T Stands for Birthdays and a Second Look

 Hi everyone. Happy T day and Tuesday!

This week for T, I have a couple of birthdays to share.  Last week both my husband and my daughter celebrated their big days.

Even though my husband's birthday is the day before my daughters, we celebrated hers early as she was going to be away for her big day.

This year she turned the big 3-0!

Her favorite dessert is key lime pie. Last year I topped her pie with whipped cream and fruit, but this year I tried a meringue. Just to shake it up a bit. 

Everyone's pieces cut nicely except my husband's as he had to insist he only wanted a sliver. His piece was such a thin sliver it came out as a big mush on his plate.  This time the filling  I made was a creamy one, more like a cheesecake but not quite so heavy.

I didn't remember to snap photos of any pieces of pie except for the last piece which was my husband's. 

I also meant to take a drink photo for T, and I only got a part of one in this photo.  You can just see it on the right hand side of the photo. For dinner my daughter's beau, Zach, brought a growler of his parent's homemade hard cider. I really liked it, as it was dry and not very sweet.

Don't forget to stop by  Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog  where our weekly T meet up happens.

My husband had a slightly more traditional birthday cake. He had a banana cake with bits of pineapple tossed in and cream cheese frosting.

In the next photo you can see the mess on my kitchen counter, and my half drunk bottle of Diet Coke. There is also a full bottle of what used to be Coke Zero and now is the new Coke version of it that my husband left for when he got home from work. These also work for this week's T.

And here's my husband and his cake. Nothing fancy, but the cake was yummy!

These photos are also my art for Day 2 of Art Every Day Month over at Leah's blog.

My second look for Second on the Second  takes us back to early November 2018. Here's the link for this month:Second on the Second over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog.

Since it is Tuesday, and for many of us, T Day, I'm using an older T Day post for my  second look.   This post goes back to pre-covid times where one of the things my husband and I used to like to do was go to hockey games at our Alma Mater, the University of Maine.  Sadly the team that year wasn't as good as we had seen in the past, but it was still fun to have a little roadtrip north as well as have some pizza and beer at one of our old haunts. 

This  time the pizza place was packed with people because of some stormy weather and the power being out just about everywhere in town except for Pat's Pizza. They have their own generator big enough to run at least 1 pizza oven.

I also chose this post as it has a weather story, and since a new month has started, we have a new weather themed challenge this month at Art Journal Journey, hosted by Chris.

Here's the link to the original post: T Stands for No Power.

With covid, we haven't  actually been to a game in forever. I'm not sure about this year, but they are requiring proof of vaccine or negative covid test (within 72 hours) and masks, so maybe. I'm not sure I am comfortable in such a big crowd yet, never mind it means an overnight trip. Let's see not only how covid goes this winter but also if the team is playing well enough to spend the money to travel for a game.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great T day and week ahead.