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Yesterday was my Dad's 78th birthday!  Hard to believe he is almost 80.   I think he is doing great for the most part and hope to be doing that well when I'm his age.

We met for dinner in Wilsonville at Oswego Grill.   Trying to keep it close to G and I as the "knocked up" one is tired after being at work all day - or if we are being honest is just tired all the time.   It was great to see them both.   We had a lot of laughs and shared a good meal. 

What would a birthday be without sudoku and golf?

Still in love after 46 years!

Birthday sundae!

Next up Father's day.  I know G is hoping that involves a round of golf.   Will have to see how Dad's knee is holding up.

My Love

Today is this guys birthday!

Have to say he is by far the most important person in my life.  And I love him with all my heart and soul.   He brings me more joy than I ever would of expected from a husband.  I have to say I have pretty much known since the day I met him that we would be together forever.   However, it took him a couple of years to figure that out.   But no worries - he was worth the wait.

He asked me to marry him on his birthday exactly 10 years ago today.  We were at the beach and he woke me up in the middle of night because he wanted to ask me to marry him at the exact time he was born.   Which just happened to be 11:58 pm. My life has only gotten better every day since.

I hope this year brings him joy, happiness and birdie golf scores.  He deserves all of it and more.

February

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It's February and you know what that means.  Its my birthday month!   Now I do not celebrate this all month long but I love all the little things that are arriving in the mail for me.

So far I have recieved freebies and coupons from the following:

• Anthropologie
• Chico's
• Sephora
• Famous Footwear
• Coldwater Creek
• Bridgeport (including free movie, free parking, free frozen yogurt, free cupcake)
• World Market
• Soft Surroundings

Whohoo!  Let the shopping begin!  Yea me!

Dad's Bday

Yesterday the parentals came up and we celebrated my dad's 77th birthday!!! 

The boys played golf and Langdon Farms

Mom and I hung out, went to the Mill End store (which resulted in me completely changing my mind about revamping the family room - more on that another time but lets just say this post is completely out of date now.  I'm not doing those fabrics after all) and played around on our Ipads.  

I made dinner with all of Dad's favorites.

Menu:

Lau Lau (fresh from Uwajimaya)

Sesame ginger chicken (did both thighs and breast so we could have leftovers)

Steamed rice w/ nori & black sesame seeds

Chinese long beans

Hawaiian sweet bread

And for dessert - eclairs and ice cream bon bon's
Didn't get any pictures of the food - boo - except for the dessert but here is the table

Everyone said the food was good but the star of the dinner was definitely the wine

It was one of Dad's Opus One

Definitely a special occasion wine.  Mom has bought these in the past for him for his birthday and he has put them away for special occasions.  I guess turning 77 counts for that.

Gifts for Dad included fun food treats,  See's candy, personalized "business" cards for the "master golfer", and a Eddie Aikau shirt that I brought back from Maui in January to save for his birthday.

Didn't do such a great job taking pictures but it was a great day! (That's the plaid chair that I have got to get recovered one way or another)
Easy clean up as well.  Everything pretty much fit in the dishwasher so you can't beat that. 

Today is a holiday and we are meeting friends to see....

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......and grab a bite to eat after.  I don't have real high expectations for this movie but surely there will be some laughs and if we are lucky lots of Bradley.

Happy Memorial Day!