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03.17.2006 :: Wearing 'O the Green
Well, I'm not Irish, but I'll play one on my blog. Actually I am part Irish. My wedding ring finger, that is. Which of course makes all the people I love most in the world Irish so, I'm Irish! With the last name I have, is there any doubt?
I look forward every year to making our corned beef and cabbage dinner. It is the celebrations like this that make my heart all warm and fuzzy. You know, me cooking, the family gathered around the table enjoying the meal? Can life get any better?
~In all fairness, it's probably best to have some full blog disclosure here. We don't eat around the table anymore unless company is here. So, I guess saying The family gathered around the tv enjoying the meal. That is more truthful. Less romantically attractive of course. But I'm nothing if not truthful!
When the kids were small, I used to color a pitcher of milk with green food coloring. Nobody would think that was so fun anymore so perhaps Andy and I will indulge in a green beer or two.
I started out this day wondering about St. Patrick's day. I know that it traditionally was a day to honor a person named Patrick. He apparently is credited for bringing Christianity to Ireland. And if he is really responsible for banishing the snakes from Ireland, I only wish he could have lived here in Massachusetts for a bit.
But how did it turn into the drunken celebration that it is today? There is an Irish bar around the corner from me that I swear is no bigger than my living room (I DO have a big living room). When I drive by there on St.Patrick's Day the crowd is standing shoulder to shoulder slugging down the brews while people are lined up down the street and around the corner waiting for a spot to open up. This is drunken celebration at it's finest, I suppose. Me? I'll settle for my spot on the couch, corned beef and cabbage meal in hand and Lost on the DVD player. Lost is our new thing. We are trying to catch up to the 2nd season!
So, Cheers to you!
Posted by Sandy on 03.17.2006 AT 03:15 PM
Comments
Happy St. Paddy's day! Hope the dinner was fabulous!
Posted by: kate on 03.18.2006 AT 09:50 AM
Ahhhhh, I do like me Guinness.
My auntie would say that you're Irish by injection.
Cheers to YOU, Irish Eyes! xoxo
Posted by: Kim on 03.18.2006 AT 01:15 AM
Well, after my day...I'm going to order a pizza. With GREEN peppers and I suppose a sprinkling of green basil on it. Not exactly Irish, but I don't giveadamn! And I'm having wine. Not green. BUT we are going to put in Disk 1 of Season 1 of LOST tonight!!!! And I'm knitting on my little Dulaan sweater that has some green in it. I'd rather be eating corned beef and cabbage, I suppose....but I simply can't pull it together.
And the answer is YES, as of 6-frickin-30 tonight, I finished that piece of monstrous work I've been working on. I.am.beat.
Posted by: Norma on 03.17.2006 AT 07:29 PM
Hee hee - there's gonna be a whole lotta green milk toasts to you tonight, Sandy! Happy St Patrick's day!
Posted by: Chris on 03.17.2006 AT 06:51 PM
Happy Saint Pat's! I'll be eating my corned beef and cabbage in front of the TV too!
Posted by: Cheryl on 03.17.2006 AT 06:35 PM
Happy St. Paddy's Day to you too!
I've bought the Guinness, and I'll be drinking on of those tonight.
I'll also color the boy's milk green tonight; thanks for the idea! They will love it! :)
Posted by: Helen on 03.17.2006 AT 05:55 PM
I never thought to dye the milk green! I will try that on the kiddos tonight! Thx! I have my corned beef cooking away and making the house smell yummy! I even had a reuben for lunch. Happy St. Patrick's Day to you and yours!
Posted by: sUsAn on 03.17.2006 AT 05:21 PM
Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day Sandy! I hope you have a fabulous evening with Andy, the corned beef, a green beer or two and Lost. :)
Posted by: Jackie on 03.17.2006 AT 05:13 PM
Mmmmm. Guinness.
Posted by: Carole on 03.17.2006 AT 05:05 PM
Happy St Paddy's Day! I only have Mexican beer in the house, but it's close enough, I swear.
There's one Irish pub here in Tucson, and tonight it will not only be filled with all the Irish and Irish-wannabes, but all the performers from the St Paddy's Day parade (if they had it this year, I didn't check) will gather there to perform again. It's quite a party. You kinda have to "know somebody" to get in.
Posted by: Carrie on 03.17.2006 AT 05:05 PM
I'm with Claudia - have one on me too! Have a great day!
Posted by: Cara on 03.17.2006 AT 03:47 PM
I'm going to let you drink the green beer for me. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Posted by: claudia on 03.17.2006 AT 03:35 PM
Happy St.Paddy's Day from one Irish girl to another. I am addicted to "Lost" too. Every week we have more questions.
Posted by: Maureen on 03.18.2006 AT 12:04 PM