Happy Birthday, Husband!

Yesterday was Dan's birthday! Whenever people in my family have birthdays, we make sure they have what they want for dinner, and there are presents, and cake, and every relative who's nearby shows up. So for Dan's birthday I had a few gifts, and he'd told me he wanted lasagna for dinner and a yellow cake with chocolate frosting.


So I made Deliciousness (oreo truffles) and mixed up his cake, and then turned the oven on to bake said cake... and when I opened it to put the cake in, smoke came out.

I figured it was caused by this mess, which showed up after I baked him sticky buns. So I let the oven cool off, and then I scrubbed and scraped it off with paper towels and a spoon and a washcloth. When it was as clean as I could get it, I let it dry, and then turned it on again.


And it smoked again. So I let it cool, wiped down EVERYTHING, and turned it on again... and it still smoked. So I gave up! And then Dan came home, and I was in tears because I'd battled this oven all afternoon and I didn't have his dinner and his cake made!


BUT... we figured out what to do instead! We gave up on the oven, and rode our bikes down to Little Caesars and got a pizza and breadsticks and a bottle of soda, and balanced it as we rode back. Then we grabbed some card games and a couple of the deliciousnesses for 'cake' and his presents and we went and sat in the park! It was really fun! I still owe him lasagna and cake, but first we have to wait for the maintenance man to come and look at the oven.


I'm glad it worked out! And I hope you enjoy your Nerf gun, since so far I'm your only target... Haha!

Happy Birthday Dan! I love you!