Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Birthday!

Today is Hubby’s birthday!
And it was his year older than me one! Whew!
You heard that right, yes for four and half months a year we are the same age at the same time!
Do you know something?
I don’t like that, and as much as I complain he still has done nothing about it.
Change is sometimes not going to happen, and so I guess I should get resigned to that fact in my life.
Last year was the bigger celebratory one anyway and so we had a very nice shindig with quite a few guests.
This year was not that major although my intention to create a happy day for him is what I tentatively did try to do.
But the best laid plans of men and or women…you know the rest…
First of all our computer is only doing some things these last few days since it is not well.
It doesn’t recognize our printer for some reason beyond my control, and so my plan ‘B’ to make Hubby a birthday card had failed before I got started.
These last two years I have not been able to drive due to the weakness/numbness in my legs and all my medication, and so getting out by myself to buy one was out too!
And so to not put the public at large in jeopardy I have taken the initiative to NOT drive, as well as our auto insurance company the one previously questioning my abilities when I only used a cane, imagine now with a four wheeled walker or mobility scooter to get from here to there what they would say? PS, We went with another insurance company for premium reasons, better deal, not because of me.
So I am a backseat driver who is great at that for as long as I know I can keep the world safe from me…who knows if that could change…
And so after Hubby turned down my offer for a fancy breakfast I asked what he would like to do, I had already made him a rough pen and ink birthday card on computer paper and placed it at his table setting.

Dear sweet Hubby wanted to go to the mall of all places!
And so we went.
Me in my scooter and him on his two feet went up and back around the mall and then stopped at Sears to see if they had a barbecue rotisserie kit for our great barbecue that we were smart enough to buy before the hurricane hit and put it into the garage, it is stainless inside and out and a five burner with a side burner too.
The reason I wanted to try it for our Thanksgiving this year, a rotisserie turkey, since it was just the four of us going to be here and we would only need a small one.
Last time we had tried to barbecue a turkey was on our first Thanksgiving in Florida on the east coast in Ormond Beach way back in 1986 and it was a disaster since it was too large and we eventually took it off and threw it in the oven!
That had marred the concept all these years… so this is a breakthrough for us to try it once again, wish us luck!
Oh that’s right we had been previously searching the net to try and find a place with the best price for the rotisserie and most were ridiculously priced at a few hundred bucks!
And so when we saw this universal Char Broil one for only $39.99 we bought it!
Hubby still was not sure we got the BEST deal and so he stopped at Home Depot and the same one there was nearly seventy bucks for the same exact one!
Good shopping I would say.

Before we left the mall we did not go to the food court this time for lunch but tried a new restaurant that was there, and the food was not that good so I won’t mention the name.
But Hubby asked for his burger to be medium and it was nearly breathing and even the shrimp in my salad tasted as if it was raw and just defrosted! I know we should have sent them back, and there was a time that this old gal would have but these days I just don’t go back…Last time for that place. Hope we don’t get sick, stay tuned for that one.

We came home and after relaxing for a few hours I suggested we eat out again, twice in one day? What are we on vacation or something? Yep, birthdays should be stay-cations, especially when Hubby was thinking he was going to make dinner.
I said let’s get out of here.
And so we did, and went to our local home-style comfort food chain, and again Hubby and I had a mixed revue. We both ordered from the fifty-five and over menu the open-faced roast beef sandwich that came with mash potatoes and gravy and would you believe more bread! I thought it came with glazed baby carrots but only the younger crowd got the healthier fair apparently, and so I got the side of carrots that we shared for two bucks more which would have been the same price as the under fifty-five peeps for each of us, got that?
Any-who the meat was more like pot roast than roast beef since it was rough-stew in texture and tasty but nothing like slabs of roast beef that we are used to.
So I thought they gave us the wrong meat, but the waitress insisted it was correct.
Geez, twice in one day, but this was cooked all the way through and tasted good and so I said OK to leave it.
Too tired to argue, but I did mention that it was Hubby’s birthday and they brought him an ice cream Sunday and sang to him before we left.
Nice touch.
All in all it was not that terrible a day for not being the ‘big one’ day; Hubby has just reported that it was a very happy good day although he feels stuffed like a puffer fish! Uh oh they are toxic if prepared the wrong way! LOL!

Number one son called too to wish him a very happy b-day and to confirm that he will be here next week to do it in person!
Now I feel better that not all was lost; see where there is a will there is a way!

On that note of making the best of what life gives you… I will wish you all a very happy good night and to all count those blessings and share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, OK?

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