In Which Our Heroine Pulls Off A Surprise…
by Jenners • 03/17/2009 • Life • 31 Comments
So, have I mentioned that I’m married to a cyborg? Seriously, my husband has a computer-like brain and his attention to detail is scary. When we are watching TV, he is constantly noticing continuity problems but, at the same time, could repeat back the dialogue word-for-word. He doesn’t miss much.
Combine this with the fact that I am almost the total opposite — I tend not to notice the obvious and things slip by me all the time. Plus I am a terrible liar.
All of this means that I have never been able to surprise my husband in any way shape or form. That is, until this past Friday when I pulled off a surprise party for his 40th birthday. I kid you not when I say this might be one of my greatest accomplishments of all time!
The Cyborg arrives home and SURPRISE!
His smile seems almost human, doesn’t it?
He has learned to mimic human emotion quite well!
I know my husband couldn’t believe that I pulled the party off all by myself. In fact, his first words were “Who helped you with this?”
Aside from barely having enough food, forgetting to buy diet soda and a paper plate shortage (“Hmmmmm…16 people plus 16 plates. That should be OK.” Note to self: Sometimes people like their pizza and their cake on separate plates!), the party went off without a hitch. A good time was had by all — and, more importantly, my husband did not suspect a thing.
Even Cyborgs love cake and agree to wear silly “Birthday Boy” buttons!
My lovely sisters-in-law also gave him the best birthday present of all — time away for just the two of us! They stayed overnight on Saturday so we could go to hotel without the Little One! It was so relaxing and we slept great. Isn’t it sad that the measure of a good night out now is that we got to sleep really well? We also got to see “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” which was actually pretty darn funny. I was pleasantly surprised and would recommend it as worth seeing. (Just so you know, it is dumb comedy but a pretty good dumb comedy.)
So thank you to everyone who helped me pull of the big surprise! It was so worth it, wasn’t it? Knowing that we pulled one over on Mr. Cyborg (AKA, He-Who-Knows-All, He-Who-Can’t-Be-Fooled)?
Congrats on pulling off such a great shin-dig! And who would want two seperate plates for pizza and cake? I call shenanigans!
That’s impressive! I’m good at keeping people’s secrets, but when it comes to surprise parties, I always end up mentioning it somehow just in conversation and it ends up not being a surprise. Oh well…
Congrats on the party and a good night’s sleep.
My husband can remember multiple lines of dialogue too and catches errors as well. Drives me nuts!
M
you’re great! You Cyborg should have enjoyed himself.
Glad you got to enjoy a night out too!
Jenners- You have really honored me! Thank you so much for putting me in the spotlight. I love your blog and you always make me laugh. You are a sweet inspiration to me and many others. Congrats on pulling off the party. I learned last year the sometimes turning 40 is a good thing! Many, many blessings to you and the Cyborg. Fabulous night away! (We will get one in May when we go to see Jeff Dunham…front row!)
Enjoy the day!
Erin
Great job!!!
(Also, I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring the interview plans. Vacation just kicked my butt. Sigh. Excuses, excuses, right?)
Yay! Nice job on the surprise party and WOO WOO on the night away!
We took the boys to see Mall Cop and thought it was pretty funny too!
Wow! Awesome job on the party. I am so with you on the plate thing. I either have like 1000 Costco size or 10 too short, lol!
I’m like your husband… detail-oriented and never surprised. Good for you for accomplishing the near-impossible!!!
Congrats on the big surprise!
I don’t know if I could ever pull something like that off.
I always admire people who can pull off a surprise birthday party! Sounds like it was a fun party!
Sounds like a great surprise party. Yay, for the overnight get away. How fun!!
This is so awesome!! You are such a great wife! Happy Bday to the Birthday Cyborg!
What a special birthday for him and congrats on pulling off the surprise. I can never do surprises – I just can’t keep the excitement contained! I hope you guys had a nice time to yourselves, too.
Good for you! What fun. He will remember that forever.
Happy Birthday husband.
I saw your comment on time magment over at Kathy’s and wanting you to know you are not alone. It is so easy to get sucked in. Like now, I popped over for a short comment and am now off to check out your linky lovin’!!
Well done, Jenners, for pulling that off. Cyborg looks a very happy birthday boy! And, oh bliss, bliss, bliss – a night away from Little One is a great battery recharger.
Nice JOB! He looks genuinely surprised, and it looks like he had fun. That must have been a blast. What a great gift that you got a night for just the two of you. Dennis’s mom took Kaylee last night, and we were like – YES! We’ll get to sleep all night!
Good job! I have the same problem with paper plates- I have been known to be stingy with them!
Good job surprising your hubby! Sounds like everyone had a great time at the party! Glad that you got some sleep time too. I’m sure your husband felt like the super special birthday boy thanks to you
I love the look on his face! What a wonderful surprise you gave him.
I saw Coke Zero. Doesn’t that qualify as diet pop?
Hiding dollar bills – what a great idea! And I love the surprised look on your cyborg’s face! I think he must be related to my cyborg…
Happy Birthday to your husband. Sounds like a fun party!
I’ll have to check out the featured blogger.
Clever you… Great job surprising He-Who-Can’t-Be-Fooled, 16 plates not withstanding. Better still, to have some time sans the Little One… It’s soooooooo important to have that kind of time to recharge and re-invent each other.
good job, girl! i don’t know if i would have even thought to buy plates. don’t people still just hold the pizza in their hand?
sounds like a fun little getaway! woo hoo!
Jenners, hooray for your surprise-party success. Glad DH was impressed!
Hey, you’ve lost some weight!?
That is great that you could surprise him. Looks like a great time. I can deal with the ‘good night away’…our honeymoon was spent at Disney World alone, no kids, we were like kids ourselves….but we slept in our own beds all week, all night long. It was a very ‘non-traditional’ way to spend your honeymoon.
Woohoo! I'm glad you managed to surprise him. He looked REALLY happy!! I've been wanting to see the mall cop movie…I'm glad you said it was funny. That'll give me more ammo when it comes to convincing Tim LOL I bet you didn't know you had pull in my house :p He loves your blog even though he'd never admit he loves any blog. Sometimes I read them to him and he'll say "What's that Jenners chick doin? Did she write anything new?" See? Love
hahahaha Happy St. Patrick's Day Jenners ♥
Yay! Great job! Isn’t that nice when things come together like that? And I LOOOOOVE that you made him wear a birthday boy button. Ha! Sounds like something I would do…
glad you were able to surprise your husband.
I am going to check out your blogger of the week, I need to know about this blessed bucks, it sounds like an interesting idea!