QotD: Happy Memorial Day

How are you spending Memorial Day?

Officially, I'm not marking Memorial Day at all.  We don't have it here in the Great White North.  Our equivalent is held on November 11th, marking the official end of WWI (treaty was signed on the 11th hour (which is when we observe a minute of silence) on the the 11th day of the 11th month).  So my Memorial Day is free to observe other things, like my thirtieth birthday.

I got to make myself some cake - I chose a no-bake cheesecake which is chilling as we speak.  My kids got me a pastry cutter and a bambu pot scraper, both things I'd had my eye on.  Last week some cash and coffee money made it my away along with some kootsacs which I used today for my spilt peas and lentils.  Last Friday night my sister and brother-in-law and my nephew arrived and we started the weekend with my gift: a night out for Chris and I.  It was great.  On Sunday, a friend left me a card and a copy of Tales of Beedle the Bard.  Today, part I (knitting needles) of my gift from my in-laws was joined by part II - a vegetarian cookbook I've been hankering after. (Along with some cute clothes for the kiddos they got when in Hawaii last week.)  A couple of co-workers called to sing happy birthday, facebook loves me, and Chris's gift for me (of which I have an inkling) in en route in the mail.

Low-key and lovely.  Perfect.