Blessings
Lucky stars above you, 
Sunshine on your way, 
Many friends to love you, 
Joy in work and play-
Laughter to outweigh each care, 
In your heart a song-
And gladness waiting everywhere
All your whole life long! 
Irish Proverbs
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
Jokes
In Ireland there is a mental institution that
every year picks two of it's most reformed
patients and questions them.  If they get the
questions right they are free to leave.
This year the two lucky patients were Patty
and Mike. They were called down to the
office and left there by the orderly. They
were told to wait as the doctor got their files.
The doctor came out and motioned for Patty
to come in for her questioning.  When Patty
came into the office she was instructed to
sit in the seat across from the doctor.
                             
"Patty, you know the tradition of this institution so I imagine you know why you are here.  You will be asked two questions, and if you get them right, you will be free to go.  Do you understand all that you have been told?" said the doctor with a rather sly grin. Patty nodded, and the doctor began to question her.
The first question was this.  "Patty, if I was to
poke out one of your eyes, what would happen?" "I would be half blind of course," Patty answered without much thought.  "What would happen if I poked out the other eye?"  "I would be completely blind," said Patty knowing that she had just gotten her freedom.  The doctor then sent her outside while he drew up the paperwork and
accessed Mike's files. When Patty got into the waiting room however, she told Mike what the questions would be and what the correct answers were. The doctor calls in Mike and he followed the same procedure
that he had with Patty. "Mike, the first question is what would happen if I cut off your ear?"  "I would be blind in one eye,"
he said remembering what he had been told. This received a perplexed look from the doctor but he just simply asks the other question so that he could figure out what the man was thinking. "Mike, what would happen if I cut off your other ear?"  "I would be completely blind," he answered with a smile as if he knew he had passed.
But then the doctor asked him what his reasoning was, and he said flatly, "Me hat would fall down over me eyes."
Shamrock Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
  • 1 package sugar cookie mix (22.3 ounce)
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs; slightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon water
  • Shamrock Frosting (bottom of page)
  • mini chocolate kisses
Method

Heat oven to 350º F. 
Combine cookie mix and cocoa in large bowl; stir.  
Add oil, eggs and water; mix with spoon or fork until well combined. 
Dough will clump together and be easy to handle.
Shape dough into balls, using about 1 level measuring teaspoon of dough for each ball. Cluster 4 balls together on ungreased cookie sheet to form shamrock; flatten each "leaf" just slightly. 
For stem, shape 1 ball into pencil shape. Tuck stem under bottom of shamrock leaves.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until set. 
Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. 
Cool completely. 
Outline shamrock and stem with SHAMROCK FROSTING. 
Place small amount frosting in center of cookie. 
Press Mini Kiss in center. 
Makes about 30 cookies. 

Shamrock Frosting 
 

  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot milk or light cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 or 3 drops green food color
Mix well until smooth.
 
 
 

 

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