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05/31/2005 Archived Entry: "Birthday Report"

We had a blast yesterday at my birthday open house! And now I have the satisfaction of looking around the place and seeing it all neat and clean and spacious. I'll admit there was some stashing of stuff in the garage pre-party; I'll try and work with Jack so that anything brought back from the garage has a proper home, so I hope we won't end up with things back to their original state. Jack wrote about the event, and we have pictures, most taken by Ivy and my nephew -- I hope to actually post some to flickr.

The turkey was a hit and was eaten up, almost every scrap. Guests got to help with the pre-cooking injecting process because we had two of the marinade injectors -- I was reminded of stirring the Christmas pudding! I'm sure all who helped will have good luck.

People were distributed between the back yard and inside; our couch moved in front of the unused fireplace so there was good flow. Food besides the turkey: crudités, chips and salsa, kettle corn fresh from Folk-Life, some salty snacks like pepperoni stick. The tiramisu cake was grand. My experiment of combining apple crisp and cherry cobbler dessert bakes in one pan worked, but didn't all get eaten up. I never got around to fixing the grapes with yogurt and brown sugar.

My sister M---- and nephew B----- were there, and very kindly spent much of the party wrangling grandson R------. He was mostly well-behaved, took no nap, and collapsed into bed at 7 pm. Some guests were still here, watching Doctor Who.

Gifts weren't requested, but I did get a few things. Flowers, a swing music CD set from Jerry and Suzle (did you know you can get a zefrank birthday card?), a carved wooden frog that makes frog noises when you stroke its back with the included stroker from Jim and Ivy, and -- inspired choice from Elinor Busby -- a crown and rubber helmet from Archie McFee.

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