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Turning 106 Together
Jan. 25th, 2026 03:37 pmHawk and I celebrated our joint 106th birthday on Saturday. No, neither of us is 106... but together we are! We had a party at our house. About 20 of our friends came.
This pic is from before the party, when Hawk and I finished setting up the table in the dining room. As friends arrived many brough food to fill up the table. As I look at how bare this photo looks I wish I'd taken a pic when the table was full of food... though it was hard to get anywhere close to it for a good picture with 20 people spread out between the the dining room, living room, and kitchen!
Hawk and I have been doing these joint birthday parties for over 10 years now (our first was in 2014). Looking back at my journal from that 2014 party one difference I see right away is how much booze we drank. In 2014 we knocked off five bottles of wine. Last night we drank only 2. And it would've been more like 1½ except I figured, "What a shame to let this go to waste," and tried finishing off the last half bottle after everyone had left. I gave up one glass from the end.
It's not like we went light on the wine because we were all drinking beer. I opened one bottle of beer last night. I'd thought about going beer shopping ahead of the party to have more on hand. I'm glad I didn't; it would've been a wasted effort! And it's not like we were all hitting the hard stuff, either. I poured maybe 4 shots worth of hard liquor.
What's changed? Partly it's age, partly it's people moving away. A number of people I enjoyed drinking with in years past weren't here last night.
This pic is from before the party, when Hawk and I finished setting up the table in the dining room. As friends arrived many brough food to fill up the table. As I look at how bare this photo looks I wish I'd taken a pic when the table was full of food... though it was hard to get anywhere close to it for a good picture with 20 people spread out between the the dining room, living room, and kitchen!
Hawk and I have been doing these joint birthday parties for over 10 years now (our first was in 2014). Looking back at my journal from that 2014 party one difference I see right away is how much booze we drank. In 2014 we knocked off five bottles of wine. Last night we drank only 2. And it would've been more like 1½ except I figured, "What a shame to let this go to waste," and tried finishing off the last half bottle after everyone had left. I gave up one glass from the end.
It's not like we went light on the wine because we were all drinking beer. I opened one bottle of beer last night. I'd thought about going beer shopping ahead of the party to have more on hand. I'm glad I didn't; it would've been a wasted effort! And it's not like we were all hitting the hard stuff, either. I poured maybe 4 shots worth of hard liquor.
What's changed? Partly it's age, partly it's people moving away. A number of people I enjoyed drinking with in years past weren't here last night.
