18 posts tagged “birthday”
Happy Birthday, DadH! I bought you a card, but I forgot to mail it. I'll call and sing "Happy Birthday" instead, which is more punishment than gift. It's okay because we H's are pretty easy to please and our expectations are low for such things.
Through the miracle of Twitter, and by following cutie pie George Stephanopopouoplus, I found this interesting slide show of photos from North Korea.
I was in bed last night by 10:00 p.m. and slept right through until 6:00 a.m., an hour before my alarm was set. I thought, "Nice. I'll get up and get some things done around the place." Then Elvis wanted to snuggle. Next thing - the alarm goes off at 7:00 a.m., to the soothing sounds of NPR correspondents. Elvis wants to snuggle again. All of a sudden, I wake up again at 8:00 a.m., radio still on. I'm still tired. I didn't even go out last night, or have cocktails - or anything! Those two loads of laundry and washing dishes must have really done me in.
I started this week with nothing planned for the weekend. That has since changed. Shocker. But it's all good. Second date with Guy #2 (from an earlier post) and a first date with Guy #3. I never did call Guy #1 back, I suspect he's gotten the message by now, although I did mean to be upstanding and get back to him to say I wasn't interested. How shameful of me.
That said, I'm going to try and do a Rear in Gear List just for this weekend - since that's the only time I'll get stuff done anyway. Here goes:
- Swim at least 30 minutes (I have a race on May 9 - need to stay alive long enough to hand off to my cyclist)
- Write postcards to German relatives (insert your own jokes here)
- Send condolence cards to two friends who have lost their fathers recently
- Buy beach/hike shoes for Costa Rica (REI is having a big sale this weekend! Price will drop and I have a member dividend to spend!)
- Drop off loads of stuff to Goodwill (I have three bags of clothes from a recent closet cleaning spree)
- Take care of paperwork piling up on the desk
- Vacuum
That's about as much as I think I can handle.
Have a good one, peeps!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROWN SUGA'!
Of course with the time zones, your birthday was probably yesterday and so now I'm already late. :-)
Hope you had/are having a great one!
((((hugs))))
I want to start by saying, THANK YOU to all the wonderful peeps who have made such sweet birthday posts. It means so much. When I get back to AZ, I promise to go through and make comments on them all. They are all so thoughtful and fun. Who knew there were so many cow-themed cakes and swag?
Right now I'm hanging with my friends in Denver so I don't want to be too rude by spending my time hunched over their computer so here's the quick recap.
I had a fantastic day! Up earlier to catch the ski train to Winter Park, beautiful weather, great snow and a Cardinals WIN! w00t! Cards are going to the SUPER BOWL!!!
Tomorrow, lunch with Tree Sweater to be her very first Vox Peep Meet! Yay!
I also want to give a quick shout-out to Ms. Jaypo, who is kind enough to allow me to share a birthday so close to hers. :-) After all, when I'm in a tough spot, the first thing I think about is "What Would Jaypo Do?" Thanks for giving me the courage to push myself and conquer my fears.
Wishing everyone health, happiness and joy this year and always.
I slacked off a little last week because I wasn't feeling great and because I had more free time than usual, I uncharacteristically could be found sacked out on the couch. I blame Elvis, because he's been more clingy than usual so who am I to withhold lovin's?
This weeked: flying to Colorado for a birthday ski day and to meet up with Tree Sweater for lunch! Yay!
In the meantime, I have a lot to do and no time to do any of it. In other words, the holiday lull is over and I'm back to my real life.
Let's see what I did last week:
I'm hosting my book club tonight so much of what I originally had on this list was put on the back burner so I could continue to clean house and stock up for a party. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
- Revise resume
- Shop for bed- Cash in credit card points for Visa gift card (to buy bed!)- Schedule massage to take care of that golf ball/muscle lump once and for all so I can finally have a good night's sleep
- Reorder Franklin Planner pages- Schedule charity pick-up for sofa sleeper. (I could make a joke here about the 'charity pick-up' that turned into the first bad date of 2009, but I'll save that for later)
- Buy hanging lamp lighting kit (I have a Vietnamese silk lantern I want to use as the lighting in the back room)
- Read one magazine from the Magazine Mountain rising in the corner of the living room- Finish VP Finance reports- Drop off random crappage to donation site
- Finish thank you cards and other notes from Christmas
Wow. I did a whole lot of nothing.
And now this week:
- Schedule Elvis Watchers
- Revise resume
- Pack for Colorado
That's about all I have time for. I have something going on every night but Thursday and then I'm off. I've decided to not stress myself out so much like I usually do. I'm a big fan of burning candles at both ends, but I'm trying to be more reasonable.
Is it too pathetic to say I want to stay home and spend more time with my cat? I know that's the first sign of Crazy Cat Lady-itis, but that's the best I can come up with. I've been turning down invitations to sporting events in the past couple of weeks because 1. I wanted to get my ironing done and 2. I wanted watch a different sporting event on TV.
Man. I really am getting old. :-P
To My Friend Crankypants,
Here's hoping for a fantastic year, good friends, great stories and grand experiences. Thanks for being one of the best reasons to check Vox first thing every morning. Hopefully we'll make it to Poland together soon!
Love,
Amy & Elvis Cat
(Elvis would like to note that he does not want to go to Poland, but otherwise he wishes you all the same as I do.)
(This isn't really a cake, it's a musical thingamabob.)
That it's Laurie's birthday! Happy Birthday, matey!
As you celebrate, keep these rules in mind:
From the witty and wonderful Pirate Supply Store, supporting the 826 Valencia writing workshop.
Elvis and I hope your day is filled with donuts, bacon and bunnies!
Here - he's sending them all to you in this box. I'm not sure there will be any food left by the time it gets to you, but there may be more bunnies than when we sent them.
(illustration by annemadecards.com)
If I had access to my home 'puter, I would find that picture I took for you in Vietnam at a restaurant that had a little toy Godzilla display in the middle of their fountain. I'll get that later.
But since I'm supposedly working, here's what I can come up with for one of the smartest, strongest and inspiring people I've ever had the joy of knowing.
Thank you for being the voice of reasoned rage. You've spoken for me many times, and entertained and educated me for many more.
Happy Birthday! Eats lots of bacon! And cake! And bacon cake!
For one day, I'll refrain from nagging you about getting your exercise. That is a gift in itself, isn't it?
Have a great year and 'we'll see you when we see you'.
Love,
Amy
May you always party until the cows stop by...
Courtesy of WeinerDog.com.
(And my parents. Yes - It's a recycled card - Happy Earth Day!)
I'm glad to have shared a little tiny moment of your Year 30 with you. They really DO get better from here on out! I hope to enjoy cheezburgers and beers with you again soon!
