I really enjoyed St. Pat's Day. Wore my green tee shirt and a pin that said "Irish Blessings to ye" and headed off to a local diner with DH for a corned beef sandwich! Hmmm, now it's over--does that me I need to get busy and "undecorate" today? LOL Luvs

Marilyn, that's cute! Not Irish, but DH and I married on St. Patrick's Day. It was the day we met and his memory is so bad that I decided he would remember our day if I didn't throw too many dates at him. So, corned beef and cabbage is our anniversary dinner. 18 years and counting....

My Uncle Paddy's name was spelled Phadraig in Ireland, which is the correct Irish or Gaelic spelling. When he came here as a young teen in the 1920's, the spelling was changed to "Paderick" which he kept all his life; his nickname was spelled "Paddy" both in the US and Ireland. I think it's always been spelled St. Patrick or Patty's day in the US, so you weren't wrong, suzieque, and your friend was technically incorrect. There is more than one way to spell Patrick, as there is with many names - Suzy, Suzie, Susie, for instance! As for being disrespectful? Hogwash! Sherry (Sherri, Sherrie, Cheri, you get it...)

I think they are so strict on her because she is an only child. I was the same way with my first. I would parcel out her Easter basket to her a little at a time. Now I'm like...eat it all in one day please and lets get the hidden wrapper phase and the hyperactivity over and done with. ha I relax all the healthy eating rules on the holidays. My kids thought they were in hog heaven with all the desserts, candy and sodas at their disposal, but this week it's back to being health conscious. I just drew a blank, was it you who is expecting another grandbaby? It's so nice today as long as the sun is out. I had to take my mom to the eye dr unexpectedly this morning. Part of her vitreous gel stuff in her eye detached from the optic nerve. They thought she had a detached retina, but it's not that bad although without treatment she could go blind. She was getting floaters and flashes in her eyes and she has a dark spot that she sees on one eye. He said that will fade in about 3 months. Anyway, we had lunch and stopped at the TS on the way home. I got some books and what looks like a hand carved oblong wooden bowl and a long peg board for a buck. Got chatting with a woman in there and I was thinking about you. Was wondering if we'd met like that in a TS if we'd have walked past each other or hit it off. ha She showed me all her finds, some she was buying for an elderly woman that didn't get out much and some very pretty glass vases that were a different almost turquoise blue color. Again I thought of you and your totems. She invited me to her community yard sale in May. I'll have to remember to keep an eye out for it in the paper. We didn't stay long so I managed to keep my purchases to a minimum. ha When we got home the sun was warming things up so much that I put on shorts and DH and I went out and laid on the hammock. We were out there for about an hour and the sun went behind the clouds and I got cold and had to come in. ha It was nice while it lasted. Warm weather will soon be here and I'm looking forward to it. Ready to do yard work and add a few new things to our yard. Maybe we'll get that firepit done this year, the playground area and the back flower beds put in??? I hope anyway. ~Anj