I saw another article in the paper yesterday about how rare it is for Easter to fall on your birthday. This should be a very special birthday for you, undoubtedly the only time Easter will fall on your birthday in your lifetime. Note the following quote from the Deseret News:
"Sunday will mark the earliest Easter the world has experienced in 95 years, and unless human life expectancy improves immensely, nobody alive today will see another Easter this early in the year.
March 22 is the first date on which Easter can be celebrated, and March 23 is the second-earliest. The last time March 22 hosted the holiday was in 1818, according to an online calculator posted by the U.S. Naval Observatory at aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/easter.php. A chart for recent years is also at the observatory's site: aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/easter.php.
A laborious check by the Deseret Morning News of all dates for Easter from 1800 through 2160 confirms that the next time Easter will be this early in the year is 2160.The check also turned up these Easter tidbits: The earliest it has been observed in the past 70 years was March 24, 1940, and March 26, 1989; Easter fell on March 23 in the years 1845, 1856, and 1913."
I hope you find this information scintillating and exciting, the kind you can't wait to share.
Well, mom, I did find the information scintillating and exciting, and exactly of the nature that I would enjoy sharing with others on my blog. In response to my mom's original email message, one of my brothers replied and told me I needed to update my blog. So, here you go Joey! ;) Honestly, I think Joey, Sabrina, and Scott are the only people who have ever even seen my blog, probably because it's not all that interesting to read about YW activities or VLOOKUP functions in Excel. Yawn! So, to my three fans (I know it's a stretch to call you "fans"), thank you for still looking at my blog occasionally even though it's rather dull.
As for my birthday being on Easter, I'm not really sure how Easter birthdays are best celebrated. Here are a few of my ideas:
- Instead of an Easter egg hunt, have a birthday present hunt.
- Have a bunny or egg shaped birthday cake.
- Have egg salad sandwiches for birthday dinner.
- Have Scott dress up like the Easter bunny.
- Make my nieces wear their new Easter dresses to my birthday party.
- Name my first born daughter Easter.
- Change my last name to include the word, "egg", oh wait, I've already done that.
Well, it seems like I'm well on my way to maximizing the Easter fun. If you have any other suggestions, let me know. Only four more days . . .
