My mom made all the pies for Thanksgiving, and they were great as usual. We are going to her house in Georgetown to celebrate her birthday this weekend. She is turning 78. She doesn’t look that old because she exercises 10 times a day. Her has a 10 handicap in golf. Mom’s birthday meal will be catered by Austin BBQ legend, John Mueller. That’s because I won a contest on the Man Up Texas Barbecuewebsite. You had to guess the attendance of the UT vs Florida Atlantic football game–whoever came closest won four pounds of John Mueller’s barbecue. I guessed 999,999. I was around 200 off the official announced attendance.
I asked mom to bake the cake. She said we are all on a diet and no one would eat a cake. Then she said, “How about an apple pie?” I didn’t bother pointing out that pies have calories too. What the hell, we’ll stick a couple of candles in Mom’s apple pie and sing Happy Birthday.