Put 'em in the wash, they'll be grand

Growing up my family was never really into holidays that much. The only holiday we decorate our house for is Christmas but I think it's kind of against the law not to (and if it's not it should be). But I have always loved St. Patrick's Day. Green is my absolute favorite color and St. Paddy's Day means that Spring is right around the corner! In elementary school my friends and I used to spend hours on end searching for four leaf clovers in the field at recess--I never found one. But this morning, even though I have nothing really important to do today, I got ready and put on my abstract shamrock print skirt and new cute white, strappy sandals. I feel very festive and I love it!

If you couldn't tell by the red tones in my hair and my pale, virtually untannable skin, I am Irish. Just a little but still it's there and let me tell you, those genes are very dominate! But hey, I have come to embrace it. It's who I am and I'm fine with that. So in honor of that and this glorious day, I have decided to celebrate with a little movie marathon. First Leap Year, then P.S. I Love You, and finally The Luck of the Irish.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

mardi gras!

I absolutely LOVE Mardi Gras! It was my favorite day of the entire year when I was in Jr. High. Mostly because it happened during Foreign Language week. I loved to great foreign candy from Spain and France that we were able to buy and the silly trivia competition that our lone French class won every year. We dominated over the Spanish classes and always brought that trophy back to our room. But Mardi Gras was my favorite day of the whole week. My teacher always made it a huge party in our room. She told us if she could afford it she would take us all down to New Orleans but somehow I don't think our parents would have gone for that haha. Anyway, we had beads and games and King Cake. I never got the little plastic baby in the cake but it tastes so good I really didn't care. My 9th grade year my teacher had all her 3rd year students put on a Mardi Gras party for each of the Spanish classes so we actually had 2 parties that year. Oh I miss it! I could really go for some King Cake right about now :)

And tomorrow is the Ash Wednesday which is the first day of Lent. You are supposed to give something up every year and since I gave up Diet Coke for New Years, I needed to think of something new that I could go without. (Yes, I have yet to take a sip of Diet Coke. Aren't you proud?) So I gave it some thought and decided to give up eating out...Then I got to thinking about it and realized I already have plans to eat out a few times this month already and that really isn't going to be a good thing. So then I thought I would give up fast food, especially Costa Vida. I went this afternoon and got lunch from there today to say "Sayonara" until Easter. This will definitely be a challenge. I also decided to give up white things. White rice, white bread, and processed sugar :) This will also be extremely difficult because I am a carbaholic. I don't eat a whole lot of meats, I would much rather have bread so we will see how this one goes. Wish me luck!

And spring is less than 2 weeks away! I wish I was in DC with all the pretty cherry blossoms! :)

minnie and dalmation

I have decided to take part in the "Flashback Friday" posts that I see on my friends' blogs. I think its a cute idea to share some old memories with those who didn't know me back then.



This is my and my brother Chris getting ready for my preschool Halloween party. I was OBSESSED with Minnie Mouse when I was little so I wouldn't have settled to be anything else for Halloween. Check out my brother's costume. My mom got very creative and made it entirely herself. I remember going to the store with her the day before as she frantically searched for something to make him. I think it turned out great and I think its hilarious that I am a mouse and Chris is a dog and our noses and whiskers are both the same :)

Aaron Rodgers is my hero

The last time the Green Bay Packers were at the Super Bowl was 1997. That was 14 years ago! That's way too long if you are a member of my family. My dad has been a huge Packers fan since he was a youngin and the love for the team got handed down to the rest of the family. You can probably imagine our pure joy and happiness when the Packers defeated the Bears a few weeks ago in their championship game. Winning that game meant they would be heading to the Super Bowl; a long awaited day in my family.

Just to give you a little glimpse of how important this was to my dad especially, we had this conversation a few days after the championship win.

Me: So the last time the Packers were at the Super Bowl was in '97, right?

Dad: Yeah

Me: And they played the Broncos?

Dad: Yeah

Me: And they lost?

Dad: Yeah

Me: And you were heartbroken?

Dad: Yeah

Me: We don't talk about that day, do we?

Dad: No

So on Super Bowl Sunday we had a little get together. It was planned for more people but a few had a family emergency and weren't able to make it. It ended up being my whole family and a couple of friends. Usually I really don't care about the game and only watch the Super Bowl for the commercials but this year the commercials kinda stunk so I'm glad our team was playing.

The moment the Packers won my dad and brother got so excited and started yelling and cheering like there was no tomorrow. This made my dog start barking like crazy and scared the crap out of my cat who was sleeping on my lap. He lept up and scratched me through my jeans so now I have a nice cut on my leg but I say it was worth it. The Packers won! Wahoo!

To top it all off, there was a fantastic Glee episode right after the game. And another new episode two days later. Best week ever!

one across

I finally did it! I'm so excited! I finished a crossword puzzle all by myself! I can't believe it finally happened. It did take me about 24 hours to complete and I will admit I kind of guessed on the last few words because I had no idea but I guessed right! YAY! I really shouldn't be as excited as I am but who cares. One more thing I can cross off my bucketlist!

It's done!