Celebrating My Birthday



celebrating with Lily and Rowan



Tomorrow I will report again on Sound Sleep, Sound Mind.  I'm being lazy.  That sort of blogging takes me a few hours to organize quotes, write, and to decide on what's vital and what you can read on your own, lol!  I'm tired and I'm sore and I've got a lot to do this week as we get back onto the House Purge 2012.



Anna looking thrilled over her photo



We begin on the kitchen today.  We have way too much stuff in there!  We will have the most purging done in the kitchen and our garage than any other room.  Although the teen girls are getting into the swing of things and they will run a close third.  Which is good, because I think they are hoarders in the making. 



Madalyn and Anna



I have to finish collecting material on weddings and handfastings this week and organize it and some forms into a handy dandy notebook for couples as I meet with one such couple this weekend.  My idea is to have maybe two notebooks (1 for weddings, 1 for handfastings) with the different elements of the ceremony broken down into sections.  Each section will then have easy examples to either personalize or to choose from to make the ceremony easier to decide upon.  Thank goodness for books and I wasn't aware of how complicated formal weddings were. 



Out to lunch with MarLea and Elaine



 This weekend was really enjoyable starting with a party with my family.  I still have blueberry cheesecake leftover.  Breakfast?  Good idea!  I got several footrubs... most of them through guilt.  I have no issue giving guilt to get a footrub :p. 



Terri looking thrilled over her photo



Sunday I went out to lunch with some of my friends.  We went to the Sushi Roll in Federal Way.  My first time.  I loved the albacore, the Philadelphia Rolls and tempura veggies were good, and the strawberry rolls were abfab.  I had miso soup for the first time.  I love french onion soup and I thought the miso so similar (minus the yummy toppings). 

I have heard more positive things about Sushi Roll than any other sushi place and it was definitely the second best sushi I've ever had.  The best was on a cruise ship and I doubt I'll ever top it.  A whole bottle of sake may be tainting my memory though :). 

BTW, I am not a drinker.  I drink only a couple times a year.  But on a cruise ship... forget about it.  We'd start at 11 a.m. with Big Gulp sized pina coladas by the pool and I'd end with a sombrero in a cigar bar around 1 a.m.  They bill the acohol to your room and you pay up at the end... $900 for a week in the Mexican Riviera (that's only what we drank on board).  Ahhh... fond memories!

A very blessed year coming up for me!  The celebrations begin with a clean and organized home, lots of stuff in between, and ends with good friends, how can it not be a blessed year?