Woke up early and loaded the crock pot with some local corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes. I'll make some "Irish Stew" when I get home. Organic soda bread from a local bakery and Dubliner Cheddar are ready to go. Guinness Foreign Extra chilled and ready. My pint glass is sitting on the kitchen table waiting for me.
I'm of Irish decent on both sides. No silly green hats or Kiss Me buttons at my house. Just some great food and a few drinks while giving thanks for where my family came from and all the things we have done to get here. At some point I'll get out the geneaology chart and show my Fiance' the way back to where the first one of us left County Armagh back before there was a United States. If she's going to take my last name she should know where it's from.
Happy St. Pat's and be careful out there tonight.