Monday, July 17, 2017

Happy Birthday Cindy

Today is Cindy's birthday and our Daughter Melissa the Doctor, and her fiance spent the weekend with us, Mike the fiance is a self proclaimed BBQ grillmaster and this was their birthday gift for Cindy, to have a pool party and cookout on Sunday (the day before the actual birthday because they have to work on Monday).

I have a grill with a spare bottle of propane, so a cookout is dooable, but we have no pool aka poolio as Val one of  our fine friends refers to hers, don't even have a wading pool, but this didn't stop Melissa and Mike from planning it anyways.

Melissa broke the news that she was having a pool installed for her Mom, we have never had a pool before so this was kind of exciting, Cindy got out her bathing suit just in case Melissa wasn't kidding, and low and behold Cindy got to use her suit yesterday.
Daughters fiance adding air to a small pool with Daughter Melissa floating inside the water on a pool noodle
Mike doing maintenance with Melissa "helping"
The pool was installed in a flash, it's pretty impressive how fast a pool can go up, especially a mini poolio but what did you expect from a new Doctor with student loans and all that other stuff, main thing is now when it's hot Mama can lounge in the pool, they even threw in the noodler to keep us out of trouble.

Mike cooked up ribs, chicken, and salmon, artichokes, potatoes, and corn, they even stopped by Coldstone and picked up an ice cream cake with Happy Birthday Mom on it, this made Cindy happy and what made her even happier was that they cleaned up the mess afterwards.

A few of Cindy's cousins got the word there was a Party going on for Cindy, and there was going to be water, water to swim in that is, the Doctor also provided wine and beer for medicinal purposes that is, I guess she can do that now since she is all grown up and has a degree and everything,
and of course we had water and tea to drink for those of us who didn't need much medicine.

WTB is what Mike called it, White Trash Birthday but that's OK it was a lot of fun anyway.
Daughter Melissa and my wife Cindy relaxing in a swimming pool
Daughter Melissa and Cindy enjoying the pool
The day was great, the party was good and Cindy got to spend some quality time with our daughter

Happy Birthday Cindy, I Love You.

48 comments:

  1. I found a pool like that for about twenty bucks once. Ended up not having an electrical outlet outside (should of thought about it) for the filter and since we lived on city water I didn't want to waste that many gallons for nothing.

    I ended up giving it to my brother who got a whole bunch of tadpoles in his

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    1. Hi Adam, sounds like the same pool, only difference is this one has all the attachments but no pump,but it sure is nice to cool off in.

      I can just see a bunch of tadpoles in one.

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  2. What a great birthday gift.

    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday Dear Cindy,♪♪
    ♪♪Happy Birthday to you.♪♪

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    1. Thank you Sandee, it was a great gift for Cindy.

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  3. That was a lovely birthday gift and a special day for the memory books. Happy Birthday Cindy..may you celebrate many more.

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    1. Thank you Delores, it was indeed a special day for her, I appreciate you my friend.

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  4. Sounds like fun! Happy birthday Cindy!

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    1. Hey Bijoux, thank you my friend we had a fun day.

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  5. What a great party/gift :) Loved this post and the photos. Happy Birthday Cindy!!!

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    1. Hello Denise, I thought this was a unique gift and party, the time spent with our Daughter was a blessing.

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  6. Happy Birthday to Cindy! I love that little poolio. What a great gift to go with the food, "medicine", and company!

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    1. Hey Abby, I actually floated in the mini poolio with Cindy today, it works out really well.

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    1. Hello Joe, it was a very good time, thank you my friend.

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  8. Sounds like the perfect gift to me, a clean-up free day with good food and an ice cream cake. You raised a thoughtful daughter.

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    1. Hi Jean, thank you we are really proud of her, and even more so when she cleans up after herself ;)

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  9. Happy Birthday Cindy. At first I thought that was a one person pool but nice to see there is room for two to soak, sun and float. Cool gift.

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    1. Hey Patti, at one time yesterday Cindy, Melissa, and Mike were all three in there together so it's bigger than it looks, a really nice gift especially with the heat we have been having.

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  10. What an absolutely perfect birthday gift (particularly) the clean up).
    A very happy birthday to Cindy.

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    1. Hi EC, the clean up was one of the best things about it all, I have seen these two cook together before and they can make a real mess ha ha.

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  11. Happy Birthday, Cindy! So wonderful for everyone to create a pool party and even better when they cleaned up after!

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    1. Hey Sharon, it really was a great gift idea for Cindy, she loved the whole day.

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  12. Happy Birthday to Cindy. I hope she's enjoying her special day.

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    1. Hello Stephen, thank you so much, She is indeed having a great day.

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  13. That sounds like the best birthday ever! It looks so refreshing.

    Let the record show that the Original Poolio was JUST LIKE THAT, only about 4 times bigger. I think we had him for two years until we went for the other kind of above-ground pool.

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    1. Hey Val, I was really happy with the day they planned for Cindy, it was really great to see Melissa kicked back in the pool spending time with her Mom, that was the best.

      So as far as mini poolio goes it could possibly grow into a big poolio like yours did? That is really good to know....thanks for loaning me the term for this post.

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  14. A pool! I'll be right over! Let me just find my suit....wait, I no longer have a suit. oh well, I wouldn't get home again before dark anyway. What a great birthday surprise :)

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    1. Hey River, come on over I bet we could come up with something you could splash around in, I'm afraid it may be after dark before you got back home for sure, so you just may have to stay over :)

      The daughter does surprise us at times.

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  15. Happy birthday Cindy! Seemed like a wonderful celebration you had!

    betty

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    1. Thank you Betty, it was a wonderful celebration for sure.

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  16. What fun and what a wonderful birthday present. Happy belated Birthday greetings to Cindy.

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    1. Good morning Valerie, thank you for the Birthday wishes for CIndy, this gift was fun that continues to be so.

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  17. Happy Birthday Cindy!
    All you need is some cool water to stretch you legs out in. Now, which end are you going to put the diving board?
    Lisa

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    1. Hey Lisa, thank you my friend, yes cooling off is the main reason for going in but the dilemma is figuring out where to put that diving board ha ha.

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  18. It does sound like a wonderful party (and the food sounds wonderful).

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    1. Hello Sage, It was a great party, the food was very good, he even grilled salmon which turned out very tasty.

      Welcome aboard Sage it's good to have you join us.

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  19. Belated Happy Birthday wishes to Cindy! Given the hot weather we seem condemned to endure this summer maybe we should all go buy a pool.

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    1. Thank you Sir, yes even a small pool is a good investment given the heat.

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  20. I need to be in that pool right now, and Happy Birthday to Cindy! Looks like you guys had such a fun and exciting time. There's no better gift than having your child and fiance to clean up all the stuff after a party. That's pretty cool! Hugs...RO

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    1. Thank you for the Birthday wishes RO, Cindy had a ball and with the clean up that just made it better, the pool is like that old saying "the gift that keeps on giving" so she is liking that too.

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  21. A happy belated birthday to Cindy!!

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    1. Thank you Fran, we appreciate you my friend.

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  22. I've just got back in the UK and missed Cindy's birthday, but it looks like a whole lot of fun!

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    1. Hey Joey, Welcome back my friend, her birthday was a blast. Good to see you Joey.

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  23. Many belated happy birthday wishes to Cindy.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Thank you Jan, I do appreciate the birthday wishes for Cindy.

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  24. Happy belated birthday to Cindy! Your daughter and her fiance sound like great people to have around.

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    1. Thank you Mam, I have to agree that Melissa is finally maturing and Mike is growing on us ha ha, I guess we will keep them ;)

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