An Out of Body Experience, a frosted Mug and an Extra Hour with Razorback Red Velvet Cupcakes!

Here it is... the big birthday finale...a Razorback Red Velvet Cupcake! It's a tradition...the birthday is an all day event...as birthday's should be. It IS the day that God chose to bring you into the world to serve Him and His ultimate purpose for you...so we always celebrate them with zest!

It started early this morning...should have been 8am, but fortunately it was 7am since we were blessed by the time change and not the bad time change...the good one...where we fall back and get an extra hour added to our day. I would personally like to have the person that created daylight savings time voted OFF the island. But the good point here is that Cubby had an extra hour on his big day. We relaxed this morning and had coffee and PRESENTS...I stayed up late last night so that they were perfectly wrapped. I gave him a retro Cubs and a retro Bears t-shirt...he gasped for air when he saw the Cubs t-shirt....I was soooo cracking up at him. I also gave him a pewter Arkansas Razorback coffee mug for traveling to work in the mornings...and just when he thought it couldn't be any better...he opened the retro Bears hat...I think he passed out for a few seconds...I know he at least had an out of body experience! Don't you just love it when this happens? I know I do!

We then got ready and hopped in the car to head to Cracker Barrel and Cubby enjoyed his traditional pancake breakfast...usually I make it, but I sat on the concrete drive way for 3 hours yesterday carving pumpkins and my back was just saying, "No Way"...we were seated in Angie's section and that was a good thing. She has been my server several times lately and she is great. I asked her if she could get our order out quickly because we didn't want to late for church on the "extra hour" morning...LOL!...Cubby has a ritual when ordering his pancakes...I think I have written about this before, but this morning was great. He orders his pancakes, then a side of bacon saying he wants it, "Burned". No matter where we are the server always says..."You mean crisp"...you would think he would catch on, but this has been going on for 8 years...then he says, "I also need sugar-free syrup, please." Everybody agrees and then the best part..."I would like a large glass of milk, but do not bring it until you bring the pancakes." You see, the milk has to hit the table at the same time as the pancakes so he has COLD milk...if it's not cold it ruins his entire pancake experience. LOL! I dig this about him! He is so consistent. This morning everything was timed perfectly...Angie had our meal out within 5 minutes and not only did she have the milk and pancakes timed perfectly...she brought him a FROSTED mug for his milk! Angie had no idea that she was dealing with a pancake and milk ritual...she didn't know about the COLD milk...she just stumbled into his ritual with perfect timing. :) I guess if it's your birthday that specials gifts come throughout the day. I was thinking..."an extra hour AND a frosted mug!" I love the small things in life that warm my heart. Needless to say, Angie got an extra nice tip today. We got to church on time and we were blessed by a great sermon about Passion, Mission and Vision....3 of my FAVORITE things...especially these days as I have been learning so much about what mine are about from this day forward. Don't you just love it when you get a NEW passion?

After church we headed home for the 12 o'clock kick off on Soldier Field in Chicago to watch the Bears play the Cleveland Browns...a sure win for the Bears this season...we are having a little trouble winning some of our games...I mean, Urlacher is out for the season! (I've been complaining about this since the day he broke his wrist...not likely to stop until the season is over)...I was suited up in my Official NFL #54 Urlacher Jersey and blue sweat pants to match...Cubby put on his new retro Bears t-shirt and grabbed a blanket and pillow....and yes, the Bears won with ease today. Another special gift on Cubby's big day. They were so far ahead at half time that he fell asleep and took a much needed nap. He was tired from all of the Halloween and Fall Festivas fun we had yesterday...check out FB or yesterday's blog, if you missed it. While he was sleeping Bella and Harley Tucker started to get unruly, so I decided to take them for a walk and let him rest. HAHAHAHAHA...what was I thinking????? Once I pushed the garage door opener...they took ME for a WALK! Around the block and up and down the hills....when we got home I had to ICE my back. The Dog Whisperer needs to do some Whispering around here!

So we brought the day to a close by going to a local restaurant near our house that is cozy and has great food...we had a nice quiet dinner and finished it off with the tradition of the Razorback Red Velvet Cupcake! We came home and he went to bed with a smile on his face. I will do the same after while...Cubby is married to a night owl that sometimes howls at the moon around 2am. LOL! I mean, I'm just getting started around 11pm.

Thanks for indulging me this long entry, I just want to remember everything when I go back and read this again later on. With my memory these days...I need some documentation.