Chia seeds are a protein-packed wonder food and this delicious chia seed pudding with coconut milk, vanilla and maple is a great snack!

Source: Simple Chia Seed Pudding Recipe | Wellness Mama

I still don’t have my new washer & dryer since Home Depot seems to think they must live up to their crummy delivery reputation, however, this has a bright side 🙂
I’m still doing my laundry at my mother-in-law’s house, which gives the opportunity for stories to be heard.
One of my favorite stories she’s told me is the time Abuelita Francisca Lara prepared an avocado for the very first time. Welo Faustino had been somewhere and had tasted guacamole and brought an avocado home for grandma to fix. Now Francisca had never prepared an avocado before, and since it was rock-hard, she set it in a pot of water to boil 😉 She waited and watched….as the water turned green, the skin came off, and inside a large hard seed appeared. This, grandpa Faustino said, was not how it had looked that day when he had tried it, but then, he didn’t know how they had prepared it either. They laughed and laughed at their experiment gone wrong as they looked at the green soup in the pot. Later on, someone shared the secret of guacamole with grandma, and I’m sure they had another laugh as she told the story of the green soup 🙂

via YOU HOLD THE KEY~ — Lisa Simone’s blog

Tomorrow is the day! The Happy Birthday Day 🙂 March 30
Dad will always be our James Dean, our Elvis….forever young….our Movie Star ❤ the Most Handsome Guy, the Best Dad, the Most Talented, married to the Most Beautiful Woman, father of 3 Gorgeous, Talented, Spirited, Adventurous Girls 😉 hehe
Happy Birthday (be it a day early) Wayne Bechthold!! We LOVE You!

There’s a lovely quotation ..”there’s a trick to the graceful exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving on, rather than out. It’s hard to realize life isn’t a holding action, but a process. We don’t leave the best parts of ourselves behind…we own what we learned back there. The experiences and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can take ourselves along – quite gracefully.”

So, go with grace, my daughter.

From my mother….Donna Bechthold

Delicious Easter Oreo Bark – a quick, yummy and festive treat perfect for Easter.

Source: Easter Oreo Bark