Festivities
Yesterday was my birthday (see below) and today is my Gramma's birthday. Gramma decreed a while back that for her birthday this year There Would Be a Potluck Dinner on July 3 (my birthday). That meant that my birthday dinner had to be earlier or later, since Selena is off at camp this week we decided on later. This year Ryan and I will share a birthday dinner on Friday, probably Indian take away but we haven't decided yet.
So we had a potluck dinner that consisted mostly of lasagna (mum bought 2 and the uncle/girlfriend combo who usually bring green salad brought 1). Luckily for Niko and our cousin Christine there was ham and gluten free chicken wings (Niko also made corn muffins and biscuits). And the cake was also gluten free (and very tasty). Somebody brought some fairly vile Champagne type wine for a toast to Gramma (some day I must explain that just because it has a cork and says "Champagne" on the bottle doesn't mean it's good). Wow, one week at a restaurant on a vineyard and I'm a wine snob. //snort//
Anyway, the good part of the evening happened before the dinner. I got to open most of my gifts (I can't open the ones from the kids until they are here). I got a nice card from Gramma & Grand-dad Silvester, a nice card with a cheque from Gramma Staniforth, a funny card & Bolen certificate from Dad & Cat. More books, more books! Thank you!!
Mum searched high & low for just the right KitchenAid stand mixer (it's cobalt blue!) and she also found an attachment set. Apparently these are hard to find. The one I got has a grinder, a slicer & shredder, a strainer, and an instruction booklet in 6 languages. I can hardly wait to mix something!
From Niko I got books - the first two Sister Fidelma mysteries by Peter Tremayne, and a lavishly illustrated book of selected stories from A Thousand and One Nights. The funniest bit (and hardest to explain to Mum) was the nekkid man. Or rather the "one-sixth scale Nekkid Action Figure (Headless), figure by Dragon" with the accompanying "one-sixth scale Middle-Aged Man Suit (for 12" action figures), custom clothes by nico" and "Extra Padding for 1/6 scale middle-aged man suit (sold seperately)". If I had a drink I would have spewed it everywhere reading those labels!
For the non-geeks out there, I got a headless 12" action figure, an action figure "body suit" with padding to emulate a middle aged man and some extra stuffing in case the body suit isn't pudgy enough. All of the above is for my custom George Lucas. He is almost complete - no longer headless and is mostly dressed //wink//, I'm just trying to decide how much more padding he needs and fighting with the shoes (I'm beginning to think George needs socks). Now I just need to get him a 1/6 scale movie camera and accessories. Of course, I also need a good Henry Jones and a 1/6 scale motorcycle with sidecar (I aready have an awesome custom Indy - not done by me).
So we had a potluck dinner that consisted mostly of lasagna (mum bought 2 and the uncle/girlfriend combo who usually bring green salad brought 1). Luckily for Niko and our cousin Christine there was ham and gluten free chicken wings (Niko also made corn muffins and biscuits). And the cake was also gluten free (and very tasty). Somebody brought some fairly vile Champagne type wine for a toast to Gramma (some day I must explain that just because it has a cork and says "Champagne" on the bottle doesn't mean it's good). Wow, one week at a restaurant on a vineyard and I'm a wine snob. //snort//
Anyway, the good part of the evening happened before the dinner. I got to open most of my gifts (I can't open the ones from the kids until they are here). I got a nice card from Gramma & Grand-dad Silvester, a nice card with a cheque from Gramma Staniforth, a funny card & Bolen certificate from Dad & Cat. More books, more books! Thank you!!
Mum searched high & low for just the right KitchenAid stand mixer (it's cobalt blue!) and she also found an attachment set. Apparently these are hard to find. The one I got has a grinder, a slicer & shredder, a strainer, and an instruction booklet in 6 languages. I can hardly wait to mix something!
From Niko I got books - the first two Sister Fidelma mysteries by Peter Tremayne, and a lavishly illustrated book of selected stories from A Thousand and One Nights. The funniest bit (and hardest to explain to Mum) was the nekkid man. Or rather the "one-sixth scale Nekkid Action Figure (Headless), figure by Dragon" with the accompanying "one-sixth scale Middle-Aged Man Suit (for 12" action figures), custom clothes by nico" and "Extra Padding for 1/6 scale middle-aged man suit (sold seperately)". If I had a drink I would have spewed it everywhere reading those labels!
For the non-geeks out there, I got a headless 12" action figure, an action figure "body suit" with padding to emulate a middle aged man and some extra stuffing in case the body suit isn't pudgy enough. All of the above is for my custom George Lucas. He is almost complete - no longer headless and is mostly dressed //wink//, I'm just trying to decide how much more padding he needs and fighting with the shoes (I'm beginning to think George needs socks). Now I just need to get him a 1/6 scale movie camera and accessories. Of course, I also need a good Henry Jones and a 1/6 scale motorcycle with sidecar (I aready have an awesome custom Indy - not done by me).
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