Birthday recap
Last Sunday was my birthday, but because it was a weekend, I claim the whole weekend as my birthday. It was a very nice weekend, too.
Saturday was pretty nasty outside but two of my kids and I decided to brave the shopping mall anyway. K and I needed new shoes for the wedding and hadn't had much luck at some of the non-mall shoe stores. I knew we would have luck at Dillard's.
I am not the typical shoe shopper. I hate shopping and I hate shoes. You can imagine this was a trip I was dreading; but it had to be done. And it was successful with only 40 minutes of pain. We found matching shoes that we both like and now I can cross that item off my to do list.
By Saturday evening, the weather had cleared up and Bob and I met up with some friends for dinner at Dona Emilia's. I'm still thinking about how yummy the food was, how fun the company was, and how tasty those pitchers of mojitos were. It's funny how I still feel so satisfied. We followed up dinner with a VCRP show. It was a good night.
Sunday morning, I headed out early for a church committee meeting. We were done in 30 minutes (only because none of us had anything to report, not because we are so efficient) and then Jenna and I stayed for breakfast and conversation. I felt like I hadn't talked to Jenna in forever even though I had had lunch with her earlier in the week. She gave me a present that was from about 10 of my friends: a house cleaning from a local maid service! OMG, it's so awesome!
I went home after breakfast and my family was gone. I called Bob but there was no answer. I figured they were out, desperately shopping for a birthday present. It turns out they had gone to church, which was probably the best birthday present they could give me. They did go to Target after church and got me some fabulous gifts, though. I also highly appreciated the quiet and solitude I had at home for a couple of hours while they were out.
Before they even got home, I went to my covenant group meeting and had a lovely time. There were only 4 of us there and I really loved the intimacy of being a small group. Maybe it's time for our large group to split? That's a thought for another day. Carolyn gave me an ashtanga yoga dvd and I can't wait to actually do it. I watched a good part of it the other day to get a feel for it and now I'm ready.
When I got home around 4 p.m., I saw my family for the first time that day. It seemed really weird to not spend so much of my birthday with them and I really missed them. They gave me my presents: a different ashtanga yoga dvd (I guess I really have to do ashtanga yoga now), a Ren and Stimpy dvd box set, my very own copy of Zoolander, and a book on UUism that I need to read for my covenant group. K also gave me a necklace she picked up at the Austin Children's Museum with a massively huge crystal pendant.
Being a good mother, I proudly put that necklace on and we headed out to El Mercado for dinner. Kinky Friedman was eating dinner at the table across from us. I tried to encourage my son to go ask him if he was going to be our next governor but Bob told him not to. Too bad. I think that would have been neat. I wonder how many kids go up to him and ask that?
After dinner, we got the kids settled and then we watched Proof. It was a pretty ok movie. Gwenyth Paltrow had a pained look throughout the entire movie. Jake Gyllenhaal was hot throughout the entire movie. Anthony Hopkins was fat throughout the entire movie.
Ah, what a nice birthday weekend. Oh, and I've lost 14 pounds since the beginning of the year, despite eating at Dona Emilia's and El Mercado in the same weekend.
Saturday was pretty nasty outside but two of my kids and I decided to brave the shopping mall anyway. K and I needed new shoes for the wedding and hadn't had much luck at some of the non-mall shoe stores. I knew we would have luck at Dillard's.
I am not the typical shoe shopper. I hate shopping and I hate shoes. You can imagine this was a trip I was dreading; but it had to be done. And it was successful with only 40 minutes of pain. We found matching shoes that we both like and now I can cross that item off my to do list.
By Saturday evening, the weather had cleared up and Bob and I met up with some friends for dinner at Dona Emilia's. I'm still thinking about how yummy the food was, how fun the company was, and how tasty those pitchers of mojitos were. It's funny how I still feel so satisfied. We followed up dinner with a VCRP show. It was a good night.
Sunday morning, I headed out early for a church committee meeting. We were done in 30 minutes (only because none of us had anything to report, not because we are so efficient) and then Jenna and I stayed for breakfast and conversation. I felt like I hadn't talked to Jenna in forever even though I had had lunch with her earlier in the week. She gave me a present that was from about 10 of my friends: a house cleaning from a local maid service! OMG, it's so awesome!
I went home after breakfast and my family was gone. I called Bob but there was no answer. I figured they were out, desperately shopping for a birthday present. It turns out they had gone to church, which was probably the best birthday present they could give me. They did go to Target after church and got me some fabulous gifts, though. I also highly appreciated the quiet and solitude I had at home for a couple of hours while they were out.
Before they even got home, I went to my covenant group meeting and had a lovely time. There were only 4 of us there and I really loved the intimacy of being a small group. Maybe it's time for our large group to split? That's a thought for another day. Carolyn gave me an ashtanga yoga dvd and I can't wait to actually do it. I watched a good part of it the other day to get a feel for it and now I'm ready.
When I got home around 4 p.m., I saw my family for the first time that day. It seemed really weird to not spend so much of my birthday with them and I really missed them. They gave me my presents: a different ashtanga yoga dvd (I guess I really have to do ashtanga yoga now), a Ren and Stimpy dvd box set, my very own copy of Zoolander, and a book on UUism that I need to read for my covenant group. K also gave me a necklace she picked up at the Austin Children's Museum with a massively huge crystal pendant.
Being a good mother, I proudly put that necklace on and we headed out to El Mercado for dinner. Kinky Friedman was eating dinner at the table across from us. I tried to encourage my son to go ask him if he was going to be our next governor but Bob told him not to. Too bad. I think that would have been neat. I wonder how many kids go up to him and ask that?
After dinner, we got the kids settled and then we watched Proof. It was a pretty ok movie. Gwenyth Paltrow had a pained look throughout the entire movie. Jake Gyllenhaal was hot throughout the entire movie. Anthony Hopkins was fat throughout the entire movie.
Ah, what a nice birthday weekend. Oh, and I've lost 14 pounds since the beginning of the year, despite eating at Dona Emilia's and El Mercado in the same weekend.
posted by Monica at
7:27 AM
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Now that's what I get for not paying attention to what I was linking. Thanks! It's all better now.
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