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Birthdays
This is my birthday month. Now what treats can be scheduled? Detailed planning is required.
A very merry unbirthday
Perhaps the anticipation of a month of treats is enough, rather than a pre-birthday month. It is a bit the same as that strange phenomenon of being retired and still having a Day Off. One can declare any day a … Continue reading
The news in Dalamory
Today is the start of the pre-birthday month. Haven’t quite decided whether to designate this a month of pre-birthday treats or of planning what the treats will be in the actual birthday month. Misty has now lost a total of … Continue reading
Happy Birthday
Talking to Son #2 the other day, we mentioned his birthday. “How old will you be?” I asked. MOTHER…… was the response, You birthed me. Happy Birthday #2 (In case of doubt, I do know which son, by the way. … Continue reading
Falkland Palace
Visited Falkland Palace a few days ago. It is the building with the turrets in case you were wondering. Actually the website gives a better view. One of the treats of the post-post-birthday month. (Though I am thinking of changing … Continue reading
Birthdays
I am considering having a “post-post-birthday-month” It is needed as an antidote to bureacratic wranglings I am trying to sort out. (Don’t ask it is both too complicated and too boring.)
Last day of the month
Not that it is news to anyone that this is 31st March – yet I reach it with a certain degree of sadness. No longer can I justify treats by it being my birthday month. However, Him Behind the Wheel … Continue reading
Proof of the eating
Here is a photo of #3 son and Him Behind the Wheel and the meal. Not the best of photos, but then it was taken on my mobile phone.
More treats
Another birthday month treat today. Son #3 is treating us to lunch – in fact, he is cooking it. This is a first!
Birthday month outing
Today wasn’t so much a birthday outing as it was a dripping wet drive and dismal walk from the carpark along to the hairdressers. At least the old ladies were in good form for banter. And for the record, I … Continue reading