birthday.surprises

Let me just start by saying that I love my husband. He totally rocks! He called me last Friday afternoon at 1:00 and was telling me that he saw a nice buck near our property on the way to work that morning. I asked him if that meant he was going to hunt at our house on Saturday instead of somewhere else. He said, "No....I'm not hunting at all tomorrow because I'm taking you away for the weekend for your birthday!!! I'll be home in 20 minutes." Yay for me! My birthday is tomorrow (Thanksgiving!)...the big 3-0! I think I'm almost grown up.

Anyway, so he comes home, my mom is on her way over to stay with the girls. We didn't even have to drive the minivan! I totally didn't feel like a mom the whole time (well, maybe when I had to pump). So we hopped in the car, and Josh says, "There's another surprise for you in here!" And it was the new Darius Rucker CD (Hootie has turned country, y'all)....yay again! Some great tunes for the trip.

So, we had reservations at 8:30 at a super-duper nice restaurant. It was by-far the most we've ever spent on a meal for ourselves. It's such a nice place that they even put your name on your menu when it's your birthday! I'm pretty sure they don't usually do that at Steak 'n Shake.

Ok, so a crab cake for an appetizer (we rarely get appetizers either) and a steak for dinner with creamed corn for a side. Seriously, people, this is the best creamed corn in the whole state. I think they almost brown it somehow and then mix it with a ton of butter, probably some garlic, and cream cheese or something. Vegetables are super healthy, you know.

Anyway, so they figure that you spent so much on the rest of your food, that they do actually throw in dessert for free. I chose the chocolate chip cookie with ice cream. Honestly, it's more like chocolate chip cookie dough that is warmed up. Yes, it's as good as it sounds...even better actually. I, of course, had to get a glass of milk to go with it. You just can't eat warm cookie dough without milk. It was a serving for 3, and we were full already, so we left some sit. I kind of wanted to pack it up in a doggy bag, but I figured that might seem unrefined. "Uh, excuse me Vladamir, could you please pack up my extra 3 bites of cookie dough that I couldn't finish?" I know he would have said yes because I think they have to say yes when you pay that much for food. But I didn't.

And this is us shopping the next day...Josh doesn't even look like he's that bored, does he? Inside, he was really thinking, "I can't believe I'm in the middle of a shopping mall on one of the best weekends of deer hunting season." What can I say? Sacrifice for birthday surprises is the best. I love you, honey. And I don't expect you to do this again for another 30 years :). Ok, maybe 10 years.

And by the way, I apologize for my lack of blogging lately. As always, things have been busy. Even Josh said the other day, "How am I supposed to keep up with what's going in our life if you're not blogging?" Good point. I'll get back to it soon!