Top 'O The Morning To You!
Overcast here, with promises of rain later, but I'm thinking that maybe that will just help green things up around here. Photo is another sign of spring...daffodils poking up in one of the flower beds out front...okay, I know it's weak, but it's all I got...honestly, there is nothing else here yet. We need rain, we need sun, we need warmer temperatures. Anytime. Soon.
Been busy here this morning, early a.m. swim practice chauffeuring, Guerin chauffeuring, grocery market, the beginning of the laundry, and also have the corned beef brisket tucked away in the pot ready for a full day's sauna. Not bad.
Was scheduled for a volunteer bit this morning, but that got switched around, so I am thinking I will maybe make the Irish Soda Bread this morning and then just gently reheat it for dinner tonight. I am actually going to make two loaves...my recipe for it, and then also a recipe that another blogger posted lasted year that looked good from Bon Appetit, so I printed that off and set it aside to try this year as it is always fun to experiment a little...research, you know.
Mark was a little discouraged by the Hoos being sent to Charlotte for the NCAA games: Arkansas being our first game, hopefully a win there, and then a following by playing, probably, North Carolina (unless a big upset occurs) in virtually their home territory. Hmmm...could be a short run at the tournament this year. On the other hand, I did remind him, the Hoos, as underdogs, have knocked off North Carolina in the NCAA tournament before...and, I further reminded him, DAN DAKICH, was a member of that team, so maybe this little insider's view could pay off big time for us. All I got was a chuckle and a smile...you know the kind that says "Sure, sure, that's a real possibility." We'll see...I like to go with the theory that any team can beat any other team on any given day. Of course, I do realize that goes both ways, but it is important to go into these things with the attitude that someday some little 16th seed will go the whole distance...someday. So, who are your favorites this year?
A Traditional Gaelic Blessing: May the roads rise to meet you. May the wind be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; The rain fall soft upon your fields And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand. Happy St. Patrick's Day!