(Whenever I don't post for a long time, I feel the need to apologize for my absence. So sorry, all two of you who read. =p)

It's St. Patrick's Day! We'll all wear green, but what we really get happy about today is it's my dad's birthday. Wish he was here to celebrate it with us. (No, he's not departed, he just lives on the other side of the world.)

Some other random green musings:

•  I made a fun treasury for my Etsy team. Click on this link to view it.
• There will be no green beer for us today. I'm watching my sugar and my awesome hubs shared a shamrock shake with me yesterday, so I'm trying to recalibrate things today. Not to mention, green beer is just gross.  
• I'm a big fan of Marvillosa Jewelry and this is my favorite piece in that shop right now. It's not Irish, but I'm more into the Scot thing anyway.

• St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD.
• Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.

from September 17, 2012~ One word- Pumking! Fall is so almost here and I haven't had anything pumpkin yet. I made cinnamon sugar cookies yesterday and that's been the closest to autumn food I've had this year. We had our book club tonight. We meet at Brew Garden. When I walked up, Amber had this gorgeous round glass filled with a rich copper-orange beverage and rimmed with cinnamon and sugar. I had to have one... enter the Pumking! It's a pumpkin ale that taste great on it's own, but paired with that cinnamon and sugar- amazing! I feel like I showed great restraint in limiting myself to 2. That's going to be my drink this fall. And I'm not that much of a drinker so that means I'll probably only end up having it a couple times more before it disappears. Still, here in Florida we cling to signs of other seasons and this just made my night, oh, and the great book discussion. =P (It was an apocalypse type book. Our conversation was disturbing and animated enough to elicit a comment from a nearby table. Success!)