Happy Birthday with Cheesecake to Me!

Yes, it is my 42nd birthday today. In celebration, Sian came home from college for the weekend, and my parents, a couple brothers, one of my sisters, possibly her fiance, my nephew, and my in-laws are coming over for dinner tonight. And Mom is bringing cheesecake for dessert. What more could a girl possibly want?

In fact, MIL asked Husband on the phone what I wanted for my birthday and I said, "I don't want anything," as the absolute truth. "Okay!" said FIL. MIL glared at him (I wasn't there, but I know she glared at him right then). "No, we have to give her something! If we give her money, she'll just spend it on paying bills or buying groceries."

"If you gave her money, she'd probably spend it taking me out to dinner. She really likes eating out," said Husband.

So MIL and FIL have settled on taking me and Husband out to lunch tomorrow while the kids are in school. Husband is off-track for a few weeks, so that works out really well. And I do love eating out. Any time I can eat good food I didn't have to cook is a win for me. Though I have never had the funds to try it, I have proposed the theory that I could happily eat take-out for weeks--and possibly a month--at a time with no complaints. Of course, I would then gain even more weight, but I am also open to the idea of eating salads I didn't make. Even low-cal soups. Lightly cooked veggies in Chinese stir-fries rock my world as long as I don't have to spend the hour or so prepping all the veggies.

Speaking of food, a great birthday present would be a five gallon bucket of cold-pressed virgin coconut oil. When I'm rich, I'll invest in a few dozen of those. I use coconut oil for all my cooking oil needs. I could eat it with a spoon, in fact.

I must be hungry, which is why a post about my birthday has veered into a post about food. It's not like I had anything of substance to say about my birthday anyway, so I'll share that I'm going to eat the spaghetti and red sauce I just made for lunch. I was home from church with the boys today, who are feeling poorly. I did attempt to take a nap, but sick little boys are extra cuddly, and it's hard to sleep when you keep getting hugs and kisses. Not that I'm complaining. I've got everything I could want right here.