WHEN GREEN IS BLUE ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

 THIS IS A STORY FROM MANY YEARS AGO

WHEN THE GRANDGIRLS WERE LITTLE.

WE HAD LULU, RIA AND 

THE BABY-SWEET CHEEKS.

I FOUND THIS IS MY STORIES AND LAUGHED RIGHT OUT LOUD

READING IT.

LOVE THESE MEMORIES.

It is funny the way kids perceive things. It was April Fools Day & Lulu knew that it was a day you were supposed to play tricks on people. However, she didn’t quite get the concept of HOW the tricks were supposed to work. No, she thought that the trick should be something kind of naughty.

About mid-morning my daughter called me. She was laughing hysterically. She had just received an email from Lulu’s teacher. Now, let me preface this by saying that Lulu is a typical "oldest child". She minds her manners, she is a good student and reads & does math in an above average manner. She is, basically, a good little Christian girl. Today-she slipped off the path of righteousness as only a child can-she was naughty.

She thought she would play an April Fool’s trick on some children in her class. Here’s how her version of the "trick" worked- she simply walked up to the kid and shot glue at him out of her squeezable bottle. Better yet-she glued some poor girl’s hair to her head. I'm hoping it was good old Elmer's WASHABLE school glue. Ah...what is the outcome of this you want to know?

Well, in Lulu’s school -when you are on your good behavior-you are BLUE. When you are naughty you move to the GREEN catagory. When you are REALLY bad you move to the RED catagory and you and the principal have a little sit-down chat. Well, Lulu was GREEN. As soon as the teacher told her she started bawling and couldn’t quit. She doesn’t cry very often and when she does she just can’t stop. Thank God they only had a half day of school.

When she got home I called their house and SweetCheeks informed me that, 

"Hers laying on da couch wright now cuz hers tirahd from crwying cuz hers wus naughty." 

"Really?" I ask. 

Just for the fun of it I asked what Lulu did that was so naughty. 

"I dunno, I think hers glued herselve to da wall or sumfin & hers gonna turn green". 

And there is an April Fool's Day smile for you!

FRIDAY THIS & THAT- PICK YOUR FAVORITE EASTER TABLE

 

 Well, I can't let Easter slip by

without doing a

PICK YOUR FAVORITE 

EASTER TABLE!

So- You old timers 

(and I am NOT talking age here-just 

OLD readers-NOT talking age)

know the routine!

Pick ONE table to sit at with 

anyone of your choice.

I know SOME OF YOU have a hard time

picking just one---
but please try.

So---here we go!

#1

BIRD NEST NAPKINS

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#2
MELLOW YELLOW

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#3

FEATHER MY NEST

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#4

PINK & PRETTY

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#5

COLORFUL CARROTS

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#6

 WOODLAND WONDER

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#7
A POP OF PRIMARY PASTELS

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So, there you go!
You know the drill.
Pick one table and let me know your favorite.
I'll be back with the results next Friday

after I tally the votes.

Speaking of table settings....

This was years ago....
Look how tickled little Anna Ireland 

was over a table setting.

 Maybe she is just praying before the meal, huh?

NOPE!
Sound asleep!

We are SUCH  a BORING bunch!!!

I sure do miss those baby days!

I will be back around soon.

Bear with me as I try to keep up

with your blogs. 

Life/health has been a bit crazy here.

FRIDAY THIS AND THAT---FIRST DAY OF SPRING...WHOA......

Just when you think it is going to warm up

and feel like Spring you get something

that looks like this!

At least we got plowed out---

After two days! 

Thank Goodness!

Now THAT is a

PILE OF SNOW.

It is COLD COLD COLD

 as I type this- 

Pop over for a cup of coffee

later today- 

I'm clearing a path to the front door
for you right now......

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

It will be better soon...

I promise!

THIS AND THAT FRIDAY THE 13TH---SHORT AND SWEET----LITERALLY!

 

LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND

Just in time for St. Patricks' Day!

Grasshopper Cupcakes 

by Janell Brown

from her book One Sweet Cupcake-

 you can order here.

Don't those look delicious?

I think I will make these 

GRASSHOPPER CUPCAKES  

for MyHero.

I'll be busy collecting the ingredients today.

Oh- Look!

THIS will save me some work.

These are already 

CHOCOLATE COVERED!

You can order them here

MyHero is in for a

WONDERFUL SURPRISE!

Have a wonderful 

Friday The Thirteenth~

I'll be hiding under my bed!

It's my only superstition....

yeah...that and spilling salt...

and...breaking a mirror...

and walking under a ladder...

or opening an umbrella indoors...

or-----never mind-----

I. CAN'T. HELP. IT. I'M. IRISH.

FRIDAY THIS AND THAT--CELEBRATE ST PAT'S DAY WITH A CAKE!

 

HAPPY UPCOMING ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Even all you

NONE IRISH

pretend to be

 Irish  

just for a day.

Well, except for a few of you

English that wouldn't

lower yourselves to do so.

You know who you are,

but being the

loving people we are,

we forgive ya,

and God Bless ya,

all the way to the

Blarney Stone and back.

I grew up in a small

Irish Community in Pennsylvania.

I believed in leprechauns

until I was at least 12...

well...maybe older...

hmm..matter of fact I'm

pretty sure I might

STILL BELIEVE

in them.

So, today I am going to

give you a little recipe.

You have a 

FEW DAYS

get your butt to the store

for the ingredients so

you can make it for your family.

And your family will lay down

in your path and let you walk on

them after eating this.

Ready?

Now please don't be asking me

where I got this recipe because

the truth is

I don't remember.

So, if anyone has the source for it

I will be glad to give credit.

I THINK it came out of a

Taste of Home magazine but

I'm not betting my 

IRISH CHINA

on that fact.

Crème de Mint Cake

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box

2 teaspoons mint extract

12 drops green food color

2 jars (16 oz each) hot fudge topping

1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Thin rectangular crème de menthe chocolate candies, unwrapped and cut into pieces, if desired

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.

Make cake batter as directed on box, adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of the mint extract with the water. Reserve 1 cup batter. Stir 3 drops of the green food color into reserved batter; set aside. Pour remaining batter into pan.

Drop green batter by generous tablespoonfuls randomly in 12 to 14 mounds onto batter in pan. Cut through batters with metal spatula or knife in S-shaped curves in one continuous motion. Turn pan one-fourth turn; repeat cutting for swirled design.

Bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Carefully spread fudge topping evenly over cake. In medium bowl, stir whipped topping, remaining 1/2 teaspoon mint extract &  remaining 9 drops green food color. Spread whipped topping mixture evenly over fudge. Garnish with candy pieces. Store covered in refrigerator.

Now, I will tell you that being

St. Paddy's Day

 all the calories

 have all been removed

so you can enjoy every bite.

( Removing those calories

is an Irish trick that I promised not to tell)

I'll be serving it to

The Fam here in the Heartland.

Let's hope "SOMEONE" named John doesn't

eat all the Andes Mints beforehand

because if they are gone

YOU KNOW
he will blame it on

THIS ONE.

Have a wonderful day as you prepare yourself

for all the
IRISH DRUNKS

that will be running amuck on

St Patrick's Day.

I won't be one of them because I don't drink

GREEN BEER.

I will be the one sitting in the corner

taking pictures for 

BLACKMAIL PURPOSES-----

and that's all I'm gonna be 

saying about that!

FRIDAY THIS & THAT- THE NAUGHTY GIRL

 

The picture below is me, myself & I!

(The Irish always keep company with themselves)

Yep-That's me---

A happy-go-lucky little Miss.

My Father thought everything I did was funny.

My Mother thought nothing I did was funny.

It made for some uneasy family meals.

ANYWAY..

Below you will see me standing 

next to my Aunt Erma.

One of my Father's sisters.

She is holding one of her pride & joy grandchildren.

She is happy.

That's her happy face.

Notice how she is ignoring me?

See how happy I am?

As a reference guide

Compare it to the picture above.

See what I mean?

I was NOT Aunt Erma's favorite niece.

As a matter of fact, I think I was on the bottom of her list.

Why? Why you ask?

Well, it started with a can of paint

(kinda like this one)

I think I was about 6 (or maybe 7)

I believe my age was

SHE.IS.OLD.ENOUGH.TO.KNOW.BETTER!

(Accompanied by a red face 

to match her red hair).

Anyway, the best I remember it..

I took her white house paint..

ummm..hmmm...

and I just stirred a wee bit of BLACK paint

into all the cans.

There were lots of cans.

There were enough cans to paint her whole house

and she had a BIG house.

My father asked me if I did it.

I said..YEP!

He asked WHY?

I said..Because I did.

My Auntie said that was

NOT! A! GOOD !ANSWER!!!

My Father suggested she paint the house grey.

She did NOT think that was funny.

She did NOT think I was cute.

My Father bought her new paint.

She got to keep the old paint too!

Now I ask you...

Was that fair? 

No need to vote on that question!

Just so you know-

I was paid back by having 4 children...

and most of them were

Just! Like! Me!

FRIDAY THIS & THAT- MEAL PLANNING BY MY HUSBAND-NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

 

One weekend we were staying in Houghton/Hancock, MI 

for the weekend. 

It is some of God’s beautiful country-

where Lake Superior meets the land with a crash and a bang. 

It has been scarred by copper mines and has that wind-swept desperate quality that grabs hold of the emotions. 

The landscape is somewhat surreal, 

like nothing else I have ever seen in my travels.

We got there late in the evening

 and we were HUNGRY ~

(remember the hungry part as it plays an important part in this story). 

A few blocks away from where we were staying was a wonderful little restaurant, perched on the street above the river.

It is called The Library. 

I do believe it was a big, old beautiful library at one time. 

Right now it is a somewhat eclectic eatery that offers both casual and fine dining.

We were seated in one of the booths that overlooks the river. 

A few tables away sat a woman with outrageously red hair. 

You know the kind~

not the kind that nature blessed someone with~

it’s the kind that can only come out of a bottle-

a bad, bad bottle. 

To top matters off, 

she did not look like the red-head type-

You know-the pearly translucent skin 

& light eyes-

that somewhat delicate look that red-heads

 seem to maintain their whole life. 

No-she was a bottle job-

and had the most pasty white skin

 and dark eyes I have ever seen. 

Picture the Snow Queen 

with beet-orange colored hair.

I am trying NOT to stare 

when I notice MyHero has his eyes glued on their table. 

"Stop staring", I whispered. 

"I can’t help it", he said. "Boy! She doesn’t look good!" (No kidding?)...

He continued, "Geez! I would hate to be stuck on a desert island with her." 

"Don’t worry about it", I tell him, "we aren’t boating this weekend". 

He says-"IF we were all stuck on a desert island together she would be the first one we ate!". 

WHAT? WHAT? 

What is WRONG with you? 

"Well, I’m just saying, 

she doesn’t look like she would be able to do any work or anything 

and we’d probably need food!" 

Lord love us-WHAT kind of a mind jumps 

from dinner at The Library 

to eating one of its patrons?

By the time our dinners had been set before us I had lost my appetite.

PS- Please don't eat the baby~

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY-FRIDAY THIS AND THAT

  The good:

This sweet little 

Vintage card.

The bad:

A real heartbreaker indeed!

The ugly:

1980's oversized heart sweater

If this is in your closet well...

I'm sorry I said anything (NOT)

What?  Didn't like THAT sweater?

How about  this one?

Reminds me of those 

Christmas sweaters.

How about a heart on a pig?

Now THAT'S pretty cute 

if you ask me.

But the best is yet to come!

My favorite?

This little Valentine!!!!

Couldn't you just eat him up?

Looks like somebody tried but

couldn't get past the kissing!

Hope you have a great day!

Hubby is home from 

Assisted Living.

More about THAT adventure

coming soon!

Give someone a Valentine Hug~

Just for fun!