Happy Birthday to Me, #43. (Geez, I'm so old!)
Due to overwhelming popular demand, and another glass of pinot (grigio, same cheap bottle, Kira), I'm going to tell you all about my birthday.
Actually, I'm going to give you the highlight of my birthday.
Around 6:15 AM on October 10, I heard little footsteps down in the kitchen, and I knew the kids working on something for me. Sure enough, when I came downstairs at 6:45, David & Kathleen had been working feverishly to whip up my favorite breakfast: peanut butter on an English muffin. That was special. They also gathered up every candle in the house and lit them all to create the candle-lit breakfast ambiance. Very special. Then David presented me with a gift: It was a book. Not just any book. David had secretly made a list of all the books stacked up beside my bed and took the list to the bookstore. He told the clerk, "This is what my mom is reading, can you recommend a book she would like?" (Clever, clever boy!) Sure enough, a very nice book was recommended and purchased with precious allowance funds.
In the background of my candlelit breakfast was some very nice classical guitar music. The night before my birthday, I was telling David that I used to have a CD by David Russell. I wanted him to hear it because he is studying guitar and I thought he should be exposed to classical guitar. I couldn't find my CD, so I told my David that he could hear a sample of the David Russell CD on Amazon.com. Sometime after I showed him that sample, he went on iTunes and downloaded a piece by David Russell. He coaxed his big sister into loading the song on my iPod. The morning of my birthday, he arranged to have the song playing on my iPod speakers while I had my little breakfast.
Now, isn't that the perfect birthday?
Other highlights: Paul arranged to take my sister and my friend to dinner with us, and then we saw a famous stand-up comedian who shall remain nameless. I received a lovely Taize CD from a fantabulous friend. My thoughtful sister got me my favorite candy (Dutch mints) and some beautiful crocus bulbs. I love crocus! My family had a delicious dinner at Stroud's, winner of a well-deserved James Beard award. All in all, it was a great birthday, even though there was no surprise trip to London.
Actually, I'm going to give you the highlight of my birthday.
Around 6:15 AM on October 10, I heard little footsteps down in the kitchen, and I knew the kids working on something for me. Sure enough, when I came downstairs at 6:45, David & Kathleen had been working feverishly to whip up my favorite breakfast: peanut butter on an English muffin. That was special. They also gathered up every candle in the house and lit them all to create the candle-lit breakfast ambiance. Very special. Then David presented me with a gift: It was a book. Not just any book. David had secretly made a list of all the books stacked up beside my bed and took the list to the bookstore. He told the clerk, "This is what my mom is reading, can you recommend a book she would like?" (Clever, clever boy!) Sure enough, a very nice book was recommended and purchased with precious allowance funds.
In the background of my candlelit breakfast was some very nice classical guitar music. The night before my birthday, I was telling David that I used to have a CD by David Russell. I wanted him to hear it because he is studying guitar and I thought he should be exposed to classical guitar. I couldn't find my CD, so I told my David that he could hear a sample of the David Russell CD on Amazon.com. Sometime after I showed him that sample, he went on iTunes and downloaded a piece by David Russell. He coaxed his big sister into loading the song on my iPod. The morning of my birthday, he arranged to have the song playing on my iPod speakers while I had my little breakfast.
Now, isn't that the perfect birthday?
Other highlights: Paul arranged to take my sister and my friend to dinner with us, and then we saw a famous stand-up comedian who shall remain nameless. I received a lovely Taize CD from a fantabulous friend. My thoughtful sister got me my favorite candy (Dutch mints) and some beautiful crocus bulbs. I love crocus! My family had a delicious dinner at Stroud's, winner of a well-deserved James Beard award. All in all, it was a great birthday, even though there was no surprise trip to London.
posted by Juanita at
3:31 PM
9 Comments:
Thanks for sharing...sounds like a great day indeed!
Tis the birthday season! I'm glad you had a good one!
Happy belated birthday!
Updates soon. I'm back home now, and will catch up on my writing. I promise.
Aww...your kids were so thoughtful there! Ok, so was your husband, but it's what the kids did that made me smile. I'm so glad you had such an awesome birthday.
Happy Bday. Sorry I missed it....
I was so touched when I read about what your marvelous children did for your birthday. Where would they learn such caring behavior except from an exceptional mother. Kudos to you and happy birthday too. The 40's are where life starts getting intersting.
Pammy
Where would your darlings learn such caring behavior -- except from you? Glad you had a good one.
See, this is a testament to you skills as a good mother, that you have such good kids.
My mum found my private blog, through my sister who reads it and then told her. I'm going to delete it to save any rows. Or to put that differently, any MORE rows, as the one yesterday was thermo-nuclear! I'll keep it to commenting for now, until i start afresh in the new year. Sorry! I'll keep you posted.
P.s., have a great holiday season.
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