"A light heart lives longest."
~Irish proverb

Hi all,

Another short one!  I think the next one may be a lil longer but we'll see.  I hope ya'll have a fun and safe St. Patrick's Day!  And a happy start to the Spring!

God bless,
Jenni

Top Ten Things that May Happen as the Dyelanders
Get Into the St. Patrick's Day Spirit


10.  Various Dyelander ladies start doing banshee-style wailing whenever one of the AODs goes on assignment.

9.  Of course, they'll have yet another party but this time when the dancing starts everyone will be required to keep their arms straight and still at their sides.  Leg movements only, people! 

8.  All those tragically killed dudes in Irish ballads make everyone very, very glad that Andrew is immortal. 

7.  Monica shows up and is forbidden to drink any Irish coffee.  This makes the Dyelanders think about Andrew adorably and compassionately bringing her coffee after her drunken incident in "Voice of an Angel."  Swooning ensues. 

6.  This then makes everyone realize they can't go watch "Voice of an Angel" after the party because it's still not out on DVD...  Angry emailing ensues, each one ending with the phrase "So give us those DVDs!  And top o' the morning to ye!"

5.  Andrew wears a green shirt.  Adam follows suit.  And for once a St. Patrick's Day party ends with people being scraped off the floor and green beer isn't the cause!

4.  Thinking it'd be cute, someone requests that Tess sing the Irish song "Red is the Rose" to Andrew (obviously substituting "lad" for "lass.")  This proves unfortunate when she reaches the lines:
'Tis all for the loss of my bonny Irish lad
That my heart is breaking forever.

After she finishes, Andrew is forced to spend an hour reiterating that he's never, ever gonna bail on Dyeland.  Tess vows to stick with simply "The Rose" from then on out.


3.  As St. Patrick's Day also serves as the anniversary of Andrew's arrival in Dyeland, his friends will want to get him gifts.  Since pottery is one of the traditional 9th anniversary gifts, Andrew will be inundated with handcrafted mugs, plates, and sculptures from the Dyelanders.  And also one DVD of the movie Ghost.  Ahem.

2.  Andrew decides to have fun with the holiday by getting dressed up as a leprechaun.  Unfortunately, he has an emergency assignment in New York City.  While there he is spotted by Clinton and Stacey of TLC's What Not to Wear, snatched, and forced to appear on their show.  Along with trashing the leprechaun ensemble, the fashionable duo also throw away Andrew's complete collection of flannel shirts.  Dyeland's non-existent flag is lowered to half non-existent staff in mourning.

1.  After a rainstorm the Dyelanders spot a rainbow.  They all hop into Andrew's festively colored
Jolly Green Giant, Coolest and Loveliest of Mini-Vans in hopes of finding the rainbow's end and the promised leprechaun-protected pot of gold.  They discover that no such treasure exists but then note they have something even more valuable: each other.  Awww. 





March 20th is Past Assignments' Day here at JABB!  In honor of the occasion, I hope you enjoy the name search below.  I've hidden the names of people who were Andrew's assignments or played a part of his past assignments.  Most are from TBAA but I did throw in a handful of specifically JABB ones.  They could be backwards, diagonal, across, vertical, anything.  In addition, you can see if you remember who all these folks were.  In some cases, a name might stand for multiple assignments.

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Name list:
Erin Horace Dawn Masons
Hope Lewis Jordan Zelda Kate
Tony China Max Carpenters
Carl Stroyker Richard Josef
Mildred Petey Eric Aaron


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