Thank you, Mona! Glad you're here.

Joseph, that's great! I'm saving that one. 🙂

Paula, you should tell her how Irish YOU are because your third cousin once dated an Irish man….LOL While it's nice to celebrate heritage, it's nicer still to be decent about it and not make people hurl every time you bring it up. My husband found out last year that his dad's mother was a Lithuanian Jew. While it's great fun to find something like that out, he's not about to don a yarmica and go to Temple. He's taking it in context – it's part of who he is, not the whole of who he is. I think all of us can say something similar.

Thanks for the good wishes and the toast to Uncle Ray, Gabriella. I'm glad you found this little blog, too. You've helped make it a nice place to be. 🙂

Thanks, Laura! Glad you're here, too. 🙂

Blessings back to you, too.

I've been at this gig about six years, and I don't recall when I found you. But I'm glad I did! You've taught me tons.

Here's to Lori, St. Paddy, and Lori's uncle Raymond Gallagher.

Slainte!

St. Patrick's Day has been pretty funny ever since one of my friends decided visiting Ireland a couple times means she's 100% Irish. According to her mom, their family is less than 1/4 Irish. Sure, she married a guy whose dad was Irish, giving her an Irish name, but she takes Irish pride to the extreme – but not in the fun way. She says St. Patrick's Day is a American holiday, and "real" Irish people don't celebrate it. Riiiiight. That's why it's nice to see people with more Irish blood than she has actually enjoying the day.

And how perfect that it's your blogoversary, too, Lori!

Slainte!