Melkam Adis Amet! September 11th is Ethiopia's New Year, Enkutatash. And because they are on a Julian calendar (not a Gregorian one like us) it is 2003 there. It's okay if you don't understand how it works. I don't really either. In the absence of understanding, I just pretend observing the Julian calendar makes me 33 years old again.
Before I remembered about Enkutatash, we had planned a cookout with our next door neighbors on either side. We heart them. This was an especially important cookout since one of the couple's
ditched us moved to another part of town. So, we celebrated an Ethiopian holiday in an American way with burgers and hot dogs and Ethiopia-inspired decorations...


Even Ethiopia-inspired footwear...


Thank you, Walmart, for this shout out to Ethiopia! I'm sure that is what you intended.
No pix of the adults, though I did get pix of the kids who were reunited...


I think even the dogs were happy to be reunited...

Sometimes, Jesus' command to...

just comes easy.
5 comments:
I love that I could be considered only 32 going on 33. Awesome!
Great find on the shoes! How perfect!
I forgot to tell you in my sleepy stupor Saturday morning how awesome the candy card was that you and Emma made for Madison. Darn clever!
Missy I think you can turn ANY event into a party.
I really hate to break it to you, Sis, but you aren't 33 on the Julian calendar because you weren't born in 1970 on the Julian calendar. You were born somewhere in the vacinity of 1963. I know, I know...it's math. Take heart, though, I was born in the vicinity of 1954!
Doggonit...I hate when I have a typo...I meant "vicinity"
I totally forgot about the Ethiopian new year celebrations until it was too late. We left ET on Sept 11th, so I have some real life experience and I remember everyone butchered a goat in celebration... sooooo you need to step it up next year.
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