Happy Birthday

It's my birthday today!

I'm making myself cinnamon rolls for breakfast. My mom used to make me a special candlelight breakfast every morning on my birthday, with orange juice in wine glasses and our special china. So it doesn't seem like a birthday without a fancy breakfast. And I've been craving cinnamon rolls for weeks.

Jacob will cook some kind of fabulous dinner, with several courses and a decadent dessert. Not tonight, since he works; but sometime soon. It's always a surprise, and it's always something new. Just to give you an example: one year the main dish was homemade Mexican chicken kiev (from scratch!), last year one of the side dishes was Rick Bayless' fried plantain turnovers, and one year the dessert was Death-by-Chocolate cake. I am a very, very lucky woman.

One thing I decided a few months ago was that sometime this year, I'm going to make myself another apron. Not that I don't adore the one Anna made for me for my birthday a few years ago, but it would be fun to have a choice of aprons you love, don't you think?

I started shopping around for fabrics at our local quilt shop and Jo-Ann. I'm searching for something in earthtones, like brown and green, with a pattern that's more modern than feminine. I think I found it, and the perfect accent fabric; but I haven't bought it yet. I'm still thinking. Don't want to rush into it, right?

I know exactly the kind of apron I want, having seen it about a year ago and falling in love with it then. So I took my birthday money from Mom (thanks, Mom Lynda!) and bought the pattern for the Chic Sisters Apron from Marie-Madeleline Studio. I love it!

I hope it comes soon. I can't wait.


P.S. Here's me on my 1st birthday.