My father in law, Stew turns 65 on August 27th.
Dave and I decided that 65 was a significant birthday, and deserved something more than normal. After all, at 65 you become a senior. You get discounts at the movies, on the ferry, on the bus etc etc. So back on June 23rd, we started the 65 days to 65 countdown.
Every day we send Stew a little something to celebrate.
The countdown so far:
- 65 days - a card
- 64 days - little hand towels that you put in water and they expand to full size for his camping box
- 63 days - we flew over to visit
- 62 days - Dave took his dad to the gun club for some shooting (clay targets, not real birds)
- 61 days - a copy of the "Prayer for Tourists" as in the next 12 months he's going to Alaska, Mexico, Australia and on a 4 day cruise.
- 60 days - a bottle of Steinlager beer - a reminder of our trip to New Zealand in 2003
- 59 days - 65 chocolate coins
- 58 days a brain teaser word game - got to keep exercising that brain
- 57 days - a bottle of Chocolate Stout - "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" but he's not old, so therefore he should try a new beer. How about a chocolate beer?
- 56 days - emailed an "EtchaSketch" (link courtesy of Laurie)
- 55 days - emailed "Fridge Magnets" (link again, courtesy of Laurie)
- 54 days - emailed a Youtube link to Fireworks over Sydney. There were fireworks for Canada Day, and Independance Day, so why not Fireworks for Stew.
- 53 days - emailed Harry Potter Trivia (with a countdown to the Movie, the Book and Stews Birthday)
- 52 days - emailed "August 27th in History" - a list of things that happened on August 27th
- 51 days - emailed a list of hit songs that were popular on August 27th in the past
- 50 days - emailed a link to the hotel we (hubby, me and the in laws) will stay at in Fiji next year. Wanna see? Westin Fiji.
- 49 days - emailed how to say I'd like a beer please in as many languages as I could find
- 48 days - we gave him a break from our incessant celebrating (or tormenting)
- 47 days - emailed "Things to do in Fiji" and a link to the trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 46 days - emailed a link to the cottage we will stay at in Bundaberg, Queensland next year.
- 45 days - emailed "65 Things to do in Bundaberg"
- 44 days - emailed a link to the Rocks Pub Tour, which we will do in Sydney next year.
- 43 days - Rubbed it in that I saw Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix.
- 42 days - emailed a list of the Greatest Films of 1942
- 41 days - emailed 1940's decade of Trivia. Back in April, Barb got 4/10. Can Stew beat that? Yep - he got 7/10
- 40 days - emailed a list of differences between DisneyWorld and Disneyland - we are stopping at Disneyland for the day on our way to Australia.
- 39 days - Bottle of Tylenol to help him get through the next week. My mother in law is organising a calligraphy conference, Island Magic, and Stew is running the bar.
- 38 days - Harry Potter Bookmark
- 37 days - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- 36 days - box of Harry Potter Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans
- 35 days - Harry Potter Chocolate Frog
- 34 days - Harry Potter Jelly Slugs
- 33 days - a can of VB. He's been serving others all week at the bar, so I figured we'd serve him a drink.
- 32 days - emailed bumper stickers for seniors.
Today is day 32. So we have 32 more days to go.
I have quite a few more things up my sleeve. But if you have any suggestions let me know. I thought of making a list of 65 advantages of being a senior. You know like, reduced fares on transit, etc etc. But.... I can't think of 65 things. Can you?
And Stew if you're reading this, happy 32 days to 65 years!