Saint Patrick's Day @ the MSC

[bodypainter]

Tap a tha marnin'ta ya BN!

[Saltx3]

Hello Bill & my other MSC friends. The only thing we usually do to celebrate this day is make corned beef & cabbage. But, this year we're not evening that since Kevin has been on a weight loss journey and today is one of his 2 day/wk fasting days.

We made progress cleaning out the garage yesterday and have 2 more bags for the trash tote. We're using 3 neighbors totes as well when ours runs out of room before trash day (which is happening every week now).

Will soon head to church and then dropping Kevin's car at the mechanic to check the brakes which need several pumps before working the way they should. It passed inspection last month but we want it checked before we need to drive it south filled with some of our worldly possessions. Hopefully just a line bleed will fix the problem.

[melon59]

Today is laundry day, and since I was not feeling well last weekend, I am determined to make the batch of egg rolls for the freezer.
Bryan went to the grocery yesterday and when he got home he discovered that the large refill bottle of liquid hand soap had popped open and spilled all over most of the groceries and his car seat. YUCK We got the groceries cleaned up and put away and we'll have to rent an upholstery cleaning machine for the car seat...but not today. Yesterday afternoon our youngest daughter came over to give us a lesson for using our new air fryer. We did a side by side comparison of our favorite oven fried chicken recipe. I was kept in the dark as to which piece was air fried or oven fried and we all came to the same conclusion...both were very tasty but the air fried chicken was a little crispier, done in less time and was a little moister.
Linda, sending you, Kevin and Mom all my positive vibes and love

[SeattleParrotHead]

Tis a holy day here in the Johnson household.
Mrs SPH's maiden name is Flaherty.... It was O'Flaherty, but her great grandfather dropped the O' when he immigrated from County Kerry in 1863.

[SMLCHNG]

Good morning Bill, Linda, Tammy and Mr. SPH!

No green things here today.. Just getting organized to go back to work tomorrow after being home for 4 days.

Working on taxes - both for my Mom and ours. Sending them to an accountant, cause we can't do them ourselves this year.

Tammy? Yeah, yuck! What a mess - but at least it was soap and not something greasy.

Made a big breakfast yesterday, and using the bacon I made to make bagel sandwiches this morning.

And the snow is STILL melting

[melon59]

Good morning Bill, Linda, Tammy and Mr. SPH!

No green things here today.. Just getting organized to go back to work tomorrow after being home for 4 days.

Working on taxes - both for my Mom and ours. Sending them to an accountant, cause we can't do them ourselves this year.

Tammy? Yeah, yuck! What a mess - but at least it was soap and not something greasy.

Made a big breakfast yesterday, and using the bacon I made to make bagel sandwiches this morning.

And the snow is STILL melting

Glad to hear that some of the snow is melting. Regarding the soft soap spillage yesterday...they seem to seal everything so tight that you have trouble opening things even when you want to...but there's not a seal under the flip top of the soap bottle which would have saved us from the spill. Go figure.

[SMLCHNG]

they seem to seal everything so tight that you have trouble opening things even when you want to...but there's not a seal under the flip top of the soap bottle which would have saved us from the spill. Go figure.

You are SO right!!!

[Caribbean Soul]

they seem to seal everything so tight that you have trouble opening things even when you want to...but there's not a seal under the flip top of the soap bottle which would have saved us from the spill. Go figure.

You are SO right!!!

What Penny said!!
I have had to resort to implements of destruction to get some things open... but others - and it's always stuff that can make a friggin' mess - are not sealed! I think it is a cleaning company conspiracy!

I have minimal Irish heritage mixed in with my nearly all German, but I married a guy whose background is the opposite!
So corned beef and cabbage it is today! Although we have altered it to ROAST the cabbage, potatoes & carrots so the only thing cooked in the crock pot is the beef. I do it with a mix of half Irish cider/ half water!

[PetalMel]

Afternoon kids. Not much exciting here in Michigan. Finished laundry, had corned beef and cabbage for lunch (and probably again for dinner) and now I am trying to convince myself to write reports for work….

The dog is snoring next to me. I am so tempted to join her.

Ugh about the soap mess. That is true about the inconsistency of how securely packaged some things are. Glad the snow is melting, Penny. I also need to get tax stuff prepped. I have had mine done ever since my dad died. Managing the finances of his estate was overwhelming even though it was small. I have learned a lot about gains and losses and the ins and outs of it. I think this is the final year of the residual loss on his house (the market sank right when I sold it….) after that I might be able to go back to filing on my own. Maybe…


Well, these reports aren’t going to write themselves, so I better focus.. take care, all! Love and luck all around.

[bodypainter]

Hi there! It was my fault, but I didn't snap the lid on my body wash tight after going to the gym. Nearly the entire bottle ooooooooozzzzzzed out in my gym bag. That took a lot of hosing out.


My Irish friend from Canada( He's Canadian, but very proud of his heritage) has one joke.

An Irishman walked out of a bar.

No kidding, it really happened.

[SeattleParrotHead]

Look on the bright side, MsMod.... late season snow means more snowpack for your summer water supply.
We hit 76° today, a new record high for the date. Good weather for doing a little yard work, but bad news for our snowpack.