So.
Eight months ago today.
I met this guy in an airport.
Actually I met him before that on Twitter… after he and I both, ironically, joined the Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge. I joined for diversion. He joined because he wanted to learn how to bake.
He became quite the baker. And me? Well. My diversion?. Quite full of awesome.
Oh by the way, after I picked him up he drove me across country so that I could go home again. Does he know how to impress parents or WHAT?
Well today that guy is having a birthday. And I can’t be with him because duty calls and sometimes when it calls it picks the damnest times to do so. (Last time it called was during MY birthday… BITE ME DUTY!)
So I can’t bake a cake or sing him a birthday song or even give him his most awesome gifts today… but I can light him a birthday candle…
A birthday candle made out of bacon grease…
Eight months worth.
If that doesn’t make even the tiniest of smile crack across that crabby “I hate birthdays so I don’t even CARE that I am NOT WITH HEATHER today” face… I don’t know what will.
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Actually I do. And I it ALSO utilizes bacon grease…
15 Comments
LMAO so hard at the VERY LAST line…it sure is funny living in the gutter
Happy Birthday Jeff.
Heather, u never cease to crack me up.
Love the combined blog guys xx
Happy Birthday Jeff.
Great post Heather.
Bacon for your birthday…it’s all good.
For Jeff–a song:
ahem…
Happy Birthday to you,
What IS wrong with you?
Stop being a craaa-ab,
Or I’ll hunt you down and kick you!
Happy Birthday, Jeff! Wishing you cake, ice cream, party hats, LOTS of candles, and many birthday wishes, for a fun-filled day. Kidding! hehehe!
Love you guys! xoxo
Now, that is a homemade candle! Happy Birthday, Jeff!
If I know men, it’s all a put on! They whine about birthdays just to make sure we remember them and try and do something extra special just to cheer them up! My man’s Birthday is Saturday and he’s the same. Happy Birthday anyway, Jeff, and that bacon grease candle is brilliant!
LOL @ Jamie. You are so very right. But if he is going to be a birthday bummer… I am going to have F U N with it… ;^)
Happy Birthday, Jeff! How can you not love a bacon birthday greeting?!? Well, me? Not so much. But you? YOU?!?
Happy birthday Jeff!!!
Well, not to be outdone by Elle in the birthday rhyming wishes, here’s my contribution:
Because you’ve turned the big 3-3
It’s time to celebrate,
And mark the milestones you’ve surpassed,
Be they small or great.
You’ve now outlived Jim Morrison,
And Janis Joplin too.
You’ve even passed sweet Hendrix,
John Bonham and Keith Moon.
And what advice would they give you,
If they could speak today?
“Listen close to everything
That Gonzo has to say!”
That candle flickers in the dark,
And bends when in the breeze.
It lives by air, but trusts it not,
And grows in small degrees.
Age and wisdom do not always
Walk at equal pace.
So listen friend, go grab that grease,
And give your girlfriend chase.
Much love, Jeff…happy happy!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JEFF! I think Elle speaks for the rest of us
Happy Birthday Jeff! You need to learn to embrace it, ask for big gifts, fancy dinner out & get away with whatever you want!
Happy Birthday Jeff! One year older, One bread year wiser. Haha!
Happy happy birthday! That was agreat post – made me laugh out loud
Cute post! Happy belated Jeff!
i’m late to the party, but i gotta say: best birthday candle EVER. seriously.