I’m 21 today!! (In hex.) Good thing, too, because I recently heard this exchange among my Schweitzer group:
“What did he look like?”
“Oh, you know… tall, brown hair, middle age… like, in his late 20s/early 30s.”
Phew! Good to know hex puts me squarely in the early age category! Although I am young and so thrilled to finally be able to buy booze, I am going for a low-key celebration. So for all you peeps ready to take me out drinking on the town, here are some things I won’t be doing today, on my birthday:
— I will not be putting gifts in my children’s shoes in celebration of Epiphany (although the cat may leave one in mine.)
— I will not see the parade in the French Quarter to kick off the start of Carnival Season.
— I will not be taken out to a Fancy Dinner (although I may serve a mediocre one to my family. Readers are encouraged to send easy recipes to this culinary-challenged woman, with the understanding that I can barely boil water.)
— I will not be rudely awoken from an afternoon nap.
— I will not be lavished seduced with presents (although I will probably be given a hidden gift from my mother-in-law and sung to by my parents).
— Our household will not relocate to Disney-developed Celebration, Florida, even though Casa Latino, one of the country’s largest Hispanic and minority owned real estate offices, is moving there from New England (how strange is that?!)
— I will not be bothered if I decide to eat frozen cookie dough in lieu of not having Fancy Dinner.
— It will not be judged careless if I decide to catch up on random websites and enjoy things like these portraits, these lights, these light cords, these knitted curiosities, and these paper illustrations.
— No one will bother me if I want to play Momma-razzi all night with my camera. Smile, kids!
Thank you for all the birthday well-wishes!
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UPDATE: A big whoops for forgetting the hat tip to laloca, for pointing out the knitting curiosities. I’d say that they made my day, but considering how many people I’ve shown them to and how it’s still up in my browser, I think making my week is much more appropriate. I guess I’m in a bit of a twisted funk??
magpie | 06-Jan-09 at 3:23 pm | Permalink
Happy birthday!
shokufeh | 06-Jan-09 at 3:29 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday! I hope it’s a great one, mediocre (or cookie dough) dinner and all!
alejna | 06-Jan-09 at 3:55 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday! You don’t look a day past 20 (hex.). (And, um, late 20s/early 30s middle aged? Ouch.)
I love the photo. And the term Momma-razzi.
elisa | 06-Jan-09 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday Holly!!
here is a super quick and easy recipe that i use in a pinch…. i wouldn’t call it fresh but it’s SUPER easy.
Chili
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
1 can corn (drained and rinsed)
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can hominy (drained and rinsed)
2 tbls chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 lb lean ground turkey
shredded cheese
1 avocado
brown ground turkey in frying pan. dump everything except the cheese and avocado in a large stock pot. heat until hot. top with shredded cheese and avocado as you like. enjoy!!
A | 06-Jan-09 at 4:02 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday!
james | 06-Jan-09 at 6:03 pm | Permalink
happy birthday!
i wish i had thought of hex. i always go with binary, and end up sounding very, very old.
Emmy | 06-Jan-09 at 7:30 pm | Permalink
Happy Happy Birthday!
I hope you had a great day.
Janna | 06-Jan-09 at 8:48 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday! I hope you get to eat all of the cookie dough you want!
julie | 06-Jan-09 at 9:17 pm | Permalink
To top it all off, I had an Abita beer during dinner. xoxo j
jenny | 07-Jan-09 at 7:13 am | Permalink
the funk seems to be going around. apparently the fifth of january was the most depressing day of 2009, which is a good thing, because it’s passed; however, others put it at the third monday in january, which blows, because it’s still downhill from here. *sigh*
admin | 07-Jan-09 at 8:07 am | Permalink
Thank you all!!
Julie: it made my day to think of Abita up in the Windy City!! I hope it was a Turbo Dog!
admin | 07-Jan-09 at 11:05 am | Permalink
Jenny, interesting that January is so high on the depression scale. Post holiday let down?
My funk is easy to explain, at least I think it is. My attempts to drown out some of the things going on locally are failing… the anniversary of Helen’s death on the 4th, the recent murder of a 2-year by his father, the multiple murders in the city since New Years… it makes me want to follow my primal urge to grab the kids and run away. My heart is just heavy.
liprap | 07-Jan-09 at 11:08 am | Permalink
Happy belated birthday! May there be many, many more.
Kelly | 07-Jan-09 at 12:50 pm | Permalink
Holly,
Tina A | 07-Jan-09 at 12:56 pm | Permalink
Happy Birthday to you! Cookie dough sounds like a birthday meal to me!
Kelly | 07-Jan-09 at 12:56 pm | Permalink
Holly, While you don’t know me, I have been following your blog. I am a mother of three and LOVE New Orleans although I’ve only been there once. I was sad leaving and felt like I was leaving home… On A happy note I just bought tickets to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and am wondering if an insider would let me know what not to miss, and more importantly what to avaoid. I will not be bringing the kids… at least not this year! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Kelly from Massachusetts
admin | 08-Jan-09 at 2:18 pm | Permalink
Kelly: of course! I’ll send you an email!
kitty | 08-Jan-09 at 3:34 pm | Permalink
Belated happy birthday Holly!!!
I’m so happy to share my birthday with such a smart and talented lady.
That’s a great action shot of the kids.