Mister's Birthday and Double the Joy

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Hi there! I hope you're having a great week!

I'm popping in with two EZPZ QACAS OLCs for you today. (Why, honey chil', pretty soon we won't even need lower case letters!) What that says tis: easy peasy quick and clean and simple one-layer cards.

It was the Mister's birthday on Sunday, so I thought I would show you the simple card I made for him. The Mister is a simple guy, so no phoophoophanalia for him.

The motorcycle die was a gift from my friend, Karendipity, after I saw her use her own die on a fabulous card on her blog. She knows my Mister's hobby is motorcycles. Thank you, again, Karen!

I am entering Mister's card in the current "Masculine" card challenge at The Paper Players, and in the always "Anything Goes" challenge at Seize the Birthday (no toppings), and in KIS - Keep It Simple, which is to use "no stamps" on your project.

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The same aachronyms can be applied to the card I made for the special "Double the Joy" challenge over at TIME OUT Challenges to congratulate DT member Bev (Uniko Studio), who recently gave birth to twin boys, Josh and Ben! 

Bev, I wish you and your new family every happiness!! You are in for a fun journey with never a boring moment!

I'm also entering this card in Addicted to CAS where the code word is "Cuddly." Having a baby in each arm is about as cuddly as it gets!

Click on the challenge links for details on rules, sponsors, and prizes!

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Speaking of cuddly, these are two of my favorite pictures of me with our twin grandsons, Adam and Henry, at one month old and seven months old. That seems like only yesterday and it's very hard to believe that they are almost ten years old now!

With Dad, August 2014
First day of 4th Grade 

In related news, those very same boys made their Papa some great birthday cards. I thought you might enjoy the inside of this one from Henry, which I'd say is fairly age-appropriate for a 9 yo boy!

I haven't heard that one in an age! (I have to say I'm impressed by that drawing of a toilet and by his use of a parenthetical comment!)

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And here's Kevin, the birthday boy, aka the Mister, aka Papa:

His happy place.

Henry, Papa, Adam
September 2014

Some of you have seen the picture below. It was taken around the time I first met the Mister (which, by the way, as of September 5th was 45 years ago!).

Settle down.

And here is that handsome fella today in the privacy of his own home and garage and he doesn't care who's looking. 

Yes, that's right. That belt belongs to an old bathrobe he found hanging in the closet. He does own a belt, but it's just the one, and he didn't want to switch it out of his other pair of "good" work shorts , which you can see in the photo above with Henry and Adam. I'll wait while you scroll back up and look. 

All of his shorts eventually end up looking like this. I recently found three other pairs in his dresser drawer. He says he is keeping them, "Just in case." 

Just in case what? ______________ I could make it a fill-in-the-blank contest! I'm sure you could come up with some of the same answers I'm thinking or maybe you have even funnier ones ... .

And for the love of God, why do all his shorts end up like this? Do strange roaming Chihuahuas attack him in the garage while he's working on his motorcycles? Does he just ignore them and let them leap up and hang off the hems of his shorts until they're torn to shreds? 

The shorts, not the Chihuahuas.

He was a good sport to let me take his photo, knowing I would be making fun of him on my blog. But just between you and me, there are times when I hope some lovely widow lady will walk by the house and see him in the garage. Naturally, she will assume that he has no one to care for him so she will kindly offer to do so. 

Ladies?

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