March 17: St. Patrick's Day

I had hoped to have a bunch of photos of the lush greenness of Hawaii to post here, but since I've spent all of my time inside the house thus far, no such luck.

So I googled St. Patty's Day to find something interesting to tell you, and here is what Wikipedia taught me:

• The color associated with the day was originally blue
• St. Patrick used shamrocks to explain the trinity in his evangelism of the Irish
• The church sometimes moves St. Patrick's Day if it happens to fall during Holy Week or other important solemnities, so in 1940 it was on April 3; in 2008 they moved it too (to March 14), but somehow I missed that...good thing it won't be in the way again until 2160
• The shortest St Patrick's Day parade in the world takes place in Cork, Ireland, where the parade lasts just 100 yards and travels between the village's two pubs

I looked for fun videos too, but again, fail.  I did hide something for you to find for today, but I'm not sure why I thought it was fun since it's just green beads, which we already had.  So I guess you can have almonds today too.  The almonds were supposed to be for National Pecan Day except that Walgreens didn't have pecans--they only had almonds.  So I substituted.

Man.  My posts are going downhill quickly here.

Well, if you feel so inclined, here are some relatively lame clues to find today's relatively lame prizes:

1. In the movie, _____, ______, who shares the same name as a friendly kids' character, says, "I gotta start wearin' more ______." (the location clue is the 3rd blank...the other two are just to make it a more challenging clue)
2. [Bottom drawer of the] "_____ [bureau] rots your brains," says the babysitter in this 20yr old movie.

Can I come home yet?

Edit: I found a few old photos of a good St. Patty's Day past to share...