92 Cats, or Happy Birthday Dad

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My father just celebrated his 92nd birthday, how wonderful is that?

We were on the phone and he mentioned he was going out for a nice steak on his birthday, and hoped he wasn’t offending Lisa and my vegetarian sensibilities. That got me going – steak, 92 years,…. and I have to admit I am a sucker for cats and tofu jokes.

If you count carefully, there ARE 92 cats in this card.

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Happy Anniversary, again!

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Along with my anniversary panic card, I followed our anniversary tradition of making a scrap bird house.

Somewhere in the jumbled attic that is my memory I dragged out the old song title “The Bluebird of Happiness”. So Lisa and I are there, happy blue birds giving each other loving looks. And where there are birds, there is Our Cat, casting a curious gaze. I know the combination of birds and a cat can bring troubling images for some, but scrap anniversary bird house in garden steve wallet architect 7-31-2013it all works for us.

Anniversary Panic!

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I woke up on our anniversary morning to discover wonderful goodies and a sweet card. In typical fashion, I had forgotten the date. In a complete panic, and with the help of Our Cat, I made this card in record time – about an hour from start to finish. The gluten-free chocolate chip cookies helped too.

Happy 31st (!!!) Anniversary to us!!!