A Dreamy Birthday

Anyone who has known me for ANY length of time knows that I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY! Even as the numbers have gotten higher, I have still loved my day.

The other night we were talking about the two, yes two, parties I had growing up. They were lovely parties and my mother went to a lot of work on them, but in full-character of ungrateful child, I wished I had more. Chris was surprised that I only ever had two parties, so I said to him "Do you understand me and my birthdays a little better?" He just laughed.

I learned a LONG time ago that if I want something from Chris, I better tell him, or I have no business complaining. He is a very talented man, but mind-reading isn't on the list. My first birthday spent with Chris, I turned 19. He took me to dinner at the Roof, a restaurant overlooking the Salt Lake Temple, that was really nice. Then he gave me a gift certificate--to the MALL, less nice. I was hoping for something a little more sentimental or romantic. The poor man has spent many years trying to make up for that gift--it was exactly what he would have wanted and he really did think and think about what to give me.  Our relationship wasn't really well-defined at that time so he wasn't sure if he should go sentimental, which was exactly why I wanted him to. I've explained all this to him now. (I also wanted to go on a carriage ride right after our wedding, but I didn't ever mention that to HIM. We went for our 5th anniversary.)

My birthday came and I woke up to lots of snow and a message from the schools that school was delayed two hours. What a gift--I got to sleep in a little. Unfortunately we got another call saying that they had cancelled it altogether--that was less of a gift. Plans change when the kids are involved.


Chris made me a breakfast that I had, of course, requested. 

Creamy Breakfast Scramble
3 egg whites
1 whole egg
sliced green onions
cream cheese (2-3 tsp)
cilantro
diced fresh tomatoes
Scramble the egg, whites and the green onions. When they are almost done,  add the cream cheese in several chunks, the cilantro, and the tomatoes. Stir until the eggs finish and the cream cheese softens.

mm mm so delicious but definitely not his thing.--he HATES cilantro and his hands probably smelled like it all day. I happen to love when that happens, but I like cilantro. He brought it to me in bed with a grapefruit and a glass of water--he has been listening when I have said that I don't like milk and that I'd rather not drink my calories in juice. He did, however, buy the canned crescent rolls, so he's not a perfect listener, I can only think of a few things that are more processed than those, but we'll give him a break since he did so well with everything else. He also brought me a rotary cutter, with a great ruler and a mat. He even used the 40% off coupons at Hobby Lobby. 18 years later, I don't need a romantic present. I need something that will help me with all the great projects I see on Pinterest!

To top it all off, he ended up late to work because he took time to post on my Facebook wall. He was a little disappointed not to be the first one to send me birthday wishes, but it was 8:00 am by then. I don't think I'll bring up the mall giftcard ever again . . .


I also decided that it might be fun to have a party. He is not so much a partier (in the Mormon, non-drinking sense of the word) as I am, but he loves me and thought it would be OK. Unfortunately for Chris, he had started a drywalling project complete with walls of plastic everywhere to contain the mess. Not really a party atmosphere. He had a busy week, and a REALLY late night on Thursday but he finished it all! He also cleaned the house sparkling for the party. I had to make the food, but remember the crescent rolls? I'm really better suited for that anyway. It was fun but a little tricky since the kids were home all day.  My friend Kolbe came early and helped me finish everything in time and it turned out to be a nice party. We haven't had parties much so we were a little rusty on how things should go.

Facebook might the best thing that ever happened to my birthday! Someone reminding over 300 people to wish me Happy Birthday--AWESOME! I had over 80 Facebook wishes, four phone calls, three texts, two people randomly stopping by, plus the people Chris invited to my party. The only thing missing was Em--she was in Santa Fe for a debate tournament.

What a birthday--too bad I have to wait a whole year for another day like that!





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