Birthdays were never a HUGE deal in my family. Just wasn't. Of course we celebrated. As kids, my mom threw us parties and invited friends over. But, it wasn't like this insane, crazy, huge celebration. which is fine by me!
But, when I had kids, that changed for me. I wanted to throw the big parties for my girls. And we did, for their first birthdays of course. And then we decided that we'd choose when to do a big party as they got older.
I have so much fun celebrating them and making sure their birthdays are special to them. We blow up balloons and put them in their rooms when they are sleeping. I like to put up streamers across their doorways so they have to bust through it when they wake up :)
Anyway, Steve's birthday is 2 days before mine, so we usually celebrate together. Or we try to. This year, Steve worked and then did side jobs well into the night.
I opted this year to take PTO a couple of days before my birthday. Both kids had school/daycare and Steve was at work. I watched movies, took naps. It was glorious. I snuggled on the couch with Bella and it was lovely.
Then, Saturday, Mila had a friend over. The girls played so well all afternoon, and I promised I'd take them to McDonald's if they were well behaved all day. It was great! The girls played, I chilled and watched TV (and may have possibly fallen asleep!) and by the time I opened my eyes, it was 5:30. So, time to pick up and head to McD's! The girls had a blast. We dropped off the little friend around 7pm, and then headed home and relaxed a bit before bed.
My mom had sent a note telling me and Steve that we could use her credit card to buy ourselves some birthday gifts. I was running out of some of my makeup, so I was able to buy more, and then...and THEN! I got my new Carhartt purse! I've had an obsession with purses for as long as I have been an adult. I have many COACH bags, one LV (gifted to me from my mom), a couple other designer bags and my most recent favorite was a simple navy bag that I got from Stitch Fix.
I wanted a durable purse that could withstand my lifestyle. I needed it large enough to put my laptop into. The one downside is that there is no zipper. So it doesn't FULLY close. But, there are a few smaller pockets on the inside secured with velcro that work nicely for keys, business cards, my inhaler, etc. I love that there are two side pockets that work well for travel mugs/drinks. I opted to go with the "North/South" version instead of the "East/West" version and I like that I made that decision. It's a big bag but does not feel overwhelming. And I know it'll last me the next 40 years. :)
I got it here.
SUNDAY was my actual birthday. Since Steve's birthday was Friday and he worked literally an 18 hour day, we opted to spend some time with his parents for our birthdays. We ordered in Chinese food and just hung out. They were very generous and are helping to fund the pool deck this year. That's another story for another day. But, long story short, my husband and FIL decided to put a pool in our yard last year. (YAY!) but I'm being a snot and I want a very specific wrap-around deck (the pool is above ground). So, we got partial funding to start that project! My mom is also offering to help fund part of the deck (she'll be here in August, so it'll be done by the time she gets here!)
Here's a picture of something similar that I want. If it were up to me, or solely my decision, the deck would wrap around the entire pool. (Hell, if it were solely up to me, we'd have an inground pool!) Not to sound ungrateful....but a pool was not something that I had on my mind. Anyway, not only do I want a deck for safety purposes - with a lock and alarm on the gate, I also want to be able to CHILL and not go in the water every single time my kids want to swim. Steve plans on breaking ground early April, when the ground has thawed and the goal is to be finished with the deck by the end of June.
Back to my birthday. Sunday night CNN was airing a movie that I had my eyes on for a while. It's super intriguing and absolutely fucked up. The movie "Three Identical Strangers" is about triplets who were separated at 6 months old and adopted into different families. The families did not know that the boys they adopted were part of a trio. The "scientists" documented and "tested" the boys as they grew to try to understand nurture vs. nature. Astonishingly, when one triplet went off to college, he was recognized - one of his brothers had attended the same college! That's how this whole thing started and they started to unravel the story. It was crazy. Steve and I watched (part of) it while we ate Mark's Pizza and wings. My favorite.
I took Monday off as well - nothing worse than a Sunday night after a few days off. So I took Monday off too :) It was a good day to get the house in order, do laundry, clean, fed/water the chickens.
We also got my office desk up into the loft! There will be a separate post on this renovation, as soon as the furniture arrives. We basically turned the girls' upstairs playroom into our new office space.
37 is off to a great start!
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