2009-10-02
10/2/09
Yesterday was Bill's birthday.
Last week, when I asked him what he wanted for his birthday dinner, he said "corned beef and cabbage."
Hmmm, this isn't the time of year where corned beef is usually available. I looked at both our local grocery stores. Not there. They both told me to check back on Wednesday, as they get their big meat orders on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
Wednesday was cutting it a little close, so I called several grocery stores in Big City. Same thing, no corned beef.
I told Bill he probably wasn't going to get corned beef and cabbage for his birthday. He said "That's ok, anything is fine. Let's have hamburgers." But, he looked pretty sad and pathetic when he said it.
Wednesday morning I called the two local grocery stores. One of them had gotten in four corned beef briskets. I drove over there (in the snow!) and bought one.
I wanted to surprise Bill, but I SUCK at surprises, so a few minutes later, I took a picture of it with my camera phone and sent it to him.
It was a lovely meal. We all sat around the dinner table and ate and chatted. With our crazy schedules this year, I can't remember the last time we ALL sat at the dinner table together.
A little while later...there was birthday cake to eat. It just doesn't get any better than that!