So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

And does this take us to page 3?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

You made it before me! *hands over virtual chocolate*

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

If I have counted correctly, this should get us onto page 3...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Now that we are on page three, I suggest the next goal should be to get threads to start collapsing here, too. I will have to leave that job up to others for a bit, though, so that I can get some of the work I came in to the office to do done.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ma'am, yes, Ma'am! We'll do our best to make you proud, Ma'am!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Soledad, do be sure to tell us all about your party!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Your wish is my command, Ma'am!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hello, my loves! Thanks for propelling us to page 3, and sorry for being late. The party was a great success, my guests and I had a grand time. Mum toasted with us, and then retreated to my room (we had the party in the living room, the only one you can stuff 6 people in and still breathe) to nap a bit in front of the telly and woke up many times to our uproarious laughter.

The folks were greatly impressed with the variety of foods, and made heroic attempts to try everything. We'll still be eating leftovers for a week, but that's okay, as I made only things either Mum or both of us like, so at least we'll spare us a few days' cooking.

Even so, nobody managed to try the bombastic apple-cinnamon cheesecake, so I packed huge chunks for everyone as a farewell gift. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to mention that one of my guests couldn't come because her handbag was stolen and she had to run off to get her credit cards freezed and stuff.

Typically, she was the one who had my birthday present. So I can keep looking forward to it till Tuesday.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And yes, I know that is one recipe I still owe you. I'll post it tomorrow when my brain functions welll enough to translate it from German.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Please don't stress yourself on our account; it sounded as if you were going to have quite a hectic day today, what with working in the morning before the party. I think you have deserved some time 'off' to enjoy your virtual party.

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

Happy virtual birthday! I love the little wizard hat cookies complete with stars. So cute!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)
It's good to hear from you again. How are you doing?

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

This ought to be at least the 390th comment -- shall we try to get over 400, at least, tonight?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

We can do it!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Today we ended up going to a reclamation yard looking for a stone bird bath to put in the new part of our conifer bed. Sadly we saw nothing remotely suitable, though they did have paired stone dogs, lots of old-fashioned lampposts, huge whisky barrels, and numerous other peculiar objects.

We ended up instead looking at storage chests & kitchen tables, though sadly one of the local shops that we've bought good-value furniture at before now seems to be a tanning parlour. Urgh.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

We have a ground level birdbath in the back yard, it's plastic made to look like stone, once it's gotten a little dirt on it, it's not bad looking and it's in the middle of plenty of weeds plants. The advantage is, that it's light enough to drain easily for cleaning. It's kind of nice, with a shallow end and a deep end. The birds love it, and the other day we had two deer drinking from it too.

[sammydragoncat]

Past 400 comments!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Does the dance of the over 400 comments!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

OK guys, Dr Who starts here in two hours, and in the meantime, i brought the Chinese Food:

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And enough to share! How very sociable of you. :-)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Time for me to head to bed! Thank you wiseheart for hosting such a fun party, and thank you to all party guests for all the fun and interesting discussions!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Good night! Don't work too hard tomorrow!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ladies, the comment count is amazing! It is impressive,what a few determined women can do - and even having interesting discussions álla long!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't feel we hijacked your party in your absence -- we did some serious boogying yesterday evening after you went to bed!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, and by the way, I have updated "Adventures" last night. I see sammydragoncat has already found it. I will post an update alert as soon as I am back on my geriatric laptop. Some things are just too tedious to do on the iPod.

[sammydragoncat]

I was a little surprised you were able to post yesterday - you had such a busy day!

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Wow, only 20 comments left to 500! It's a pity I won't be able to post more today, but I'm convinced I'll see them here when I get home tonight. And perhaps page 4 as well?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hi Finch! No worries, we will be still here when you get back... LJ permitting...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So, next agenda: getting onto Page 4. If I've counted correctly, we'll need another ten top-level comments for that.
Not that I would really care for the numbers, mind you. They are great fun, but having such interesting, lovely conversations is even better.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And we certainly are having lovely conversations!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

To aid us in getting to page number 4, here is another top level comment. To keep us in the realm of lovely conversations, as decreed by our gracious host wiseheart, I offer this topic of conversation:

Has anyone found any new hobbies lately? Or taken old ones back up, that they hadn't been finding time or energy for?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I will answer my own question:

I found a pack of cheap origami paper in a shop this spring; having long thought origami looked like great fun, I bought it. This lead to further purchases of a combined origami paper pack and instruction book, and then a host of other packs of paper. The book I settled for, was one with different origami animals; when I went to Sweden to visit family this summer, I brought my book and origami paper, thinking my nieces and nephews might enjoy them. It was a great success! They kept demanding I make more and more animals, but their imagination as to what animals I could make was not in the least limited by the instructions I had. Luckily the internet came to my aid; there are lots and lots of origami instructions available completely free for any animal imaginable! Some easier to follow than others, but I could usually find something to help me.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Sorry for not having been around much - between noms sorting and being ill, it hasn't been that kind of week. However, now that most of the sorting is done, and hopefully there is still some party left. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that you've been ill - get better, soon!
Er... what are those noms you've been sorting?

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Ah! I knew there would be 500+ comments when I returned!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

It is fantastic, isn't it?

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

No 'real' new hobbies of late, but Im currently addicted to the Mahjong butterfly game. For some reason I like the sound of the flapping wings when two butterfly halves become one and fly away.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I haven't met a Mahjongg game I wouldn't like so far, but this is a new one. Is it online?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly rubbish at maths, but if I've counted correctly, 5 more top-level comments should catapult us onto Page 4.
Well, since this is one, 4 more would do...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Inspired by wiseheart comment on Friday about her Mum's aubergine paste, I bought an aubergine when I was grocery shopping last night; I am now going to go and turn that into dinner!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

How do you prepare it?

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

So this should be the third top level comment needed, only two more to go...

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Remind us, how far did we get last year?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Last year we did the multiple entires version, just in case LJ would crash the party again, but it didn't work out very well. I'll have to check the numbers. Give me a minute.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Admiral rcfinch, Ma'am, we reached an entirety of 622 comments, divided between the two party entries.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

And that was spread over 6 pages, altogether.