Easter at Pete's

Easter morning was spent with the Olichwier family in Cottage Grove for breakfast and the traditional indoor egg hunt. While the prizes inside the eggs are generally pretty small, the "Golden Egg" worth about $5, the competition for the other change is pretty intense, especially when the six contestants range in age from 32 to 24 and the total search area consists of a kitchen/dining room and living room. Unlike previous hunts, all 10 eggs were found this year and without incident.
However, There was one close call.
With eight of the eggs recovered and the hunt already about 20 minutes old, the moderators (Grandma and Dzia-Dzia) resorted to the "hot/cold" hints. This eventually led to all six hunters gathered around Pete's sofa, which had already been searched quite thoroughly. After pushing the couch away from the wall, I decided to lift it and what should appear but a tiny pink egg. Careful not to drop the couch on anybody, I was able to beat Sneaky Pete's reach and claim the egg, with a grand total of $1.40 inside it. Only one minor injury was sustained, a scraped finger (mine) that did indeed draw blood, but the egg was so worth it. The next egg was found under a toaster in the kitchen, which also had been moved and searched.
Unlike other holidays, nobody made Rat cry, there's always Memorial Day!
The other highlight of Easter at Sneaky Pete's was the ham purchased by Dzia-Dzia somewhere in the Peanut Belt of the southern U.S. While nobody is certain the ham didn't wash up along the Atlantic Coast, it was actually quite tasty, albeit a "little" salty.