HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig

Quite a mouthful don't you think?  Well essentially it means a wish that you have all the blessings of St Patrick's Day and the "luck of the Irish" to go with it.

I am of Irish decent, so this particular holiday is a favorite of mine.  My father's side hails from an area near the Lough Leane, and my mother's side hails from Britain.  We are third generation Canadian, but I so wish I had been born over there.  I seriously should have been. No offence to Canada, beavers, or maple leaves intended.

The thing is, our St. Patrick's Day will be a day late.  Shift working daddy means sometimes things happen a little off calendar.  It's only one day delayed so no biggie.  I don't think St. Patrick would mind LOL! 

This St. Paddy's Day in our house will be filled with all the green love possible.  It starts with the wearing of green, and of course my St. Patty's socks!

You know me and socks, it has to happen.  If I say I have three or four pairs of clover socks how crazy do I sound?  Do you still love me?  What if I told you even my boys have 'Kiss Me I'm Irish' shirts?  Well hubby thinks I'm on the edge of the crazy cliff but he entertains it (me) none the less.

The day will start with evidence of a visit from Seamus.  Who is Seamus?  He is our resident Leprechaun of course!  Now some people have a Liam or a Murphy or a Finnegan but we have a Seamus.  This is our first year really going all out with Seamus, as we spent the last six wrapped up in Mum's illness and passing so this sorta fell to the way side (understandably).  Normally we just talked about Seamus and read stories about his Leprechaun friends, but this time he is coming out to play!  


I found some pictures that very much resemble how I see Seamus in my head:

Imagine my thrill when I discovered other people have a Seamus too!  I stumbled over to 

the other day and came across a post full of trickery that Angie and her family suffered at the hands of their own Seamus last year.  It was awesome!  So I think our Seamus is going to take advantage of this new knowledge and add a few of these ideas to his repertoire. Check them out, they are fabulous, especially the cool whip!


We will listen to Irish folk music and pub songs to set the mood.  We will learn about the story of St. Patrick and then we will cap off the day with a traditional Irish dinner:




Corned beef, cabbage, mashed potatoes, soda bread, and of course beer for the grown ups (green milk for the kids)!  Mmmmm I can taste it already!


Then at the end of the day, we will tuck in to our beds and read about other Leprechaun adventures because you can never have enough of those.  


Have a blessed St. Patrick's Day, and may you all be touched by the Luck O' The Irish :)

Virtual Coffee Tuesday ~5~

It's true, no coffee so far today just loads of tea!  I even rolled up a rim this morning to no avail (Tim Horton's you wound me!).  Maybe that's why I feel so unproductive.

I am trying to achieve about a million things at once, and feeling rather unaccomplished.  If you were here you would probably wonder what the heck I'm trying to do as I take multi-tasking to an insane level.  I've been told multi-tasking is actually a myth as it just means doing many things in a mediocre fashion as opposed to do one thing to the best of your ability.  Well then I'm screwed, or at the very least mediocre.

I am always multi-tasking to a point where I wonder if I remember how not to do a million things at once.  Today I am clearing my email accounts (seriously bad news, 1000's of emails waiting for sort and dump).  I am also making menus, doing laundry, cleaning house, tweaking my blog, texting with friends, talking to hubby, assisting children, and holding a froggie funeral.

Okay maybe it's a simple flush and wave, but none the less Leia the dwarf frog has moved on to God's pond and Luke is a widower.  I think she might have been a bit of a nag and a rock hog, so maybe he won't miss her as much as I fear.  To be honest I think I miss her more than anyone else does!

Did ya notice I added an email button and a new Twitter button today?  Yeah, well maybe not, but I think they are purrrrty!  If you were here, you would be laughing at my squeals of glee everytime I look at them LOL!

Anywhooo, I'm off to continue being mediocre, but meet me back here tomorrow when I blab all about St. Patrick's Day!

See you tomorrow, have a blessed day!

It's Time Once Again For....

Sunday Funnies


Here I sit this Sunday with a broken toe.  So what's a girl to do?  Find something funny to giggle at and share it all with YOU!

Here are some of the most interesting church announcement boards I have ever seen!

I thought  these were a good laugh!  I believe the Lord appreciates a sense of humor ;)

Have a blessed and rewarding week!

It's Time Once Again For....

 My Crazy Handsome Men  (Yes that is a policeman's club in his hand!)

And that concludes what's on my phone for this week!  Tune in next week when there could be something charming, embarrassing, funny or just downright boring.  You won't know unless you come back and look ;)

Have a blessed day making memories that last,

I would love to hear all about it!

Have A Great Day!
 God Bless!

When I think of my childhood so many random memories spring to mind.  I love how a smell, a song, or a phrase will pull me right back into a warm fuzzy moment from years past.  I think it's wildly cool that some of the things I remember as a wee girl are surfacing again for the new generations or have transitioned with me through the phases of time.  Here are a few things that give me the warm fuzzies:

I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke - 70's Hilltop Sing Song Advert