The 5 year anniversary ....

of my 30th birthday occurred today. Or 14 year anniversary of my 21st ... but that sounds REALLY bad! Yep. 35. That seems so old, but then again, everyone else is 1 year older too, so whatever. Our neighbor (he's 32 or something) asked if it bothered me that I was already 35, even though I don't "LOOK like I'm 35" ... gee, thanks. But it doesn't. I've experienced and accomplished a crapload in those 35 years, and I'm thinking things are just starting to get good. :) I had a GREAT day! Cards, emails, phone calls, and gifts from my fan club members ... it was fantastic. So Thank You! Cameron made me a card and gave it to me this morning when he woke up. And he had a half day, but regrettably informed me that "if it weren't his student teacher's last day, and if he didn't have tests, that he'd just stay home with me. But I have to go; I can't get zeros on my tests." He seemed saddened by the fact that I had 3.5 hours to spend by myself, but there really was nothing he could do what with his prior engagements and busy schedule and all. :) I told him that was okay, and that when I picked him up at noon, we would go to lunch. Asked him if he'd be my lunch date ... he wanted to know where we were driving through. Nope - not that kinda lunch. We went to Uncle Bears Bar and Grill, had a fantastic lunch on the patio, celebrated with a corona or two, okay, I did, Cam had a Coke. Did a little shopping. Bryan brought me home a gorgeous bouquet of flowers ... see above, and the makings for my requested birthday dinner: BBQ'd rib-eyes, sauteed mushrooms, asparagus, and of course a cocktail or two. :) We had ice-cream sundaes for dessert. Kailee and Alex called me on my cell before popping over to bring me roses, and sang happy birthday - luckily I didn't catch it in time - because I was able to save the message. :) So adorable! All in all it was a great day! Cam has tomorrow off - Good Friday, and my day should be over about 11:00, so I think we're going to do a little shopping. To use some gift cards. :) Having a birthday really isn't that bad, at whatever age, when you consider the perks!

Good friends ...

send you cards like this. :)

I hope YOUR fairy godmothers kick the crap outta anything or anyone that tries to get in the way of your happiness. Happy Tuesday!

Great advice from Dr. Joyce Brothers

Movie Night

Not much to report for the week, at least nothing too exciting! Cameron had been fighting something off most of the week. Hoarse, dry cough, headache, not much of an appetite, that sort of thing. He'd been waking up in the middle of the night asking for a hot shower because it made him feel better. So not much sleep for mama! He's had AIMS testing this week at school, but still had the normal amount of homework each night, and a book report due, so he was pretty burned out. Needless to say, there was no skate this week. Kept him home on Thursday, took him to the doctor and found out his left lung was a bit "crackly" ... on his way to bronchitis, but not quite there. So we got him in just in time. With the help of his antibiotics and some breathing treatments, he is MUCH better today, appetite is back, and most importantly, so is his pep.  :)  And to top it off, Bryan has been feeling crappy off and on all week. Think he had some sort of a 24 hour flu bug at the beginning of the week, chills, then sweats, and he slept ALL week. Honestly think I saw him for about 20 minutes or so each day. Always something around here! With all of the sleeping going on, I had plenty of free time to catch up on some shows and reading. Finished the Twilight series - FINALLY! The hardest part was the time in between finishing #3, and waiting to start #4. I was dying to find out what happened, and it didn't help knowing I was nearing the end. So I can scratch THAT off my to-do list! As much as I avoided reading them in the beginning, I'm glad I broke down. They were great books, easy reads, but very interesting. Definitely kept me hanging. I was never into fantasy or sci-fi type books, which I think is what I assumed these would be. But they weren't. Of course the vampire/werewolf stuff comes up, but in an intriguing and addicting way!

Now that everyone is much better, think we might even head out tonight for some fun... dinner and a movie. Fast and the Furious is out, and we are all over it! 

Reasons to like beer

... by 7 year olds.

A handful of 7 year old children were asked 'what they thought of beer'. Some interesting responses, but the last one is especially good ... :)

Tim- 'I think beer must be good. My dad says the more beer he drinks the prettier my mom gets.'

Mellanie - 'Beer makes my dad sleepy and we get to watch what we want on television when he is asleep, so beer is nice.'

Grady - 'My Mom and Dad both like beer. My Mom gets funny when she drinks it and takes her top off at parties, but Dad doesn't think this is very funny.'

Toby - 'My Mom and Dad talk funny when they drink beer and the more they drink the more they give kisses to each other, which is a good thing.'

Sarah - 'My Dad gets funny on beer. He is funny. He also wets his pants sometimes, so he shouldn't have too much.'

Lilly - 'My Dad loves beer. The more he drinks, the better he dances. One time he danced right into the pool.'

Ethan - 'I don't like beer very much. Every time Dad drinks it, he burns the sausages on the barbeque and they taste disgusting.'

Shirley - 'I give Dad's beer to the dog and he goes to sleep.'

Jack - 'My Mom drinks beer and she says silly things and picks on my father. Whenever she drinks beer she yells at Dad and tells him to go bury his bone down the street again, but that doesn't make any sense.'