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Birthday Long Weekend Day 3: Adventures in Farmingdale
I got to sleep until after 9am, which is a birthday blessing all by itself. The rain and a cold front had rolled in, so while the previous two days were 90 degrees and very humid (ARR apparently spent much of them in my parents’ backyard and pool), it was suddenly 65 degrees out and raining miserably. Not that this mattered for out mostly-indoor plans, and ARR was apparently already so worn out he took a nap.
My sister’s fiancé was in town with her, so my mom put us all to work, moving all of the furniture out of the living room to replace the rug and rug pad with the new ones she’s had sitting in the dining room for two months. Bill’s presence made that much easier, given that I’m pretty sure my dad and I couldn’t move the marble-topped table without one or both of us hurting ourselves.
We saw Deadpool 2, which was not quite as good as the first one—they repeated a bunch of jokes, they leaned on some overused tropes, and some of the shock value of how good the first one was had worn off. Still fun, and I did like that the after-credits scenes addressed the cheap plot device that is fridging.
My mom made the now-traditional seafood feast, with some of the biggest damn king crab legs I’ve ever seen. Also part of the dinner were shrimp, pesto pasta, corn on the cob, broccoli, green beans and watermelon salad. Then came the rainbow cookies and the newly-modified version of my favorite birthday cake. (It’s a three-layer chocolate cake filled with raspberry jam, with chocolate icing and whipped cream all around the sides. The modified version uses marshmallow frosting around the sides to make it ARR-safe.)
My sister had some cooking-themed gifts for me, including a fun looking BBQ sauce and rub, vegetable roasting spice mixes, and cedar grilling wraps, the latter of which I’m hoping to try out this week.
My sister’s fiancé was in town with her, so my mom put us all to work, moving all of the furniture out of the living room to replace the rug and rug pad with the new ones she’s had sitting in the dining room for two months. Bill’s presence made that much easier, given that I’m pretty sure my dad and I couldn’t move the marble-topped table without one or both of us hurting ourselves.
We saw Deadpool 2, which was not quite as good as the first one—they repeated a bunch of jokes, they leaned on some overused tropes, and some of the shock value of how good the first one was had worn off. Still fun, and I did like that the after-credits scenes addressed the cheap plot device that is fridging.
My mom made the now-traditional seafood feast, with some of the biggest damn king crab legs I’ve ever seen. Also part of the dinner were shrimp, pesto pasta, corn on the cob, broccoli, green beans and watermelon salad. Then came the rainbow cookies and the newly-modified version of my favorite birthday cake. (It’s a three-layer chocolate cake filled with raspberry jam, with chocolate icing and whipped cream all around the sides. The modified version uses marshmallow frosting around the sides to make it ARR-safe.)
My sister had some cooking-themed gifts for me, including a fun looking BBQ sauce and rub, vegetable roasting spice mixes, and cedar grilling wraps, the latter of which I’m hoping to try out this week.