Happy St Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all. I celebrated the day when I was a child, but nominally. On the sidelines. Sometimes Mom would make a corned beef, but only because it was on sale, not because of any special holiday. Then I married into an Irish/German Catholic household and things changed - radically. My in-laws celebrated and were involved in St Patrick's Day in numerous ways. They didn't march in the parade, at least not when they were getting older. But they were involved in a lot of the different events, etc. 

This is a prior year's St Patrick's Day Parade in downtown 
St Paul. I forget how many miles they walk, party and 
celebrate, but it's quite a few, making their way from downtown 
towards Minneapolis. 

I enjoy the holiday - it's always fun to have a good time, and when we have good weather, it's even better. Up here in the Frozen Northlands, it's been everything from really warm Spring days to days with heavy snow in the years I've been living up here. You never know what St Patrick's Day will bring, but the parade will go on. I recall seeing the signs for parking and alternative ways to get to the clinic last year when I was doing Radiation Therapy at this time of the year. Ov course, at the hours that I had my appointments, there certainly was no parade - LOL. 

I totally realize that Corned Beef & Cabbage is NOT a 
traditional Irish meal. But it is the meal most associated 
with St Patrick's Day in my part of the Universe. I'm not 
making it this year, no real time to cook. But, we might do 
it on Sunday. Just because it's pretty tasty. 

But yes, this nominal German Jew ended up marrying into an American Irish/German Catholic family - it caused a lot of people to go a bit ballistic on both sides of the family. But here we are ... lots of storms behind us, and probably a few in our future, but still together after more than 45 years. 

Tomorrow night we have an appointment with our tax 
accountant for our personal income tax returns. That 
usually goes pretty easily - we have our financial information 
in pretty good condition and I think I've remembered to 
print out everything necessary. But, I can always drop paperwork 
off to their office later in the week if I've missed something. 

Tomorrow we have an after-hours appointment with our accountant for our personal income tax return preparation. I think I've finally finished printing out all of the possible paperwork he might need, and if I am missing anything, one of us can drop it by his office later in the week. I don't think we'll have any surprises pending, but one can never know for sure until the numbers have been crunched. 

So, if you're celebrating St Patrick's Day with a toast of 
green beer, lift one for all of us who can't celebrate today. 

So, enjoy your Green Beer and celebrations today. St Paul will be celebrating alongside you, and the parade will go on, as always. It's going to be cold, but I don't think we'll be getting any snow, so that's at least one positive thing. Hopefully everyone marching will dress warmly. I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.