Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's St. Patrick's Day and here's a fun film with
Leprechauns - "Darby O'Gill and The Little People"

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Wear green! Drink green beer! Eat green eggs or other fun green food! Find a four leaf clover! Follow the rainbow to a pot of gold! Have some Lucky Charms! Watch a movie starring Leprechauns!

Green Eggs and Ham

Would you try green eggs????

Green Eggs and Ham always reminds me of the Dr. Seuss book where Sam tries to get his friend to eat green eggs and ham and his friend refuses, adamantaly and profusely. It was one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books as a child. I thought it was funny. I knew I had no plans to ever eat green eggs...yuck!

Little did I know that on this, the eve of St. Patrick's day, I would get a chance to change my mind. I work in an office, where food is readily available...including meals. In honor of St. Patrick's Day the foods of choice are everything green: green fruit, green bagels, all the way down to green eggs...and ham.

Now, unlike the book - the ham wasn't green, but the eggs were! I think that's still pretty weird and repulsive and I can completely understand why Sam's friend was so reluctant to try them.

I heard people in the office discussing the strange green foods that were available. So, I ran down to look at them. I actually thought that I might like to try some. I mean, I've never eaten green eggs!?!?!? So, I looked and I stared at the eggs and thought - can I really stomach GREEN EGGS and ham? And, then, without thinking anymore, I was spooning a scoop onto my plate and reaching for the ham. I only had to eat a bite, I told myself...just a bite and I could admit to having eaten green eggs and ham. So, I also added normal eggs and bacon and corn beef hash...just to balance things out.

I walked back up to my desk and stared down at my green eggs. Ok, I just had to take one, teensy weensy little bite. It's only food dye, I told myself. They're going to taste just like the normal eggs that they're sitting next to. One bite and a piece of ham and you will have done it.

No, I don't normally need to give myself a pep talk before I eat breakfast. It's just that they eggs were...well...GREEN!!!!! And, there's something that feels so wrong about that. But, I wasn't supposed to think about that and I pushed the thought away thinking - I HAVE TO DO THIS. I don't know why, but I need to try green eggs.

So, I stabbed a piece of green egg with my fork and brought it up to my mouth...and forced myself to taste it instead of just swallowing it like you would a pill. And, you know what? It was ok! It did kind of taste like regular eggs. I decided to take a second bite. Yes, they were definitely ok. I cut myself a piece of ham.

So, there I had it - I had officially eaten green eggs and ham! And, I actually think they're okay, Sam I Am!