The Legend of The Leprechaun

If you should be walking along a wooded path some moonlit night in Spring and hear the faint tap-tapping of a tiny hammer, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of an Irish leprechaun, the elfin shoemaker, whose roguish tricks are the delight of Irish story-telling.

According to legend, the leprechaun has a pot of gold hidden somewhere, and he must give up his treasure to the one who catches him. You'll have to step lively and think quickly to capture a leprechaun's gold though, because this sly little fellow will fool you into looking away for an instant while he escapes into the forest.

A story is told of a man who compelled a leprechaun to take him to the very bush where the gold was buried. The man tied a red handkerchief to the bush in order to recognize the spot again and ran home for a spade. He was gone only three minutes, but when he returned to dig, there was a red handkerchief on every bush in the field.

As long as there are Irishmen to believe in the "little folk," there will be leprechauns to reflect the wonderful Irish sense of fun, and many a new story of leprechaun shenanigans will be added to Irish folklore each year. Bibliography Unknown. (1983). Irish Blessings. New York: Random House Publishing, Inc.

The Legend of the Shamrock

Long ago, when Ireland was the land of Druids, there was a great Bishop, Patrick by name, who came to teach the word of God throughout the country.... This saint, for he was indeed a saint, was well loved everywhere he went. One day, however, a group of his followers came to him and admitted that it was difficult for them to believe in the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Saint Patrick reflected a moment and then, stooping down, he plucked a leaf from the shamrock and held it before them, bidding them to behold the living example of the "Three-in-One." The simple beauty of this explanation convinced these skeptics, and from that day the shamrock has been revered throughout Ireland. Bibliography Unknown. (1983). Irish Blessings. New York: Random House Publishing, Inc.

Tattoos

I am hoping to get a new tattoos soon. I am having trouble deciding though. I either want some kind of footprints on my foot with either the boys name or their birthdates, or I want a Wonder Woman symbol. Does anyone have any suggestions. I am trying to get paul to draw me up something, so we will see what he comes up with. Any idea is appreciated. There is one that I want really bad, but it will have to wait til I loose some weight, and get lots of money to have it done.

Vent!!!

Ok so it is time for a vent. Well Paul and I had to file a bankruptcy this year. Everything was going great and I felt a lot of stress lifted off of my shoulders. My main worry with the bankruptcy was if we were going to be able to keep our car. After our first meeting we were told that Wells Fargo was going to let us keep our car we just had to bring it current. About a day after that, we paid over $2000 to them for our car. About a week later, we paid the next payment that still had a few days before it was due. After we made this payment, we got a letter in the mail from Wells Fargo saying that they were going to court to take our car. The kicker is that today at 5:30 my husband got a call from our lawyers office saying that we had to be at court in Atlanta at 9:30 in the morning. Talking about short notice! We bough this car in 2007 and we only owe about 7000 on it, yet they want to take us to court to take it from us. Come on now! Oh yeah and to top this situation off, I got my first speeding ticket in about 6 years and I must appear in court no exceptions. Sometimes I wonder when I can have a break. Now that I have vented about those petty problems I feel a little less angry.

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Busy week!

So I was going to do a Pinterest meal a week, but since I started work, it has been very difficult for me to get a lot of things done. I am hoping that sometime in the near future I can get a routine down and not be so tired all the time. I am off today, so I am also planning on doing a few ideas from Pinterest that I will of course post. I will be making my own wipes, a weight loss goal jar, and setting up snack baskets in my pantry. Oh yeah, I am also doing the photo a day for February and hope to have those pictures loaded soon. Being a full time mom, student and employee, not to mention made, and chef really take a toll quickly. On another note, I just got the Baby Bullet and plan on trying it out today too. I am so excited to be able to make all of Levi's food. I feel bad that I did not try this with the other 2, but you live and learn and become wiser to what is in the products that we give our children. Tata for now. Look for some Pinterest updates soon.

February Photo a Day

I decided after coming across this on Pinterest, that I am going to do this. It is such a cool idea. Keep an eye out for my pics!