Celebrating 38 years on Earth by doing every day chores. Fun!

Today Lee turned old 38. To celebrate I made a real dinner. And by real I mean something other than chicken nuggets and french fries and something that didn’t come from a box with the word “helper” on it. I know. I went all out.

To prepare for this glorious meal I made a grocery list for Lee. Yes, you heard that right. I sent my husband to the grocery store on his birthday. But really he likes the store. He tries to act like he doesn’t, but he does. When I go to the store I grab what’s on my list as quickly as possible and then get the hell out of there. When Lee goes to the store he dawdles and looks around. He examines labels and checks prices. He can turn a ten minute stop in to 45 minutes. It’s quite a gift he has.

Over my lunch hour we ran out to Menards. What guys doesn’t want to shop at Menards on his birthday? See I’m way too good to him. We picked up some stain for the new bathroom cabinet Lee and his friend built with their bear hands. We also got a new medicine cabinet and paint for the bathroom. There will soon be pictures of our new remodeled bathroom. I’m so excited.

So where was I…oh yeah, Lee’s birthday.

When I got home from work I went straight to the kitchen. [Well after I caught my breath and came back to life from riding my bike home from work. Riding (down hill) to work was much, much easier then riding back home. I'm just sayin'.] Lee loves pork chops so I baked pork chops just for him. If you know anything about my cooking skills you know what a big show of love this was. Not long ago I had to be taught how to make Kool-Aid. And I once called my aunt to ask her how to make hard boiled eggs. Yes, I am that clueless in the kitchen. But the pork chops were yummy, if I do say so myself.

I also made cole slaw. From scratch. I chopped up the cabbage and apples and grated the carrots without even drawing blood. That’s saying a lot. But, um, I did forgot to take the sticker off one of the apples. Skyler found the sticker in her slaw. Just a little protein I say.

Then we ended the meal with pineapple angel food cake. Yum! Ok, so that’s my personal favorite cake, but I think Lee likes it to. He ate it at least.

I tried to put candles in the cake. I put three on one side and eight on the other. But the candles wouldn’t stand up long enough for me to light them. I pulled one out to reset it and I realized the bottom had melted off.

Note to self: don’t place candles in the cake the minute you pull it out of the oven. Wait until it cools down. [Seriously people...I've only known how to make Kool-Aid for a couple years. Baby steps.]

So instead Keaton held one candle and we lit it. Lee thought it was a trick candle so he blew on it as hard as he could. He not only blew out the candle, but he blew the candle right out of Keaton’s fingers. It landed in Keaton’s lap. Thankfully it wasn’t a trick candle.

And guess what Lee did on his birthday?

He stained the bathroom cabinet. He’s a good man.

Happy Birthday honey!

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