#st. paddy's dad

[triedin2015]

My dad asked if we (Mike and I) would make corned beef and cabbage for St. Paddy’s Day. I hadn’t ever done it before but figured I could manage that. So we had my dad and brother, plus one of Michaela’s friends, over for dinner last night.

I originally planned to do this in Instant Pot but we had so much meat and so many veggies that I decided the oven would be better. And boy am I glad I did that! I ended up, when it was time to put the veggies (cabbage, potatoes, carrots) in, pulling the meat into a cast-iron skillet and adding some chicken broth in addition to some of the veggies, and then filling up the Dutch oven with the rest of the veggies.

The corned beef I bought was already seasoned but I did do the mustard rub on top. I did 2 lbs of carrots, a whole cabbage, and about 1.5 lbs of potatoes.

But the end result was delicious. The meat was cooked well, the veggies were PERFECT, and we all enjoyed eating this. I think this may become a tradition!

[humansofnewyork]

“Just the other day a video popped up on Facebook. It was only five years ago. We were in the park. I was pushing her on the bike, letting go. We used to have so much fun together. We’d always get ice cream. She’s a strawberry girl. I’m a vanilla guy. Chipwich, actually. I’m a Chipwich guy. She’d give me a hug afterward, tell me I was the best dad ever. We were such good friends. But now it feels like we’re so far apart. She doesn’t want to talk to me anymore. Even when she’s upset, she’ll ignore me and go to her room. It’s like: C’mon. I was fifteen too. I know what it’s like. But she’ll come back, I know that. They always come back. But it does feels like you’re getting your heart ripped out a little bit. But look, I get it. She’s figuring out life. You have to back off. You have to give them space. Cause if you charge after them and get all aggressive about it, you might push them away forever. But they always come back, right? One day she’s gonna realize that I’m not the enemy and I’m really her dad, her friend. I still get a flicker of it, every once in awhile. We had a really surreal moment last year. Her birthday is March 17th. She’s a St. Paddy’s Day birthday. We always take her to a Spanish restaurant on Long Island, but this time we did something special. Her uncle used to be a bodyguard for Taylor Swift, and we still know some people at the company. So they got us tickets to her concert. Fifth row seats. I mean, don’t get me wrong. We paid for them, but fifth row center. She was crying. I got a big hug. A big kiss. A ‘Thank you, Dad.’ It wasn’t ‘You’re the best dad ever.’ But it was a really big: ‘Thank you, Dad.’”

[memewhore]

Senior citizens getting wild tonight at my dad's country club St. Paddy's Day party. Thank god my fun aunt is here!

[journey-to-the-attic]

I've just discovered the pet zoo au and I.am.obsessed.

NO CUZ LIKE IMAGINE IK AND BELPHIE LISTENING TO "WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY" AND BELPHIE JUST STARTES MAKING FOX NOISES ON THAT PART.

Also for some reason I think beels "woof" would be like that one meme with the husky where the humans are trying to sush it and he just lets out the most definde 'woof' ever.

Another thing,what if they tried to write out their names??? Like Satan steps in int and tries to make multuple paw prints on a paper to draw out his name in a way (he fails)

Also, it's said that crows can learn some words...what if crow Mammon (due to being magic as well) manages to start saying a few words and even starts making full on sentences. Can just imagine him flying through the window and landing in front of Ik and her dad like "feed me mortals or perish" as a joke to freak them out BC 'omg a talking crow' AND THEY INSTEAD START SCREAMING THWIR BUTTS OFF WHILE MAMMON IS TRYING TO CALM THEM DOWN BUT IT ONLY TURNS WORSE.

On the talking crow Mammon topic,what if he tells Ik what the others want to tell her?? Like "Yeah Lucifer wants you to put more Britney Spears" or "Levi wants to watch you play this game" or "Asmo says you gotta go pet him"

(wanna hear more from you tho BC I like your hcs, they're funny and silly)

orders given, orders received (/j i've been wanting to talk more about this au too!!)

i love the idea of the brothers attempting to communicate their names,, i feel like lucifer and/or satan would come up with some really smart method of going about it (like laying out books or ripping up a newspaper and using the letters), but ik and her dad are just like 'ah, what silly animal antics' and clean up the mess without even noticing what they're trying to spell out

so at first they just all have nicknames-

lucifer: peter (as in Peter the Peacock)

mammon: car (crow goes "caw!", caw sounds like 'car', ergo, car)

levi: socks (on the first morning after they took the animals in, ik found him trying to hide inside one. it's also funny because usually you get cats or dogs named this)

satan: paddy (aunt lisa picked this one - as in st paddy, for his green eyes)

asmo: duchess (ik had a feeling he'd like it)

beel: boof (it's the noise he makes)

belphie: hu (from the chinese word for fox (zhao picked this one). sometimes it's extended to hu-hu)

at first, satan and asmo are the only ones who like their new nicknames, while everyone else is mostly neutral on theirs, apart from lucifer, who HATES his

however, he still responds to it, so really it's his fault that it sticks

eventually everyone warms up to their new nicknames, but they'd still like their new family to know their actual ones

i like the idea of mammon learning speech, so yes he'd be the one to eventually relay the message!

he hops around on ik's shoulder going "lucifer! lucifer! lucifer!", and ik thinks her crow friend is conducting a ritual up until she realises he keeps pointing his beak at peter the peacock

she does switch to their actual names once she learns them, but in her head she still tends to refer to them by their nicknames, and they still respond when she uses them aloud

mammon's language would be more fluent than a regular crow's, but i don't think he'd generally be able to string together full sentences

so it's more like a "hey! food!" when he's hungry, "kid? okay?" when he's concerned, "levi. bowl. broke!" when he's snitching

he can manage full sentences if he tries really hard, but he usually can't be bothered, so he saves them for when he's serious

for example, if ik were getting bullied, he would go full fluency mode to say "i'm gonna kill them for you"

the other brothers are mostly happy to just chill (particularly levi and belphie), but lucifer gets so restless with no work to do that he starts assigning himself random chores to occupy himself

for example he's decided it's his job to open all the curtains in the morning and close them at night

ik starts bringing home random worksheets from school and lucifer will just sit there staring at them (he doesn't have hands to write with so he just has to answer mentally)

levi has a little box by the window from which he can see the tv and also sunbathe

ik brings home a sheet of stickers so that he can pick some to decorate with

beel is SUCH a big dog that he would take up the whooole sofa or bed if he sat there, so usually he very politely sticks to the floor

but then they buy him a big blanket and he starts carrying it with him from room to room to rest on (belphie also steals it a lot)

everyone has their own little spots around the house where they usually stay, apart from mammon, who is nearly always found on ik's shoulder

if ik isn't home he will stand on zhao's head instead

satan nearly always sleeps on either ik or zhao's bed and at some point his habit extends to the others, so they start taking it in turns being 'guards' for both humans at night

lucifer pretends to be above it as if he DOESN'T trot himself right to rooms and stay there the whole night as soon as it's his turn

whenever ik's stressed out from school she comes home and just plonks herself on beel

he's such a big dog that he barely even feels it so he's perfectly happy to be a big fluffy pillow

levi spends most of his time in his box but he'll also be quite happy to go around the house draped around ik's neck and listening to her narrate her whole day to him

sometimes ik brings asmo ribbons and such and he gets so excited that he does that jumpy twisty thing rabbits do (i think it's called binkying?)

asmo and satan both get the zoomies but satan's always so embarrassed about it afterwards, while asmo simply owns the energy and then flops over for pats afterwards

belphie's normally very quiet and docile but occasionally he'll just SCREAM and it scares everyone in the house

[antiquesintheattic]

tagged by @appleisms to share some music THANGS !

last listened: (been angels and airwaving lately)

current favorite: (thin lizzy 4ever #st paddy’s day)

song of my choice: (this one my dad has been playing lately and now it’s become an ear worm for me ughhh it’s too good)

tagging @7more @westerberg @newskin4theoldceremony @cultreslut :)

[whatgaviiformes]

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Although I think only the second half of this question is really important here, isn't it...

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately? *Laughs* Is it so obvious? I guess so, since I make and share playlists, but yes, I do listen to music while writing. I can't write in complete silence.

Lately? I've been listening to a lot of bluegrass covers. There's a really great Spotify playlist for them, and the more I hear the banjo the more I get inspired to write in the adventures of chicken dad universe.

As we head into St. Paddy's Day season, I tend to lean more into traditional and Irish which isn't too far a hop to shanties. So maybe potential Thunderteers.

Though when actually writing, I tend to look for music without lyrics. I've probably answered Audiomachine for this before. But I continue to also listen to Lights & Motion, Ludovico Einaudi, 2Cellos, VSQ. Apocalyptica if I need something more intense.

Music is honestly something I am always exploring, but I tend to also keep my favorites for a long time.

Thanks for the ask!!

[brunhielda]

Song of the Sea: A St Paddy’s Day Review

More for Halloween than St. Paddy’s Day, but you cannot get more Irish than this film company. (Cartoon Saloon)

Would recommend “The book of Kells” for all the beautiful greenery over this one for the particular holiday, and “Wolf Walker” if you want more action scenes.

Still- 10/10, would recommend to anyone who likes beautiful animated films.

Warning- Do NOT recommend if your name is Ben and you have Mother trauma.

It WILL punch you in the gut and make you sob. Have seen it first hand. Only watch if you need the catharsis. Otherwise you can watch the other two films for the Dad trauma instead 😅

What can I say, they are Irish stories. If they weren’t emotionally complex and a little sad they wouldn’t be real Irish stories.

[citrine-elephant]

less like a lifestyle, but more like a holiday tradition/ritual:

being a transmasc, i wish to engage in suburban dad culture for once day a year. whip out a grill, make some burgs, socks n sandals. compete with my fellow transmasc dads. have a feud with a random guy over our dad setups.

(kids or not, don't matter, it's the holiday. like how everyone gets smashed on st paddy's day)

[weshallc]

I wasn't going to mention it this year, but there has been a bit of attention and a few kind words. So here are a few Easter memories from Poplar-on-Tweaven.

Extracts from Easter Bernie.

Phyllis cleared her throat, “So if we ever get this meeting started, the first Poplar-on-Tweaven, Church and Crown, Easter Festival takes place tomorrow.”

The 'Crown 7' shuffled into the pew at the back of St Preservus church. Led in by Vi and ushered in by Paddy bringing up the rear.

“Hello, I see the naughty pew has been taken this morning,” beamed Peter Noakes. "That is usually reserved for the Noakes family.”

"I have some understanding of an egg hunt and even the hill rolling, but jarping remains a mystery to me.” Trixie informed Paddy in all seriousness.

The congregation hushed as Tom Hereward arrived in the pulpit, to start the service, just as Chummy, who was sat directly in front of Paddy and Trixie, exclaimed a little too loudly, “I’ve never been more aroused.”

Lucille, in front of her choir, exchanged glances with Tim at the organ and they shrugged their shoulders. He then looked at Bernie, who was shaking her head and glaring at the back of the church. 

“So once I have rolled this egg, I have to go down the hill, retrieve it and if it hasn’t cracked, do it again, until it does?” Trixie said, keeping a wide berth from Paddy who was threatening to throw a squealing Bernie in his arms down the hill.

“They are not real ducks, Trixie. You know? Those ones you put in your bath, those rubber ones. You put your mark on one and the first one Reggie spots at the Mount Busby farm wins.” Fred was beside himself.

“Who has a bath these days? Haven't you all got showers yet, up North?” Trixie was confused.

Fred frowned, Paddy huffed, and Bernie added, “You might be the one at Mount Busby farm, waiting for a duck next year.”

“I don’t think that is in my job description.” Trixie added, but she didn’t look convinced.

Someone with not the longest fuse in Poplar, had sweaty palms and a racing heart and a mouth she couldn’t keep shut.

Later Trixie said that she started the clapping, but everyone was sure it was Val, followed by Lucille. There was definitely a “Well said lass,” from Phyllis and somebody, maybe more than one, said her dad would be proud. Was there an Amen?

There was only her and Paddy now. The sun had gone to its rest behind the Cleveland hills. They sat on Frank and Peggy’s memorial bench sharing a secret ciggie.

[mamalegato]

Never Too Late

I received these two postcards from my 93-year-old dad this week, one for St Patrick’s Day- on which he had written “Enjoy St Paddy Day Regards Dad”(sic) and the other for my birthday (that is still a little over a week away) reading “Have a Good Day Love-Dad”. Finding these in my mailbox was such an unexpected but beautiful surprise. My Dad never wrote cards or bought gifts—that was my Mum’s…

[mkgtweety]

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VID MADE ON: 02/29/2024!!!! IN THIS VID, I SIT ON MY FRONT PORCH COUCH AFTER I CAME HOME FROM THE DOC'S AND TELL U ALL 'BOUT MY APPOINTMENT CUZ I JUST GOT DIAGNOSED W/ "TYPE 2 DIABETES" LIKE MY DAD AND HOW I FEEL 'BOUT ALL OF IT IN THIS MOMENT!!!! U DIGITAL PEEPS DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS HAS ROCKED MY WORLD AND MADE ME SORTA SCARED 4 NOW, BUT I WILL GET THROUGH THIS, AND WE WILL GET BETTER!!!!

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[empahla]

Happy St. Patrick's Day - an off-the-cuff joint.

There are some beautiful, knowledgeable posts up about St. Paddy’s Day and the different celebrations that abound. There are probably ones teaching a bit about the day as well. This isn’t one of those. I know very little besides the demand to wear green. I have a legitimate claim to the day – great-grandma on my dad’s side was Irish, and his mother, though raised in New Zealand, held the…

[softcherubhips]

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[captainofthestormhawk]

Old Irish Prayer

"May those who love us, love us. And those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts. And if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we know them by their limping.

Amen"

[my-coven-is-claudia]

YES YES AND YES. assuming you mean st patrick’s day parades - eric drags katelyn to the same pub he went to as a teenager and she gets handed a million st paddy’s flags and an irish themed fridge magnet with her name on it by complete strangers she’s never met but are supposedly her dad’s best mates. and once she realises that it’s a national holiday so no school she gets so fed up and wishes her father never migrated lol

can I spread irish Katelyn propaganda please?

She's from derry and a prot and she moved to america when she was young so she knows like fuck all

[divinesilverlove-a]

🙞 “It’s Paddy’s, not Patty’s! Get it right!” 🙝