Your grandmother sounds like quite a woman! What a lovely image of all four generations together. So few of us have such joy in our lives. Thanks for sharing.
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I love that your Irish eyes are smiling! St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most fun holidays to celebrate…everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!!
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My Irish eyes are smiling!
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Shamrock’s and Shepherd’s Pie…Ten things to do before St. Patrick’s Day!
Top Ten Irish “must do” list for St. Patrick’s Day breakfast: The proper Irish breakfast includes bacon, sausage, fried eggs, mushrooms, and tea. eat: Have a picnic and soak in the sun for lunch then enjoy shepherd’s pie for dinner. wear: AG jeans are soft, vibrant and hug you in all the right places. These jeans are in a color called Shamrock…how perfect is that? …
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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag und prost!
Put the Kettle on
TEA has a soothing, relaxing quality that has always set me right. I first started drinking tea when I was in the seventh grade. My parents took a trip to England and when they returned my mom served us tea just like they had experienced in Great Britain…on a tray with sugar, milk and toast. …
Happy Birthday to my Grandmother!!
Happy birthday to my Grandmother!! Fervent Bridge Master, Frequent cocktail maker and Faithful Irish Catholic If there were a trophy for having the most fun in life, my grandmother, Patricia Ann Shaughnessy Stricklin would win! She was like a magnet…people loved to be in her company and she was always the life of the party. My grandmother (who liked to …
Love, Love Me Do
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning It’s time to say, “Love, Love Me Do” to the ones you love and seal your affection with a Valentine’s Day gift. Send your love with these Valentine’s Day cards: Je t’aime cards by Sugar Paper for Goop come …
Joffrey Ballet: Chicago’s classy cutting-edge company
One of the top dance companies in the world, The Joffrey Ballet graced Dallas this past weekend for the first time in twenty years. The program in Dallas’ Winspear Opera House included Edwaard Liang’s, Age of Innocence (2008), Christopher Wheeldon’s, After the Rain (2005) and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (1913). The three performances gave the audience a mix of emotion, romance, and history all …
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Little Sous Chefs
LAST weekend when my husband told our children that we were going to be making pizza, it sounded something like this, “YESSSS! I wanna help. Where’s my apron? Can I pull up a chair to stand on? Can I snack on the cheese? I wanna put on the green olives!” The house was buzzing with excitement …
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
What do you do on a snow day? Play in the snow of course but then what do you do to prevent cabin fever? How about watching an old movie, using your extra Christmas candy canes to make a cocktail and ice cream (most people have a burgeoning supply of candy canes after Christmas), and …
Happy Birthday Little Sister!!
Happy Birthday Paige!! Little sister, musician and merrymaker! My little sister Paige is my favorite person to laugh with. Earlier this year I called her laughing so hysterically that I couldn’t even speak. She patiently waited (while laughing with me) until stopped giggling hard enough to share with her what was so funny. If I …