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!