H.A.P.P.Y. Saint Patrick's Day

-----VOTED BEST IRISH JOKE OF 2005-----

John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife!" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the Best toast of the night."

She said, "Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife."

"Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!" Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary."

She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself. You know, he's only been there twice in the last four years. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come."

For purposes of this post, HAPPY is an acronym, in honor of today's celebration:

H ave

A

P epper-larious

P epper-fest

Y 'all !!

Now, for something COMPLETELY different! My better half (and I'm not talking SIZE here) is a crafter's crafter! She keeps me in stitches in more ways than one! Below is an example--that fits the theme of my blog perfectly--of some of her handywork. It's a pair of pepper earrings. But, if you curious about what they're made of and how they're made, you gotta go to her blog to find out more! Just click on her blog button below and it will take you to her blog.

Not only am I a pepperhead with an "unusual" sense of humor. I also have a few other characteristics that others have called quirky, odd, strange and just plain obnixious. For one, I'm lefthanded. Being born in Arkansas, I'm a redneck, hence a southpaw. I am fluent in Spanish, so that makes me a zurdo. I have one particular passion that I consume more than it consumes me: cooking. I never passed a kitchen store that I didn't at least browse. I have way more cooking acoutrements than I have adequate space to store them. And, because of my unquenchable curiosity and sense of culinary adventure, I've become addicted to buying things online buying. Not that I'm a Ronco groupie (though I do have his rotisserie that works GREAT!) I love sampling and collecting hot sauces of ALL KINDS!! If you know of one you don't see on my site, drop me a note and I'll check it out! Right now I'm starting my 2006 garden, in which I plan to grow a variety of peppers, including habaneros, jalapenos, and cayenne, as well as tomatoes, green onions, of course, fresh cilantro which no kitchen should be without.

Another of my passions, reading, is something I never have time enough to enjoy as much as I'd like. My current favorite authors include Diane Mott Davidson (on CD), James Patterson (about 1/3 through Mary, Mary), and everything Tom Robbins. I am a subscriber to Chile Pepper magazine. And I thoroughly enjoy doing the Sunday Chicago Tribune crossword puzzle...IN INK!

So, if you stumbled onto my blog by mistake, out of curiosity or because you love living on the thin edge of insanity, stroll through the links above and that should keep you occupied at least as long as it took me to put them together. If you like what you found, let me know. If you found other interesting things along the way, please share them. If you have a blog you'd like me to visit, let me know and I'm pop in for a peek!

Found this pseudo-Seuss poem, a copy of which is hanging by my desk at work, and I just HAD to share it with you. Perhaps you see a little bit of your own job here.

Gotta run. Have a fun, save, spicy St. Pat's and may the luck o' the Irish be wi' ye!