Cajun Corner – Vol.
5, No. 52 – November 3, 2013
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What is a birthday? A birthday is simply a celebration of your
birth. Just by living and enjoying the
gift of life aren’t we celebrating our birthday everyday? I wonder how this evolved into a birthday
gift giving and celebration day. Oh, I’m
not complaining about it. I’m just
wondering. This birthday has been the
best ever.
Friday night some friends invited us to their
home for dinner. A couple of mutual
friends from Mobile
were spending the weekend with them. The
evening was just splendid and relaxing.
The food was fabulous. There were
lots of happy birthday wishes but for a social person, like me, the friends and
socializing is always the best present.
The party last night was fabulous, too. We went to a local bar about three blocks
from our home that we used to think was nothing more than a dive. The outside appearance is certainly
deceiving. When we walked in we saw a
darkened room with several little wooden tables and chairs. There was a large fireplace off to the side
and a long wooden bar at the front. The
musician’s stage had a wooden fence around it with a chair for the
musician. It was very nice. The room was an L shape and towards the back
was an “Exit” sign above a door. Once we
went through the door and down a short hallway it opened into a nice sized,
well lit, dining area with a large fireplace and numerous tables and
chairs. At the far end of the room are
double doors that open to a nice wooden deck with more tables and chair. At the far end of the deck were stairs
descending into a sandy area resembling a beach. It just seemed to go on forever.
We stayed in the front and took over most of the
little tables and chairs. I was thrilled
and surprised that so many of my friends traveled all the way over to this end
of town to celebrate my birthday. The
musician of the evening happened to be one of my Facebook friends and had been
forewarned of the party. He played Happy
Birthday for me as everyone sang along.
Some of our wonderful neighbors joined in the festivities. We ate dinner, talked, sang, danced, drank,
and had a wonderful time. Thank you to
everyone for joining us. I had begged
everyone not to bring presents because I did not want to deal with tissue paper
in a bar. Only one present arrived. I was grateful that everyone understood that
the party was really my present. As the
evening progressed, George went home to feed the dogs.
After most everyone left, a couple of my
girlfriends drove me home for our slumber party at our Cajun Stitchery
studio. Two of the girls were spending
the night and the three of us changed into our pajamas. Another two girlfriends came over in their
pajamas. And another girlfriend followed
us from the bar. The six of us talked
and talked and talked and laughed and laughed and laughed. Thank goodness for my wonderful neighbors who
said we didn’t disturb them in the wee hours of the morning. Of course, the time changed last night so we
were able to spend that extra hour enjoying ourselves even more. After
the other three girls left and only the spend-the-nighters remained, we talked
and laughed more. I don’t know what time
we ended up going to bed but it had to be after 2 a.m. They slept in the bed and I slept on the
sofa.
This morning I awoke and made coffee, of
course. The girls were sleeping like
babies. So, I went next door to have my
morning coffee with George. Around 9 or
10 the girls woke up. One of my
girlfriends made us breakfast and, after eating, we all sat outside enjoying
our coffee. George eventually came over
and we all talked and laughed some more.
The girls went home around 2 p.m.
I sat in the studio smiling and taking in all of the joy experienced at this
wonderful celebration.
I would be remiss if I didn’t also thank those of
you who sent beautiful birthday cards not only through the mail but also via
the internet.
As a present to myself, I ordered some “ladies”
shirts from one of our wholesalers. I love
wearing tee shirts. I love the feel of
jersey. I do not like crew necks. Most of the girl friends that I know do not
like crew neck shirts, either. There is
a line of Bella+Canvas shirts made especially for ladies. I ordered one of every long sleeve, non-crew
neck, shirt that they offer. I want to
be able to give first hand information on how that style fits, feels, shrink or
not, etc. So far I’ve been very pleased
with the shirts. They do all seem to be
softer than normal tee shirts. The necklines
are wonderful. They are all running
around $15 except for the sweatshirt that is about $25-$30. In bulk, of course, there is a break in
pricing.
Speaking of tee shirts, one of my
spend-the-nighters fell in love with the tee shirt that we embroidered the
zebra with the stripes falling off of it and the wording: “I think it’s the stress…” It is a crew neck tee shirt that was much too
large for her but she is going to use it as a nightgown and cut the crew neck
out of it.
The regular, short sleeve, crew neck tee shirts
are still available for less than $10 each.
Make it an even $10 and we will embroider a name on the left chest in
either block or script. This offer is good
as long as we have the size and shirt color in stock.
Another “find” from my wholesaler is a faux lamb’s
wool throw. They come in black, brown,
and camel. I ordered one of these throws
in camel. Last night the girls were all
touching it and feeling how soft and warm it is. This throw is about $40.00 but so worth
it. One side is faux suede and the other
the lamb’s wool. The size is 50” x
60”. It can be monogrammed.
Our recent wholesale order also included some new
styled red aprons, some non-woven laundry bags, and a whole bunch of baby and
toddler tee shirts.
Christmas is around the corner and all of these
items make great presents. Let me know
if you need anything.
By the way, the plumbing is fixed and working.
HAVE A NICE WEEK
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Thank you Kathie for the following:
Halloween is coming!
A man is walking home alone late one
foggy night...
when behind him he hears:
Bump...
BUMP...
BUMP...
Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an
upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly
behind him
FASTER...
FASTER...
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams
and locks the door behind him.
However, the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the casket
clapping
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
clappity-BUMP...
on his heels, the terrified man runs.
Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, the man locks himself in. His heart is
pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door.
Bumping and clapping toward him.
The man screams and reaches for
something, anything, but all he can find is a bottle of cough syrup!
Desperate, he throws the cough syrup
at the casket...
and,
(hopefully you're ready for this!!!)
The coffin stops
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