Yesterday was my 55th birthday and I had the best birthday ever. It was a glorious sunny day, Steve made me a bird book, we had lunch with friends and cake with our grandchildren, I had my blood drawn and enjoyed so many Facebook birthday wishes… thank you!
Truly, I had the most enjoyable day. There is just one thing I would have changed:
Steve was in the back working on my other birthday gift (the 365 prompt) and I was putting away some groceries. When I opened the cabinet, I noticed a huge “pool” of something sticky on the shelf.
The substance covered an area about the size of a large man’s boot print. I thought it was syrup, but both the bottle of syrup and the bear-shaped jar of honey, which were sitting in the stuff, had their lids shut tight.
Huh?
Even though it was my birthday, I got a rag, wet it, squeezed out the excess water and tackled the spill.
It wasn’t easy. The stuff (I still wasn’t sure what it was) had kind of melded into the shelf and it took quite a bit of scooping and scrubbing and at least three trips to the sink to rinse off the rag and start anew. I even had to pull out the pot scrubber to get some stubborn parts up… on my BIRTHDAY!
Once the shelf was clean I had to tackle the bags of pecans and walnuts and raisins that had gotten drenched in the stuff. I carefully ran the bottoms of the plastic bags under the running faucet and even had to scrub them a little with a sponge to get all the sticky off.
And then I had to wash off the syrup and honey bottles.
The whole thing took about five minutes.
But otherwise, a perfect day!
😉
You bring so much joy –and sometimes a provocative idea to many of my days. I wish the same for you. Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday Carla!! Here’s to wishing you a fantastic year! Thanks for all the work you do!!.
I meant ” I wish you a fantastic year!”. That darn voice recognition! Happy birthday!
Oh man, now I have to go clean my spice cabinet—not sure what the stickiness is…and I have been avoiding it. Happy Birthday, from a “100 Faces” lover.
In my email in box was your birthday post. Wry and delightful as always. Happy Birthday! I am 10 years older than you. All my family (except me) are from the Taurus clan and they are a great comfort to me even though the elder 2 (my parents) are no longer with us as they say… The email just UNDER yours was from Epicurious and said “Cheesecake for your Birthday!” Curious indeed!! xoxo
Fancy having to clean shelves on your birthday! 😀
Sounds like a great day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday Carla. What was it? Funny punch line. You look very happy. Does your granddaughter look like you?
I need to know what the sticky stuff was! Are you sure that one of the bottles didn’t have a leak? Glad you handled it with such grace. Wishing you a wonderful year and many more ‘sticky free’ birthdays. Carol
What a lovely photo! Happy belated birthday to you. Wishing you many happy, glorious days to come. My ‘sticky’ came in the form of a tin wedged in a shelf. Whatever was in it ate the metal and made its merry way through layers of stored items. Cleaning shelves on your birthday should mean no cooking for a week….or something extra special.
A bit late for Happy Birthday but all the very best wishes for the year ahead. Thank you (& Steve) for everything !
Happy belated! That post made me chuckle! So glad it was a great day, despite the goop!
You are a beautiful 55+ !!!!
All things in perspective, right? You make me smile!
Late, but Best Wishes for the year ahead 🙂
Happy Birthday Carla!