It's my birthday....bang!

Yay!  It's my birthday! (well it was 6 days ago!)  The nice thing about having a birthday so close to Labor day is the 3 day weekend!  Score!  I had an amazing weekend!  We started it off with a movie night on friday...Hunger Games!  Loved it!  It was the first time that I saw it.  When the movie was in theaters, I decided to start reading the books, so I never made it to the theaters to see it.  So after a long wait, it finally came to redbox.  We were able to find it at the 3rd redbox that we went to....i was beginning to give up hope.  Anyways, it was good.  Nick even liked it.
Saturday, we got to bright and early and went Apple Picking with friends!  It felt a little weird going apple picking so early and with it being very hot outside, but we didn't care!

We went home for a quick nap, then off to an "apartment warming" party for a friend.  We got to catch up with some old friends there, and then headed out to dinner with Lauren and Giuseppe.  It was a good and busy day!

Sunday started out with church, of course.  That afternoon, we went to Elise's friends 2nd birthday party!  It was Matthew's racecar party =) She got a purple matchbox as a favor.  The game at the party was a car race. So cute!

Then we went straight to a family clamsteam with some of Nick's mom's cousins.  There are a couple of girls a little older than Elise, so she was happy to just follow them around the whole afternoon.  Monday was just as busy!  We had some friends over for a cookout and visit. Then, that evening was my first birthday celebration!  PF Changs with Nick's family.  I love it there.  But now they post the calorie count of each dish.  Man, that makes my fav (sesame chicken) look like one of the worst options!  sigh.

 

Since we were at the mall, we couldn't resist a walk through the Christmas Tree Shops.  Why is that store so fun to walk through!?!?  I LOVE it!

 

Wednesday was my birthday!  Started it off with a playdate and the kids being jealous that it was my birthday and not theirs.  Yes- seriously they were.  That night Nick took me to Moe's.  Yes- I requested Moe's as my birthday dinner.  I love it there.  I ate there almost on a weekly basis when I was preggo.  yumminess!!  He surprised me and invited my friends to join us!  Loved it!  Thanks everyone for coming out!!

After Wednesday comes Thursday.  Every week.  Yes.  Thursday is where things take a turn and where the title of this post changes to BANG.  Picking up my daughters toys after she went to bed- just a normal thing.  Until I smack my head so hard on a bookshelf.  Not just any bookshelf....

It's a double cornered piece of wood.  I immediately grab my face and lay on the floor to writhe in pain.  Nick comes in the room, thinking I stubbed my toe or something.  He asks to see my face since he sees me holding it.  I start to cry a little.  I'm thinking I'm gonna have the biggest egg of my forehead.  Then I hear Nick's tone change, and he wants to pray.  So he says a prayer, then goes to get a rag to cover my forehead.  I start to freak out a little, then look and see blood on my hands.  I start to freak out even more.  Not knowing how bad it was made it worse.  When I finally made it to the mirror, I knew I needed stiches.  So off to urgent care we went. (mom came so we didn't have to wake up Elise)

I'm doing fine at urgent care, until the dr says that the cut goes right through my eyebrow and there's no way of knowing if the hair will grow back properly, if at all.  I start crying like a baby.  Nick thinks it's no biggie, but it's my face for crying out loud!  I'm so upset.  Then the dr suggests a could get my eyebrow tattoo-ed if need be.  at first i'm thinking she's crazy....but then I realize she means a cosmetic tattoo, not a junkiemulticoloredhippie tattoo parlor.  okay, sounds a little more reasonable.

So 4 stitches later, I'm on my way back home.  Great start to my 28th year!

on my mind today....

Fall seems to have come so fast!! Last week we were enjoying the last week on summer with days in the 80's- then suddenly, this week it's in the low 70's- humidity is gone and the fall chill comes at night. I've already seen some trees with leaves that have either changed color or already fallen!!

I'm torn. I LOVE all of my fall decorations and candles, but i'm not really sure I'm ready for that yet. Fall is my favorite season, but every year it comes so fast.

I'm a little disappointed that I wasn't able to fulfill my goal of getting really into running this summer. When I hurt my back in the beginning of July- I wasn't able to move, let alone run for about a month because of the intense pain. So- my goal has officially changed. I recently discovered that I really prefer to run in cooler weather and I do better too- so running will be my goal for this fall. I've been making a consious effort to do stretches and excersizes for my back and I think that it is really helping and that i will really be able to succeed.

Nick changed the music on my ipod shuffle. I've been listening to the same songs at work for awhile now and it's sooo nice to have new songs!! Listening to some Aerosmith right now....CRaaazy....good stuff.

We have had no internet at home for about a week. The verizon guy is coming today to fix. It's been weird not having the internet, but kinda freeing....we've spent more time getting other stuff done which is kinda nice. I would never want to get rid of the internet permanently, but it was a good change.

My birthday was last Saturday and it was wonderful! One- I was able to spend time with my family at dinner and then for apple pie back at my house. I LOVE apple pie- one of the best foods ever!! Two- 3 day weekend for my birthday!! Can't beat that!! three- My family and friends really showered me with love this year (they do every year) and i feel so blessed to have them all! Well- here's the the past quarter of a century and the start of another =-)

Wonderful weekend

The past two weeks have been absolutely crazy for us...not a single minute to just sit, relax, and breathe. We had been going non-stop from one thing to the next- not even time to grocery shop- until this weekend.
God knew 3 months ago when we both requested a random friday off for no reason at all, that we would really need it! The entire weekend was just a great time of sleeping in, doing nothing, seeing friends, doing what we wanted at the last minute, and being together. loved it!
Some highlights:
-Friday- Slept in while it was raining, lounged, went grocery shopping for the first time in 2 weeks (we had almost no food!), went to wendy's for chili, hung out and watched a movie with my dear friend Aubrey.
-Saturday- slept in again (although not as late), went to the track, had a picnic lunch, ran into friends- dinner with them, nick was able to mow the lawn for the first time in 2 weeks!
-Sunday- Church, Bubbles for lunch (love their 5 dollar specials!), watch a movie together, have friends over for dinner, read a book.
Nothing special- but really really great weekend! Exactly what we needed!!

far away friends

I convinced my friend from ATL to come up and visit me and run the 5K in July with me =) Yay- I'm so excited! Trying to take advantage of times to do spontaneous things while I can! Here we are last September when we last saw each other-

Friends

Nick and I have been blessed with many good friends. The hard part is that most of them live at least 3 hrs or more away. The good part is that when we DO get to spend time together, it makes it that much more special.

I guess that's what you get when you go to college far from home. And it's what you get when your friends go to college far from home, meet their now spouses, get married, and move far away. It's crazy to think how quickly life changes!

We get to spend time with the Rowes tonight. I'm very excited for it. I'm so thankful for good friends and then chance to spend time with them when they're in town.