09.25.09
September Keeps Me Busy
The month of September is busy on my calendar for birthdays. There are about five birthdays that I personally make a point to remember in Sept. We just celebrated my mom’s birthday last week. My hubby is another September baby.
While going through this morning’s news, I came across an article titled, “Dating Tips: 9 Signs a Guy Is a Keeper”. Just for the fun of it, I decided to see what were the 9 tips. Upon reading them, I realized my hubby pretty much fits those tips and it’s no wonder then that after 23 years we are still happily married. Do we quarrel sometimes? Sure. But we always make up, heheheh. The last tip, #9, particularly stood out to me. It is “He Makes You the Best You Can Be”. While that item describes how the guy makes you feel like the luckiest woman alive, I saw it a little more differently. Brian is not only my #1 encourager, but through many of our experiences and discussions he has helped me to become a better person–kinder, more understanding, more compassionate. He feeds my soul. I know that I’m a much different person than when I first met him. Many of my beliefs and priorities have changed from 25 years ago. I have learned to listen more and not be overly offended by instruction and/or suggestions. I have learned that a wise man will flourish and grow with correction, while a foolish and prideful man will hate and disregard correction. I have learned that it’s okay to admit that at times I have been wrong, and that truth is more important than being right or winning an argument. I have learned that “pride” is what often hinders us from admitting our wrongs, and the Bible is very clear that “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall”. (Proverbs 16:18) Thus I am much more accepting to “meaningful” discussions of which we’ve had many. He has taught me to examine arguments more carefully and consider many more options. It has helped make my understanding of things fuller and deeper. Ordinarily I remember how much we’ve been through together (a LOT), but after reading that Brian is clearly a keeper, it adds a special touch to celebrating his birthday. How timely it was to stumble across that article.
So before I let time get away from me again, here are a few pics we took celebrating my mom’s birthday dinner last week. It was just the immediate family during dinner, and she had many of her other friends come over to her house the next day to celebrate some more. My mom’s restaurant of choice this year was Tokyo Waco where they serve both Teppan and Sushi. Here’s the some of the grub being cooked.
This is what a couple of the dishes looked like.
and one with some steak.
I preferred sushi, so I got a sushi plate.
I got carried away eating and forgot to take a picture of my other sushi roll before I started munching away. Here’s a pic of “part” of the salmon skin roll.
This usually comes with six pieces, but I had already devoured three of them, heh.
Here’s a pic of my boys during dinner.
Here’s a pic of the gang. They dressed my mom up in a kimono and a “wig” for her birthday. My sisters and I are right behind her. I’m behind her between my aunt and my mom.
It’s been a long-time practice for my boys to make homemade birthday cards. I think it started when they were just little tykes scribbling with their crayons. Matty was usually the head artist for the cards, but for my mom’s birthday this year Aaron decided to give it a go. He asked me for a little assistance and we came up with a joint effort. I crocheted three tiny flowers, and he drew the background by which we would glue the flowers down. Here’s how it turned out.
Not bad for a 15-year-old boy. . .
This is what was on the inside. Just like a boy, few words. . .
Oh, while I’m on the subject of restaurants, I wanted to put in a plug for Komachi’s in Torrance. We had lunch there the other day, and boy was it delicious and satisfying. I ordered a Chirash bowl pictured below.
They also had a lunch special with several different items on a platter.
This platter reminded me that it’s been a long time since I been to a Korean BBQ restaurant. They serve lots of condiments like this, too, and oh yum!
Okay, that’s about it for now. Better get my butt moving and be productive today. I realized that I never shared the pics for my dad’s birthday dinner. I guess I could do that another time to give a plug for the Water Grill. Wow, now they had fancy dishes, but boy was it pricey. . . eeesssh. Maybe that’s why my subconscious has been avoiding uploading those pics. But for variety I might add them later as it’s not asian food.
Toodles for now!
Marlakins
