40 Years Ago...

40 years ago my mother gave birth to me. I imagine she probably had one shitty day other than the joy she may have felt from seeing her first baby born healthy. I can't even imagine the pain of something that big passing through your whatchamacallit. Anyway, 40 years later I had a much more relaxing day. Here's how I spent my birthday.

TA DAAA!!! I built my first raised veggie bed! It was so easy! GB - I did it all by myself! Yay me! I had originally planned to make 3 of these but they are bigger than I expected. I don't know how much smaller I expected a 4x4 bed to bed. You guessed it - IT'S 4X4! I think one more should do it. Tomorrow I'm going to get my lasagna going in this bed.

Other stuff I did .....

1. Got the sweetest card ever from my honey. It made me cry.
2. Cut, Color, Wax at the salon courtesy of my honey.
3. Dinner at my favorite Italian restaurant with my honey. They even gave me a little tiramisu in a little clay pot with a real flower in the top for my birthday. They did not sing to me at the restaurant. Thank God!
4. Picked up 5 pounds of coffee grounds from Starbucks for my garden.
5. Took a nap
6. Went to the basketball game where my Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers.
7. Got ice cream from my favorite ice cream place The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor.
8. The composter is on the way! It has been ordered but did not arrive on time which spoiled my guys master plan. I'm excited about it!

It was a very quiet day. Other than my honey, I only spoke to my mother. Other well wishers left me voicemails. For some reason I just didn't feel like talking today. Birthdays are hard for me. This one was pretty good.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes - I really appreciated it.

Happy Early Birthday To Me!

Guess who got Light Blue Crocs straight off her wish list????? Today I had a working meeting scheduled with Pie Guy at 11am. So 11 rolls around...

Me: "Okay Pie Guy, time to get to work??"

Pie Guy: "I need to get food first, lets go downstairs"

Me: "Where are we going"

Pie Guy: "Lets go down to the first floor"

Me: "Why???"

Pie Guy: "Well there's variety on the first floor

Me: "VARIETY??"

Pie Guy: "Yeah...you've got *pseudo-restaurant x* you've go *large coffee chain Y*, you've got *crowded bakery z* across the street...."

Me: "Pie Guy has lost his damn mind if this is what he calls variety". (thinking it-not saying it.)

So we walk outside and I see GB walking towards us grinning ear to ear with GB Jr #1 and GB Jr #2 in tow. I was so confused! GB is off today, what the heck is she doing here? And then I saw the bag! It's my birthday! They totally got me this time! Surpriseeeeeeeeeeeee!!

We went to lunch and had a great time! GB Jr. made me the prettiest birthday card I've seen in a long time.

They are so pretty I don't want to get them dirty!

Thanks, GB, GB Jr's, Pie Guy and Computer Guy! You guys are awesome!