Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone.

I trust those that had a long weekend had a good one. Thanks to MOM & DAD for that great meal on Sunday! Very filling and very good. Oh, and thanks for the leftovers, I will enjoy it just as much for lunch today!

I am not sure why, but at night now, Michelle needs to keep the bedroom window open a crack. I wake up this morning to 17C bedroom. It's almost colder in the bedroom than outside. It's like a freezer. I like the fresh air, don't get me wrong, but I don't like a cold bedroom. And of course, since I hate Monday's, it makes it all that much harder to get out of bed in the morning. When your nice and cozy in a bed that's 25C, you really don't feel like sitting up and facing the 17C. Needless to say I had a super hot shower to try and unthaw myself.

I finally got my convertible back on the road. How exciting. Another 5-10C and I can put the top down and drive in style. I'm still debating whether or not to put the baby seat in the back of the convertible (haha).

Well for sure this is our final week. A Dr. Appointment on Wednesday and Michelle will be induced on Friday April 21. Hopefully it will happen before then, but the way things have been going, it doesn't seem that way.

Easter must be exciting in Central Europe. Read more:
In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, a tradition of whipping is carried out on Easter Monday. In the morning, males whip females with a special handmade whip called pomlázka (in Czech) or korbáč (in Slovak). The pomlázka/korbáč consists of eight, twelve or even twenty-four withies (willow rods) and is usually from half a metre to two metres long and decorated with coloured ribbons at the end. It must be mentioned that while whipping can be painful, the purpose is not to cause suffering. Rather, the purpose is for males to exhibit their attraction to females; unvisited females can even feel offended. The whipped female gives a coloured egg to the male as a sign of her thanks and forgiveness. A legend says that females should be whipped in order to keep their health and fertility during whole next year. In some regions the females can get revenge in the afternoon when they can pour a bucket of cold water on any male. The habit slightly varies across the Czech Republic. A similar tradition existed in Poland (where it is called Dyngus Day), but it is now little more than an all-day waterfight.