balloon from a coworker (there were two small white ones, but they died)

chicken and waffle lunch with coworkers

surprise flowers from the husband

iced chai latte after seeing Our Idiot Brother

lunch! I had Kush ;)

Garcia's for dinner! sadly I deleted the photo of my food :(

dessert! fried ice cream that tasted like cinnamon toast crunch

I got a fantastic idea from a blog today!  Krysten from After 'I Do' came up with the great idea of having people mail her birthday cards!

... and seeing as how my birthday is only 15 DAYS AWAY!

I think it would be fantastic to get some birthday cards!

So if you'd like to send me a card, feel free to email me for my address.

ALSO, let me know when your birthday is so I can reciprocate!

Today is my mom's birthday, but I didn't see her.  But that's because Hubs and I went over to see her yesterday.  So we could also see our nephew, since she was babysitting.  I got her exactly what she asked for -- coasters for her desk at work.  And a funny card with a half naked man and two boxer puppies.

My parents took us out to lunch with them for my mom's birthday.  We went to Lone Star.  I shared my french fries with my adorable nephew.

Today Hubs and I finished watching the second season of Pushing Daisies.  It's an adorable show, but I'm sad it's over now.  We started watching Dollhouse next.  It's quite weird, so far.  Very trippy.  Have you watched either?

I haven't read at all since Friday night.  I'm feeling like quite the slacker.  I've been on my laptop more though, but still haven't been posting here as much as I should.  Still in a bit of a funk, but I'll try to write through it.  No matter how much the writing sucks.

All in all this weekend has been quite lazy, like they always are for us.

How was your weekend?

Well, my birthday is coming up soon.  September 1st to be exact.  Normally I don't want anything, but this year there are a few things this year.

Medium Cosmetic Bag from Vera Bradley: $21

Coin Purse from Vera Bradley: $14

I would love to have these to match my adorable messenger bag.

Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich: $7.99

Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 16) by Janet Evanovich: $15

I have every book in the Stephanie Plum series except these two.

Book Fairy: Priceless

I few book bloggers that I follow have Book Fairy's and I want one.

All you have to do is send me books!  That's not a tough job. ;)

Our first Christmas party for my work. December 2007.

Hubs proposing. January 2009.

Wedding day. April 7, 2009.

Honeymoon. April 2009.

Happy Birthday, my love. <3
I'm so lucky to have you in my life.  I love you with all of my heart.

Happy Birthday, Grayson!

Shoving the cake in his face.

Lickin' his fingers clean.

I'll get better pictures from my mom or sister-in-law.

Baby Shower -- It went alright.  I wasn't a fan of a lot of people there, but I made it through it.  It's getting tougher and tougher to go to baby showers each time.  I would be so much more excited to go and hang out if I had a little one or a little one on the way, but I don't.  So I sit there, fight back tears at time and act like everything it alright.

Roller Derby -- Well you're going to be disappointed with me.  I didn't go talk to Fred on Saturday when we went to see the AZ Roller Derby.  I want intimidated!  It was extremely crowded when we got there and there were so many photographers already.  So I never worked up the cajones.  I'm thinking about emailing Fred and seeing if he wants to meet up some time he's free.

We saw the Bad News Beaters bout against the Brawlerinas.  I didn't have a specific team I was going for, but the Bad News Beaters ended up kicking ass!

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Faded hand stamp from the AZ Roller Derby.

The jammer coming around the corner.

Invisible jammer!

See the girl walking right there?  In the red.  I wish I could have gotten a picture for you.  It was priceless.  She had this lacy red top on with a black tiny vest on.  Her little boobs were popping out of it along with her chubby belly. Not cute!  I have more to love, but I tuck it away from the public. Yikes!

After Roller Derby we went out for a drink, which is still a weird concept for me.  We sat at the bar and I wasn't carded -- two firsts!  I had a Sex on the Beach; I didn't think it was that great.  But it definitely did the job.  I'm a lightweight since I never drink.  I gotta get ready for Vegas though.  Yes! I'm going to Vegas!

BBQ for my Brother's Birthday -- It was pretty laid back; it was just family.  The past few weren't that laid back.  My brother would have his Police friends over and they'd have one too many beers and they were quite humorous.  But Sunday my SIL and nephew were sick, so it was just a calm night.

But I got to see this little booger!

He likes to eat his books, rather than read them.

And this one of Root Beer because I thought she was laying funny.

Overall, it was a nice week.  A bit busy, but nice.  How was yours?

*My appologies for the awful quality photos.  I only used my iPhone and it doesn't have a quick shutter.  For the Roller Derby I didn't really have a time to use my better camera.  We couldn't get close enough.

Well, this weekend Hubs and I have a bunch of plans.  This is totally a change for us!  We are the stay at home watching movies on the couch/in bed couple.  Which is totally okay with me!

Friday: Free day!  So we will probably just sit around the house.  I want to get some reading and blogging I'd like to do!

Saturday: At 1pm we have a baby shower for a very close family friend; not sure how long that will last.  Around 7pm, I really want to go to the Roller Derby event.  Possibly meet up with Fred, see if I can get involved.  [Hopefully I can get up the cajones to talk to him.]

Sunday: BBQ for my Brother's birthday around 5:30p.  We have plenty of down time in the morning.  I'm thinking of using the time to actually clean; it's been awhile!

I plan on bring my camera with me everywhere this weekend.  I really wish I had my fancy new camera bag I ordered from Etsy, but I must be patient.  So look forward to some pictures from the weekend!

What do you have planned for the weekend?

Well yesterday was my birthday. It might have been the best so far. Rob got me those gorgeous flowers! (First time he has ever bought me flowers.) But the card wasn't included. They told him it got wet so they didn't give it to me.. which I think is crap! I really wanted that card. I'm over it now, but yesterday I was super upset about it because when I first go the flowers I had NO idea who they were from. Good thing my mom knew!

Crystal, a lady at my work, took me out to lunch and my mom and Valissa came along with us. Lunch was pretty good. I had a bacon cheeseburger. Oh how I love my hamburgers.

When I first got to work I found my desk was COVERED in confetti and I had a banner saying "Happy 21st Birthday". Along with four different kinds of sweets -- brownies, cookies, cinnamon rolls and a crumb coffee cake. Need less to say my mom went a little crazy! I also go this really pretty candle holder from Kathy (our receptionist). I'll take a picture of that tonight. (Have you realized I'm slacking on taking pictures of things? Entertainment center, pretty cat scratching post and now this. Good thing it's a three day weekend this weekend, I can get caught up on my blog posts!).

Pretty Flowers!

Rob and I went to dinner at Sonora Brewhouse and Restaurant. It was pretty good. He had a beer that was 9.2%, he was pretty excited about that. I had two hard ciders -- raspberry and apple. They were alright, not my favorite. I really want to try a strawberry margarita and a strawberry daiquiri. I love strawberry! But dinner was great. We had these amazing onion rings as our appetizer. I would go back just for those!

This was probably one of my best birthdays yet. There were a few downs, but there were far more ups to make the day great! :)