JOE'S BIRTHDAY

Do any of you have trouble keeping track of the days?  I do.  And I was talking to a friend this morning who said she has the same problem.  Any day can be Friday to me.  But I still think this cartoon is cute.

We started out with celebrating my birthday in the hospital and now we celebrated Joe's birthday on Wednesday in lockdown.  I think his was better.

I had ordered a cake for him from our favorite bakery, Haegele's (pronounced Hay-glee).

Haegele's has been in business since 1930.  I knew the orginial owners since we attended the same church.  They still had their nice German accents even though they had been in the U.S. for so long.

I asked Joe if we wanted to take a ride with me to get it and he did.  I ordered it for pickup at 1:00 p.m. and it was there waiting for us.  Such a pretty cake.  And so delicious too.

When we got back Joe said he wanted to take a nap.  And so he did.  If you can't take a nap on your birthday, when can you?

For dinner I made his favorite -- lamb chops.  I had to ask for them at Shoprite and wait for 20 minutes while they cut them, but it was worth all of that.  I googled how to cook them and they were perfect.  Melt in your mouth good.  I asked Google for the recipe for perfect lamb chops.  I had some olive oil and butter melted in an iron skillet.  Then I put in the chops, added salt and pepper to them and let them cook on the first side for 3 minutes.  Then I flipped them, put on more salt and pepper, and cooked them for 3 1/2 minutes.  Be careful that you don't put too much salt on them.  I used just a pinch on each one.

I also had baked potatoes and Italian green beans.  Dinner was delicious.  Joe is still raving about it.

Then we had the cake for dessert.

I got a two toned cake -- a chocolate top layer and yellow bottom layer -- with buttercream icing.

Even though I got the smallest cake they made, we weren't going to eat an entire cake.  We shared some with our neighbors.  I got a message back saying it was yummy.

I had forgotten to get Joe a card.  While he was taking his nap I went to Rite Aid and got him one.

He got a few cards and I hung them on the bannister.

Even the sunset was so beautiful.  

I have so much to show you and tell you so I hope I have time to blog some more this coming week.  Usually I sit down to do a post and end up falling asleep because it is almost midnight!  But I will make a real effort to catch up with things.

Hope you all have a good evening.

Kathy