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Off Topic => Birthday Wishes => Topic started by: Jerusha on January 12, 2015, 05:54:24 AM

Title: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2015, 05:54:24 AM
Hope you have a wonderful birthday, and thanks for all you do for the forum!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Evie on January 12, 2015, 06:35:51 AM
Happy Birthday, Forum Mom!  ;)  ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2015, 07:58:20 AM
Happy birthday and thank you for all the joy you bring in all you do for the forum :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Aerlys on January 12, 2015, 11:15:30 AM
A special cake, with Sturts desert roses, just for you!

Happy Birthday, DR!

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pIx92o4_L6g/UuFYJwja14I/AAAAAAAAcfA/RwgmZlFrQVA/w1037-h1383/photo.jpg)

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2015, 12:18:14 PM
I knew you'd come up with something cool, Aerlys!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Evie on January 12, 2015, 12:35:49 PM
Ooh, lovely cake, Aerlys!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2015, 03:02:08 PM
Oh! Desert Rose, I want to wish you a very Happy, Happy Birthday!

And Don't mind if I stick around for a slice of cake, what a lovely cake.

Have a wonderful day.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2015, 03:56:01 PM
Thank you, Laurna.  *passes slices of cake around the board*
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Shiral on January 12, 2015, 06:10:04 PM
Happy Birthday, DR! Thanks for being our "Den Mother."  :D  I see the birthday cake  has already been taken care of, so have a great day, and pamper yourself, a bit!
Hugs,
Melissa
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2015, 09:40:50 PM
Thanks, Shiral.  It's been a pretty good day, except for rainy weather, but at least it's been a warm rain.  :)

My family took me out to supper tonight for steak and then we went to my parents' house and ate the wonderful chocolate cake my mom baked for me.  A friend who shares my birthday called me to say "Happy birthday," and it was nice to hear from her.  I got an absolute boatload of birthday wishes on Facebook, quite a few birthday texts, and several phone calls.  It's been a good day.  :D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Elkhound on January 13, 2015, 08:32:27 AM
God grant you many years! 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 13, 2015, 08:47:35 AM
Thanks, Elkhound.  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2016, 06:03:53 AM
I am sure this is a stressful birthday this year, but wanted to wish you all the best anyway.  You do so much for us here on the forum, and we truly appreciate it.

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2016, 07:48:37 AM
Totally echo Jerusha's comments -hope you manage to mark your birthday in some good way.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Evie on January 12, 2016, 01:58:17 PM
Happy birthday, DR! I was going to send you some Gwyneddan gold sovereigns, but when I went through the Portal to pick them up, I found some Deryni had summoned up a magical creature to guard the treasure. Oh well. It's all yours if you can get to it safely....

(https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcakedecorating.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2Feasy_kids_child_cake_dragon_buttercream_birthday.jpg&hash=73ba7aa4ef47058ee832818ebc2bcaa492c1d370)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2016, 05:17:46 PM
Thanks, y'all.  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Shiral on January 12, 2016, 07:07:36 PM
Happy Birthday, DR! I hope your step-father is on the mend soon.  It's no fun spending time in hospitals, and especially not for him, right now!
Melissa
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2017, 05:59:44 AM
Here we are again, DesertRose - have a very happy and pleasant birthday!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2017, 06:10:21 AM
Have a wonderful birthday, lovely lady.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2017, 06:16:50 AM
Thank you both!  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Shiral on January 12, 2017, 12:25:41 PM
Happy Birthday, Desert Rose! I hope it's an extra good one!
(((DR)))
Melissa
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2017, 03:52:35 PM
A very happy Birthday to You Desert Rose. May your day be a good one.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2017, 04:51:57 PM
Thanks, y'all!  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: derynifanatic64 on January 12, 2017, 07:25:10 PM
Happy Birthday!!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 13, 2017, 12:43:37 PM
Thanks, derynifanatic64!  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2018, 06:05:39 AM
Happy birthday, Desert Rose!  It's that time again.  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Demercia on January 12, 2018, 07:38:44 AM
Happy Birthday DR
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2018, 07:48:46 AM
Have a very happy day.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Evie on January 12, 2018, 08:23:55 AM
Happy Birthday, Forum Mom!   ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2018, 09:11:31 AM
LOL, thanks!

Wrong fandom, but my age is now the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.

Not sure I actually know all that, but that's what the number says.  ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2018, 09:22:39 AM
"Sighs wistfully* and tries not to think that she is old enough to be DR's mum.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2018, 09:55:07 AM
Quote from: revanne on January 12, 2018, 09:22:39 AM
"Sighs wistfully* and tries not to think that she is old enough to be DR's mum.

You'd have gotten off to an early start at motherhood if you were!  (Not that I've room to talk in that department!   ;D )
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2018, 12:18:08 PM
Happy Birthday Desert Rose!

I am in hopes that this year starts out fresh in a place where you can happily sleep like a princess

(https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimaginativeicing.co.uk%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2F21st_birthday_cake_girl_sat_on_bed.jpg&hash=6c775b1b11cb94f8b44c8af95fac98dcf802c608)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Bynw on January 12, 2018, 12:21:35 PM
happy birthday!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DerynifanK on January 12, 2018, 09:32:31 PM
Happy birthday DR. Hope you are snug and bug free in your new  home and things will  go well for you in the new year.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2019, 03:22:25 AM
HEHE It is a new year! Guess What!  It is DesertRose's birthday again.
Here a a cake I whipped up. I think Cary's and Lyla will like it.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4wjSi0ZzKLc/VELG50CSe0I/AAAAAAAABMI/MuiZfDIv9bA/s800/Cat%2520Birthday%2520Cake%25202.JPG)

Happy Birthday Dersert Rose.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2019, 07:47:08 AM
That is an adorable cake!  Thank you!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Demercia on January 12, 2019, 08:40:42 AM
Have a purrfect birthday
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2019, 08:59:14 AM
Thank you!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Bynw on January 12, 2019, 09:57:43 AM
Happy Birthday DR!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2019, 11:29:19 AM
Thank you!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2019, 11:39:04 AM
A very happy birthday DR.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2019, 11:39:39 AM
Happy birthday, DR! Hope you have a wonderful, marvelous day that stretches out across the whole year.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2019, 05:27:20 PM
Thank you, @revanne and @Jerusha !  Sorry, I was afk all afternoon going to lunch with my family and eating cake.  Leftover gateau Breton will be on the chat room tea table tomorrow evening.  :D  (There wasn't much cake left over, but there is some. :D )
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2019, 06:25:14 PM
All crumbs will be consumed with cheerful (and grateful) abandon!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: HoundMistress on January 12, 2019, 08:30:01 PM
Happy Birthday, DR!! Hope you had a GREAT day! Loved the cake, Laurna.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Evie on January 13, 2019, 04:02:04 PM
Happy belated birthday! 
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 13, 2019, 04:03:36 PM
Thank you, @judywward and @Evie !
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: HoundMistress on January 16, 2019, 08:18:24 AM
Your birthday was good luck for me! We are getting an 18 mo old male Rhodesian Ridgeback from RR Rescue. I'm picking Quanah up on Sunday! Yay! Hope this cold is gone by then.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 16, 2019, 12:19:31 PM
Yay!  You got a new puppy for my birthday!  Puppies! <3

And thank you, @judywward !
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Post by: HoundMistress on January 16, 2019, 12:57:10 PM
Yep, we did! We are picking him up Sunday in Buffalo, TX (on Hwy 79 by IH 45.) Today going to the doc to try to keep this cold under control and not let it become pneumonia.
Judy

Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 16, 2019, 01:02:46 PM
Congratulations, Judywward, and get will soon!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 16, 2019, 01:16:14 PM
A new Puppy that is wonderful. Welcome a new member to your family.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 16, 2019, 04:20:17 PM
Yes, do take care of that cold.  I had pneumonia in late September into early October, and yea verily is it made of great suck!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2020, 11:58:01 AM
It's that time again DesertRose, so Happy Birthday!   Hope you have a wonderful day full of everything you like best.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2020, 12:17:58 PM
Thank you, @Jerusha !  Because the restaurant where I want to go for my birthday supper isn't open on Sundays, we're doing the birthday supper tomorrow, but Mom is baking the cake today (a recipe from America's Test Kitchen called Tunnel of Fudge cake; it's a bundt cake that, owing to interesting baking chemistry, has a soft fudge-y center surrounded by rich chocolate cake, and it is yummy!).

So today (right now, in fact), I am off to the YMCA for a birthday swim, and then I'll be in chat.  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DoctorM on January 12, 2020, 01:51:24 PM
Quote from: DesertRose on January 13, 2019, 04:03:36 PM
Thank you, @judywward and @Evie !

Happy Birthday!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DerynifanK on January 12, 2020, 02:32:23 PM
Happy birthday, DR. Hope you have a lovely day and that the fun extends  into tomorrow with your birthday dinner and even further in the week. You should consider the practice of a good friend of mine who celebrates his birthday throughout the entire month in which it falls. Sounds like a plan to me. Lots of lunches and visits with various friends and family.  Enjoy your 365( or 366)day trip around the sun.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2020, 02:44:28 PM
Thank you, @DoctorM and @DerynifanK !
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2020, 02:48:15 PM
(https://noemptychairs.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/triple-chocolate-bundt-cake-1_thumb.jpg?w=520&h=405)

Oh! Yumm to chocolate fudge bundt cake.

Happy birthday, DR!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Jerusha on January 12, 2020, 03:15:10 PM
My Mom used to make that cake and yes, VERY yummy!
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2020, 03:42:01 PM
Thank you, @Laurna (and yes, that's pretty much what the cake looks like ;) ) and @Jerusha !

Apparently the reason the recipe came to the attention of America's Test Kitchen was that someone wrote in about their mother having made it but one of the products she (the mother) used is no longer being produced/sold, so the ATK bakers got to work figuring out a way to make it work with baking ingredients one can still find in most supermarkets.

One of the funnier (to me: admittedly I have a weird sense of humor sometimes) instructions on the ATK recipe is that you can't do the toothpick test on this cake (the way you can most other cakes and quick breads) because the center is supposed to be gooey, so they give some other way to test for doneness (it might be to touch the cake [the top of it as it's in the oven, but it'll be the bottom of the cake as served because of the shape of bundt cake pans] and check for a certain texture or spring-back).
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: revanne on January 12, 2020, 04:14:08 PM
Have a wonderful  birthday.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2020, 04:15:51 PM
Thank you, @revanne !
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: DesertRose on January 12, 2020, 04:21:49 PM
I almost got a new great-niece for a birthday present!  She was born at 11 pm last night.  I don't know her name yet, but my niece is doing well (or as well as anyone who just had a baby is going to be).
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 12, 2020, 05:02:49 PM
That is fantastic.
Congratulations for the new(likely tired)happy parents.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Shiral on January 13, 2020, 12:17:37 AM
Happy Birthday, Desert Rose! Here, have a palace for your birthday cake!
Hugs, and hope the year ahead is easier, happier and healthier for you in all respects.
Melissa
Title: Re: Happy Birthday Desert Rose!
Post by: Laurna on January 13, 2020, 12:48:44 AM
That is really cool, Shiral
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Post by: DesertRose on January 13, 2020, 09:52:04 AM
Beautiful, and thank you, @Shiral !
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Post by: HoundMistress on January 13, 2020, 10:22:19 PM
Happy Birthday, DR! Hope you had a great day!