A meme!

Haven’t seen one of these around here in a while. I got this from eraserhead667’s Facebook profile. Since I’m on LJ more than FB, I’m gonna do it here.

Answer these 30 Things No One Would Think To Ask.

( Meme! )

And now, gentle reader, I am exceptionally tired after a prolonged effort to reach 42 years of age, so I’ll sign off and see you later.

Happy birthday to you

I had a GREAT birthday today. Mom and Dad called in the morning and then this afternoon we had Grace’s family (at least those who still live here) and our friend Yash (who brought her three kids along for the fun - and they were well-behaved up to the point that we had dessert) and did a little cookout. I’m really weird. I love having people over, but we don’t do it that often because we don’t really have a lot of friends local to us, so it’s a real treat for me to be able to cook for people. It’s kind of my birthday present to myself, if you will.

Yash’s son, Jory, was so funny. He was “helping” me grill the hamburgers and hot dogs. He’s four, and he didn’t need to be told to be careful of the grill. He knows what hot means! The burgers were smoking a bit, and when I took the lid off the grill the smoke cleared up and he said, “The sky took the smoke away!” Smart kid! He asked me if it hurt to have my hand over the grill, and I told him it did not. I was thinking of how best to explain the fact that air isn’t as good a conductor of heat as metal when his little boy brain moved on to other subjects. He was enamoured of my tomato plants. He wanted to know if they would make flowers. I told him that yes, they will make pretty little yellow flowers which will in turn make delicious tomatoes. That might have been a bit more than he cared about.

And her oldest girl, Rowan (who is two) was also helping outside until she tripped and skinned her knees. Then it was time for her to go inside and get some love from mommy and aunt Grace, and some bandages for her knees, which were a little scraped up. Poor little girl! :( But then she had a hot dog, and it was all better! :)

And now we’re sitting at home, enjoying the quiet. We’re about to watch the Simpsons and I think I might have a little scoop of Trader Joe’s vanilla ice cream with a bit of brownie while I watch.

Yep, it’s been a lovely day. Wish you all could have been here to enjoy it with me. Maybe next year?

Japanese Entry #6

みんなさん、こんばんは！今日の宿題は易しいでした。We were to write three three-sentence paragraphs about something we own. It’s pretty simple. Here’s an example in English:

This is not my beautiful wife.
This is David Byrne’s beautiful wife.
She’s Adelle Lutz*.

Easy, nu? さ、始めましょうか？

これは私の飲み物です。
コーカ・コーラです。
おいしいです。

これは私のパソコンじゃありません。
グレースさんのパソコンです。
ウィンドーズのパソコンです。

これは私の好きなバンドです。
日本のバンドです。
スピッツです。

And we’re done. That was a LOT easier than the last assignment.

*Mr Byrne and Ms Lutz are, in fact, divorced. I was just trying to make a little joke. Sorry.