Birthday Girl

Dinner date with sister=fabulous. I hate my birthday, it is seriously the worst day of the year for me. Linds sent me more than a week of bday snail mail including a card that says, "A birthday is like a vacuum cleaner. It's just there, and then it sucks. And when it is not sucking, it's there waiting to suck." OMG. I think that is going on the blog header with the naked turtle.

I did try my best to get in the spirit. We went camping overnight at Horsethief Reservoir with Andrea, who shares my bday!

And! She knit me this hat, gasp! (I sneezed as I took the pic.)

A walk downtown with my cute kids. We found out Nampa has a yummy Vietnamese joint & it is right across from the M!

Flowers from the hubby & a new owl from myself :)

Birthday treats: homemade granola bars & Ginger Zucchini Cupcakes.

I turned 29 so naturally, Matt took me to Brick29 Bistro for lunch on the big day. Collin was a very sweet escort as well.

Another year older & hopefully wiser, here are some quotes Mrs. Nicole Nelson has gracefully forwarded to me over the past year. Good stuff!

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”― Winston Churchill

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

― Charles W. Eliot “The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.” ― Isak Dinesen “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman

“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”

― Lee Iacocca

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”

― Anonymous