Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!  I'm 1/4 Irish, so I can only drink 1/4 as much whisky as a 100% Irish person . 

But I love St. Patrick's Day because at midnight I get to celebrate my birthday!  This year it is the big 3-0!  My birthday is really on the 18th, but I like to celebrate it the night before, because everyone is usually hung-over on the 18th.

Today was a GREAT skiing day.  We slept in 'till about 10:30, and then we went to breakfast on Main St.   I had a bagel & lox - yummy!  Then we went skiing at Deer Valley, my favorite ski resort. 

It was so warm today,as the temperature was in the low 70s!  I wore a short-sleeved t-shirt skiing, as did Carl and Mike, but Mike also wore shorts.  He looked pretty goofy in his shorts and shirt with his ski goggles.  I've got pictures as proof, which I'll post later on.

We went skiing for a couple of hours and then took a break at the restaurant at Silver Lake Lodge.  We sat on the porch, enjoying the sun and blue sky while having a light lunch and some drinks.  Mike had a "No you Don't! Margarita", Carl had a Blueberry Mojito, and I had a Hefeweisen beer with a lemon.  Ha ha, I'm the one ordering the beer, while the guys had the frou-frou drinks. 

We enjoyed our lunch and then hit the slopes again.  Carl did really well today seeing as how he has only been skiing one other time in his life.  Us Hawai'i kids don't really get to hit the slopes that often in our younger years!  Mike took the lead and took us down some blue runs, which was fine for me, but Carl had to slide down some hills on his butt.  He was a trooper though and we all had a lot of fun and some really great tans!

Now we are at home getting ready to go out for St. Patrick's Day.  Carl has some friends that live here, so we are going to be getting a "local's perspective" and hopefully be taken to all the local haunts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!!!