Saint Patrick's Day 2009

Today I visited with one of the residents at "The Hamlets". She is 94 and her husband is 92. . .I gave her a bad time about cradle-robbing.

The kids have been bugging me to do a "topsy-turvy" cake, so I made a somewhat feeble attempt today. They are normally quite large, but I managed to modify this to only one cake mix. They are single layers and the bottom layer is only 8", the middle is 6 and the top is essentially a large muffin.

I procrastinated on buying our traditional corned beef brisket this year, and we had two visit two stores before we could find one today. We bought the last two they had (and they were VERY small ones). I cut them into small pieces before throwing them into the pot with the potatoes and carrots this time. Our home teachers are coming by this evening, and we will feed them corned beef and cabbage.

The weather was fairly warm although it was gray and we had a very a brief snow/sleet flurry. The snow is rapidly melting again and we have big frost heaves in the yard. The birds are becoming more vocal too.