Happy Birthday to ME!!!

[susandennis]

I have a nephew - my brother's youngest (38) - who's a rabid sports fan. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa but was raised in Boston and if it involves at least 2 guys and a ball in New England, he's all over it. Not as a participant but as a rabid observer. He's been a Red Sox fan way longer than I've been a Mariner fan. His mother has at least one Red Sox tattoo.

He and his wife love to travel around and see cool stuff. They have no children or pets and so they just go. Last Spring we exchanged texts about their coming here to visit. We joked about March - my 70th birthday and what kind of cake they would have to provide if they were here. His birthday is the first week in April so we joked about a joint party. I assumed it was just text talk. Turns out not.

I got a text from him this morning that the MLB 2019 schedule is out and Boston is here for the opening series! FATE!! he says. So after some back and forth and a note to my Mariner sales guy (any chance in hell of getting tickets to this series??? SURE!) we nailed it down. The Season opener is on my actual 70th birthday. We might not go to that one but for sure one, or more, of the other three games.

And, if that's not enough, now my brother says now he will come, too! This is going to be so cool. I'm pretty excited.

Just got a text from Frank (LJTourist) that he's at the game and it's hot and it's smoky. I'm so glad. He'll enjoy the heck out of it and I'd be sweaty and whiny and coughing and sorry I went. This is way better.

I made the sofa. I think this is just a test. It looks fine but it's got issues. The next one will be perfect. Even this one, with its imperfections is way cuter than the plain box.



Game time.

Comments

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful gift!!

[susandennis]

sure is!

[meowmensteen]

I wonder how many people in the stadium are wearing masks? I've been seeing a lot on the bike trail.

[susandennis]

i haven't seen any so far

[lostincandyrain.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a perfect birthday!

I love the sofa tissue box cover. Great fabric! Growing up, the tissue box in my bedroom had a bed cover, which I always thought was the most amazing thing. I think a friend of my grandmother's or something made it... It had a pink quilt that was a lot like my quilt, and even had a little girl head on the pillow...

[susandennis]

oh that bed sounds adorable. I may need to make one of those for the tissue box on my night stand.

[underwear-slave.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it’s going to be a great time!!

[jawnbc]

Happy birthday!

[susandennis]

:)

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

That sounds like wonderful birthday plans!

The couch tissue cover is adorable. I love the teeny cushions.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Such a wonderful gift :D

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll enjoy celebrating that way

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Just learned that the Sox start the season with a West Coast trip -- where they'll surely get better weather than they would here in late March. That the Seattle series coincides with your birthday is a wonderful bonus.

(The part of the schedule that I'm not thrilled about is the two games with the Yankees at the end of June -- in London. Games that should have been in Boston.)

Just got a text from Frank (LJTourist) that he's at the game and it's hot and it's smoky. I'm so glad. He'll enjoy the heck out of it

Well, if he's actually a Mariners fan he might not have enjoyed it that much.

[susandennis]

Boston is playing in London in June????? Who the hell thought that was a good idea? Wow. We play in Japan but that's the week before the season opens. June? Yikes.

Yeah yesterday's game was Yet Another Ugh.

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fabulous 70th birthday celebration coming up!

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

That is a cute tissue box cover.

What a fantastic birthday present. I hope you love every minute.

[susandennis]

thanks!