It's my 39th birthday! Hard to believe I'm a year away from turning 40. Especially since I started this journal when I was a mere 26. Time keeps marching on ( Read more... )

Today was Laura's last day of freedom before joining the "dark side" (she's switching bookstore chains...the horrors!), and since we both had the day off, we got together. Of course, I still had to buy most of her presents run errands this morning, and I ran late, so I called her later than I wanted, but that was okay. Then I had some housework ( Read more... )

Laura and I got together today.

First: Lunch at Friday's at 11:15. No wait, good waiter (*cute* waiter), and more points on my Friday's card so that next time I can treat us to an appetizer or dessert.

Second: Mall photo booth. Even before she fell in love with the movie Amelie, Laura has loved photo booths. She took some pictures and then ( Read more... )

Grandma came over today. She ended up taking my family out for lunch, and then she and mom went to the movies, as grandma had gotten free passes for a movie, popcorn, and drinks. She also picked up her stuff from Wisconsin that mom and dad brought down in the U-Haul. It really wasn't that much, and despite grandma already having stuff in the ( Read more... )

I went to a first birthday party today. It was for the son of my friends Tim and Vicki. It's so hard to believe that Oliver is a year old! I'd never seen him in person before today, so it was great to meet him. He is a cutie pie. It's funny; normally I try to figure out which parent the baby looks like, but I never did that today. He was ( Read more... )