Almanac for Homemakers

When Does Easter Come? "Easter is a Christian holiday whose date varies each year." In A.D. 325, a church council determined that Easter should be determined by the first full moon after March 21st. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after this full moon. Easter can never come earlier than March 22nd and can not be later than April 25th. Our Almanac actually looks forward to April 23, 2000 as the latest Easter would be celebrated since 1943 when Easter fell on April 25th. For us, we can look forward to April 25, 2038 when Easter will fall on the absolute latest date it could fall on. The actual word Easter is thought to be a variation of the name of the goddess Eostre who was celebrated every spring. ... Easter is a season where we celebrate the coming of new things. The rising of the dead. Nature coming back from its winter sleep. OR Hollow Chocolate Bunnies full of disappointment that symbolically remind of us of the empty ...

We made it to month three of the year everyone! Give yourself a victory whoop! Go ahead No one is looking ... There you go! It's time to start looking forward to the spring season and leave behind the cold. Because really, the only reason we like cold is because that means Christmas is coming soon! Santa has been on vacation for two months now. Jack Frost, it's time to go! New Resilient-Tile Floor? Put it Down Yourself! "Perhaps you would like to have a new floor as part of your renovations this spring. If so, you may want to undertake the task yourself. Invite the man of the house to help, if you wish. But you won't really need him." Oh Snap! In the 70's this new fangled way of home improvement was just starting. Today we have seen self adhesive tiles and flooring that you can install yourself. Spring is the season when people start thinking Home Improvement. Not this... ...but kinda like th...