ok......Edwarda.....the wait is over. I am posting.....
My 30th birthday surely must have been a date from heaven!!
I woke up on August 1st. It seemed it would be a day like any other day, except.....that on this birthday...I was turning the big 3-0. All the typical routine was on the agenda. My husband had left for work, I was home tending to the needs of my 3 year old daughter and 18 month old son. Prior to my birthday, every time I had approached the subject of my birthday.....I got a response similar to......"don't worry about it." The day did not look promising. No babysitter lined up......looked liked it would be just another day in the life.
Along about 2 in the afternoon.....my best friend came over. I assumed, she was just dropping into say hello, and wish me a happy birthday.....
After visiting with her a few minutes, she said.....have you looked out your front door recently?" I said, "no." and continued on. She suggest that it might be a really good idea for me to look out there.
I of course could not accept that suggestion without inquiring as to "why?" She insisted that I just go look.
"and what to my wondering eyes should appear".....nope wasn't St Nick and 8 tiny reindeers. But what is was....... 30 white bud vases, each with a single long stem red rose in it, lining the walk. They went from the front sidewalk up to the front porch. It was beautiful. I had no idea how they got there, and assumed it was my husband.....but when???
My friend had then informed me that she didn't just happen to stop in, but that indeed she was the babysitter for the night. She and I visited until late afternoon, at which time my husband came home.
Well now it was time to get ready to go out for the evening. My husband and I were upstairs. I was trying to figure out what to wear. I ask several times.....what our plans were and got the usual answer "Don't worry about it." I told him, that I would just like to know before I got my shower so that I could figure out what to wear. Again.....I did not get an answer....other than......" just go get your shower" Perplexed.....I did just that. I went and got a shower. When I was done and went back to the bedroom........"what to my wondering eyes should appear".....a brand new outfit, on the bed. He said to me.....see I told you not to worry about it. I knew at that point.....he was a man with a mission, and I was not going to find out anything about the evening until he wanted me to know. I dressed...without further question of the evening. The choice of outfits was great, something I may have even picked out for myself.....and the right size also!!
As we left, I felt very comfortable knowing my children were well provided for, and the evening was ours. My husband had really thought this through. He took me to my favorite restaurant, he had even made reservations!! We enjoyed a very relaxing, intimate dinner.
While at dinner, I ask how the roses go put on the front walk. He told me that during his lunch break he came home and did the decorating of the sidewalk.
I was thinking.....maybe being 30 won't be so bad after all. I even got the birthday treatment at the restaurant.....They sang me "Happy Birthday." It may have seemed that that was not one of his best plans for the day, but secretly I was loving the attention he had lavished on me. I do not recall the remainder of our time out that evening. Just know that my every wish was his command. We went home. I felt like I had been queen for the day. The baby sitter left, and the house was totally quiet. Perfect timing for the celebration to continue.......
I thought I had been queen for the day......little did I know that the plan was for me to be queen for the next 30 days!! Every day, for the next 30 days.....I received a gift from my husband. During that time was the guys weekend away at the races. I was curious to see how he would manage this, with out ruining the surprise, as you see...he did not really tell me that the gift giving was going to continue for the 30 days. While he was gone with the guys for the weekend, I was taking the kids and visiting my mom. Even that could not keep him from reaching his goal of a gift a day for 30 days. Much to my surprise he had sent the gifts ahead to my mothers house, so they would be there. And he would know that even though he could not be there, he would not have missed any days!!!
I saved a list of "My 30 days of Birthday gifts" |
