As you can tell from the title, Mike turned 40 on November 20th and what should have been a fun night, turned out to be a depressing day. Poor Mike, bad things seem to happen around his birthday. The day before Mike's birthday I found out that due to HORRIBLE economic times, that the County will be doing budget cuts UP TO 20%. UGH! My stomach is one huge knot! Last year our department took a 12% cut and since we are a central service department (a.k.a., we do not generate revenue), 97% of our remaining budget is payroll. So as you can read, this will result in staff RIF's. Nothing like making the holidays holly and jolly. So needless to say, I was not in a partying mood.
I can not believe he is 40, or that on the 28th we will be married 10 years (plus 8 years of dating). Where does the time go?
We did have party on Saturday to celebrate his big 4 0 , and I think that made up for a yucky birthday night. We had about 40 friends and family over to celebrate the big milestone. Some of the friends we had not seen in years. I think everyone had a great time. It was nice having an adult party, I did not have to worry about crafts and toys for the kids, however we did get them a pinata in honor of the B-day boy.
Dinner was a polish Mexican fiesta, or that is at least what Mike called it. Mike requested tacos for his birthday, so we did a taco bar, but that the traditional appetizers of shrimp, cheese and crackers, meatballs, etc.; hence a polish Mexican fiesta.
Thank you to everyone who came and for the wonderful cards and gifts. We will have to do it again in another decade!
The Birthday Boy
Cindy, Denise, C, and Nell
C after Daddy showed him how to keep his baba cold.
Katie & Hailey
Mark and his women (hey where's the wife??)
I titled this picture "Baldy, Baldy, and Grey"
1 comment:
hey, don't forget about my spinach dip!!! :)
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