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jadecatAfter some e-mail confusion, I finally got my birthday present from my mom- a gift certificate to silkweaver.com! :) Now I must decide what to order... this could take a while.
Okay, so the birthday round up! For the record I have the bestest husband ever. :) When I got home from work he greeted me with a cake with 'happy birthday' spelled out in candles. He was intending to make a cake himself, but ran out of time, so he bought a Kroger cake because of how much I liked the one![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sarbah77 had at her birthday party. Right, so walk in and see a birthday bag with a present leaning against it. I decided to delay opening, just to savor the anticipation. Instead I headed to change so we could head out to dinner (at Outback, just wanted a steak for some reason). There on the best was *another* prezzie. I told him he was spoiling me and he demurred but said he was trying to. Then, because the cats were threatening to eat my ankles because they were STARVING!!! and Kyle was giving me pathetic looks, I went to grab their canned food and found a fourth prezzie. :)
The loot- two Mirabilia cross stitch designs (Forest Goddess and Titania Queen of the Fairies), "Wings to the Kingdom" by our own Cherie Priest (akacmpriest ) and a winter jacket! The coat is mostly white with two shades of purple, and it's a three-in-one so there are multiple wear modes. Which is most cool. It even has an iPod pocket. :) Perfect for walking the dog in winter. Just one problem... it's a wee bit snug around the hips/waist. :( We tried to exchange it but they didn't have a larger size (I don't even know if it comes in a larger size AND have been unable to find out). So the coat is in limbo, if I can get a bigger one that would be good, if not I may just keep it and use it for motivation in losing some weight. I don't want to return it because it IS a great jacket, and I know hubby went to several stores before he found what he was looking for. Speaking of several stores- he also went to several for the book, and eventually had to have a couple people help him find it because it wasn't shelved properly. "Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (the first book) was in the horror scetion- as it should be. "WttK" was actually in Fantasy/Sci Fi. The store's staff is looking into it. ;) The cross stitch was a big deal because he actually bought it *online.* Not so big a deal to some- but considering this was his first ever online purchase, and he only did so because he knew I wanted these two patterns and he couldn't get them locally, means a lot to me. He's a wonderful husband. :)
Dinner at Outback was quite tasty (well, everything except the Bloomin' Onion- but it's probably for the best that I don't eat much of that. ;) ). And I got a free dessert since it was my birthday. So all that was good. Afterwards we, feeling bloated, played Champions of Norrath for a bit before turning in. ;)
Friday was a lovely do-nothing sort of day until about 3pm- at which point hubby went to work and I got ready to face the world (yanno, took a shower, got dressed) and headed out to donate blood. The process took forever (note to self, resume going to Red Cross itself, not their mobile blood drives) but my blood pressure was rather low (for me) at 118/78. Apparently I was feeling quite mellow. :) I did end up with a bruise at the needle site, unusual for me, but eh, no biggie. The evening was spent snuggling kitties and doggins, and just generally being chill.
Then the official weekend, and time gets sketchy. Tried to return the jacket- no luck, unhelpful people at the store. Next was lunch at the food court and general wandering around the mall. Home again home again, as a headache was rearing it's ugly head. Another relaxing evening with the Champions and then sleeping, though this was broken up in part due to the phone call about hubby's uncle.
Sunday hubby had a training session at work, so was gone from 11:20-3:45. Me? Migraine city. Oi. I managed to walk the dog and get to the pharmacy for my prescription. The rest of the time hubby was gone was spent one the couch dozing as I switched between hot and cold packs. Not fun. I had wanted to go see the Nephew, but oh no... head was NOT having any of that! Hubby brought my Jimmy Johns for lunch and I felt vaguely human by about 5. The migraine had receded back to that tentative level, and I felt pretty good right when it was time for bed and Monday morning... yay.
But now I must go, about to leave work to head to Allegan. Don't wanna go. I don't like funerals. Again with the 'visitations creep me out' thing. But, I am going, husband needs me.
Okay, so the birthday round up! For the record I have the bestest husband ever. :) When I got home from work he greeted me with a cake with 'happy birthday' spelled out in candles. He was intending to make a cake himself, but ran out of time, so he bought a Kroger cake because of how much I liked the one
sarbah77 had at her birthday party. Right, so walk in and see a birthday bag with a present leaning against it. I decided to delay opening, just to savor the anticipation. Instead I headed to change so we could head out to dinner (at Outback, just wanted a steak for some reason). There on the best was *another* prezzie. I told him he was spoiling me and he demurred but said he was trying to. Then, because the cats were threatening to eat my ankles because they were STARVING!!! and Kyle was giving me pathetic looks, I went to grab their canned food and found a fourth prezzie. :) The loot- two Mirabilia cross stitch designs (Forest Goddess and Titania Queen of the Fairies), "Wings to the Kingdom" by our own Cherie Priest (aka
cmpriest ) and a winter jacket! The coat is mostly white with two shades of purple, and it's a three-in-one so there are multiple wear modes. Which is most cool. It even has an iPod pocket. :) Perfect for walking the dog in winter. Just one problem... it's a wee bit snug around the hips/waist. :( We tried to exchange it but they didn't have a larger size (I don't even know if it comes in a larger size AND have been unable to find out). So the coat is in limbo, if I can get a bigger one that would be good, if not I may just keep it and use it for motivation in losing some weight. I don't want to return it because it IS a great jacket, and I know hubby went to several stores before he found what he was looking for. Speaking of several stores- he also went to several for the book, and eventually had to have a couple people help him find it because it wasn't shelved properly. "Four and Twenty Blackbirds" (the first book) was in the horror scetion- as it should be. "WttK" was actually in Fantasy/Sci Fi. The store's staff is looking into it. ;) The cross stitch was a big deal because he actually bought it *online.* Not so big a deal to some- but considering this was his first ever online purchase, and he only did so because he knew I wanted these two patterns and he couldn't get them locally, means a lot to me. He's a wonderful husband. :)Dinner at Outback was quite tasty (well, everything except the Bloomin' Onion- but it's probably for the best that I don't eat much of that. ;) ). And I got a free dessert since it was my birthday. So all that was good. Afterwards we, feeling bloated, played Champions of Norrath for a bit before turning in. ;)
Friday was a lovely do-nothing sort of day until about 3pm- at which point hubby went to work and I got ready to face the world (yanno, took a shower, got dressed) and headed out to donate blood. The process took forever (note to self, resume going to Red Cross itself, not their mobile blood drives) but my blood pressure was rather low (for me) at 118/78. Apparently I was feeling quite mellow. :) I did end up with a bruise at the needle site, unusual for me, but eh, no biggie. The evening was spent snuggling kitties and doggins, and just generally being chill.
Then the official weekend, and time gets sketchy. Tried to return the jacket- no luck, unhelpful people at the store. Next was lunch at the food court and general wandering around the mall. Home again home again, as a headache was rearing it's ugly head. Another relaxing evening with the Champions and then sleeping, though this was broken up in part due to the phone call about hubby's uncle.
Sunday hubby had a training session at work, so was gone from 11:20-3:45. Me? Migraine city. Oi. I managed to walk the dog and get to the pharmacy for my prescription. The rest of the time hubby was gone was spent one the couch dozing as I switched between hot and cold packs. Not fun. I had wanted to go see the Nephew, but oh no... head was NOT having any of that! Hubby brought my Jimmy Johns for lunch and I felt vaguely human by about 5. The migraine had receded back to that tentative level, and I felt pretty good right when it was time for bed and Monday morning... yay.
But now I must go, about to leave work to head to Allegan. Don't wanna go. I don't like funerals. Again with the 'visitations creep me out' thing. But, I am going, husband needs me.
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Date: 2007-01-17 05:37 pm (UTC)I'm with you on the whole funeral/viewing thing. I dont like them either. *hugs*
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Date: 2007-01-19 03:24 am (UTC)Happy Birthday
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