Fun-Filled
Today was a really fun-filled day yet again! I can’t believe the weekend is over though – so sad! This morning, I set out to work in the kitchen at around 9′ish (after watching the news and catching up on blogs while the birthday boy was still sleeping). One of the hubby’s favorite breakfast foods is pork roll (a Philadelphia staple – basically ham) sandwiches, so I knew I had to incorporate that into his “breakfast in bed”. I toasted a sesame bagel and topped it with two slices of pork roll & melted mozarella slices on top. Then, I took a red potato and grated it into hashbrowns and cooked them with a tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic. This was my first attempt at doing so and he really liked them. I also cooked up two eggs on the side. It was definitely a breakfast fit for a king-sized stomach complete with a big glass of orange juice. He was quite surprised when I woke him up to give him his breakfast and really enjoyed everything – yay! Here’s the breakfast:
While he ate, I ate beside him which was a nice treat to lounge around in my pajamas on a Sunday morning (since normally we are at church). I made myself one sunny-side up egg (haven’t had one in a while!) with a slice of pork roll (usually not my thing but decided to have it since I had bought a whole ton of it), half a sliced banana (from yesterday), and a toasted Arnold’s sandwich thin. I also had two cups of the amazing PB Macadamia Nut coffee (found at Harry & David’s). It was a fantastically filling breakfast!
After our R&R time, we cleaned up the house a bit and did the dishes and then were off to head to do some window shopping at the mall. It was fun just to walk around and enjoy the day in a really relaxed and not rushed setting! I surprised Bill with reservations for dinner at Ruth’s Chris – his absolute favorite restaurant (besides Outback – definitely a meat n potatoes kinda guy although I have converted him with some things haha). Our reservation was at 5pm, so we each had a snack to hold us over. I had a Kashi TLC Crunchy Pumpkin Spice granola bar – mmmmmmmmm good!
Dinner was amazing as I expected it to be. Typically, I could do without steak, but here it is amazing (probably because it’s broiled in butter!). It is totally indescribable! I started out with the steakhouse salad with the lemon basil dressing (my favorite) served on the side.
For my entree, I selected the petite filet well done served on a 500 degree plate – yikes.
We picked two sides to share: Bill chose the potatoes au gratin and I chose the broiled tomatoes (LOVE THESE). The potatoes were OK – slightly too heavy for my liking. Here was my portion…
For dessert, we chose to split the warm apple crumb tart. I loved that they brought out a candle for Bill, too 
I was hoping they would do that since when I made the reservation I mentioned it was for his 30th birthday. We were both stuffed when dessert came out, but we managed to fit it in. It was just too good to let it go to waste haha… I loved it because the inside of it was just filled with cinnamon-y warm apples.
All in all it was a great weekend and I hope Bill enjoyed every minute of it. Lucky for him, the birthday festivities are not over yet. Next week we are celebrating on Friday & Saturday night with each of our parents so this is the birthday that never ends Now I’m off to literally ROLL myself into bed – I am still unbelievably stuffed!!
Hope you all had a great weekend – be back tomorrow night! Hope you have a great Monday am
Suuuuuuuper fun!!! And wow, I need that warm apple crumb tart – now.
Enjoy your evening, Lindsay!! Go roll into bed, haha
happy bday Bill!!!!
that apple crumb tart looks divine!!
MMM Pork Roll… Adam made that this morning and I had a bite.. It so good and so evil :-p Looks like you had a great day! enjoy
Glad you enjoyed a wonderful day with the hubs…What a sweet breakfast and dinner!
Have a great night!
fantastic weekend!!
Such a sweet wife. That dessert looks great as well!
Awww you are sooo adorable. That all looked so yummy!!
K
Happy Birthday!!!
Hope you enjoyed your day!
Happy Birthday
your eats today look YUM!
HOW FUN! My favorite part of your day was the morning. You are SO sweet and I love your little PJ pants picture.
Looks like a fantastic dessert
I’m glad the hubbie had such a good bday!!
Happy Birthday to your hubby! You are so fantastic to bring him breakfast in bed! And a surprise dinner … aww!
looks fabulous!! happy birthday bill!! your breakfast looks perfect for him, and just sounds like a perfect day over all
wonderful!!! happy birthday bill and everything makes it sound like he had a perfect day!!!
Aww. sounds like Bill had a perfect birthday thanks to you!
Happy Birthday to Bill!
That breakfast tray looks delicious! (I also LOVE the tray itself!)
yum – the pork roll looks good! great birthday breakfast you whipped up! and dinner at ruth chris! wow – it all looks outstanding! glad you had fun!
Aw sounds like such a good day! So cute to have made breakfast in bread.
That apple crumble looks delicious. And love steak.
Wow, definitely looks like a delicious fun-filled time! Great birthday eats! Cheers!
Awww what a very fun day!
Love the breakfast in bed – you are too sweet!
Breakfast in bed is a creature comfort of mine- I do it all the time in college. What a wonderful weekend you seemed to have- hope your Monday flows nicely! Yummy dessert!
I definitely need more breakfasts in bed! That looks so good.
Your such a good wife!
That dessert looks awesome!