Saturday, February 6, 2010

He Doesn't Look A Day Older Than 29

Or... 19, as he likes to joke!  :)

Yesterday my sweet husband had a birthday! He's one year away from a major birthday. And from my title and hint, you can guess how old, right?

He was so excited because he got a bunch of birthday wishes from his friends on Facebook, plus ecards from AJ and Meera and Peppermint and Tom. Peppermint sent three because she's enthusiastic like that.

While he was at the movie "Avatar" with his friend Robert on Monday, I took the opportunity to make my super-secret, super-cool, superstar birthday card for him.
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I made it with my Silhouette digital cutting machine and used different colors of cardstock. I contemplated using patterned papers but couldn't figure out one that looked good, so it was all-cardstock, all the time. :p The recipient shouted with glee when he found it on his pillow.

We headed down to the Hillcrest area around 5:15pm. It already started to rain, but the traffic wasn't too bad yet. We had to make it down there before 6pm, because that's when Todd's favorite bakery Bread & Cie closes. And what's at Todd's favorite bakery? The best brownies in San Diego. We purchased two brownies but saved them until today, because we were going to dinner!
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You can see that the brownies were thoroughly enjoyed this morning.

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Back to last night... I took Todd out to dinner at Ortegas Mexican Bistro in Hillcrest. We don't go there very often (maybe once a year) but Todd really likes it. They have these steak tacos that Todd loves.
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I had the Kobe Beef Bistek, but not in taco form.
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We asked our waiter to take a photo of us together. I'm the one in the muppet pelt.
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Dinner ended with Triple Chocolate Cheesecake!
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We thought it would be chocolate overkill, but it really wasn't. It was super-delicious and worth the extra six miles we have to run to burn it off.
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After dinner, the night was still young. So what WOULD a middle-aged young-at-heart couple go do on a birthday Friday night? You can find out what happened the rest of the night on Todd's blog!

I wanted to show you a new series of layouts that I'm doing this year. It will be a monthly layout showing the highlights of the month.
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I used the *new* Designs by Lili BYOC items at The Lilypad: I Heart You Papers, Let's Make a List 2, and Twisted Paper Strips. You can find the full credits here. Template set will be coming soon in a special benefit kit!

6 comments:

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  2. I'll have to swing by and wish Todd belated birthday wishes. He really doesn't look a day over ... 29!

    And Ortega's is close to my work now. Hmmmm....maybe I need to check it out.

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  3. Happy Birthday to Todd!

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  4. And now I want brownies and cheesecake. (And my word verification is tubben!!!! LOL)

    I really like your LO and can't wait to see the new template set. Woohoo!

    Tubben! I'm cracking up.

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  5. The steak taco trio is super yummy. Their salsa is quite good too.

    I hear the lobster is good though pricey. Can't confirm that myself.

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  6. Looks like a wonderful birthday celebration! And I can see why Todd got so excited about the card, it is just stunning! Great job putting it together!

    And why isn't there a cheesecake like that one on my table right now?! ;) It looks yummy all the way here.

    What a wonderful idea to do "best of" the month. That is so achievable, and still keeps a good memory of the small things as well as the big ones.

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