November 27, 2006
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Part the Second
I have so much I’d like to say about my birthday that I fear I’ll become tedious and dull. Bear with me if I do and just skim.
As I mentioned earlier, my birthday started late, as we all slept in. TGD (who is my husband, for those who might not know) and the children had a table full of presents for me. First, TGD pampered me with travel books on England, symphony tickets (Broadway and Shakespearian Tribute), and a wonderful, wonderful map of England. When he gave it to me, I just sat on the floor for a long while and looked at all the towns and where they were. Here I am with my map.
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the kids, I got a box of Dots (mmmm!), a vanilla candle, some leftover
Halloween candy, and a bookmark that Libby cross-stitched for me. Here
it is, designed by her.After the Thanksgiving festivities, we went to my mom’s where I opened
my birthday gifts from her. It was a bonanza year, as she won a
quilt-lover’s gift basket and gave me all the goodies: a zippered
quilting bag, a mug, a box of recipes and quilt square patterns, a double
wedding ring template set, and a rotary cutter. She also gave me a
nice blazer and slacks that I had eyeballed and a funny hanging
ornament-like thing which reads, “She has become too fond of books and
has addled her brain ~Louisa May Alcott.” But, the thing she got me
which will make you turn pea-green with jealousy and will cause you to
break one of the commandments in envy and coveting is this:
A Jane Austen Action figure!
Yes, indeed, I am now the proud owner of Action Jane, complete with
writing desk, copy of Pride and Prejudice, and a
supposed-to-be-removable-but-must-not-be-since-I-broke-it quill pen.The birthday fun still was not over as more presents awaited me on
Friday when we traveled to the Green’s. Ruth’s birthday is 11/22 so we
exchanged presents. Or, perhaps I should more correctly say that we
exchanged identical Warm Vanilla Sugar bubble baths! Great minds think
alike, and we both like to soak in the tub and read.
David’s game and our weekend of travel still remain to be reported, and I haven’t forgotten the Great Pride and Prejudice Read-a-Thon. I’ll have details on that soon, Lord willing!
Comments (22)
That’s awesome! I’m glad you had such an awesome birthday… That’s always a good thing.
Your family takes birthdays very seriously, sounds like you had a great day!
Sounds like a terrific, Mrs. Sellers-ish birthday! I’m glad you had fun — I miss you and Mrs. Green far too much. Wish I could be an AP English for life.
–K.
*AP English student
What splendid presents! I like your “action Jane”.
And the tickets for the symphony and Shakespeare thing sound awesome! (lol, when I was typing symphony what first came out was “sympathy”! Haha) And that bookmark is lovely! What a sweet gift.
Synesthesia. Wow, what a word! And a neat one, too. Thanks for giving me the link to that glossary site. I’m certain it will come in handy.
You’re right about the commandment breaking.
You know. . . synesthesia sounds like a complicated word about a problem with one’s synises.
Post Script the Second: One of my friends posted this link to a site which has a very funny example of a bad query letter in it. For some reason I think you’d enjoy it. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TOSPUBLISHER/236286/
Pea green with envy indeed!
Happy Belated Birthday!
What a wonderful birthday!
RYC: Yes! We actually bought a car on EBAY……….we will see how it all works out in the next couple of weeks
Happy Birthday! Wow, what a celebration. I need a map like that – I have one in this huge atlas I keep hauling out. I suppose the arm muscles I’m getting are a bonus. I love Jane Austin, but for some reason I can’t get Hannah to read her stuff. She carried P&P around for three weeks before she just admitted she wasn’t past page 12. She had read maybe four other books in the mean time. Perhaps I’ll give her another year or two, and try again.
About my art history class: you’re right. It’s good to know I still have ‘it’. ; ) ~M.E.
Happy Belated Birthday!
Where did they ever find a Jane Austen figure???
Sounds like a wonderful birthday!!! You sure can tell your a “Teacher Person” to get a map of Britain and be excited over it!!!! LOL!
I always have things like that on my “wish lists” too!
Quick Question: Do you think Eragon would be suitable for my 13 year old to read? He LOVED Narnia books, and likes Sci-fi stuff, but I wasn’t sure on the book you had mentioned.
Sounds like a great day! With all the travel books and map, I was expecting you to say you were given tickets to Europe. Have you ever been there? My only trips out of the states were to Canada (when I lived in Michigan) and Mexico (during a trip to San Diego).
Jane Austen action figure!! Does she actually sit and write?
Happy “late” Birthday ~ sounds like you had a great one!!
Action Jane…where in the world did she find that?!? You really got some good stuff for your b-day. Libby did a nice job on the bookmark…better than I can do, that’s for sure. So where are you planning on displaying Action Jane? Near the computer? On one of your bookcases?
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (I know it’s ”belated”, but I don’t like to add that…. it takes away from the “Happy” part!)
You’re presents and day sounds so, so fun!!! And I’ve done that before with the presents being the same, too! Funny when that happens, isn’t it!?
Love you’re new “look” here! I wish I had more time & know-how and I’d change mine to a more festive look, too! Later!! Amy
Glad you had a happy b-day! I’m really looking forward to the P&P Read-a-thon, so glad you thought of it.
Happy Belated Birthday! What a wonderful time you had! And very unique! I would have never dreamed of a Jane Austen action figure…that is cool.
I can’t believe that a Jane Austen action figure even exists! I am glad that you had a wonderful birthday. Have you memorized the towns of Great Britain yet?
Mary, all I can say is that great minds think alike and don’t return that (did you say broken?) Jane Austen action figure just yet. I am really having a good laugh about this!!!
What a happy coincidence. I always try to give something I’d like to receive.