My Best 29th Birthday Ever!!

It really was a great day. I started off a little bummed because this was going to be my first birthday ever without any of my siblings/parents- but it ended up being such a great day! It started out with Krispy Kreme donuts and a soda in bed (what a fatty, I know, but who cares- I hardly ever eat them and they taste even better while you are dropping big old glazy crumbs in your sheets (a snack for later, I suppose?) Then went to the gym (ha! like 45 minutes on the elliptical is even going to take a dent out of the donut calories- good thing I do it cause it feels good to sweat, otherwise I might have been wasting my time!) Can I also just say that I think my b-day present from God was the most perfect weather EVER? And that is saying a lot considering the terrible spring/summer we have had so far. I swear we have had only a handful of sunny days this year, the rest have been cold and windy. Monday, June 9th was an exception. Crystal blue sky, no clouds, and barely a breeze. Perfect. Then it was lunch- a big old greasy cheeseburger from the knockoff In-N-Out (called EZ Take-Out Burger.) Add to that a big old heap of fries and a chocolate shake, a huge DDP and a picnic blanket in the park and me and my babies (all 3!) were in hog heaven. (Pun intended.) (Can you tell I am way into food? Don't worry, it gets even better (or worse, depending on your point-of-view.) I then spent the afternoon (while the kids napped) out in my backyard in the shade reading my book for two hours and trying to remember the last time I had taken the time to sit down and put me feet up and pamper myself mid-day with a book and a drink. Heaven. I even painted my toenails!Then, before lunch was even digested, we were off to the Brick Oven for some yummy deep-dish cheese pizza! I hadn't been there in years; it is so yum. M and I were laughing as our kids made a tornado of the entire table/floor/booth, remembering why we hardly ever go out to eat as a family anymore. But it was great. We let it slip that it was my b-day, so of course they embarrassed me with a corny song, but then left us with some yummy chocolate mousse pie that we all devoured in 5 seconds. On the way home, M stopped off at the Cold Stone to pick me up a yummy chocolate ice cream cake that he had ordered, (ha! like anyone had any room left after our day of gorging...but as soon as we did, you know we had a piece!) then we went home and got the kids ready for bed. I figured I wasn't going to get a present since we had spent nearly the entire day together having fun, and I was totally happy with that. But then Marshall and Drew pulled a big box (wrapped in Christmas paper- guys are so funny) out of the crawl space, and I opened up and...TA-DA! My TiVo I had been begging for for like 4 years. I was so thrilled. Thanks, babe, for a wonderful birthday- even though I think I gained about 10 pounds -it was awesome! Getting older does kinda suck, but now that I am a year shy of 30 I think I will just stay this age from now on. I think this is a good stopping place- Don't you?