Well, I made it through another birthday. The ripe old age of 32. Some days it's amazing how old I feel. Others I feel like I'm still in my 20's. Overall, it was a good birthday. I ended up with 3 cakes, a fat girl's dream! I was able to be lazy most of the weekend and have a big dinner out at one of my favorites, Olive Garden, with the entire family. That's right....both sets of my parents and my in-laws. And we all walked away unscathed. Amazing! I sometimes find it interesting that it only took my parents 15 years after their divorce to be able to socialize at an event that had to do with yours truly. I guess the first time I witnessed this was my high school graduation, then my first wedding (where we all should have run away screaming), my second wedding and birthdays for the past 3 years. I'm thankful that they can accomplish this because I do want all the grandparents to be an important part of our childrens' lives.
Anyway, I was pretty busy the whole weekend. First, one of my "besties", as all the kids say, came to town. That would be Kelly, her husband, David and their girls, Caroline and Kathryn.
I hung with them on Saturday and they even brought me a bday cake #1 from Publix in Nashville. Publix makes some kickin' cakes but there's not one around here.
I don't have a pic of cake #2 but it was chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing from Kroger. It was good but the big kahuna was the Ben & Jerry's ice cream cake my husband got me. It had Coconut Seven Layer Bar and New York Super Fudge Chunk or something like that. Then it had a layer of brownie on the bottom and in between the ice creams was a layer of crumbled cookies. The whole thing was covered in icing and had brownies on the sides and top. OMG!!..and I hate that saying. It was so amazing! I almost made myself sick eating it but it was so worth it.
Often times I reflect back on things I haven't accomplished when my birthday rolls around. But this year, I realized, it's not about what I haven't done, it's about what I have. I am a happily married, college graduate who has a job that I enjoy and will hopefully grow our family over the next year, if God is willing. So a baby is my birthday wish. As far as caviar dreams, I can't really say that I have any. I'm probably more of a French Onion Dip dreams kind of girl. While I would love to have more money, I've learned in my old age that money is not what makes a life awesome. I am lucky and have achieved more than so many others ever have the opportunity to even try. While I will always persevere and challenge myself to become a better person, wife, daughter and friend, I now know everything I do is in God's hands and I am happy to rest there.Toastingly Yours,
Miss you!!!
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