Genius!

What did I see in my Google Reader tonight?

Pure genius!  Who says registries are limited to weddings and babies?  It's very Sex and the City when Carrie marries herself.

P.S. Happy birthday Chao!  Have fun in Finland.  Bring back some Finnish chocolate rocks for me please ;)

March-abration!

The hubster's birthday is in March.... so is his sister's, son's and father's.  Every March, we all get together for one big celebration.  Usually, it's a lunch, but this year, it was a little different.  Instead of us going down to Cincinnati, the hubster's mom, sister, brother in law, and niece came up for lunch at Red Robin.  It was great to see everyone and we had a fun time.  Afterwards, we came back to our place to talk and play with baby Piper!

I had to leave early for a lacrosse meeting, but a fun time was had by all and we knocked out three birthdays in one day.

Belated Birthday Dinner

I redeemed another birthday perk last night.  We went to dinner at J. Gilbert's.  Weird to go on a Wednesday night, yeah?  Well, we had planned for this weekend, but we got word that we'll have the step son this weekend.  So that threw all our plans out the window.  I didn't want to wait for next month even though there really was no hurry because there was no expiration date on the offer.  Most places make you come in during your birthday month.

We first went to J. Gilberts maybe a year ago.  It was good food and great service, but we've noticed that the service has been incredible lacking in the last few visits.  After this last visit, I think we need to find another restaurant to go to for special occasions.  Anyway, on to the food.

The hubster had the Mixed Grill which is a 4 oz fillet mignon, grilled chicken breast with mango salsa, and BBQ shrimp with chipotle cheddar mash.  He seemed to really enjoy it as he only left all of his vegetables (typical) and one bite of chicken.  He usually gets the fillet and shrimp combo, but I pointed out this to him.  For two extra bucks, why not get some chicken too?  I started out with the Tortilla Chicken soup.  I usually go with the Crab Bisque, but I think I wanted something lighter.  This isn't like your normal Tortilla Soup.  This is a more brothy soup rather than cream based soup.  It's so flavorful and the scoop of guacamole is just the icing on the cake for this soup.  It really is good.  For my entree, I got the fillet mignon trio which is what I got the first time we went to J. Gilberts.  It was just as good as the first time.  It's three fillet medallions each topped with something different: mushrooms, blue cheese, and bearnaise.  I don't like blue cheese except to dip hot wings in, so I opted for two mushrooms.  The mushrooms were a little salty for my liking, but still palatable.  I only finished half of the bearnaise and three quarters of the one of the mushrooms.  WTF, 4 yeas ago I probably could have scarfed the whole thing down.  But alas, the life changes I made aka diet/eating habits have been solidified.  Oh well, that just means leftover for dinner tonight!

On a side note, I did get to wear my new dress from Banana Republic that I blogged about 2 weeks ago.  I bought new tights from Target ($5!) and wore my Christan Dior booties.  I have to say it's definitely a no eating dress.  I had to unzip the side for the car ride home.

Overall, not bad for a belated Wednesday night birthday dinner.

Ah, Memories!

I was going through some old pictures on my computer and found this video of Red's first winter.  This is the winter before we got married, so circa 2008.  This video makes me smile.  My favorite parts are when Red jumps on my back while I'm on the ground and when she runs towards the hubster and pauses for a second.  She looks like a fox!  I love Red.

Another Year

I had a great birthday.  I got so many birthday wishes (<3 Facebook) and phone calls.  The most since I moved away from California.  This year's birthday was way toned down.  We usually do the fancy dinner out and get dressed up, but not this year.  It was sushi and bowling and McDonald's sundaes for dessert.  Well, we tried to get McDonald's after bowling, but someone who will remain unmentioned just drove right on past it on the way home.  Oh well, a nice mug of hot cocoa was a worthy replacement in such cold weather.

The only downside of yesterday was that I LOST at bowling.  Ugh, so ashamed.  It was the hubster's best game of bowling though (real bowling, not Wii/Kinect bowling).  Good for him.  I blame the ball selection and the little girl in the lane next to me who would steal all the green balls I would bring back.  I think by the time we left, she had 5 green balls plus her family's balls.  There were only 4 bowlers in her lane.  I was stuck with an orange ball that was a little too heavy with finger holes too close together.  Oh well.

Yesterday was awesome and the last year has been more awesomer.  I can't wait to see what this year brings.

Sushi and bowling!

Off to eat yummy sushi and go bowling with the hubster. He may be better at Kinect bowling, but I'm gonna crush him.

Morning Success?

I did it!  I made my breakfast this morning, but it was not as awesome as I was thinking it was going to be.  It's still a "W" in my book.

Birthday Month

We had stopped our mail while we were out of town and yesterday was when the post office resumed service.  Surprisingly, we did not have that much mail.  After going through the first couple of pieces, it became abundantly apparent that it was my birthday month.  Woohoo!  (I already knew it, but I'm so glad others know it too).

I got a free meal at J. Gilbert's (yum!), $10 off coupon at DWS, and a 15% off entire purchase in store coupon for Anthropologie (I even got a 15% off online code too!).  I think I should be getting a free drink from Starbucks too.

Yay for free stuff for being born.