16 Going on 17

Ok, so it was more like 33 going on 34, but who is counting? (Besides Crys!)

I had a GREAT birthday! Hubby and I actually celebrated last Saturday. We went to eat at MELT in Cleveland! Yum! We ran a few errands, shopped and ended up going for ice cream at Mary Coyle's. It's an honest to goodness old-school ice cream parlor. Loved it!

I got breakfast on the morning of my birthday (hubby made omelets and toast) and he made homemade pizza for dinner. Holla!  I ate a free lunch at First Watch and I bought myself a new skirt and top. I had a very unexpected visit from a special friend of mine who stayed for dinner.

About a bazillion people called, text me, or messaged me on Facebook. I felt very loved and blessed.

As I reflected on the past year, I realized a lot has changed. I lost my job in Cairo. I got married. I moved to Ohio. I've watched my mom fight cancer. I was diagnosed with MS. (I've done a ton of craft projects.) I have laughed and cried - sometimes within 5 minutes of each other. It has been an 'emotional roller coaster' sort of year. I have made new friends and mourned the fact that I can't see old friends as often as I would like to. In the end, 33 was a HUGE year in my life and I'm sad about some things coming to an end, but excited about all of the new things. 33 was bittersweet. I'm sure 34 has a lot in store and I've decided that I just want it to be a year where I ultimately spend time investing in people and in what God has for me. Here's to another year!

A to Z

I thought about joining the A to Z blog challenge, but I am seriously not certain that I COULD blog everyday for a month. I mean, I do Facebook (love knowing what's going on - at this point I would know very little going on 'back home' if it weren't for FB).

I have been sucked into the Pintrest garbage (HUGE time suck - don't even sign up if you can't afford to lose hours of your life and not be able to explain where they went). I have gotten several great ideas from there, so I'm not complaining, but it's addictive.

I am also trying to check my Twitter at least once a day because my sister-in-law is attempting to tweet regularly, but I don't get The Twitter. I think it's because I don't follow anyone cool. Who should I follow that has interesting tweets? I think Twitter is mostly for people who want to follow stars. Does anyone really want to know that I just did laundry? #noonecares

I am currently trying to memorize the soprano part for Handel's Messiah. #notgoingwell (I have to admit that I DO like the hashtag thing.) Our new church performs it every year at Easter. No one is using music this year (except me!) and I don't want to be the loser with the sheet music, so I'm working on it. Grrr.

My parents are coming to visit this weekend and I am SO excited! I keep trying to talk everyone into staying longer, but they only want to stay for 3 or 4 days! What is that about? I mean, you drive 9 1/2 hours, you should stay for a week before you drive back! (looking at you, Crys) :-)

Oh, and my mom and dad bought me a new sewing machine for my birthday (not until May, but it was on sale). Now I just have to figure out what to do with it! ;-) I'm excited about it!