Winner! (Day O' Green) (lots of photos) (a novel)

well, hello there bloggy peeps!  how was your St Patrick's Day?  did you remember to wear green?  if not, did anyone pinch you?  did you grow up w/ the fear of forgetting to wear green & being pinched???  just me?  did i grow up w/ really mean ppl??  LOL  


of course, since green is my favorite color, i absolutely wore it today!  

anthony also wore green, but he was protesting having his picture taken.  still, i like this one!  : ) 

my office was actually a sea of green.  the boss even broke out an awesome green suit coat!  love it!  the other day someone brought in green cake balls (yum!) and today we had a pizza & dessert fundraiser for charity, and there were tons of green cookies & things!  : )  i ate an oatmeal raisin cookie, tho.  *laugh*  it was not green, thank God!  


not a lot going on at work other than that & being BUSY.  and productive - i am almost done w/ a couple of projects even!   just in time to get more photos & claims needing to be done, on top of everything else, and i was delivered a big stack of checks to mail out also.  wheee!!!!  love it!  got to chat w/ a couple really neat ppl about claim issues - i love when ppl are NICE even tho there are issues.  they were both really pleasant to talk to, and we got their problems solved fairly quickly.  : )  rock on!


i left at 5 to meet mom & the boys at steak & shake for some eats.  nom nom!  we started off not being impressed w/ our waiter, but he got into his stride & soon shined brightly!  he was so sweet - brought leyton an M&M's button.  

you can sorta see the button - and yes, he's playing w/ sugar on his plate.  

anthony got a new toy from his sister, so he was playing angry birds & some monkey game.  

the balloons were pretty cool when they blew up.  : )  


leyton & gramma had some nice huggy time going on!  

 right here, this look?  he looks like my cousin bub (aka bradley).  might be the curls.  or the expression.  or a combination of the two.  but when i saw it, i had to do a double-take - and i TOOK it!  

mike & ike's!!  yummie!

soooo much fun!  


then i fueled up chloe ($25 for 1/2 a tank, *gasp*) & ran over to jan's & came home & read People while watching Merlin w/ bret.  i also watched yesterday's GH (alexis/natasha & luke's friendship always makes me laugh.  julia graham i think is the name of the actress who plays alexis & she is hilarious & terrific!).  got some postcrossings from Brazil, Turkey & Canada.  : )  happy mail day!

and when i opened my blogger, i was greeted w/ this post from brooke, and a comment that she'd given me a versatile blogger award!  sweet!  (thanks, brooke!)  so, the dealio is i get to hand out 7 random facts about me.  woot!  you know i love random!  ; )  i'll try to make them things i haven't revealed before, but if you already know these things, congratulations, you're awesome!  ; )  okay, okay, you're awesome anyway because you take the time to read my little band of goofiness.  


so, here goes... 


#1 - i'm a lighter-challenged smoker.  i have to use electric lighters because i have never been able to master the "flicking of the bic."  
#2 - i have recently been slightly obsessively buying mini-emory boards.  they're too cute to pass up!
#3 - i've been consistently mistaken for somebody's mom since i was 14. (it's never fussed me.  i'm glad i have mom-like qualities!)  
#4 - giving up regular soda was easier than i thought it would be.
#5a - pencils creep me out.
#5b - so do clowns.
#6 - wearing safety glasses over my regular glasses makes me feel claustrophobic.
#7 - love being on the highest floor possible when staying in hotels.  : )  (only if there's a decent elevator - i wanna be healthy but i'm not climbing 50 flights of stairs!!)


there you have it!  learn anything new?  i'm going to follow brooke's lead plus one & award this to 5 bloggers who i have really enjoyed reading!  i was going to make brooke one of them, but felt that would look like pandering, or insincere or something, so i linked to her blog above - check it out!!  she's funny, a great observationalist, and right now a little obsessed w/ various OS's.  ; )  


i grant thee an award: 


Marianne, because you like seahorses, and i saw one that i wanted to get you but i suck at this game.  and leyton is good at it (he won himself a pig last month!) but we only let him play lots when at incredible pizza cuz it's like a nickel a try or something!!  : )  

Jana, because you make me awesome amazing postcards from awesome amazing photos that YOU take, and also you just had a baby & edith is a doll!


Boo&Bran, because you are my uber-blessed, super-talented cousins and bradley's sisters, and i loves you!  and also, you need to blog more - October?!  really?!  ; )  


Sarah, because you are incredibly talented & starting a new job soon & even tho i've never heard you preach, i can feel your love for the Lord even when you're talking about PB&J oatmeal!  : )  foodies unite!!  


Andrea, because you are a wonderful mom and medical professional.  you inspire, you amuse, and you have awesome taste in music.  thank you!  


so, my lovies, go and read and maybe enjoy a new bloggity blog!  i have much more to say, but it's 11pm, this post is already rivaling war & peace for length, and i really should go to sleep.  *hugs* & happy st. paddy day!  (and also, shout out to my blogless friends nicki & doug and renae & yuri, because today were their anniversaries!  happy anniversary, nicki & doug and renae & yuri!  you rock!!!)  


ttfn!