A Lovely Birthday Surprise

Hubby had a wonderful surprise in store for my birthday this year!

A few weeks ago I was talking to him about my love of wood stoves.  Going on and on about how I would love to have a real one, to which he rolled his eyes.  

Discouraged, I happened to mention that Menard's sells electric wood stoves and how I thought it might give me the feel of a real one with out so much of the cost - - again there was eye rolling!

I figured at that point it was something I would have to purchase on my own.

Along came my birthday.  Hubby wrangled the kids into the car for a secret shopping trip while I baked a cake.

A few hours later they arrived back home chasing me off into my bedroom to await the grand reveal.

When I was finally allow to come take a look I can't tell you how shocked I was to find this sitting in the middle of the living room...

I'm pretty sure there was squealing . . . .

perhaps even a little jumping . . . . 

I know for a fact there were many hugs!

For now I've placed my beloved electric wood stove in an awkward corner between the hutch and the desk.  Normally a chair sits in this space, but I've found it's the perfect placement for my wood stove   I can see the flickering flames in great comfort from my sofa as I lay and read a book each night on my Kindle with the lights off.

Just me, my kindle and a wood stove - - - Modern Day Mommy Time!

Robin