{"id":1348,"date":"2011-11-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2011-11-12T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T09:00:00","slug":"milestone-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Milestone Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is a milestone birthday for my beloved partner. I will be devoting the entire day to bringing joy to his life, and showing him how much I love him. I have a few tricks up my sleeve…
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I will begin the morning with our usual routine of a slow-wake, warm snuggle, then give him a soothing massage.<\/p>\n

I will prepare his favourite breakfast, home-made waffles (cialda), sausage, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. No coffee — neither he nor I drink the stuff.<\/p>\n

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I will distract him after breakfast, but be there to witness the fun when a hunky dude in a cop uniform comes by to bring him a lemon meringue pie. I arranged with a friend who is a professional singer and dancer to dress as a cop (including wearing a pair of my Dehner boots) and come over to “entertain” my partner by presenting him with a song, dance, and his absolute favorite sweet for his birthday, a lemon meringue pie. I baked the pie yesterday and snuck it over to my friend’s house, so he will bring it back to us through what I anticipate to be a very creative delivery method! LOL!<\/p>\n

My partner wants me to take him to lunch at a new restaurant in the heart of Snoburbia — the western part of the county where we live. Sure… whatever he wants. It’s his special day!<\/p>\n

I am trying not to overload his birthday, but I would not be surprised if some of my closest friends and siblings came by to wish him a happy birthday. We are not having a party — my partner hates noise, crowds, parties, and confusion. While I thrive on that kind of thing, my partner doesn’t. Since it is his special day, I have made it very clear with all potential visitors that we’re keeping it “low key.”<\/p>\n

I will prepare a special meal for dinner that my partner requested — butcher-cut Angus beef steaks on the grill, with home-made potato wedges, green beans, and a side salad. Water to drink (we don’t drink alcohol, either), and after dinner, the lemon meringue pie.<\/p>\n

After dinner, I plan to bring my partner into our basement media\/leisure room, turn on some music that he likes, hold his hand, look deeply into his eyes, and…<\/p>\n

Life is short: show those you love how you love them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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