Happy Birthday to my Hubby

 Wednesday 16th was my hubby's birthday.   I had made his card the evening before but we've had two busy evenings since - so I'm only getting around to sharing it.

On the day, we went to drinks and nibbles with some of his old workmates (from 7 years ago!) and then went to the a local Japanese restaurant for dinner.   It's in the local "village" at Mairangi Bay.  The food is amazing and so beautifully presented.   

And last evening, our friend's Yvonne and Michael, invited us around to their house for dinner.   Yvonne had cooked lamb rumps and roast veggies and a lovely salad.   Such a nice treat.  

Here's the card I created for him. 

This is a little 4.25" x 4.75" card in some muted masculine colours.   I used some lovely patterned paper for the background.   The stamp is a Tim Holtz/Stamptember from 2014 coloured with Tri-blends.  I added a little Happy Birthday at the top of the stamp.  

Here's our meal from the other night. 

It was yummy and so filling.   Hubby even said he struggled to finish his Tempura and I definitely didn't finish my Teriyaki Chicken.  

The weekend is here so hopefully time to play with some more of my goodies from last weekend.   

A bit of a mishap!!!

Well - thinks got a bit hairy last night. My SIL (Helen) and her hubby (Neil) came round to visit us last night before heading back to England today. They had been staying overnight at BIL's place about 20 minutes drive away. Got the call round 5pm to say she was leaving Devonport.... sometime later the phone rings..... "should I be heading to Northcote" "no way. - go left at next set of lights....etc" few minutes later another call.... " I'm on Milford Road heading back to Takapuna - did I make a wrong turn?" " yes go back to round about and head left up Beach Road - go on till you go through Mairangi Bay, up the hill to the top and left into Sunrise, right into Clematis"..... 3 minutes later " anywhere near Aberdeen Road" ..." no still a ways to go" ... then about 12 minutes later ( was only 3kms away) ... yet another call " Am at the Anglican church -anywhere near you yet?"
By now hubby and I are in fits of laughter. He answered the call.... told her to stay put and he'd come and show them the way. They had gone over the hill, down the other side and half way up the next hill. So off he goes - now very dark so leads them home. Now, we have some new lawn up the top of the drive and hubby has put a little barrier up to stop the mailman riding over it ( and the next door neighbour cutting the corner and driving over the new lawn) So what does SIL do - drive right through the barrier, scruffs up the lawn and gets mud all down the drive...... what a start to the night......
But wait.... it gets better ( or should I say worse....) SIL comes into the craft room with me to have a wee heart to heart. Glass of red wine with her..... need I say more..... Off the desk it went, all through my 12 x 12 folder full of card stock ( lost quite a bit of that!!) and all over the grey carpet.....all I can say is thank goodness I had a pound of salt in the cupboard. I sprinkled it heavily all over the stain and left it to dry overnight and all day... and yes it is all gone. Poor SIL was beside herself by this stage... All I could do was laugh. She was so worried her brother would kill her....... and all he did was shrug his shoulders and tell her all was okay.

Anyway after all that drama we went out to dinner and had a lovely meal. My son drove the car down to the restuarant for her and then when it was time to go back to BIL's, he drove them and his girlfriend followed in his truck. I think she was well and truly ready to head back to her own place.

Thanks for stopping by.

Friday night dinner.

No cards tonight. Hubby rang me about 20 to 6 this evening to say he was just leaving work and did I feel like going out for a drink at the Club. We belong to the Bays Club in Browns Bay, so off we went and had a drink or two. We then decided to go to dinner. One of the people I know from work, owns a restaurant in Browns Bay. It is called Flavours of India. We had an amazing meal. We started with the vegetarian entree - 2 veggie bahjii , 2 huge samosas and two other veggie things. Then I had the chicken shajaraini and Peter had the hot Lamb Pepper fry. Mine was chicken cooked in a creamy cashew sauce - mild but tasty and Peters was HOT and SPICY. Absolutely perfect. I feel so full that I don't think I'll eat for a week!

Got home in time for him to see the last 20 mins of the rugby and for me to get my stuff packed to go to stamp club tomorrow. We are having a 10am - 4pm day with demo's, spot prizes and fun for all. Looking forward to it. Just have to decide what to take..... can't take it all. We take whatever we are working on. I want to do a few Easter and mother's day cards