Surprise Date!

Yesterday was the 8th... which is our monthly anniversary date. Shawn and I usually just say "Happy Bunversary" to each other and call it good with a kiss, but last night he had something planned for our grandiose 52nd Bunversary. Everyday is freakin' Valentine's with us fools.
Wednesday is a gym day so we usually come home, eat and go. I was planning on cooking fish which takes all of 20 minutes so I hadn't started dinner yet when Shawn got home. He told me to get ready and grab my gym stuff and that we were leaving. I mentioned food and he said "I might have a suprise."
So he drove us out to our favorite sushi place in Omaha, Sakura Bana.

I didn't know where we were going at all! I was so happy and there was even a parking spot right in front for us.
Every time we go it's quite the ordeal to see whether I break my chopsticks apart the right way or whether I eff them up terribly. This time the outcome was the latter occurrence. I broke off the chunk of chopstick to make them even again. You can see below how they should turn out...

It was Happy Hour so we got a nice variety, complete with miso soup for surprisingly filling meal.

The sushi chefs are so amazing here. They make such yummy, pretty maki rolls! We had hot green tea, too!

 

 

To finish off our light, perfectly filling meal we had a very unusual delicacy, indeed: red bean ice cream.

It was an amazing date on a regular ol' Wednesday.

While I was taking these photos he asked, "What, are you going to blog this?"

I smiled and said, "YUP!"

And miss an opportunity to share how wonderful my husband is with my bloggy gal pals?

Of course I'm blogging it!

Bloggy-versary Giveaway!

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Last year I started blogging on THIS DAY!
Read the first post here!


Looking forward to the new year... 

 To celebrate I have decided to do another giveaway!!! This time it will be a little different. Instead of giving away a sock monkey YOU tell ME what you get! There's a choice of between a HiLLjO-made  amigurumi crochet animal of your choice; a standard-size sock monkey; or even a crochet accessory of your choice like a hat, socks, gloves or corset-style arm warmers!

Value of ths giveaway is $20USD and is open to International entries. Giveaway closes 12/26/11.

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Good Luck and Thanks for the Great Year!!!

YAY! I solds 2 sock monkeys!



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I have an etsy account mainly so that local people have an easy way to buy my products online and have them mailed to their homes in lieu of the run-around-to-pay-and-pickup. Plus it makes them available for people that just happen upon my sock monkeys and agree that they are a perfect gift for anyone. I usually don't make sales out of the blue off of etsy; I usually get a custom order, make it, post it and then the customer buys it off the site. So today when my fraternal twin monkeys were purchased I did a happy dance!!!

These two will be joining a family for Christmas as a gift! I can't wait to send them out on their merry ways today after work! I am glad, too, that I didn't have to split them up. They're twins, you know.

Happy 49 Months Bunny!



Happy 49 Months, Shawnie!!!

Last month Shawn and I celebrated our 4 year Anniversary.
I will brag that we know how to celebrate simply. We have it down to an art. Both of us feels special without knowing the other one might come up short on grocery money.
This year I made Shawn a copious amount of his favorite cookies and he got me some BEAUTIFUL orange daisies.

I love all daisies but I love when he buys me colored ones that go with the season. A little variation on a favorite is all it takes to make it fresh!

But that's not all...
I have a HUGE surprise for him tonight.
Get your mind out of the gutter before I type another word.

I won tickets to an event that is luxurized... if that's a word. I can't divulge too much because he reads the blog but I will update and let you all in on what the surprise was!

OMG I CANNOT WAIT TO TELLLLLLL! AH!