This was my birthday yesterday. You can't see it well enough but in both photos taken mid-afternoon it was snowing to beat the shit at the time. Visibility was pea soup and the weathermen all predicted 6-9 inches of "wintry mix" along with bad driving conditions for the evening.
So even though I had those glorious plans to go with Gene, my brother, my cousin, and several friends to that Discovery Center event "Mistology", when a couple of the folks canceled in the afternoon we decided to stay home and figured the event would be canceled too.
Turns out we were wrong. The "Science of the Cocktail" did take place and my brother, along with his girlfriend, and another friend did end up going. They called afterwards and said it rocked. Damn! Missed another good time but such is life when you get old and tentative about the weather. Glad it was fun though. Next time for sure! Kenneth and anyone else who went be sure to comment about how it was.
Instead, Gene and I bundled up under quilts, made up a quick batch of chili and baked cornbread in the omelette pan like my Nannie always made it, and stayed in to watch the LOST season premiere-- Jack was afraid Hurley would tell WHAT? Oh, I guess that's the hook, eh? I really wanted all the answers in the first eppy. The only problem with instant gratification is that it takes too damn long.
I have to show my foodie presents. Man, I feel so blessed and excited about new foodie toys!
Everybody genuinely surprised me this year. Ann remembered me mentioning that I don't have an immersion blender which was very sweet. Sher KNEW there was no way I'd spend the money on myself to get the coveted new Martha Stewart cake book that is WONDERFUL!!! My sister toched me by getting me two of my favorite things: fruity herbal tea (love to ice it!) and bath crystals and bubbles. The bubble bath is in gardenia which is my favorite floral scent. Aunti Miranda ordered me calling cards and let me pick out the design. Can't wait to get those. I used to have business cards, of course, when i worked in catering and then again when I had the cake company, but they're really convenient to for anyone to have. Auntie Miranda has been with me a million times when we've run into folks or we've been out shopping where the subject of the blog came up and I end up scribbling my name and blog addy on a scrap piece of paper. It will be so cool to be able to whip out a card with my name, blog address, email, etc. when I run into old friends or when someone asks for the blog addy. What a thoughtful gift.
Haven't had a chance to play with the stick blender yet but I have been cover to cover on the MS cake book (WOW!) and I'm sitting here sipping tea as I write. Thank you all so very much!
Oh. Notice the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? When I first opened the Amazon box from Sher the first thing on top was the cereal. In my mind, I was thinking "Cereal? How odd, Sher. Hmm...." And then of course I quickly found out that it wasn't my gift at all. :-) Pretty effective marketing on the part of Amazon and General Foods to have the individual box along with a coupon. I'd never tried that one before. It's loaded with sugar but I admit I did like it.
Thank you again to everyone who made my birthday so special--all the greetings on the blog yesterday really tickled me pink!
Most of you guys have no idea just how depressed I usually get around my birthday. Not because of aging, it's more of a "but I'm not published yet" whine. This year was different. Between the articles here and there on the internet and finally getting into "name" magazines like the Ben Franklin Farmer's Almanac and the Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul, as well as the University of OkIahoma's School of Medicine Literary Journal, I was much happier with my goal-reaching this year. I feel like I'm really heading in the right direction, if that makes sense, so my birthday "accounting" felt in the black this year.
Also, for those of you who have been watching the "Tackiest Gift of 2007" poll, I'll be posting that tomorrow along with photos of the gift for the winner!
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