Tomorrow is a Big Day in the MPB Household
Yes, tomorrow, November 29 is a big day around here.
While the rest of the world is already in the throws of the Christmas / holiday season, and most of the USA is recovering from Thanksgiving and Black Friday, that’s just not the case here. You see, we have another big day that has to be celebrated before we really get into the Christmas season.
Before any Christmas anything can occur in our lives, we have to celebrate the importance of November 29th first.
Oh, and how I love November 29. In fact, it is one of my favourite days of the year because it revolves around my favourite man:
It’s Mr. MPB’s birthday!
This means I get to make sure he feels extra special today! I get to shower him with happiness and love. This means gifts; yummy food; lots of phone calls from his friends and family; and, pretty much doing anything he wants to do. And this year it’s extra special because it’s a Saturday, which means he shouldn’t work much (or at all if I have my way) and I can spend the whole day making sure he feels loved!
I suspect our day will include these highlights:
At 12:01am, he will ask to open his gift since you know, at 12:01 it is his officially his birthday and there is no reason to wait any longer. And since I cannot say no, he will open his present.
After sleeping in, I’ll make him a great breakfast. Maybe waffles? Or eggs and venison sausage? It will be a game time decision since we have all the typical breakfast ingredients in the house.
I have no doubt we will spend some time just relaxing. He’ll get control of the remote, so I suspect it will be a morning of cartoons – Pinky and the Brain or maybe American Dad.
There will be a second gift opening. See, after celebrating 14 birthdays with this man, I know I need to have two gifts ready. One for opening at midnight and one to wake up to on his birthday – I loved having a present to open the morning of my birthday as a kid, so I make sure he can enjoy this too.
If the weather cooperates there will probably be a family dog walk at some point during the day. Hopefully by the river so that we can enjoy the beautiful scenery. That said, the current forecast is calling for high of -24 C (-11 F), so we may stay tucked inside all day long.
There are no big party plans this year, but I’m sure we will have an epic meal. I presented the options of going out, or staying home and I can cook or he can cook. And, as I suspect, Mr. MPB elected to stay in and cook himself, because that’s what he loves to do. So assuming I can find all the ingredients today, his birthday dinner will include fresh prawns and oysters and a vegetable or two. Also, cheese cake from the Cheese Cake Factory will be served. I know what this man likes, and he gets whatever he wants on his birthday.
I can also assure you that there will be no dwelling on all the things that should have been, or could have been as he turns yet another year older. Clearly our lives have not gone as expected in the last few years, yet we will not dwell in our sorrow or sit in our frustrations or even focus on our new found hope. Instead we will try to live in the moment and focus on the day for what it is – a celebration of him. (Now if only implementing this strategy were as easy as writing it….wish us luck!).
Anyways, I hope everyone enjoys the weekend just as much as we will!
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Happy birthday to him!
Thanks for the reminder as to why I will stay down here in the Midwest. -11 F, really?? It’s not even winter yet! At least not in my brain!
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Today turned out to be -32.8 F with windchill – so unbelievably cold, even for this Canadian! Mr. MPB had better be happy tomorrow as I ventured outside today to pick up everything for his birthday feast tomorrow. 🙂
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Well, we hit a high of about 60 F. I think I will stay here. But, I do have to pay about $6,000 a year for health insurance!
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Haha! I guess there are always pros and cons to everything. 🙂
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Mmm, you said fresh prawns and oysters, and I couldn’t concentrate after that. Enjoy the celebration!
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I managed to get all the ingredients today, so tomorrow’s birthday feast should be pretty awesome! Thank you! 🙂
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HBD Mr. I know the feeling. My birthday is Nov 30th and Im super excited.
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Happy birthday to you as well! I hope you have an amazing day filled with love and laughter! 🙂
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Happy Birthday to Mr. MPB! It sounds like he is going to be spoiled (great job)! He’s a lucky guy to have you! 🙂
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Oh, thank you! I’m pretty sure I’m the lucky one 🙂
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Happy Birthday Mr. MPB! I hope you two have a wonderful day together.
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Thank you so much! Given our very poor weather right now, he has decided he wants to do a Star Wars movie marathon, which in my mind means a day of snuggling and relaxing. It should be pretty great!
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Happy birthday, Mr. MPB!
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Thank you, from him to you via me. 🙂
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Tomorrow is B’s birthday too!! I know it’ll start out by sleeping in (him longer than me!), and end with dinner with friends and then going to see a band in town, which one of his friends from high school sings in. Not sure what will happen in between, but we will figure something out eventually. Have a great weekend!
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Happy birthday to B!! It seems like a few great people were born on November 29th. 🙂
It sounds like your day will be awesome! I hope you enjoy the day and have a wonderful weekend full of happiness and laughter!
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Happy Happy Birthday, Mr. MPB!!!! How exciting! I hope you two are both especially blessed tomorrow!! YIPPY!
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Thank you so much! I also hope tomorrow is extra special! 🙂
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Happy birthday Mr. MPB! Your plans sound spectacular! It’s clear that you took the time and put the effort into making it perfect! Stay warm (-24 is awfully cold!).
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Awe, thank you so much!
Although, I have to say, right now -24 sounds so much better then what we have – we are currently sitting at -35 with windchill factored in! So, the plan for tomorrow is now to stay inside all day – I did all the shopping possible today so that we can hibernate for the rest of the weekend. Mr. MPB plans to have a Star Wars movie marathon tomorrow, which means I plan to maximize the snuggling time. 🙂
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Oh that sounds so lovely!
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What an amazing birthday for him! You’re so caring and thoughtful 🙂 Tell him I say happy bday!
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It was a pretty good day! Thank you. 🙂
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Happy Birthday, Mr. MPB!!! Hope your day is as wonderful as it sounds like it will be! 🙂
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We had a wonderful day, staying indoors to keep nice and warm! 🙂
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I’ve been awol from WordPress for the last few days and totally missed this but glad I still got to wish Mr. MPB a happy birthday yesterday through you. Hope you both had a delightful time celebrating.
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Thank you again.
We had a wonderful day hiding from the snow storm. Although, I did take one for the team and ventured outside to shovel the sidewalk.
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Hope it was a wonderful day for Mr. MPB! Yay! I love Pinky and the Brain! 🙂
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Thank you. It was a wonderful day 🙂
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