Posts Tagged ‘birthdays’

It’s My Birthday!!

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Yesterday I turned 40!! Woot!

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Well 40 is a big one..there was a need to celebrate it and enjoy the day. Unfortunately my husband is currently working the night shift so had to sleep the day and was then gone the evening so we weren’t able to share a bottle of champagne. That will have to wait until next week when we might have a dinner party…possibly with a 70′s theme, coz I kinda love retro :)

Anyway what my DH did give me was a fabulous gift of a brand new Canon digital SLR camera! Talk about stoked and I can’t wait to show you all the fabulous pics I have been taking and just wait till I get my macro lens. I am very keen to get some fantastic shots around the garden of the flowers, leaves, seed pods, etc. I have taken quite a few shots already and will post some up soon. He also gave me this too cute for words birthday card which I just adore and will put in a frame for on my dressing table.

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I was very spoilt on my special day and I do feel very lucky and thankful :) Among my gifts was a beautiful red Le crueset casserole dish and a Pandora bracelet with three charms from my parents! I also received a stunning red glass lamp in the shape of a Lotus flower from my sister and brother in law. I will have to take a pic of this one to show you, it is absolutely amazing! I also received little leaf earrings from my children (so cute) and a very funky Crumpler camera bag from my bro in law! My brother and his partner gave me a brand new fishing rod and a very nice Daiwa reel so cant wait to go fishing, he he :)

We had a luscious family dinner last night of home baked lasagna made lovingly by my mother AND these very cool and delectable canapes, devoured with champagne.

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To top the whole dinner off we had a very, very yummy and oh so rich chocolate tiramisu birthday cake.

What a way to celebrate 40 years!

Happy Birthday To My Little Girl.

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Yesterday was my daughter’s 11th birthday. Happy Birthday Sweet Heart.

Her birthday arrived in the middle of a very hectic and scary week…with bushfires raging across the nation and one burning only 20km’s away from us.

We wanted to celebrate her special day and try to relax and have some laughter and fun.

So I decided to make a special birthday dinner and a yummy cake.

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Chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache. This cake is usually delicious when I make it, but this one was a bit dry and hard. Have you read the book “Like Water for Chocolate?” The girl cries into the cake mixture as she makes it and then when all the guests eat it they are really overcome with sadness. I think a bit of tension and worry ended up in this birthday cake!

I made Southern Fried Chicken, which I have never made before but have always wanted to. It was very tasty but I just cant seem to get the frying bit right. They seem to brown quickly on the outside while still raw in the middle. I ended up finishing them off in the oven. I made Spicy Potato Wedges too with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce and of course, corn on the cob. My birthday girl loved her dinner, so that was good. Her and her little brother loved the pink Spiders I made too. So easy and delicious, just pink lemonade and ice cream in a tall glass.

We pushed the couch aside and danced to 11yr olds music :) Rhianna, Fergie, Christina et al.

I’m not sure why my 3yr old son thinks that what passes for dancing nowadays is to just sit on your bum and spin around a lot..Um..maybe that is dancing?

A beautiful birthday with lots of smiles and laughter.