If you live in the CSRA you may think I am going to talk about the Thanksgiving meals prepared and delivered to needy families by area churches. I’m not. The dinner of love I’m referring to is the dinner my sweet husband, Don, prepared tonight for my birthday. To really understand how special that is, you have to know a little about him. He is, I guess you would say, culinary challenged. He hates (and I do mean hates) cooking. To him, warming leftovers in the microwave is cooking. I had to teach my sons, at an early age, how to cook so they could prepare a meal if I was going to be away. (That’s no joke.) However….Tonight Don prepared an entire meal for us. He went to the store, bought all the food, and then baked the lasagna, washed the lettuce & tomatoes & boiled the eggs for the salad, and baked Texas Toast. (He did ask Jonathan to grate the eggs & cut up the vegetables for the salad and my daughter-in-law to bake a cake.) He even bought me a personal size vegetable lasagna! THEN…after the meal he cleaned up the dishes! Now how’s that for a dinner of love? My sons & daughter-in-law added to the dinner of love with their sweet gifts. (I received $90.00 in Starbucks gift cards, plus other gifts.) PLUS…Don bought me a bouquet of flowers. I feel really loved right now. It’s been a great day!
Blowing out my candles
Eliza said,
October 28, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Glad to see you’ve jumped on board the blogging train…
Good stuff! And glad to see that your family treated you to a fun evening for your birthday! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
-E
Jake said,
October 29, 2008 at 7:05 am
What a sacrificial and thoughtful gift!
Please tell Don”Thank You” for taking such good care of my little sister.
Love ,
Jack
Joni said,
October 29, 2008 at 9:40 am
hey Aunt Patti! I’m sooo glad you had a wonderful B-day! I look forward to more posts!!! Joni
Karla said,
October 29, 2008 at 10:41 am
great blog!
what a sweetie don is….
love you pats….
kg
betty said,
October 29, 2008 at 11:28 am
Oh sweet of Don and your family! I guess we’re all going to Starbucks after breakfast on Saturday!
Happy Birthday!! Betty
Kristin said,
October 29, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Welcome to the world of blogging! Great post
jenn getts said,
October 29, 2008 at 2:34 pm
hey mrs patti…
mr don is so sweet…believe i know how special that it…jim doesn’t cook either:)
what a special day you had…:)
glad you are blogging now…it’s such fun:o)
stephen lechner said,
October 29, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I fixed your “related posts” issue and added a link to my blog.
All that Starbucks cash should last you through the month. Ha!
Lindsey said,
October 30, 2008 at 3:17 pm
It’s so sweet that you had such a birthday (and have such a family) to brag about! Sorry I missed it.
I’m looking forward to reading more!