Free Food and Birthday

Yesterday was a pretty good day. The day started off with my usual morning argument with Christy. After walking Christy to school I got a birthday call from Dad! :) Then I got a birthday text from mom. Sarah called and we visited for a while. I got a birthday card in the mail from Sarah on Monday. In the morning I went to the Armed Forces YMCA and picked up my two free boxes of food. This food was different from their usual once a month fill your bag with groceries. This was food from "Feed the Children" I also went to the library. I go at least once a week to the library. I miss having books from LDS authors available to me. After school I took Christy to her counseling appointment. David met us there as she was getting out of her appointment. Christy rode home with David. On the way home David called and said that we were going on a date at 6pm for my birthday dinner and that he had arranged a sitter for Christy. Now as you are reading this you are probably thinking "how sweet is David for arranging dinner and a sitter"?I guess Christy had mentioned to David that it was my birthday. At this point it was around 5pm. Now let me explain to you that this was the first mention of my birthday from both Christy and David. David was trying to play it off as a surprise, but guess what? He had forgotten that it was my birthday!!!! Now Amber says that it is our job to remind husbands of our birthdays and anniversaries. So I asked her if she has to remind Danni, of course she doesn't and I don't remember dad ever forgetting moms birthday or their anniversary. David has had a lot on his mind lately and has been kinda stressed. Don't worry I wasn't too upset that he forgot. We went to Olive Garden for dinner. It was so nice to have some alone time with David. After dinner we went to the grocery store to buy David a drink and get some cash to pay the sitter. We ended up getting me a Calla Lily :) A plant is so much better than flowers.

Our two boxes from the Armed Forces YMCA
Inside each box there was a box of cornflakes, two boxes of mac & cheese, a jar of peanut butter, two bags of rice, two packages of egg noodles, 2 cans of each: corn, carrots, beans, fruit cocktail, tomatoes, potatoes, pinto beans and spaghetti sauce.

My birthday present.

It's beautiful and my first plant for this house.

For the last week I have been ringless. I noticed last week that one of the prongs on my solitaire was severely bent. I took both my solitaire and my band into Kay jewelers. It was time for the bi-annual inspection on my band. The gentlemen sent both rings off, my solitaire to get the prong fixed and my band to get re-dipped. I miss having my rings. I have been wearing the ring that my parents gave me for graduation.

I will be glad when this week is over!