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More Proof of the Birthday Bonanza

More photographic evidence of the Birthday Bonanza!

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The Birthday Bonanza

Brandy and I invited several folks over to the house this weekend to celebrate our birthdays. It was a lot of fun and a big thanks to everyone who came out for the shenanigans.

We fired up the grill and pulled out the drinks for all of our guests. However, I completely underestimated the amount of food I had planned to cook. We planned for 2 hamburgers a person as well as corn on the cob and roasted potatoes. MLONF brought along additional hamburgers as well as chicken. Now, I do not have a small grill, but let’s say it took me 45 minutes to an hour to cook all the food on the grill.

We had three varieties of hamburgers:

  1. Pre-made normal beef patties. Yummy!
  2. Ground beef and Ground pork mixed with onions and slight seasoning. Yummy +1!
  3. Ground beef and Ground pork mixed with onions, chipotle peppers, and an assortment of spices. Yummy +2!

For our 17 guests, we ended up with 35+ hamburgers, 12 chicken legs, 16 ears of corn, and 4 small pans of potatoes. This does not include the pasta salads, barbecue weenies, fruit salads, and desserts. Needless to say, we ate well.

Speaking of cake, Christian baked us a special Birthmeh Cake.

Happy Birthmeh.

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Lily’s 1st Birthday

Today is the little hellion’s birthday. I had my doubts that Lily would still be with us at this time, but I must say she has made marked improvements in behavior over the past 2 months. It could be that we have started treating her more like a tiny dog than a hyperactive feral, but tame, cat.

In the course of the last year, Lily has kept us up at all hours of the night, tormented Bosco and Maggie relentlessly, discovered that feather dusters are the scourge of the Earth, developed a talent of leaping 6 feet in the air for a sitting position, and learned to sit on command. But, most importantly, she has become much more mellow, limiting her feral outbursts to only a few short bursts at night. Yay for us!

Happy Birthday, Lily!