Changes...

I took a little time to look at my options with my blog template. What do you think?!?!? I like it, and had fun changing the design. I know there are tons more options, but I am just too tired and my eyes are hurting, so I'll have to save more changes for another day. But I am slowly learning! :-)

Birthday

Check out my birthday gift from my wonderful husband! :-) Its called PocketDish, and goes along with our Dish Network DVR. I can download all the shows I tape and take them with me. I can also download my music and pictures to it too. An all-in-one for me!!! I am excited to get it working, maybe I'll get a little on it tonight. G didn't get a chance to plan a birthday dinner for me, work was crazy yesterday; so we went out to eat, but he promised me BBQ later in the week.
Thank you G, for a wonderful evening! I love you!!! (And you are still the best gift- God blessed me with your presence in my life and I will ever be grateful to Him for it...)

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me!!! I am working today (yuck), but don't have to cook dinner!!! :-) My wonderful husband asked what he could cook me for dinner. I picked BBQ chicken, and will leave the rest up to him. I did make my own birthday desert, last night, so I could share at work today, chocolate brownie cookies. Yum-O!!!(I LOVE Rachel Ray!!!) :-) I just hope I can make it through the day without anyone (clients) yelling at me. That would be a nice change...

Random Acts- revisited...

Back in May, my SIL, Sally, told about a random act someone did for her. She talked about paying it forward, which I always try to do with my time, but maybe not so much with my money. Last night at dinner, the opportunity arose to pay it forward and I took it! A local favorite restaurant has recently been "refurbished". The interior has been cleaned up, menus improved upon, including several new selections. On the back of the menu in the desert section was my golden opportunity!!! It actually provided a "pay it forward" desert!!! It was called the "Calorie Free Brownie" and read something like this: Calorie Free, fat free, guilt free desert! Just order our brownie pie and we will deliver it to the table next to you and you can watch them eat it!!!" So, to the shock of my waitress I ordered it!!! But I told her to wait until I was gone and just give it to some couple there just finishing their meal. When she came back with my to go containers she asked, "Are you sure you want that brownie too?" I told her yes- and then I left!!! I hope that couple enjoyed their brownie, and I think I'll probably be ordering a Calorie Free brownie every time we go there! :-) It does make you feel good to do something anonymously without expecting anything in return!!!

A child's reasoning...

"So does that mean Auntie K & Uncle G aren't married anymore?" asked my 7 year old niece yesterday. We were at the swim beach at the Lake Pueblo Reservoir where we had been playing in the water. G had been sick this past week, and with a sore throat and fever, had not been eating much. He lost ten pounds. (I'd love to lose ten pounds, but not that way- he was miserable!) Needless to say, the ten pounds made clothing (and other accessories) loser than normal, G had even cinched his belt tighter to keep his pants from hitting the ground! And with neither one of us thinking, we had jumped in the lake to swim and splash around with the nieces. Only later when I commented that my ring felt lose in the water did G get a horrific look on his face, as he pulled his left hand up out of the water, and sure enough... NO RING!!! :-( He is so upset! We looked all around the picnic site, and to no avail, drug our fingers through the sand and murky water where we had been standing (but there were about 200 people in and out of the water there). And Bug-a-boo was almost in tears helping us look- afraid we weren't married anymore because G had lost his ring. We got her calmed down and explained that the ring was just a symbol to let others know of our commitment. Luckily, we didn't spend a lot on G's ring, but it was still special to him, and he is upset about losing it. I love him and hope we can find another ring that he'll like. :-)

"The Boy"

"The Boy" is our only nephew. He just turned one year old last week. Isn't he cute??? Normally auntie and uncle think so too... but not right now :-( "The Boy" passed along his cold to auntie and uncle before ditching us to go home to Texas on Sunday while we were all visiting G's parents in Kansas. G's mom's family has a family reunion every year which we all attended, and then went back to the 'rents house to spend a couple of days with G's family. We had fun, but have been miserable for the last couple days... and nights. Like now, its 3:50am and I've been awake for an hour, and am feeling like its permanent for the day. Oh well- at least its Friday...

Update... I only got about another half hour of sleep. I'm glad I haven't sworn off Pepsi this week- it will be my best friend today... Only 8 hrs 45 minutes to go...

It is now 3:50pm- 12 hours since I first posted this. I am actually surviving, I don't know for how much longer, but I'll at least make it through the work day... I love Pepsi!!! :-) And I still think "The Boy" is cute and love him- auntie is just not used to being up at 3 o'clock in the morning on a work day... :-)