Showing posts with label Celebration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebration. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2011

happy birthday to me

I sometimes get a bit of a hard time because I take my birthday very seriously.  I like to have a party and get all my favorites to celebrate.  And the fact that they're celebrating me isn't such a bad thing :)

However, one of my co-workers has taken celebrating one's birthday to a new level.  She's been talking about her birthday for about a week now, and apparently yesterday sent out an email to a few of our co-workers (I was not on the email - this was a smart move on her part) with a list of things she would like from them for her birthday.  Number 2 on list?  Cash.  I would give everything to see this email as I bet I would laugh until I hurt.

Today, she brought in a few things to celebrate her birthday, including flowers...


...as well as cake and a card for everyone to sign.  For herself.


These are excellent ways to get people to care about your birthday whether they want to or not, and believe me I am taking notes for next year.

Monday, June 20, 2011

new addition

It was an exciting weekend for all of us here at Scuttlebuttering.  I'm excited to finally be able to share it as I am not very good at sitting on good news for long.  But Saturday morning I found out that my brother's wife is pregnant!  However, my parent's were planning on having dinner with M&S for Father's Day last night, along with S's parents, so that's when they were going to hear the news.  Which meant I had to be very good at not giving it away.  I am proud to say that I passed the test with flying colors and now it's official - the Berts are going to be Aunt and Uncle! 

The Happy Parents

The baby is due on Christmas Day, and we are all just over the moon with happiness.  I may be biased, but this is one lucky kid.  And I would just like the next 6 months to go a little faster, please.

My only gripe about the situation - I spent most of the Saturday and Sunday tramping around the city looking for something that had a mention of "World's Greatest Aunt" or "Best Uncle in the World" or anything along those lines.  I was willing to drop some money to get our gear in order quickly so we can start embarrassing the little tyke ASAP.  And there is nothing out there to be had.  I think this is an untapped industry.  Sure, I could have purchased things for the Mom-to-Be or New Grandmother, but what about me?  I like swag as much as the next person, and MORE than most people.  I'll have to turn to the internet, but until then, I whipped something up myself.

This will do until to announce things to the world until I can find something more suitable.

Congratulations again and again to my bro and sister-in-law.  Bert and I could not be even a little bit more happy for you guys.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

paper moon

I would like to send a hearty scuttlebuttering wish to my husband for a very happy 1st anniversary.  It is incredible to believe that it has already been a year since we got married.  It simultaneously feels like no time at all has passed and that we've been married for a very long time.  Bert and I celebrated by spending the weekend at Ogunquit, Maine at a Bed and Breakfast there which was lovely and I will have a longer trip report shortly.  But I just wanted to say that I feel very lucky to have such a great fella and I look forward to very many more fun years with him.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

crochet skillz

Last week my dear friend Cap came over and taught me how to make this bracelet.

 
Basically, you crochet with wire and weave beads along the strands as you go.  Then, when you have five or six strands, you braid them together, twist the ends and tie on a clasp!  It was pretty quick work and I made the whole thing in less than an hour.  It was tricky to figure out where to place the beads on each strand so that they weren't all clumped together, and that's something I will have to work on more for the next time.  And working with the wire hurt my fingers after a while, but at least it was quick work!

And speaking of my Capitano, she got engaged this weekend!  Beet and I are so thrilled for her and her fiance and I can't wait for many afternoon's of wedding related crafts!  But these are two of my absolute favorite people and I am so happy they are so happy.  We did a lot of celebrating this weekend with brunch, champagne toasts, candlepin bowling and Justin Bieber balloons.  I'm excited for many more fun times with them.

Good weekend!

Friday, March 4, 2011

the end again

Today's my last day at MIT (again) and I am pretty darn happy about it.  While I am nervous about the new job because it's unknown and I feel like I finally know what I'm doing at my current position, it's just really time to get out of here.  But, as all things should end with cake, they are throwing a little going away party for me today.  I have normally tried to avoid a lot of social interaction here in the office, so I think this will be nice and awkward.  But.  There's cake!  So it can't be too bad.

If the event is as awkward as I am foreseeing, expect some updates later.  Maybe I should just liveblog my last day here to keep record for posterity.  We'll see what happens.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

about time

So last week, Raybert and I were celebrating...

...the fact that I got a new job!  I will shortly be leaving MIT to take a new position as a Young Adult Librarian at one of the branches of the Boston Public Library.  I am very excited to finally get started in my chosen career, but more than a little nervous at the start of this new adventure.  My hope is that one day they will make a librarian action figure of me!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

fancy pants

My dad becomes quite the dandy on vacation after winning big in the casino.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Good News

The Beets did some celebrating tonight...

Tell you why when we get back from our mini-break!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Karaoke

Did your Thanksgiving include karaoking in a Chinese restaurant like mine did?

Didn't think so.