29 March 2013

Birthday quick takes

Today is my 28th birthday! Birthday quick takes!

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Yesterday was Matthew's 36th birthday and the one day of the year where we are separated by nine years in our age.

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I share my birthday with 1 uncle, 1 cousin, and 1 child-of-a-cousin (is that a 2nd cousin?). June is a pretty sexy month, I guess!

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I've had a couple of birthday parties where almost no one came to my party.

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I am right on track for my goal of finishing my Ph.D by the time I'm 30. In fact, this time next year, I should be nearing completion!

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When I was little, I would ask my mom to make a bunny cake for my birthday. I thought her skills of using two round cakes and cutting them up into ears, bow tie, and face was magical! Like this, but mine always had much much less candy.

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I think it is always true that if my birthday is on a Friday, that it is on Good Friday. But the only other time I can remember my birthday being on Good Friday was when I was under the age of 9 and living Provo, so that rule might not always be true.

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I bought an old school, all metal sewing machine off E-Bay a few weeks ago. According to the tracking information, it should arrive today. That will make an excellent birthday present.

8 comments:

  1. My mom made those same bunny cakes! (and yeah, no crazy candy like that photo. just pure bunny.)

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  2. Ah the bunny cakes, I loved those too! and a sewing machine, how exciting! happy birthday!

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  3. That great bunny cake reminds me of the lamb cakes my mother (and a million other expletive in our church) would make for easter! Here is the only picture I could find of such a cake, which is even in the url as being from '87, which sounds about right - though I recall having these cakes my entire childhood! http://providencearchives.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15352coll15/id/1014/rec/87

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    1. Haha! Autocorrect error! "expletive" sb "PEOPLE." what a funny correction!

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