weekending

it's been a rough day.

the sun is shining, spring is in the air and yet i cannot shake this dark, irritable feeling that there's a cloud overhead.

not even mass this morning could properly lift my spirits.

my family steered clear of me and i understood.

the kids were busy all weekend long.

friday lily went shopping and to dinner with a friend, saturday afternoon she went ice skating with another, saturday night she went to a school event at the health club and she had soft ball clinics all this afternoon.
she should sleep well tonight.

i feel like she's in a real good place.

she's got a group of friends who are nice girls...nice to one another.

that's so often not the case, but she's worked hard for it and i'm proud of her.

ted spent time both days at the range, and then with friends watching basketball.

ted still hangs out with his bf from kindergarten and just about everyone he's met since.
guys are so much less complicated.

yesterday we hosted my brother and sil for a st. paddy's day feast.

mike's corned beef was delicious...the star as it should be.

my braised cabbage was good, the irish cheddar mashed taters were very good, and the brown butter and garlic soda bread was my new fave version especially topped with kerrygold butter.

dessert was guinness brownies with irish cream buttercream and divine.

we all discovered that we are not turnip fans, but parsnips in moderation are passable.

mike started a spring project and i did some deep spring cleaning.

that felt good.

after some work and a nap this afternoon, i started to feel a wee bit better.

mike grilled chicken and i chopped all the toppings for burrito bowls.

it's a new casa wags favorite and will enter the rotation.

i'm going to sign off here and head up to bed to finish my book and get a good night's sleep so that hopefully, i'll kick off the week feeling refreshed and bright.

good night.