Birthday

apparently i am the master of surprises. i have pulled off my second successful surprise party in the past year and a half. i did not know i had this talent in me. the first one was doc’s birthday party in las vegas in 2004. and last saturday we threw my mom a surprise 60th birthday party. to say she was surprised is an understatement. we had been planning this since last october. 30-plus people knew about it, and somehow nobody spilled the beans! i have no idea how that happened, but i’m glad it did! in order to get her to come up to dallas that weekend, doc had a clever idea that i tell her that i had to do a cooking demo on sunday morning, and since arushi isn’t here, i wanted her to come up and help me with it. the sticky part was, i needed her to come up on saturday, not on friday night like she normally would do if she was coming for the weekend. so we told her that doc had a sleep study thing on friday night, and that we had doctor appointments all day saturday, and wouldn’t be home until about 6 p.m., so could she please come up saturday afternoon instead. she thought that was a great idea, and said that dad might come too, so he could see his parents, but she wasn’t sure if he’d come with her or not. little did she know, he was totally in on the plan too. i decided to make it a dinner party, and cooked for 25. note to self: not so much pasta next time. 3 pounds is plenty for 25 people. i furiously shopped on thursday night (sam’s club, which kathryn was gracious enough to take me to) […]