Happy 19th Birthday Miranda

Welcome to 2023, and here as always is Miranda’s birthday. This is the 19th edition (unbelievable) and following in the pattern from the previous years, it was a movie marathon day.

New Year’s Eve was a quiet affair. Miranda wanted to finish reading Death on the Nile in advance of her movie showing the next day, so she was doing that along with her mushroom drawing of the day. So Tammy, Ian and I played a game of Clue and then sorta drifted into our own activities. Around 11 I watch a Star Trek: TNG episode just for kicks. We made it to midnight, but Ian was pretty tired.

Breakfast was cheese quesadilla along with sparkling wine & OJ.

Miranda opened her cards and gifts. There were cards from Colin & Carol, Grandpa B., Stephanie’s family and us.

There weren’t a lot of gifts: a fair number of electronic gift cards to La Vie en Rose and other places.

Mr. Murphy was full of beans, but then settled in to watch the festivities from the sidelines.

Tammy and I had a virtual bike ride with the BCC from 10 to 11. There were Skype/FaceTime calls from the grandparents and later on a call from Stephanie and Brianna. (Happy Birthday to you, to Stephanie!) But after that, Tammy got the first cake together as the Murder on the Orient Express started upstairs. It was a Japanese cheesecake with some Spinosaurus coffee.

After the first movie, lunch/dinner was served mid-afternoon: pasta with homemade sauce and fresh parmesan and speck, along with garlic toast and Caesar salad.

Then the “other birthday cake” was server during the second movie (Death on the Nile).

Later on, the third movie of the day was Kung-Fu Panda. It was a good day, with plenty of food and drink and movies. A good start to the year.