Birthday Celebration

Mr Karate's birthday gift to Mom was for the two of them to spend the day together. This morning he came over and Mom made breakfast. Stuffed French Toast with cinnamon bread and cream cheese, topped with strawberries, kiwifruit and, since this is New Hampster, real Maple Syrup.

Mr Karate ate three of these, and drank a couple of gigantic glasses of milk. Then they got in his car and drove to Portsmouth. During the drive, Mom read aloud from the new Harry Potter book.

They checked out the Bow Street Fair, then toured one of Portsmouth's Historic Homes, the Warner House. After that they had Sushi at the Sake Restaurant, walked around some more, had fantastic ice cream at Annabelle's (Mom had Caribbean Vanilla Coconut and Swiss Chocolate; Mr Karate had some Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip concoction). They visited a couple of shops and Art Galleries, then stopped for Chai and some chocolate truffles. Then they visited a kitchen store and did a little wine tasting. They bought a nice bottle of wine for dinner, and then found a nice place to rest their feet and read. They did a little more window shopping, then drove home, again with Mom reading aloud to Mr Karate.

They read for a little while, then Mom made dinner, they drank the wine and watched "The Next Food Network Star." Amy won, which pleased both Mr Karate, and Mom, who had voted for her. They had dessert (toasted Angel Food Cake sandwiches with milk chocolate melting in the middle), and then Mr Karate went home.

Mom had a GREAT day. She says it was Perfect. It all sounds very tiring to me. But hey, I'm a cat.

BY THE WAY....
Mom has NOT finished "The Book" and she doesn't want ANY spoilers! She is about halfway through. So if you know what happens, please....

Don't let the cat out of the bag!


... I didn't know that book was about a cat...