Happy 14th Birthday

HolidayDavidBday Sunday morning was my real birthday. A fairly unique experience. Ben decided to record me opening gifts. I started with the clock ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0816 that came out of its box ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0817 and then was right for posing ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0818 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0819 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0820 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0821 before I turned to the tie ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0822 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0823 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0824 and did even more poses. Next came Jane's card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0825 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0826 Ben's card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0827 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0828 Dansyl's card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0829 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0830 Fran and Dick's card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0831 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0832 and Judy and Lenny's card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0833 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0834 which meant that it was time for Ben ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0835 and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0836 to get ready so that I ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0837 could go to Chip's ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0838 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0839 house for the party. Sarah and Michele were there ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0840 as was Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0841 when the first food ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0842 appeared and the people ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0843 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0844 amused themselves in conversation with Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0845 Andrew and Chip ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0846 Judy and Michele ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0847 seeing the food ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0848 as Carol ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0849 Jacq and husband ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0850 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0851 and John Shea ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0852 were on the other side of the table. Bill and Martine ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0853 were in the kitchen when Martine ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0854 and Carolyn ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0855 announced their intentions to depart.

Bill was nice enough to be the photographer for this sequence of images of the presents being opened. He began with a crowd scene ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0856 and then the hostess ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0857 and Paul Dimaggio ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0858 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0859 explaining university films while I posed ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0860 with the tame one and admired ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0861 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0862 the others. I kept opening ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0863 as Suzanne and friends ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0864 wondered where we'd fit the coin sorter ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0865 in our house and Paul and Bernard ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0866 watched pennies ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0867 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0868 being opened as Chip led the crowd ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0869 as they asked me to read and explain ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0870 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0871 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0872 while Jane and Lulu ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0873 watched as the big cards ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0874 amused many in the crowd ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0875 and the next card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0876 amused the little ones ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0877 before some more pennies ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0878 amused Carol ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0879 Leslie and Kathy ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0880 and Will ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0881 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0882 until I finished ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0883 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0884 and tried to clean up the mess ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0885 as conversations continued ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0886 and I talked to Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0887 as an incognito person ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0888 told Sarah, Martha and Andrew ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0889 to pay attention to the cakes ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0890 so that it could be an official birthday party.

back at home, Sarah recorded as I opened her presents ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0891 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0892 and took out this shirt ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0893 with the message ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0894 I should have taken to the party. That done, ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0895 I opened ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0896 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0897 the next package ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0898 with this shirt ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0899 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0900 which brings a more subtle message ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0901 to those who read it. Then, I started on the big package ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0902 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0903 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0904 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0905 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0906 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0907 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0908 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0909 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0910 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0911 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0912 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0913 from which emerged this raincoat ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0914 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0915 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0916 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0917 which is elegant and will need to be a larger size and this card ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0918 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0919 which the assembled ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0920 thought meant a new bow ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0921 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0922 for Jane as Sarah escaped the presents ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0923 and did this gallery ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0924 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0925 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0926 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0927 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0928 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0929 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0930 of self portraits while I opened the present ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0931 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0932 that after investigation ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0933 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0934 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0935 we decide was not for me since I don't wear these ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0936 though I am happy to try them on ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0937 before doing further investigation ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0938 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0939 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0940 and having Suzanne put it away ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0941 to the amusement of Jane ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0942 and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0943 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0944 as the package ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0945 as the package ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0946 led to snow ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0947 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0948 and we studied the room ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0949 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0950 ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0951 before I started to move the left overs (a weeks worth of food) ../../../Sabbat/2004/02.27-29.04Birthday//IMG_0952 to the refrigerator for storage.