Birthday Paint

Now that my birthday is a few days past, Braydan gave me permission to write about it (and laugh about it). First let me say that he is a very practical guy. Also, his family never made a big deal of b-days. That said, Wednesday morning I woke up happy and excited. Braydan was already out the door for work, but he left me a huge, beautifully wrapped box with a pink bow on top. He also left me a scavenger hunt. I still had to watch Tori and Sheraden, but they helped me figure out the 10 clues and collect all my favorite snacks hidden around the house.

I was very surprised and impressed that he came up with that scavenger hunt. I began to imagine what could be in the big box. As the day wore on and I had to look at it every time I went in the kitchen, my ideas got more and more extravagant. Since it was obviously gift-wrapped, I assumed it had to be from the mall or something besides Fred Meyer. Maybe it was a fancy dress and new shoes? Maybe it was the expensive duvet cover that I wanted?

Well, when he finally got home from work, we had dinner (which he picked up) and I couldn't wait any longer. I was like a little kid seriously! "Please can I open that present?" I let Kaleb help me rip the wrapping and I slowly opened the lid. First (drum roll please...........) I pulled out a new set of tree clippers. I kinda let out a nervous laugh and reached for the next thing: Gardening gloves. I slipped my fingers in them and pulled out the last thing: New trowels. (no, not towels--which would have been better--but TROWELS)

Now, you're probably thinking these are very nice gifts, but to me, after my dumb imagination worked on me all day, (not to mention that dumb, beautiful, pink bow!) I was in near shock. I tried to hide it and say polite things, like "these will sure come in handy." And, "these gloves fit so well." But Braydan could tell I was disappointed and then he was sad. After that anti-climax, we spent a solemn evening together.

A note to husbands: Never gift wrap something you buy at Coast-to-Coast, even if they do offer! It's just not right :) I think we'll be laughing about this for a while, and he says from now on he's giving me money for my b-day :( Sad.

I took back my present and instead of buying that fancy dress from my imagination, I bought paint. I know it doesn't make sense. Kaleb was helping me as you can see. I almost fell off the ladder when I saw him climbing up. He did it again another day when braydan was home, so he caught a picture. Crazy kid! (Notice his shirt says Mountain Goat :) If you can't tell, the paint is a light green color. I like it. Now I want to do new molding and paint the next room. Sorry for this long post!