My Birthday Weekend with a Funeral

Pretty crazy things happening lately. First, on Thursday I had my birthday, where mskate and I went out to dinner at Culvers, and the night before we went to Chuck E Cheese for a 50% off food with a promotion with our preview of gold with bronze, where we split an app sampler. I also 100%'d Lego Star Wars 3 this week.

Friday we went up to my in-laws and spent the night because we had a funeral for my grandma figure on Saturday. I did the live stream and that was a little complicated since it was a live stream through our wedding youtube channel, and while I'm familiar with streaming I'm not super familiar with youtube's streaming page, so it took a lot of work to get working. It was a good service, the priest mentioned how she loved cooking, which she really did. Afterwards we went out to a restaurant that my grandma really liked, and after that we went to the deceased's house to handle some things (like logging her out of our Disney plus on her smart TV). Afterwards we went home because we had coffee and donuts on Sunday.

Coffee and donuts went over well. We got the donuts and put in our order for July, I brewed all the coffee and made the tang, and then we went to mass. After mass we handled all the serving. We went through the pot of regular pretty quickly, so I put out the second pot, which also went rather fast but not all the way, I put the 3rd pot out but I don't know if anyone had any. Oh well, making coffee is hard to gauge how much we'll need. Last week was the Usher's big breakfast and they had some unopened orange juice left over, so we put it out and went through a gallon of that and a pitcher of tang. We went up to my parents house area and met them at chuck e cheese for my birthday lunch. We had a #2 combo; large pizza, cheesy bread, and 2 drinks. With all our tickets we bought some prizes for mskate's easter egg fundraiser, stickers for friends for life, and spot it games for camping. Afterwards we went bowling. I got 2nd in our 1st round, and I got 1st in our 2nd round. I also had a White Russian because The Big Labowski. For my presents I got buck-ees clothes, buck-ees snacks, and franks red hot goldfish crackers. For dinner I got a happy meal in part for the fifa world cup toy, but the mcdonalds I went to was out so I got a book (no big deal, we'll throw it in with a book drive). I'm not into the world cup, but I know those toys will have resale value, and I want Dolan the Dinosaur. That night I was able to watch Sunday night FOX cartoons, because they finally had cartoons, yay.

Today we had the interment for my grandma figure. I brought my camera so I could record it for the same people who watched the live stream. It was a really good service; they put her ashes in the mausoleum, we were able to say our goodbyes, my brother said some interment prayers, I had us sing When the Saints go Marching In (one of the songs she liked to play for the sing alongs), and we said some stories. Afterwards we went to lunch at the restaurant that's close to the cemetery. I went home to do my normal things, but mskate stayed with her parents to help out more with the funeral things. I got the interment video uploaded and ready to share, which will make the family happy. Later.

8/30/25-9/1/25 & 9/6/25-9/7/25

Sorry, got a little busy last weekend and didn't write it. Friday night I went to see Jaws 50th Anniversary rerelease at the drive in, with Blues Brothers as the 2nd feature. Saturday was really fun. We went up to see PepperBC and her family, and meet her boyfriend, who if he stays around will be PepperAD since he is basically "gender swapped PepperBC." It was really fun, mskate and I got to the restaurant first and while we waited I played club kino, and won $2 on a $1 bet, yay. Everyone showed up kind of at the same time, and we had lots of fun getting to know him a little, and not try to scare him off since our family can be a little intense. After the restaurant we walked around the downtown a little, going to the new arcade and playing some games. I played an Elvira pinball game and it kept glitching and giving me free games, so while the buy in was on the expensive side ($1 instead of 50 cents like back in the day), but I played like 3 times and got high scores and put my name on the leader board. I also played Ms. Pacman on a cocktail table; I thought it was a multi-cabinet since the table top had multiple games displayed, but it was just Ms. Pacman. It's not exactly a bad thing, I like Ms. Pacman, but I have a Ms. Pacman cocktail table at home (and I'm not talking 1UP, I have a real coin-op commercial arcade cabinet of Ms. Pacman and Galliga 35th Anniversary). After the arcade we went to the candy store and got some bulk candy, and I didn't realize that the candy was price separated so I had to sort it afterwards. After the candy store we hung out at my aunt and uncle's apartment. Sunday was pretty tame, we sold raffle tickets for our church's Octoberfest celebration. Afterwards we went and saw the accordion friend and helped her with some things around the house, mainly getting her phone set-up since it had some problems.

Now for this weekend. Saturday was pretty fun. We went to a birthday party for our friend's 7 year old daughter. It was pretty good that we went, because I brought my balloon animal stuff and the dad didn't plan party activities, so all the kids made fun with the dogs and swords I made them. I'm pretty good with balloon animals, but not a big balloon artist that can do all sorts of things; I can do dogs, cats, rabbits, giraffes, swords, and giraffe hats, but that's kind of it. One kid asked me for a turtle, and I'm like "uhhhh, OK, let's see, a turtle is an oval, with a little hump in the shell, with a tail, here we go, your imagination can believe this is a turtle, right?" He said yes. Then another kid wanted a polar bear, I couldn't think of how to make a polar bear. I offered all the other things he could have but he wanted a polar bear, and then got sad that I couldn't make him a polar bear. His mom then worked with him and he wanted a turtle too; ok my second ever turtle. The presents were fun, lots of Stitch stuff that we missed the memo on. We got her a paint by stickers book that got her excited, and a water game where you try to get the balls in the buckets. Unfortunately it was leaking so we had to get a replacement. Sunday we went to mass and mskate was selling raffle tickets. Ever since the Minneapolis shooting I've been bringing my self defense bat to church, and the ushers asked me what I was up to (not aggressively, they know me and that I wouldn't cause problems, but just like "hey bro, what crazy thing are you doing now"), and they appreciated my willingness to protect the congregation. After mass mizorlover and I went to chuck e cheese for his birthday celebration. We got a pizza and played the games, and did really well on the Jurassic Park game, and with all the tickets we had I got a hello kitty hot dog stuffed animal for mskate. I also started a little packing for our upcoming Disneyland trip, mostly getting the food packed and some clothing. I also uploaded my video on Carlo Acutis and my own connection to the Eucharist. I also got my vlog of universal studios uploaded. Later.

3/16/25

Today was pretty low key. Mskate and I went to church and we had a visiting priest. After mass we had my brother's birthday celebration. I wrapped up the remaining special beers that I bought last year when mskate and I went to the other side of the state for her catechism training. I wrapped them up and a diet coke for a gag. We went to a brewery by my parents and had lunch with everyone. I had a corned beef sandwich since I probably won't get one tomorrow (not sure where I'd get one where I live), and a BLT cocktail (burbon, lemon, and tonic). It was pretty good, but I was expecting a little more sour and less bitter. I asked for more lemon and it made it better. Bro really liked the beer and got a chuckle out of diet coke. After lunch we went to my parents house and did some cruise planning (which was a lot longer than we expected). We then went to my in-laws to see how Delilah (their dog) was doing since she had to have a little surgery about a week ago. I had a pork chop and mskate had sausage. I worked on writing my blog for the weekend, but I don't think I'll get it out before I go to bed since there's quite a lot to write and I don't know if I'll get it done in the next half an hour. I cleaned out some stuff of the kitchen. Later.

6/10-11/12

Happy Birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Now I should stop before I break copyright.

So yeah today is my birthday. 19. Unlike last year, I can't really do anything new. Oh well. Yesterday was when my family and I celebrated. We went to a local burger place that makes great ones. I got it with BBQ sauce, A1, chipotle BBQ, cheese, and pickles. Yum. Then there's the fries, made with peanut oil. Yummy.

I opened my cards, and deposited most of it in the bank. I went to a local movie theater/bowling ally for a job aplication. They seemed impressed when I showed up to turn it in and maybe get an interview. I also went to Bed Bath and Beyond to turn in an app. I don't care if they put me in beyond so long as I'm getting paid. Also waiting on stuff to sell. Later.