Birthday Fun And A Little Poetry

For my birthday, on Sunday, my husband took me to The Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then in to the mall for a present!

If you've never eaten at The Cheesecake Factory, it's a real treat. It's not cheap but you get an enormous amount of delicious food so it works out OK in the end. Their menu is about 18 pages long and that's no exaggeration. They actually have advertisements from other companies in their menu! I think it's to cover the cost of the damn thing.

They have such a variety of foods that I was worried. Usually when a restaurant has that many different styles of food (bistro, Asian, Italian, etc, etc) then none of it is really all that great. Not so at The Factory! It was all spectacular and delicious! I had an amazing cocktail called the Georgia Peach - Absolut Vodka, Peach Schnapps, peach slices and raspberries all blended. So. Good! I had the chicken medallions with balsamic marinade and asparagus. Dave had the Crispy Beef which was an Asian dish with a delicious sweet/savory sauce. Of course we had to have dessert there but since I'm not actually a big fan of cheesecake, I ordered the Lemoncello torte. *Drool*

After lunch, we went to Victoria Secret were Dave bought me the bra I've been wanting forever. I knew what size I needed from a previous fitting and I knew I wanted wireless. It was $42 and worth every penny. Wearing it now and feeling comfortable and pretty!

I forgot to mention something from a couple of weeks ago...

I bought the Interweave Knits fridge magnet poetry kit. I was going to enter their poetry contest but like most things, bought it, stashed it, forgot until it was too late where it was and why I'd bought it to begin with. sigh. I'm a dolt.

Anyway, I was cleaning up a small riot on our bedroom floor and found it again. I slapped the whole thing on the fridge and left to run some errands. Dave was home on a break and stayed with the boys.

When I left, it was still in one big rectangular piece. When I came home it was taken apart and the boys were having a field day with it! I was trying to make a little poetry but some of the words were missing. I asked T if he was the one who took it apart or was it Daddy? He said Daddy had done it and that's when I noticed the poetry D had left for me...

If you can't read it, it says, "I swell to pleasure you [heart] sheep can join in for fuzzy play."

Yea. Only D can take knitting poetry and make it pornographic! He's a nut!

Later, T came up with this poem...

It says, "I [heart] to knit on sheep for friends." Clever boy that one.

If you've got kids (or silly husbands), I highly suggest getting one of these poetry kits (knitting themed or otherwise). Our boys have been making stuff with these words almost daily since we put them out last month!

I don't feel 38, Ruth!