Marcia's xxxth Birthday!
So you ask what does "xxx" stand for? Easy... Any rational number between zero and infinity! We are not going to reveal the real age because it is only a number!
The wine is flowing and we are ready to celebrate!
Jerry and Norma samples the wine for us... Making sure it is OK
Keep those cards and letters pouring in! Gloria and Walt check out the cards
Leon displays his "chihuahua bite" bandage
Marcia doesn't know what is about to happen ... A sneak cake attack
is being planned right in front of her!
Vicky enjoys her "white wine"
on the rocks
Del saw it coming .... The famous "Avacado Smile"
Did You Know? - The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Mexico and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry that contains a single seed.
Kathy takes it all in
Devi and David joined us this evening
Iris heads for the dance floor while Jim surpervised the table
The cake(s) arriveth!
Marcia had no idea about the cake(s).... That was a surprise
"Which one do I want first???"
Fortunately we decided two candles on each cake or we would have been
here all evening lighting candles!
Larry does the honors ... The candle lighting begins
Everybody loves candles
They are lit (so was the cake) and we turned off the lights....
Most of Santa Ana could read their newspapers outside from the glow
from Marcia's birthday cakes
Leon is using sign language... Translated: Hurry and cut the cake!!
We all sing Happy Birthday
To Marcia
Even Marcia sings....
We reminded Marcia to BLOW out the candles this year....
No sneezing like last year
She heads for the center first.... Excellent choice
Then to the right
Then to the left...
We felt like yelling... "Standup... Sitdown... Fight Fight Fight"
Leon makes the sacrific and cuts the cake with his bandaged arm
... and gets the first slice of cake
Leon was a card dealer in his previous life....
He sliced cake, served it and his hands never left his sleeves
Del and Vicky come to examine the cake
The balloon marks the spot where the cake was....
"I love cake"
The cake is surrounded! It cannot get away
Marcia gives it the "Official Brander Taste Test" called OBTT for short
Marcia's favorite items to taste....
We have an official verdict....
"On the Brander scale of cake... It is a definite 10"
"Maybe I ought to try a piece from each of the three cakes?"
"If you want my professional opinion..."
Possible captions...
"I give it 29 on a scale of one to ten!"
or
"How did you know I am 29 today?" or
"No... I did Not eat 29 pieces of cake.... yet"
"OMG... I am sixty-seven again! Yeah!"
Donna is getting into trouble but what is new??
Jim samples the chocolate cake... Smile of approval
"What is this? An empty plate?? Don't tease me"
Ed waits patiently for his cake to be delivered
"Cake... What cake??"
"Sorry Bob... I ate yours so you could stay svelt
"I love it when people eat all those sweets!"
"Pssssst... Did you know that if you eat cake with chopsticks, there are no calories"
We went out doors and danced the night away
Vicky and Del joined us
Floating across the concrete
Jim wonders where everyone went
Everyone came outside bringing their wine with them
Larry Fresch joins Sue and Donna in a toast to life
...and another toast to whatever
OMG... An empty carafe of wine....
Did You Know? - The carafe /kəˈræf/, is a container without handles used for serving wine and other drinks. Unlike the related decanter, carafes do not include stoppers.
Coffee pots included in coffee makers are also referred to as carafes.
In France, carafes are commonly used to serve water. To order a carafe d'eau ("carafe of water") is to request to be served (free) tap water rather than bottled water at a cost.
"Surprise.... I am here!"
Cooling off outside in the evening
Giggling is well underway
The official "Giggle Source"
We got her.... Marcia is at 99 percent laugh!
The birthday girls takes it all in
Do we really have to go home now??
