Happy St. Patrick's Day

May the Irish hills caress you.

May her lakes and rivers bless you.

May the luck of the Irish enfold you.

May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

~Irish Blessing

May luck be our companion

May friends stand by our side

May history remind us all

Of Ireland's faith and pride.

May God bless us with happiness

May love and faith abide.

~Irish Blessing

On my nightstand

I finished Milkweed last night and wow - talk about a downer. The book was good but the subject (the Holocaust) was hard to read. However, considering the subject, it was an easy read but I just can't imagine...

So on to book number four - A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Yes, this is the book that author James Frey said was his "memoir" and went on Oprah's Book Club list, only for news to break that Frey had not been completely honest and some of the details in the book were made up.

The Smoking Gun first reported news of the embellishment which led Oprah to bring Frey back on the show as well as the publisher, who had never fact-checked the book.

The question I have is why didn't Frey just promote the book as fiction noting some aspects of the book were taken from his own life. Wouldn't that have been much easier on him and the publisher?

75th Annual Home and Garden Expo

This past weekend was Minneapolis' 75th Annual Home and Garden Expo. Joe and I went two years and again this year.

We spent most of Saturday morning looking a displays and vendors and mostly dreaming of what we would do the house if money was not an object.

I think the highlight of the show for Joe was the free backscratcher and the hot pink yardstick he recieved.

Twins??

My husband and my Godfather - Who's who?

Happy Birthday to Kari!!

Kari and I have been friends since we were 12 years old - that's 17 years - 17 YEARS!! Wow, that just doesn't seem right - 29-12= 17. Nope that is right, 17 years!

Happy birthday my dear - enjoy the last year of your twenties!

To celebrate - here are some pictures of us through the years...

Mitchell Corn Palace - 1996 (I think)

Griffith Park Observatory - 2002

Tijuana, Mexico - 2002

Malibu, CA 2003

My wedding - 2007

Griffith Park Observatory - 2008

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday everyone!!

Kari - March 1st

Grandma Sal - March 7th

Melissa - March 13th

Derek - March 23rd

Uncle Scott - March 27th