Thank God It's Friday! I got through another of Steve's birthdays without a hitch. It used to be much more stressful worrying about what I should buy - always wanting to provide the perfect gift. I don't even know if that's possible. But now that he is older I buy some Eddy Bauer clothes and give him some money in a card. I have it down pat.
I don't even have to wrap anything because I found these neat little items called "Stretch Gift Trim" for $2 at Hallmark that is already decorated and adorned with cute little things like wooden stars. You just stretch it around your box and to heck with wrap! It's easy, looks nice and is really perfect for guys. Perhaps for the ladies in my life I may go the extra mile and use some pretty gift wrap - oh! I hate wrapping gifts!
I invited Steve and Danelle out to dinner, but since we get off work at 6pm and by the time we commute home to pick up the rest of the family, change our clothes and make it a restaurant it would be at best 7:30. So Danelle decided to fix a birthday dinner which turned out very good! She also made a fantastic German chocolate cake (Steve's fav). It was 4 layers - yeah, count them, four layers high! The whole thing was homemade. She had chocolate frosting in between the layers (homemade butter frosting-yum!) and around the outside which she then rolled in sliced almonds. She'd slathered the top with delicious pecan/coconut/butter frosting and latticed it with thin stipes of chocolate frosting, adorning the top with a marchino cherry. It was absolutely beautiful and tasted every bit as good too!
Hmmmm, thought to self: I may have to use Madison as an excuse to drop by and have another piece........
Well, ta-ta for now and have a wonderful day and weekend!
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