PICK YOUR FAVORITE EASTER TABLE SETTING!

 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 after I tally the votes.

Speaking of table settings....
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.

GOOD-BYE ST PATRICK'S DAY-HELLO EASTER!

It has been a long hard winter here for us. 

 I am going to try to get back to 

regular blogging. 

Bear with me as health and 

family issues are at play. 

While I love 

St. Patrick's Day and 
all things Irish
it is time to drag

 the Easter stuff out 

of the basement bins,

and then to move things

around in the china hutch,
and then to bring my
bunnies out of hiding...

Why?  Well, because

 we all know that

ONE THING LEADS

TO ANOTHER,

don't we?

Why-oh-why-

in the midst of all that is going on

do I do this to myself?

Anyway,

It is time to 

bring out a couple of

bunnies to 

dress up the center of the table.

Look at their cute little faces!

They look so cute there

I think they should be surrounded

by other lovely Spring pieces-

like beautiful napkins.....

And then, of course, I must

drag out my old dishes

that I haven't used for several years.

Garden Party by Pfaltzgraff.

You know I have had these for almost

30 years and I still love them.

I always used them in the 

Spring and Summer months
but they have been packed away
for a few years now.

The ruby thumbprint glasses

belonged to Gramma Hazel.

Not wanting to be hidden away
 another little sugared bunny 

jumps in to join the fun.

Sweet peeks of what is to come.

A little close up of the florals.

Now-Here is 

QUESTION #1~

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK

it will take 

SOMEONE to discover that

there are 

M&M's in the flower base

that rests just below the bunnies?

QUESTION #2~

When do you think I will discover 

that they have all been eaten 

unbeknownst to me?

So-there you have it.
Just a touch of Easter here--
but we know here is a lot more to Easter
than bunnies, isn't there?

What are you doing for 
Easter or do you bypass
Easter decorating and go right for
Springs Things?

Have a wonderful day~
I'll be around to visit as I can.

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY -BAKE A CAKE!

 March is half over already!!

How can that be?

AND 

tomorrow is 

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 

a whole day

get your butt to the store

for the ingredients so

you can make it for your family.

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 making it to serve

the hubby here in the Heartland.

Let's hope one of the grandkids doesn't visit and

eat all the Andes Mints beforehand

because if they are gone

YOU KNOW
they will blame it on

THIS ONE.

Have a wonderful day as you prepare yourself

for all the
IRISH DRUNKS

that will be running amuck tomorrow.

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!

I know I have been gone a while.

I have been dealing with some 

inflammatory issues.  

I have not been able to do much of anything.

I am finally on some meds and praying

they kick in soon.

Bear with me as I find my way back to blogging.

Love to all of you from this Irish lass.