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Dec. 31st, 2009 07:36 pmWell then.
Happy Birthday me and thank you to every person who wished me happy birthday via various means. (be it phone, FB, twitter, email or carrier pigeon.) I appreciated it.
It has been a fairly low key sort of day. It is a vast improvement over my last birthday. Last year I was dealing with a flooded downstairs, the highlight of my day was getting hot water and I had raging morning sickness. Par-tay as they say. This year there was some calm. I had tea and toast. Some presents. I took the kids to the library. Put people down for naps. I went out and picked up something for dinner and then went and looked at girly bath stuff and bought said girly bath stuff. Mr. Jenner's very sweet Grandma sent me a card with some money in it and she told me to buy myself something I would really like. It helps that Lush had a buy one, get one free thingie regarding some christmas stuff and now I am good for awhile. It was less about the stuff and more about the luxury of taking my time in a shop and not having to be on hyper Mom time. Where you are doing your best to make sure your child is acting civilized and not pawing things or throwing himself on the floor. You don't relax in those situations. You are in combat mode. I even enjoyed walking in the misting rain. The amateur tourists with their umbrellas... It was darn glorious walking through the market. I went to Cafe Campagne to pick up the Cassoulet. Everything smelled so delicious in there. The restaurant wasn't crowded but it was busy. I love the sound of a busy restaurant and being able to watch people at work. There is something so beautiful about the choreography of restaurant workers. I was captivated by one server assembling things for kir royale and then by another balancing plates so gracefully. I could also see people in the kitchen hustling. It was equally toasty and inviting. I stopped in Sur La Table afterward to check out stuff for the kitchen sale. Plenty of fantastic things. I am trying to think about what I want to do with my kitchen next. Where I want to take my cooking projects and so on. I am definitely happy as a clam when I am in the kitchen. I suppose I could try and be a little more social again. Invite people to dinner or something.
Anyhow...
Dinner was delightful. It was made up of some things I made and some things I bought and Senor Onion declared the cassoulet, "not too bad". He preferred the salad but liked the beans.
So anyhow here we are.
In my twenties I learned that I was indeed lovable and it was okay to show my vulnerable soul on occasion. I let people in. I think I will continue with that theme. I will be kinder to myself and others. A continuing theme of forgiveness and love.
Happy New Year!
Happy Birthday me and thank you to every person who wished me happy birthday via various means. (be it phone, FB, twitter, email or carrier pigeon.) I appreciated it.
It has been a fairly low key sort of day. It is a vast improvement over my last birthday. Last year I was dealing with a flooded downstairs, the highlight of my day was getting hot water and I had raging morning sickness. Par-tay as they say. This year there was some calm. I had tea and toast. Some presents. I took the kids to the library. Put people down for naps. I went out and picked up something for dinner and then went and looked at girly bath stuff and bought said girly bath stuff. Mr. Jenner's very sweet Grandma sent me a card with some money in it and she told me to buy myself something I would really like. It helps that Lush had a buy one, get one free thingie regarding some christmas stuff and now I am good for awhile. It was less about the stuff and more about the luxury of taking my time in a shop and not having to be on hyper Mom time. Where you are doing your best to make sure your child is acting civilized and not pawing things or throwing himself on the floor. You don't relax in those situations. You are in combat mode. I even enjoyed walking in the misting rain. The amateur tourists with their umbrellas... It was darn glorious walking through the market. I went to Cafe Campagne to pick up the Cassoulet. Everything smelled so delicious in there. The restaurant wasn't crowded but it was busy. I love the sound of a busy restaurant and being able to watch people at work. There is something so beautiful about the choreography of restaurant workers. I was captivated by one server assembling things for kir royale and then by another balancing plates so gracefully. I could also see people in the kitchen hustling. It was equally toasty and inviting. I stopped in Sur La Table afterward to check out stuff for the kitchen sale. Plenty of fantastic things. I am trying to think about what I want to do with my kitchen next. Where I want to take my cooking projects and so on. I am definitely happy as a clam when I am in the kitchen. I suppose I could try and be a little more social again. Invite people to dinner or something.
Anyhow...
Dinner was delightful. It was made up of some things I made and some things I bought and Senor Onion declared the cassoulet, "not too bad". He preferred the salad but liked the beans.
So anyhow here we are.
In my twenties I learned that I was indeed lovable and it was okay to show my vulnerable soul on occasion. I let people in. I think I will continue with that theme. I will be kinder to myself and others. A continuing theme of forgiveness and love.
Happy New Year!
