Although I left her a note on her Facebook page telling her that I was soooo sorry to have missed her actual birthday (she and I share a birthday month and she is the only sibling of mine that does), it does little to excuse me. I have her birthday circled on my calendar but I just don't LOOK at the calendar on a daily basis. I looked today after getting official notice of my great-grandson's birthday party to make sure the party was on a Saturday. Lo and behold! there was the reminder about Bratfink's birthday. I WAS reading my email daily but have fallen on my face and not read it for FIVE days.
That was a shock to me. Facebook's notification of Bratfink's birthday was in those emails that I hadn't read. I read my email and there it was! I knew she would notice that there was no happy birthday wishes from me. She got a lot of wishes from so many people but she said at one point that she was thanking everyone that had wished her a happy birthday and noticed all the ones that hadn't. Boy, did that hit me hard. It's not like I am so busy taking care of four kids, a house and working a job. I could be forgiven then, perhaps. Even a phone call would have been better than forgetting. *Sigh* I just hope she forgives me.
Today the Beast had to attend a graduation party for the son of one of the members of his church. He was there to take pictures of the attendees and the graduate. Earlier in the day, the Princess and Gunner were here because the Princess needed to borrow one of the Beast's lenses. She is going to take pictures of a friend's newborn baby. She also wanted to borrow one of our small portable heaters. Believe it or not, it was needed for a kind of *trick* you use to make the baby sleep. It had been used back when they (the Princess and Johnnycakes) had pictures taken of Gunner by a professional photographer when HE was a newborn.
Gunner's two front teeth have finally pushed through (but have JUST pushed through) and now the Princess thinks he is getting the two next to them because he turned fussy again. I played peek-a-boo with him and then he started rocking back and forth and would stop and wait for me to do the same. That tickled him for whatever reason. He did touch my hand a couple times and he even waved at me but he remained shy and by his mother's side. I just don't get to spend enough time with him for him to be at ease with me yet.
His party is going to be held on the 13th at 3pm. I responded to the invitation and said I would be there. There will be a lot of people there from the responses since this one will be held at the kids house. I am hoping for another nice day for it so that we can sit outside in the back yard. Last year, for Chewlee's birthday, that was where we were so the kids could play on the big slide pool they had rented and there was a canopy with a table underneath it for the gifts and the snacks. Chewlee also has a netted trampoline to play on (if they have put it up) and that keeps the kids busy, too. Gunner is still too small for it but it does help keep him from being overwhelmed by distracting the kids. I noticed at Chewlee's party that he attracted a lot of attention from them that he wasn't too happy about. But then, he had just woken up from his nap and wasn't totally awake at the time.
I think the party is scheduled for when he has awakened from his nap so it's going to be a toss-up as to how awake he is. He may be happier since he will be at home and in his own bed. The Princess has plans to take his picture in an outfit she has ordered. She wants to take it on his actual birthday (the 9th) and was upset that what she had ordered hadn't even shipped as of today. At least, she hadn't been notified when she got here around noon.
We were in the midst of a power failure when she got here. It affected our whole town and the surrounding areas, according to the recording we got when we phoned the power company. Why do we get these failures on a day when the sun is shining and it's nice outside. Okay, yes, it was really hot out (88 degrees at the time), but if it's all the air conditioning that people are using, shouldn't the power company be able to adjust for those times? It was off for almost two hours. Our house was nice and comfortable due to it's construction. It appears that we have good insulation (everywhere BUT the floors). We should have better insulation there just because of the crawl space under the house. The Beast says it's poorly installed under there and probably should have been redone. Now it would be too costly for us to hire someone to redo it and the Beast isn't physically able to do it himself. But it holds it's temperature well whether we have to heat it or it's just cooled down during the night like it has been lately. I don't remember being uncomfortable last summer until very late in the day and then only when the temperatures hit the high 80's (like today) and higher.
Well, it's time to get this posted and try getting a little more sleep. Love you all. Hope you have a nice Sunday. One of our neighbors had a little fiesta at their house for their Latin friends but they sent over some carne asada, tortillas, rice and some hot sauce that I forget the name of at this moment. It's pico something-or-other. LOL. It sucks to get old and forgetful. I'll remember right after I post this, I'll bet. ***Hugs***
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