Do you love or hate your birthday? It seems like it’s an either/or sort of thing, doesn’t it?
No matter how old I get, I love my birthday! I just love that my birthday is on 2/2, that it’s on a minor holiday named after an animal (Groundhog Day) and that my parents had to drive from Nebraska to Iowa to get to the hospital.
This year, on the day before my birthday, we got 19 inches of snow. 19 inches! That’s a lot of snow! The girls were thrilled that we all got to stay home from school and play on my birthday! They did most of the playing while I drank tea and watched from the window. On one of my trips outside, I overheard Lily warning the neighbor about yellow snow, which is always good advice.
The snow was actually too deep for the girls to venture into the backyard, and I waded back there to make sure the dryer vent wasn’t covered in snow. Yes, I was doing laundry on my birthday. It was sad that my first snow day thought was that I would have time to wash clothes and perhaps even get my laundry folded. I had to walk around the house because the back door was snowed in! The snow was up to my knees. The sun was shining, and the birds were singing. I just had to stand back there for a few minutes, and enjoy the peacefulness of it all. I was so glad that I had taken the time to fill the birdfeeders before the blizzard started. I caught these two little birdies knocking the snow off the feeder so they could eat a snack.
Later that afternoon, I also fed my own little chickadees. They had built snow tables and snow chairs and wanted to eat outside. They reminded me of that fun children’s book that everyone has read, I think, simply titled Snow, by Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman. “Snow; it gives you a good appetite.”
Fortunately for me, the roads were plowed well enough by dinnertime, and it was my turn to be pampered. We drove to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner and dessert. Have you ever noticed that a real Cheesecake Factory looks nothing like the Cheesecake Factory where Penny was a waitress in The Big Bang Theory?
The cheesecake was absolutely divine, but I still prefer the birthday cake Lily and Emmy decorated for me on Sunday. If you look at the candles carefully, you can figure out how old I am.
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Aww, so glad that your birthday turned out good int he end and yay to cheesecake. Always a great way to celebrate!!! š
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LOve this and I love my birthday and anyone’s bday! EAT CAKE! xo
I don’t need an excuse to eat cake, and it’s nice not to feel guilty on birthdays when you HAVE to eat cake! š
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I did always think it was weird that Penny’s Cheesecake Factory looked nothing like a real one! What’s up with that? If they can use the name of the restaurant, why not also use the decoration style?
Glad you enjoyed your day!
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I did notice that it was pretty dark in the real Cheesecake Factory. I had trouble reading the menu, and it was because it was dark, not because I’m old like my husband thinks!
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Since I have never been in a real Cheesecake Factory, I wouldn’t know either way unfortunately! Perhaps some day I will find out!
It sounds like you had a great day, despite the laundry.
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Well then, when you come visit we’ll go to the Cheesecake Factory! Their cheesecake is really delicious!
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Well, I got my post up. Now everyone will know why I “duck and cover” when my birthday comes around.
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I’m glad you wrote about it even though you weren’t thrilled with the topic at first! Your birthday post is great!
So what is a Cheesecake Factory? Is it a fastfood restaurant for cheesecake or something? I’m confused. Anyway, I’d prefer a home-decorated birthday cake to cheesecake too. The greatest cake I ever received wasn’t actually made of cake, but of black liquorice. I got it from the staff at where I reside for my wedding.
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The Cheesecake Factory is a very nice restaurant where they specialize in cheesecake for dessert. On a TV show I watch, though, the restaurant doesn’t look as nice as it is in real life!
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I hope you had a great birthday week!!!
I don’t really love or hate my birthday. This past year Chris was in Germany on my birthday, the friend I was going to have lunch with was sick and I spent the afternoon/evening at Hunter’s cross country meet (we ate Dairy Queen on the way home). I did talk to all 3 of my siblings and my dad so that was nice.
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Birthdays are a lot more like normal days when you’re an adult, aren’t they? It is nice to get those extra phone calls on my birthday!
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I usually love birthdays but my last one wasn’t very good. I wanted to do.. nothing. In July! That sucked.
We’re getting about 19 inches of snow right now, I tell ya!
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Wow, you have gotten a lot of snow this year! This weekend was warmer, so a lot of our snow melted. But another cold front is coming through so we have a way to go before spring.
My birthday is mid-March. We always seem to get a freak snowstorm near my birthday. Or maybe I only remember it that way because I hate snow so much!
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