I'm so incredibly thankful for God's mercy to me. <3 ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful weekend celebrating my birthday with my family *hugs* Here we are celebrating with bubble tea of various flavors - strawberry, coffee, and thai tea :) Matt treated us to dinner and then we played a game of Ticket to Ride Pennsylvania. I couldn't make my routes to Buffalo, but I still managed to get second place with some long ( Read more... )

I had a really fun birthday this year :)


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I turned 32 this year. There was still snow on the ground from the storm last weekend. On Thursday morning, God painted the sky a calm, beautiful orange as the sun came up, fiery tangerine. At work, I ate Panera for lunch with a few coworkers and got some cards and Starbucks gift cards through the day. That evening, Mom and Dad took me out to ( Read more... )

Jan 28, 2003: Celebrated with Lord of the Rings at Paul Hall :)

Jan 28, 2004: Cheesecake, cosplay, and Hiwatari-kun at Constitution Apartments!

Jan 28, 2005: Birthday in Dendentown, Japan!

Jan 28, 2006: Loving birthdays, Japanese, Chinese, Gettysburg, and the drafty porch-room of the Hutchison House ^_^ (dreading leaving...)

Jan 28, 2007: Fun- ( Read more... )

Thanks to all who sent me kind wishes or called me for my birthday! It was a productive day at work and this evening I've been munching on cupcakes and shopping for...mandolins :) I was also playing the mandolin and enjoying some good times.

I want to start with a prayer request for those of you who pray. Seven years ago I lived in Croatia with a host family - a mother and her daughter, who was my age. I just got news yesterday that my host sister was in a terrible car accident and passed away this past weekend. Her family and friends are all in shock, including me. My family is ( Read more... )

The wonderful birthday joys keep coming! It's like a heavy shower of them and I have no umbrella! Waaa! ^___ ( Read more... )

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I celebrated my birthday by...going to Dendentown ( Read more... )