BIRTHDAY

I have not the time to do everything I need too? DH is leaving in just 3 short hours for an extended weekend trip that he's been planning since I gave him tickets to the Food City 500 Bristol, TN Nascar race. It's our son's birthday tomorrow so I am overcompensating by taking him to a certian pizza place with a cheesey (har har) Rat and to many obnoxious carnival style games. A couple of cousins are adding to the mayhem but it should be a good time. I also invited the said cousins to sleepover tomorrow night, wow I am so not ready. I have to clean the house, frost the pokemon cake, grocery shop, buy presents, wrap said presents get balloons find time to sleep, ha ha, did I say clean the house? Ya, biggest problem. I work twelve hour days this week, who has time to clean? Now, I must go pack for my DH so he, his dad, and youngest brother can let the good times roll. I'll bet he insn't sorry I insisted he reserve a campsite. Three guys, one tent have fun boys!

Erin Go Braugh

I missed a week, last weekend's plans were foiled by the unwelcome visit of a stomach bug that took down all of us one by one. We are all doing much better now, and the kids are outside enjoying the beautiful nearly 60*F weather here in Mid March. Its a bit early for temps this warm but I am not complaining. This weekend we are celebrating my only through marriage Irish heratige. My Step-Grandmother (former stepmother's mom) is 100% Irish and with a heart more generous that any pot of gold. My son and I however, do have fair enough skin to pass for Irish, his is translucent, pale and smooth as cream. The corned beef is in the slow cooker as I type along with apples, onions, and parsinps. I will be adding boiled potatoes to the menu and must shortly sign off to make soda bread. I making an only symbolic St. Patricks day dessert, chocolate and mint brownies. We will also make some cut out shamrocks and I bought a few decorations for the table. We haven't tried real corned beef before, the machine pressed lunch meat doesn't count. Now off to bake and cake with my kids, I also need to bake my son's birthday cake today.

Game Night

I think spring is coming!!! I am so ready for the snow to be gone! I like winter and snow but have been buried since october and we are ready to see some green and I don't just mean St. Patricks day stuff. We are doing game night tomorrow, I page through my Taste of Home mags from like the last century, 1999 and some more current. We are keeping it pretty simple, homemade pizza checkerboard, eye spy salad, and homemade preztels and a dice cake. Next weekend we are doing St. Patricks day dinner, I bought a corned beef brisket for the first time ever. I will also be making creme de menth cake, green potatoes and green beans. And to show my complete insanity I booked my son's birthday party for 10 at a certain pizza place whose mascot is a rodent with the initial CC. New I need sleep very busy day tomorrow. I will be sure to take pictures tomorrow night of our game night. We are also going to play some board games and cards. Sounds like fun to us!