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Tag Archives: birthday
Family Album: The Great 98
Life took a small turn towards normal last week when Phyllis was granted a get-out-of-jail-free card to celebrate her 98th birthday. After nearly SEVEN months in captivity at her retirement community, she got the go-ahead for socially-distant socializing during her … Continue reading
It’s about time.
I was halfway through the audiobook edition of novelist Penelope Lively’s meandering Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir before it occurred to me why I must have chosen it from all the books out there in the literary ether. There … Continue reading
Might as well celebrate.
The last time a birthday brought me to my knees was (about an ice age ago) when I turned 30. The sensation of youth spent and misspent, time lost, world not yet conquered. Then everything seemed to speed up and … Continue reading
Family Album: He’s Going 70 in a 60 Zone.
It’s taken three months of celebrating to convince us all (especially him!) that the CE is really, truly 70 years old. Everyone knows he is a stubborn cuss, but who else gets away with refusing to age? Here he is … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Family, Big Fun, Holidays
Tagged 70th birthday, birthday, CE, Family
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Birthday Chick
Some of us are getting to an age where “Happy Birthday” is an oxymoron, but Pollo Amiga was excited to celebrate her new numbers. Great party! Kirk and Alexandra hosted and we all had so much fun. A few pix to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, T!
Taylor turns 25 today. At 6:46 pm, to be precise. I’ve always figured it was because he wanted to be here in time for dinner as he is a boy who loves a good meal. The world is SUCH a … Continue reading
First Things Last. Happy Belated!
Very tardy to the party here but it’s never too late to wish the CE a Happy Semi-Major Birthday, is it? (We won’t discuss numbers, but let’s just say there have been a flurry of calls to the Social Security … Continue reading
Posted in Big Fun, Friends, Gastronomy, Holidays
Tagged birthday, Happy birthday CE!, Pink Martini, Storm Large
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So much to celebrate!
Alexandra may be the only person who can claim her birthday was upstaged by chickens. Her birthday was last week and we celebrated with a lovely lunch: Alexandra drove south to celebrate her birthday with a hot-air balloon ride, but … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Poultry, Big Fun, Friends
Tagged Alexandra, Ashleigh, backyard chickens, birthday, CE, Chadd, Chickens, chicks raised by broody, Fathers Day, Julia, Katherine, Lori, Pamela and Kirk, PG, Victoria
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All Grown Up: The Party
The CE and I decided that despite all the pressing responsibilities here at Chicken Central (that’s a joke; we have no life) we really didn’t want to miss Daniel’s 21st birthday party. So we hopped a plane on short notice … Continue reading
Posted in All Things Family, Big Fun, Friends
Tagged 21!, birthday, Daniel, Family, Nina, pimp cup, The Spotted Pig
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Someone’s all grown up!
It just doesn’t seem all that long ago that Daniel looked like this: But somehow, the years have flown by. Happy 21st, Sweet Boookie! Have a great celebration! And, as always, I love you bigger than the sky! xoxoxoxoxo