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Birthdays, Budgets, and Bats
I lived through my party. It was a ton of work from start to finish though, and I can't say I actually got to 'party'. I spent the entire day in the kitchen preparing my perhaps over-ambitious menu. Everyone liked what I made, so that part was good. My brother Reuben and his family couldn't come though, and my good friend Tami and her family didn't make it either. That part was disappointing.
My cake came out pretty awesome though. I asked at Sam's Club if they could decorate a round cake with leaves all over, instead of a standard design. Not only did they say yes, but they didn't charge me a cent for the custom work. It looked wonderful. Once I got it home, I added silly striped candles - yes, I put 30 individual candles on the cake, it was pretty awesome - and a lot of curly wires ending in hand-blown glass beads that looked like all kinds of bugs and frogs and so forth, in keeping with the garden theme. The finished product looked like something out of Dr. Seuss or maybe a cake Patience Brewster would have designed. In other words, it was very me :).
The dirt cake I made for Angus was the hit of the party though. And it didn't occur to me till today, but I'm actually not sure he got to eat any of it . . . maybe my mom fed him some. I hope so! Either way, he had fun and even actually helped me rip open his presents.
My fridge is packed to bursting with leftover food, and booze. I am not much of a drinker, and I had an entire twelve pack left over of New Belgium brand beer. Plus some hard lemonade. I doubt I'll drink any of it by myself, except maybe the occasional lemonade. I guess I need to have another party soon to get rid of the rest of it :).
As to the budgets part of the post title . . . I'm pretty scared about my month to month finances. Splitting one income that was barely adequate for a single household into two separate ones is quite daunting, and I am not sure how to make it through the month without getting into the red. This is the first real month where I'm trying to make it solely on alimony and child support. Basically, I can pay my tithe, rent, and utilities, with only a tiny bit left over. Food? Gas? Clothes? Anything else? Not sure how I'm going to cover those things yet. Deep breaths are called for. And a miracle.
Moving on to simpler things, there is a bat hanging in my entryway. Small, and adorably cute and fluffy. It's clinging to the stucco just outside my front door, which has an arch and vines hanging down in front of it. I suppose it's sort of cave-like. I don't mind the roommate; I just wonder why it hasn't moved in days. I've watched it, and checked on it as late as 2 in the morning, with no signs of leaving. I know it is alive, as I very gently touched it with a stick today and it moved over a bit. I hope it is flying out for food late and night and just happening to choose the exact same roosting spot every time it comes back, but I'm a bit concerned. The outside light is on a timer I don't have a control for, as it is one of the complex lights, and it's very bright. Perhaps my little friend is confused about a lack of darkness?
My cake came out pretty awesome though. I asked at Sam's Club if they could decorate a round cake with leaves all over, instead of a standard design. Not only did they say yes, but they didn't charge me a cent for the custom work. It looked wonderful. Once I got it home, I added silly striped candles - yes, I put 30 individual candles on the cake, it was pretty awesome - and a lot of curly wires ending in hand-blown glass beads that looked like all kinds of bugs and frogs and so forth, in keeping with the garden theme. The finished product looked like something out of Dr. Seuss or maybe a cake Patience Brewster would have designed. In other words, it was very me :).
The dirt cake I made for Angus was the hit of the party though. And it didn't occur to me till today, but I'm actually not sure he got to eat any of it . . . maybe my mom fed him some. I hope so! Either way, he had fun and even actually helped me rip open his presents.
My fridge is packed to bursting with leftover food, and booze. I am not much of a drinker, and I had an entire twelve pack left over of New Belgium brand beer. Plus some hard lemonade. I doubt I'll drink any of it by myself, except maybe the occasional lemonade. I guess I need to have another party soon to get rid of the rest of it :).
As to the budgets part of the post title . . . I'm pretty scared about my month to month finances. Splitting one income that was barely adequate for a single household into two separate ones is quite daunting, and I am not sure how to make it through the month without getting into the red. This is the first real month where I'm trying to make it solely on alimony and child support. Basically, I can pay my tithe, rent, and utilities, with only a tiny bit left over. Food? Gas? Clothes? Anything else? Not sure how I'm going to cover those things yet. Deep breaths are called for. And a miracle.
Moving on to simpler things, there is a bat hanging in my entryway. Small, and adorably cute and fluffy. It's clinging to the stucco just outside my front door, which has an arch and vines hanging down in front of it. I suppose it's sort of cave-like. I don't mind the roommate; I just wonder why it hasn't moved in days. I've watched it, and checked on it as late as 2 in the morning, with no signs of leaving. I know it is alive, as I very gently touched it with a stick today and it moved over a bit. I hope it is flying out for food late and night and just happening to choose the exact same roosting spot every time it comes back, but I'm a bit concerned. The outside light is on a timer I don't have a control for, as it is one of the complex lights, and it's very bright. Perhaps my little friend is confused about a lack of darkness?
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