Butter Tarts

I've tried to make B.'s birthday as special as I can. However, it's been a little challenging, because he called an electrician yesterday to come out and look at the wiring in the living room. So, of course, the electrician came today.

It really needs to be finished today, because we are leaving for Nashville on Friday and then I have module (the last one) right after that. Yesterday in between doing my taxes I managed to get B. a nice wool sweater from Patagonia (he wears his others non-stop). But he opened it last night, as it was officially the time of his birth in Poland.

Before the electrician came, our plan was to go have breakfast at the market --crepes at a little European pastry shop. Then that turned into lunch and drinks overlooking the water. Now, it's approaching dinnertime and we are waiting patiently for the electrician to return from Home Depot with some special flexible drill bit he can use to get through the walls without hurting the original plaster in the house (from 1924).

B. has been a great sport though. I went to PCC and got us lots of treats--two kinds of soup, a caprese sandwich, fresh beets, a bottle of wine for later (Goats do Roam--you've got to love the name), and a delicious pear tart, which I happened to get a single candle for.

Tonight, once the electrician leaves, we are planning to go to Majorie's for dinner and then go see a play or comedy. We may not be doing anything adventurous today, but sometimes I love that about us. We can have such a good time just being together, not doing anything at all.