{"id":625,"date":"2009-05-31T23:55:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T03:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jedbrubaker.com\/?p=625"},"modified":"2009-06-01T00:36:34","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T04:36:34","slug":"a-sassy-sweet-sixteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatknows.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/31\/a-sassy-sweet-sixteen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sassy Sweet Sixteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot has been going on lately. Graduations, birthdays (Steve’s), more graduate school on the way, and the summer’s crop of going aways — plenty of reasons to celebrate! It seemed a pity to prioritize one of these events over the other, so we went for the obvious solution:<\/p>\n

A birthday party for my cat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, Minka celebrated her 16th birthday last night, and Steve and I were desperate to make it even more ridiculous than last year’s quincea\u00f1era (yes, also not a joke). When explaining the celebration to a cashier at the grocery store we were given a wide-eyed look of disbelief. When she realized we weren’t kidding, she had to excuse herself while recovering from a laughing fit.<\/p>\n

In the name of such ridiculousness, I thought I would share a (sassy) photo posted on Facebook by Rick.<\/p>\n

\"Minka's<\/a><\/p>\n

“PETA should be called…” commented one of Rick’s friends.<\/p>\n

Yup. That is how I roll.<\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way, it seems that racing down the street on your scooter with a dozen pink baloons is a sure-fire way to collect a bunch of smiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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