Day #5185 (Sun., Mar. 17, 2024) – St. Patrick’s Day

It’s St. Patrick’s Day today. We didn’t have a really big celebration this year, but while at the Dollar Store this afternoon to look for “Heavy Duty” aluminum foil I looked for some St. Patrick’s Day candy for the kids. None was available, but I did get each kid a bag of Cotton Candy. Bobby…

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Day #4454 (Thu., Mar. 17, 2022) – Basement Possum

I drove Bobby to school this morning and we talked about St. Patrick’s Day when I was a kid.  It was one of the few times that my parents left us kids alone as they went to a St. Pat’s party that Benny Goodman, a local business leader, held for business owners.  The next day…

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Day #2630 (Fri., Mar. 17, 2017) – St. Patrick’s Day

Katie had a bit of fever last night so my wife kept her home from school today. As a result, I got to sleep in for an extra hour. When I woke up Katie was in the living room, dressed in green, creating a St. Patrick’s Day card for me (see photo to the left).…

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Day #2265 (Thu., Mar. 17, 2016) – St. Patrick’s Day

This is actually Bobby’s second “St. Patrick’s Day”, but he was so young last year and we were so tired I bet this is the first time this could be the first time we “celebrated” it. Katie wore a green St. Patrick’s Day shirt that my wife picked up at the consignment sale (see photo…

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