good evening all!  just got the house picked up from the days events and finally sitting down to do some reading and facebooking and blogging and all those great things!  my friends from my BUNCO group came yesterday and it was so great to see them!  I get emotional when people are here; was just over joyed to have people in my home!  we went out for lunch at my favorite mexican restaurant and spent all afternoon there.  ordered 2 pitchers of margaritas and only 4 of us were drinking them.  needless to say-a good time was had by all.  lots of laughter and even had an old man give his number to one of my friends!  entertaining!

today was a wonderful day at school.  i love when we get everything checked off without any bumps or fights or any negatives!  we even had time to get outside to walk, ride bikes and play baseball.  i wanted to get a half hour of exercise in and ella wanted to go along so she rode her bike.  i love walking through the neighborhood and admiring peoples homes. everyone is so different.  some have messy garages or very tidy garages, fancy cars and not so fancy cars, dogs or no dogs, pumpkins and mums or ghosts and zombies etc. etc. and I love it all!  everyone in the world has something to offer and it takes all of us to make it work.  i didn't talk to anyone on the walk but i was so excited when i spotted this:

yes, believe it. i spotted a Beatles mailbox!  This is just fantastic!  I became a Beatles fan when I was in the 3rd grade.  My dad always had a large collection of albums from his era and we would listen to them on the weekends.  I just loved this one.  I had him record me a cassette tape which I listened to over and over for years.  I used to take it in the bathroom with me when I would take my bath at night and listen to it.  I now have some Beatles CD's and you better believe that my children also know who the Beatles are!  

Well, it's almost my birthday.  I will soon be 26 years old.  For my birthday my parents usually ask what i would like and for the last couple of years I have accepted cold hard cash as a birthday gift and I love it. So for my birthday I am going shopping at Target!  Yes, the birthday money I get is mine all mine.  Of course we need things around here and of course we have bills that could be paid but damn-it since I have become a mommy I rarely spurge and treat myself!  The few times I do get to go shopping I look down in my cart or shopping bag and see that I have stuff for everyone in the family but myself. No pity party,  it's just what us moms do.  Moms always put their needs last.  But not on my birthday!  I hope to get a cardigan, a fashion scarf, a huge, fake, cocktail ring, new nail polish, a brightly colored pair of skinny jeans, and a pair of flats for less than $200.  Wish me luck, I can't freakin' wait!

I also want to be mindful of the fact that I have family-lots of family that calls me and sends me things and that there are some people in this world whose birthday passes by and no one knows it.  Boo:(  This breaks my heart.  I am so thankful to have been born into a family not of riches and trusts but rather of unconditional love, acceptance and support-truly.  Anything I have ever done-be it good or bad-they have all been right there.  Aw shucks-thanks guys!  I love you all!