~ Palm Sunday ~

Although I do not attend church anymore, I do recall Palm Sundays of my youth. Singing in the church choir to what became some of my favorite Easter songs is now a cherished memory. And there were the Palms. At the end of the service everyone would go up to the front of the church and get his or her very own 'Palm tree branch'. I don't know if it really was a palm tree branch but it was different than anything we had around our house. I remember gingerly taking it home and trying to preserve it as long as I could before the leaves curled up and turned brown.

...so today I thought about that and so started off this blog with it.

A few comments about the wedding...the bride, my daughter was gorgeous! She made a long beaded necklace that she wore that draped down the back and she looked very elegant and vintage, exactly as she planned. The groom looked handsome in his tuxedo as well.

The day of the wedding it had been SNOWING in Dallas and thankfully stopped and cleared up for the most part by the time we got there. One of the bridesmaids did all the gals makeup including my own for which I was grateful.

The turn out was not what was hoped for but everyone who really mattered to the wedding couple were there. My daughter cried through some of her vows, which surprised me as I do not recall seeing her cry hardly ever in her life, so tears of joy were a bit of a surprise to me. And although others thought I would cry, I did not.
Expect the unexpected I guess.  :-)   It will take some getting used to her being married and going by a different name.  I am happy for them though and wish them all the best!

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I had filed our income taxes early, in mid February which is very unusual for me, but since we were due to get a nice refund, I wanted to file right away. Much to my surprise, when I checked online for the refund, it indicated that there were some errors and we actually OWE some money. I use Turbo Tax and double checked it after getting this news and it seems correct to me. I have done our taxes for years and also worked at H&R Block one year so it isn't like I'm clueless about taxes.  I really don't know how I could have been off by as much as it indicated I was, so when I get the letter that I should get this week, I will scrutinize it and certainly challenge it if I think they are wrong.   If they are right, it will be disappointing as I was counting on it to help with bills!

My youngest is in town this weekend as she is in the next town pageant to officially give up her crown. I had been wishing for a Pizza Hut pan pizza for months and so we went to the local one on Friday night for what I thought would be a long over due, scrumptious, delightful pan pizza. 

There were only a few booths with people when we got there but I didn't think much of it.  In hind site others have probably been as disgusted as we were by the time we left and so it may just not have as many patrons as it otherwise would.  The first problem was it took forever to get our breadsticks!  We are talking about 45 minutes..and as I said it was NOT that busy in there.  There may have been some delivery service orders going but it doesn't excuse the fact that actual customers in the restaurant should be served timely!  About a half hour AFTER the breadsticks we finally got our pizza. Our server explained that the order got mixed up with a delivery order but the amount of time it took to get our pizza was unacceptable. 

The absolute worst part was that the pizza was not what I used to get on 4th street in Allentown - not anywhere NEAR that.  I thought all PH pizzas were the same ingredients, made the same way but this was not the wonderful tasting crust pan pizza I miss. And afterward it sat in my stomach like a rock.  Never going to go back there again and as much as I never thought I would say it, the new Domino's pizza is now my #1 favorite pizza.