Happy Birthday To Me!

I'm just coming off a wonderful birthday weekend. Don't you just love when your birthday falls on a Saturday? There's no way it won't be happy. Saturdays and birthdays by their very nature are just that ... happy! Anyway, my husband, Kevin took me to lunch on Friday for Japanese at Katana. This restaurant is located near where I used to work, so I ate there at least once a month. And it's been about five years since I worked there so that's about how long it's been since I ate there. It was fabulous. I had the Bento Chicken Katsu with brown rice, Miso soup and a salad. Then he took me to the movies. We saw "Invincible". It was a great sports movie, but not my usual choice. There was nothing else playing that interested me, and mostly I was just happy to be out with my husband sans child. (Thanks Gail for keeping Eric for us!) We had dinner and cake with our friends Ed and Gail and Kurtis, and it was a perfect day!

And that wasn't even my birthday! Kevin likes to joke that my birthday usually lasts more than one day. He's right and jealous. My parents and siblings and families celebrated on Sat. with dinner and just hanging out together. My dad also surprised my mom with her birthday present a week early. He gave her a computer! Maybe we'll be a blogging family.

Mostly though I just feel so loved. I received the most thoughtful cards and gifts and good wishes that I am blessed for another year. Thanks to all of you. And thanks to God for creating me and giving me life for these 34 years. (Thanks Colleen for reminding me of this!)

A Beginning

Not much to say. It's taken me too long to figure out how to do this. Tomorrow I'll get organized.