CC's Birthday . . . The Rest of the Story

Currently Reading: Nothing, but I'll be starting a new book tonight . . .

I just finished rereading CC's account of her birthday on Saturday. My sister and her family came over and we had a small party. CC was in Omaha on her actual birthday so this was the first chance we really had to celebrate.

She does a good job telling what happened but her version is quite a bit more sedate than how I remember it.

Let's start with that Painted Pony she got from Judy. That part she got right. Her jaw dropped, almost to the floor. It really is a lovely piece. She's got a picture of it in her blog.

Then there's the day spa. This one took her completely by surprise. She opens up the little bag the card came in, doesn't quite know what it is. Looks at it a little closer. Realizes it's a day spa, opens the card, reads it and then If you saw The Incredibles you may remember the short that plays before it called Bound. It's the one where the Jackalope teaches the ram that having his fur shaved out isn't that big of a deal. They "bound" all over the place as a way of dealing with it. Now, take that image of the ram jumping up and down, maybe doing a little dance, and you've got CC's reaction to the day spa gift certificate.

And finally, the Payless card. That's for the Payless Shoe Store in case you didn't know. CC has developed a great love of shoes over the past few years and so she shops for them regularly. Sometimes we go to the bigger stores, sometimes smaller. Sometimes cheap shoes, sometimes more expensive ones. There's some sort of logic to all this, a hidden pattern, but I haven't quite worked it all out yet. Anyway, she pulls out this card, sees what it is and . . . well, do you remember back during football season, all the dances that the players would make when they scored a touchdown or got in a REALLY good tackle? That's about what CC did. She did an endzone celebratory dance.

And now you know the rest of the story :-)