Yesterday was the big 50th birthday party for my brother in-law. I’ve been very excited about this for weeks because, for once in my life, I knew what I wanted to buy as a birthday gift. This is a very rare event. I never know what to buy anyone.
I also suspected my sister & her husband would not be too happy with what I wanted to buy, not because he wouldn’t like it but because it’s on the expensive side. Being brilliant, however, I thought up a way to get around that – I asked my brother & his wife if they wanted to go in on it.
Yesterday afternoon we stuffed our faces with way too much food. Then came the birthday cake. By that time, I was getting very impatient. At one point my sister in-law, Adrian, asked, “What if he doesn’t open the presents when we’re here?”
“Don’t worry,” I told her. “I’ll make sure he does.” I then informed Jim that he had to open up the presents after the cake because those are the rules. Luckily no one asked to see the rule book. I keep a close eye on the cake eating, waiting for Jim to finally finish. The second he was done, I told him it was time.
Naturally he opened up our gift last. Adrian & I are practically jumping up and down, waiting for him to get to ours. Finally he started opening it while we both had our cameras aimed at him. There it was! A brand new, super cool digital camera!
As someone else said yesterday, “Welcome to the 21st Century.”
Now if he will open the box and use it, like some other people we know don’t seem to be doing………..
I probably should stop giving Kim a hard time, she will do it when she gets time…RIGHT KIM!!
Kim weighing in here…but more about me in a minute
DID BIL LIKE IT–WAS HE EXCITED? Don’t you just love it when you hit one out of the park in the gift department? I know what you mean about having a hard time with that. I really like to get just the right thing that the gift receiver will really like, even if I wonder why they’d like it. It can get tough! SO DID HE LIKE IT? What kind did you get him? More details, please!
And now, even more importantly, what all did you stuff your face with? What kind of cake, too? Seriously, I want to know!
Sybils, don’t either of you dare to stop giving me a hard time. As long as I know it’s done in the spirit of friendship, I’m good with it. If, by chance, it takes a turn and it’s because you don’t like me and think I’m a waste of blog space, then I’d prefer that you just come right out and tell me and then be gone. And now I’m gonna go open the box and start plugging stuff in. Really.
Yes, he did like it very much. I will make sure that he opens up the box – otherwise I’ll have to do it
. He is taking tomorrow off for his real birthday, so he will have plenty of time to play with his new camera.
We stuffed our faces with baked ziti, eggplant parm, chicken francaise, and sausage & peppers…..but don’t let the Monk fool you they didn’t eat nearly enough because there was waaaaay too much left over! So I had to make everyone take some home
The fact that there was so much left over was because someone ordered way too much food. Thanks for taking care of dinner tonight.
I’m glad Jim is obeying his boss & taking off tomorrow.
Oh my gosh~those are a few of my favorite things. NUM. You people know how to throw a birthday bash! Happy birthday to the BIL! Welcome to the world of 50, from one who will be 51 in a few weeks. Which just goes to show, it IS possible to live through it
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