Leprechaun Boxes

This year some Irish priests moved St.Patrick's Day up to March 15th so it wouldn't mix with Holy Monday, however next year it'll be back on the 17th. This only means I had to make the kids get on the ball for their Leprechaun Boxes.

What are leprechaun boxes? Basically these are their treasure boxes that they create and leave outside the night before St.Patrick's Day.

Why? Legend has it that St.Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland and placed a big black snake in a box and tossed it into the sea. Leprechauns, being little and all, were very thankful and any time they see an empty box they place a goodie in it as a thank you. But being greedy they give that box 24 hours to be found and claimed or they come back to take their loot.

My kids pick a small box (normally from Michaels) that they get to paint (normally green) and decorate with glitter, stickers, shamrocks, etc. They leave it outside for the leprechaun to find and quickly run out on St. Patrick's Day morning to find it. Yes, the leprechaun hides them. Once they are found they quickly open them to see what they got and run back in.

That's our version of a "Leprechaun box." Will you be making one? It is a fun tradition.

The Race Goes On...

Last night we were eating at AppleBee's when we heard the celebrations on the news. It appears that Sen.McCain won South Carolina. So for all those that haven't been able to catch the race here is a run down, oh and this one was just for the Republican party, the Democrats will be there next week.

John McCain 33%
Mike Huckabee 19%
Rudy Giuliani 13%
Romney 11%

McCain may have came in tops here but by the sounds of Huckabee's speech, it isn't over yet.

Politics So far...

You haven't been paying attention to who is winning or not. That's okay with a quick glance you can get all caught up. It's a strange race I must say but I don't think we'll really know until the end of the summer as things really start to heat up.

As of right now it has been really big between Clinton and Obama, I think because they are making history. As for me, I'm still undecided on whom I want to win...I'm more of a republican though so I'll probably lean more that way.

Republican Side
Romney
Huckabee
McCain


Democrat Side
Obama
Clinton

Who do you want to win and why?

New Years Day Dinner Ideas

You lost about what to make for your new years day dinner? That's okay I've taken the opportunity to search some ideas for ya. Here they are (oh and we are having this first one)

Cornbeef and cabbage (not sure if money will be in mine though)
ham
turkey
pizza
sandwhiches

Top 10 New Year's Resolutions

You thinking of making up a New Year's Resolution? Here are the top 10, this year I've decided to just change my attitude on a few things and not make any resolutions as they always fall apart.

1 help others
2 spend time with family
3 get organized
4 lose weight
5 quit drinking
6 quit smoking
7 get out of debt
8 learn something new
9 do something fun
10 stop procrastinating

Do you have any of these on your list? Let me know how it pans out.