March 2014 - Get Lucky! Edition

We're up all night till the sun (or 10 pm)

We're up all night to get some (dimes)

We're up all night for good fun (& food)

We're up all night to get lucky...

This month, we played at Spanky’s house. It was a comfy St. Patty’s theme. Some of us came in green, but all of us came comfy! We were one player short this month. That player was Kate. She was a no show because she had to attend her sister’s 30^th b-day party. So, there was some extra elbow room at the table, as well as more dimes and food for the rest of us! We dined on quite the buffet…there was spiral ham; twice baked potatoes; green deviled eggs; salad; biscuits; Irish soda bread; caprese skewers; Irish potatoes & pineapple pudding. I feel like I’m forgetting something there…probably still getting over the food coma! One person in particular who was suffering the effects of “super slow motion” was Juggs! All night, she was at least 3 cards behind, and just slow in general. This led to me mocking her every time w/ a seated slow-mo jog type thing. She laid down for a bit during break, which did recharge her batteries slightly.

We started @ 6:30, and broke an hour later to eat. The pots were going really quick all night! Nothing really got a chance to get fat. We started back up again about 20 mins later & did our first cover all @ 8. Hostess luck was w/ Spanky who won all by herself! We did our 2^nd cover all @ 8:45, when Debi & I split the winnings. See…I told you the nap helped her a bit… We wrapped up the party by 9. Phyllis passed out some lovely parting gifts. A glittery shamrock door hanger (you can see mine on my kitchen door over there) & a googly-eyed shamrock magnet. Funny story about the photo over there…when I came home from Pokeno, I stuck the magnet to my living room door. The boys woke up the next morning & thought it was really cute & started playing with it. I stopped them & said, “Lemme get a picture before you destroy it” & snapped the pic real quick. Don’t you know, no sooner did I get done when Nathan ripped off the bottom stem? Oh well…now my shamrock is stem-less.

MYSTERY BOX

Lori was responsible for the March Mystery. For the first time since St. Patty’s 2013, I actually won! The next day, Lori noted that I have won almost all of the Mysteries that she’s given away! I thought about it & it’s totally true! I won her Halloween one, I won her Christmas one, I won a snow-themed one & I won the last spring one! That’s at least 4 off the top of my head…

Anyway, all cowinky-dinks aside…I bet you wanna know what was in the box? I’m sure you don’t remember… This box was “Giggles’ Top 10 Favorite Green Goodies”! There were 10 little packages that I had to unwrap in order from 10-1. I do NOT remember the order, but I do remember the items: green juice (that went immediately to Peg-a-la!); shamrock cookies; thin mints; candle; coconut lime hand soap; blank note cards; spearmint leaves (will share w/ everyone next month); tic-tac mints; mint cocoa; mint tea & cash! What a fantastic box! I love that Lori took the time to put herself into the package & make it extra personal. Thanks again Giggles!!! Now I’ll be responsible for passing the box along at our April party…

HOP INTO SPRING!

Our next party will be held @ Lori’s house. We went to plan this during “business time”. There were only 2 weekends that would work for everyone, the 5^th or the 26^th. We originally all agreed on the 5^th. But, when I texted the date to Kate (thank you modern technology!), turns out to be her sister’s bridal shower…this sister of hers sure is taking up a lot of Kate’s “foxy” time…but we still had the 26^th as an option, so that was proclaimed to be the new date of the party! I mean, feel free to show up on the 5^th, but I can’t guarantee anyone will be there…

Spring Pokeno will be SATURDAY, APRIL 26^TH @ 5:00. Lori will be making a roast chicken, Peg’s making mac & cheese, Patt is steaming broccoli, I’m bringing parm garlic bread sticks, Debi’s providing olives & cranberry sauce, Marge is making sweet potatoes & Phyllis is going to bake a cake.

IRISH PHILOSOPHY

There are only 2 things to worry about; either you are well, or you are sick

If you are well, there’s nothing to worry about!

If you are sick, there are 2 things to worry about…either you will get well, or you will die.

If you get well, you have nothing to worry about!

If you die, there are 2 things to worry about; either you’ll go to Heaven or Hell

If you go to Heaven, you have nothing to worry about!

If you go to Hell, you’ll be so damn busy shaking hands with your friends; you won’t have time to worry!

And on that note, I shall wrap up this edition of the Rag. Until next time, may the foxiest bitch win!