Erica’s Blog

 Have I fallen off the wagon?  Nope.  Even though you see before you a box of kid-friendly cotton yarn in Oakland Raiders and Oakland A’s colors, I am NOT in violation.  According to the rule about buying yarn for specifically-requested gifts, this is OK.  Now, you may ask who has actually requested this gift.  Well, you see, baby cousins have their birthday coming up at the end of March, so this is for them.  How did a couple of 22-month-old boys request handknit sweaters for their birthdays?  Well, see, I’m their auntie, so they requested them pretty much by just existing.  Since, even with shipping, the cost of all this came out the same as what I would normally spend on them for their birthday, it’s OK. 

Yupp, today Hubby hits the big 4-0.  Happy Birthday, Hubby!  In the immortal words of Tower of Power, You’re still a young man, Ba-by.  Ooooooh…

This is one of my absolute favorite pictures of Hubby as a kid.  I just love that crazed look in his eyes.

Today, after opening his token presents.  He’s having a big party (60 people) at the restaurant at his fave golf course on Saturday, which is his real present (Since I don’t work, anything I’d buy him, he’d be paying for, and he just wasn’t into that), but hey, ya gotta open SOMETHING on your birthday, so the Things & I each spent $2 at the dollar store for him.  I’ll only put birthday highlights here on the blog.  The full complement of pictures will all go here.

Hubby had a coupon for a free birthday burger at Red Robin, so we all went there for lunch today (he’s got today and tomorrow off, and today is one of those no-students-but-the-teachers-go-to-workshops days).  Yummy!