GREEN!

Being a lapsed Catholic, I don't care much about some dude driving snakes out of Ireland, or converting Pagans, or any of that stuff. If anything, it reminds me of what bastards the church has been historically.

Being a lapsed drinker, I just find people's behavior in a bar on this day in particular kind of ridiculous (I mean, if you're going to drink drink, don't use some "holiday" for an excuse to make an ass of yourself).

I think that celebrating Evacuation Day is an admiral thing to do, but how many people actually know this is evacuation day, or know what that is?

I know some celebrate this holiday as a way to celebrate their heritage which is fine by me (and is something I'd do myself, if I had such heritage). How many people in green today do you think are Irish? Or is it that everyone is Irish today?

Either way, I love green, its my absolute favorite color, and so St. Patrick's day gives me the opportunity to wear my kelley GREEN sweater to work, and not have people look at me weird. It also brings with it good memories of my time at St. Patrick's School and Church (the times weren't all bad). Its such a lovely place. Here's some photos of elements of the building from our wedding:
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=63&pos=0
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=63&pos=1
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=63&pos=13
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=63&pos=15
http://www.diabolis.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=63&pos=25

And as they'd say on A&E, tonight brings with it some "hot girl on girl roller derby action"!

PS, totally unrelated, I almost finished a knitting project at goffee last night. I was missing a yarn needle to sew the back of my hat up together, damn!

Gardening

As the weather gets warmer I'm thinking more of making our outside property a nicer place to be and see. Last year I got the front yard in more order and we planted an herb garden in a small bed next to our garage. I also weeded, cleared out and mulched the area around a large tree in our back yard. This year we'll repair and paint our porches, get a nice, new patio set, and I'll tackle the other yard edge areas.

Brian is also getting a large Lilac bush for me, and having it planted somewhere smart (landscaper to be consulted) for my birthday (which isn't until late June, but planting should happen in the spring so he's already told me about it). We had Lilac at the house in Wellesley and I LOVED the smell, and had fun picking bunches to sit in drinking glass vases on the kitchen table or sills. Its nice to have a place now that is worth our while to stick things in the ground (versus in Framingham, where we knew we wouldn't be for the long haul).

I wonder, how well a LA plant would fare in New England. Princess Leia Iris anyone: http://www.starwars.com/kids/explore/reallife/f20060313/index.html ?

CT Easter Seals Walk

Hey Everyone,

I'm doing the Mystic CT Easter Seals Walk with my Rebel Star Wars group this year. If you feel like throwing some money at a good cause OR joining our team, please check out my sponsorship page: http://www.easterseals.com/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1575&px=1610596

(please don't feel obligated - I know a lot of us will be busy with charity walks and drives at this time)