouncing off the walls about. I'm pretty sure I'm going to use a whole dozen eggs - I might do half the regular deviled-egg flavor, and half this, or some other mix of whatever tickles my fancy this afternoon.

- Lucia Muffins!, also courtesy of Heidi. I hadn't decided on a bread yet, when she posted this, and I absolutely HAD to try them. I've wanted to make Lucia buns pretty much since first reading the Kirsten American Girls books when I was like eight... but I'm still a little scared of yeast, and I'd never taken the plunge to plunk down the money for saffron. Muffins do not need yeast. \0/ The saffron was a bit pricey (and it didn't help that the only place my Tops had any was in the organic spice section...ohgod), buuuut, it will last me forever, and goodness knows enough of my curry recipes call for using that (and not turmeric, which is what I usually do).

- A bottle of a citrus-y, semi-dry local white wine.

- Aaand Easter candy, delivered by the Easter Bunny at about 6:15 am this morning. (I bumped into him this year, as I was busy not sleeping from 5 until like 7. So I got up to make Tom his coffee.) Stefanelli's <3 chocolate bunnies, Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs, jelly beans and malt eggs, assorted sour candies for Tom (including his perennial favorite Toxic Waste), candy buttons and circus peanuts for me.
There's also a pair of these cool little paper glasses we got in at work... we got in 3D glasses (ye olde red'n'blue kind), and with them, other things that look kind of like them, but instead of a 3D effect, when you look at the right kind of light source, all the little light beams coming off it? get filled with rainbow stars, or hearts, or "happy birthday", or smiley faces. Silly, but, entertaining.

Ham is in the slow-cooker, slathered with copious amounts of yummy glaze. I really should go shower, and then start in on the eggs, since they can hang out in the fridge as long as I need them to. And it is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS outside - last night made me nervous, we had crazy high winds, and it was spitting rain and was dark and creepy, but today it's full sun again, 60 going up to 70. The peas, dianthus, lemon grass, and mystery plant (possibly cumin) sprouting on my windowsill are seriously happy little things.

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