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Birthday

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Thursday was my birthday. Truth be told I have always been weird about my birthday even as a child. I would hide under the table when the kids at my birthday parties would sing happy birthday. My parents used to rent out the skating rink to have my birthday parties, when I was a bit older, and I liked that because everyone was having fun skating and the attention wasn’t on me. One year Donny called ahead to the restaurant we were going to just to make sure they would sing happy birthday. I wanted to die of embarrassment. I’ve been to Kiddie Park in Austin and a night field trip with the kids elementary school on two of my birthdays because that is just how I like to celebrate. I like making sure everyone is having fun and yes, I like doing that kind of stuff myself.

Thursday all I wanted to do was get a head start on the garden and front beds. There is just something about digging in the dirt that makes me so happy. I moved all of the flower pots and got to work digging up the weeds that had started to grow again. Then I used my hand held claw to till it all up.

I pulled out the metal trellis and painted it because I was starting to see rust on it. Donny and I ran to home Depot to pick up the mulch.

I got the cucumber seeds in the ground and planted some lettuce in the bigger pots. I used oil rubbed bronze on the trellis and it looks so much better.

This is not where the pots will stay, but it’s their home for right now. I don’t know if we are going to have another frost or not. I’m hoping not, but you just never know.

Jackson and Olivia gave me a gift.

She wanted to paint something for me and Jackson told her that he knew exactly what I would love and I truly did. It’s my Queso who I miss every single day. She did him in watercolors and I can believe how amazing it turned out. Our neighbor across the street works for a food restaurant supply company and he brought over a 5 lb bag of mozzarella. He didn’t know it was my birthday, but it was a great gift nonetheless.

Hannah has been sick the last few days, so we just got takeout at The Catch. Their seafood is so good. The night ended with a gluten free birthday cake that Donny got me.

Today I had told Donny that I wanted to go to Jefferson, one of my favorite places in the world. Hannah is still under the weather and Jackson was working on something in his room so it was a day date for Donny and me. We got later start than we had planned, but we managed to hit a couple of my favorite places.

We never miss The Old Mill. It’s huge and so fun to look at all the different booths. We didn’t end up purchasing anything, but it was fun to look around.

Next we went to the General Store. They’ve done some renovations and added more rooms since the last time we were there. I loved this groovy room.

They carry everything from old timey candy, novelty toys, goumet food, shoes, clothes and also have an ice cream bar where you can get milkshakes, sodas and food.

We were getting hungry and couldn’t decide where to go so we just went to our fallback, Auntie Skinner’s. The food is pretty meh. I had nachos and Donny got a steak sandwich. My food was okay because how can you really screw up nachos. Donny’s was not as good, so it was a little disappointing.

As we were walking to my very favorite shop in Jefferson we walked by the Jefferson Hotel. It has new owners and they have made this place so gaudy. It’s so sad to see.

Made in the Shade is the best store!

They have a little bit of everything. It’s so my style and I could spend hours in it. Donny found some cute Pol overalls for me. I tried them on, liked them, but just wasn’t feeling the urge to buy them.

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It could have been because I felt like a stuffed turkey after eating a plate of nachos. Or it could have been that I was extremely sore from all of the yard work and was grumpy from having to disrobe in the dressing room. The only thing I ended up buying there was some Zum jumbo lip balm because my lips were so chapped. I did try on some Aura Blends perfume oil, but none came close to my Kuumba Made.

I can’t wait to come back during the summer because this courtyard always has so much going on.

It was getting close to 5 when everything closes. We decided to drive around and look at all of the historic houses that are also Bed and Breakfasts. Jefferson’s magic will pull you in and make you never want to leave. I can’t wait to go back. It was a very good way to end my birthday.

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Yesterday the baby of the family turned 18. It seems like just yesterday he was dragging his Mr. Potato Head suitcase into the living room so we could play with it.

His big present was going to the Tyler the Creator concert in Dallas last month. He got to pick out a few pieces of clothing from one of his favorite designers.

He is definitely one of a kind and has been since birth. He is so funny. He is also caring and kind. He is smart. Some of the conversations I have with him are mind blowing. He has great things ahead of him and I’m so proud to call him my son.

Although he didn’t have a party, he got to choose his birthday cake. He doesn’t like cake or many sweets for that matter. We decided on Mr. Churro. They make them while you wait and they are delicious.

Everyone gets to choose where they want to go to dinner on their birthday. Jackson chose Wingstop and got to pick out all the flavors he wanted. It was a good day.

Birthday

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Monday was my birthday. On Sunday Donny asked me what I wanted to do. I told him nothing. It was a holiday so the kids were out of school. They are teenagers. They sleep in. So nothing is absolutely what I did. I sat on the couch and watched movies that I know Donny wouldn’t want to watch. I think I watched 4 movies. It was wonderful. I didn’t do any housework. No wiping down the bathroom. No making beds. Nothing but do what I wanted to do. Hannah did have to be at work at 5:30 so I had to drive her there, but I came home and watched another movie.

When Donny got home he asked what was for dinner. If you’ve ever seen Office Space, you’ll understand when I told him, “yeah, I’m not going to be making anything. Can you go get Jucy’s?”. He called in our order and asked if I wanted to go with him to pick it up. I again said, “no, I’m not going to do that. I’m doing nothing”. Chicken fried steak for the win. Calories don’t count on your birthday.

So, in a nutshell, my birthday was absolutely wonderful. I’m not big on ever being the center of attention. In fact, when I was a little girl, I would hide under the table at my birthday parties because I didn’t like people singing Happy Birthday to me. I also hate opening gifts in front of people. That stems from a birthday party I had where my mom made me open gifts and then pass them around the long table so everyone could see what i received. My friend had bought bikini underwear with zebras on them and, oh yes, those were passed around even though I tried to hide them under the table. I was mortified because there were boys at this party. I think this happened when I was 8 or 9. Yes, I’m still friends with the gift giver.

I did get two of the best gifts ever though. Donny had asked me what I wanted earlier in the week and I didn’t even have to think about it. I want a hand held vacuum. He looked at me strange and said, “like a dust buster?”. Yep, that’s what I really and truly want. I have a full size vacuum, but it’s heavy and cumbersome. It works just fine to do what I need a handheld for, it’s just more difficult to maneuver so I would never actually by myself a hand held. But, as a gift it’s the best. Boy did he come through. This thing is SO amazing!!!! It really sucks, in a good way.

It’s a little more than just a hand held, but I can use it on our woven leather rug that you aren’t suppose to use a regular vacuum on. It also works better than the car wash vacuums. The car wash I go to actually has free vacuums but there is a sign saying you must pay for the self service car wash to use the vacuum. I don’t always need to wash my car, but I do because I feel bad if I don’t, because of, you know, the sign. I have to vacuum my car out at least once a week because our driveway is so narrow and dead grass will start covering the floor boards if I don’t.

I also received a package yesterday that had no card, name, nothing. Donny thought I ordered something. When I opened it I swore that he did it because it was another thing on my wish list that I would never buy myself. Turns out it was from my sister. I must have told her that I had been wanting one, so a big thank you Sissy.

It’s a cheese grater/slicer that suctions on to the counter top. I cannot wait to try it! I have a hand grater, but when I have to grate a lot of cheese this is going to be so wonderful. I don’t know if you know this, but pre-grated cheese has stuff on it that keeps it from sticking together and from melting like grated block cheese. I find that gross.

So that was my birthday. I just might do the same thing next year. We’ll see.

Oh and just to record this for posterity sake, I was FINALLY first in line at school pickup. It only took almost 3 years.