Happy birthday, Menno, Jildou en Renita!

Birthday gift to Menno from me. :) Just see previous post if you still think it's a macbook or an iPad.

Then one morning we realized we are terribly late in sending something to Jildou and Renita for their birthdays...... We took a few days to buy a card and write them and sent them... we are slow, i know. I promise, I will send card before the person's birthday from now on. At least, i would try. 

Few days we received this package at our mail. (And of course, our mailbox is not big enough for this super birthday present!) So excited to open it...

Thanks to family Stoelwinder!!!

And there are still more... i was lazy to take them out from cabinet to take picture. But Menno (and I) really like it!! Oh, especially the rod from sinta Klass!

I am so happy to be able to post this before October ends. :)

Menno's birthday present

it is supposed to be a surprise. Surprise means the event happened to a person is unexpected at all. So, it implies that he present I got for Menno is supposed to be q secret until the day he opens the wrapping of the gift and make a "wow" sound (at least out of obligation). 


So now you know things didn't go as I wish. 

A photo album as birthday gift. My idea is to record special events and moments for the year. Of course it can sound like another reason to make a year book for our family, I don't care. The point is at least I have an excuse to do it. 

I took time to discreetly move pictures from all different cameras and computers to my working computer... And discreetly make the photo book (Which is not easy, cos as you know Menno n I are kind of always together... Work and traveling and home and meals and bed... Nearly 24 hours) ok, I know I might seem a bit distracted when we watched the tv show two weeks ago... But that was kind of the only moments I can have your attention to the tv screen and your mind occupied so you re not wondering what I was doing...) 

I successfully got it done. Yeah! Operation m accomplished!!!

Wait. I don't have a credit card to buy this thing online!!

Sigh... This mint be the only moment in my life I felt like I snoops have a credit card... 

After 3 minutes of frustration, I had to go to Menno and ask  if I can buy his birthday gif with his credit card. 

Silly enough, I asked his question. And silly enough, Menno didn't try to figure out what I chose for him. 

It came to the moment of booking... I was desperate... Cos my apple account was acting up on me. It said with a Dutch credit card paying I cant get the book deliver to HK!

I don't know if they are being too American or what, it is possible that a person is buying something out of their country and deliver to somewhere but their home address! There is this possibility!

To fix this insolvable problem, I had to ask Menno for help, reluctantly. Very reluctantly. 

It's not surprise/secret/mystery anymore. I knew it, Menno knew it, you know it now. And the whole world will know soon. 

Lesson of the day, the present economy wants to have us in debt, so they create credit card. And they bully me thru this system... Anyways, I should just think of something I can buy with cash next time.