Birthday MONTH: Day 29

 

I'd like to introduce you to Scotty...

He is my nephew on my husband's side of the family. Isn't he just the cutest thing? He's sure to put a smile on your face as he did to me yesterday.

LIFE was a little out of my control but today is a better day so I wanted to share a sweet gift that was given to me by his mother, my sister-in-law Belinda.

I'll let you in on a quirky tidbit about me: A way to my heart is through my tummy! Call me a dog or whatever, it's the truth.

So when Belinda called yesterday morning in the middle of Dad's surgery and said that she was cooking a birthday lunch for me, I was so excited! Thad's family loves "healthy" food but as for me, I'm a junk food junky. I have no shame admitting this. My favorite recipe is jumping in my car and heading for Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy's, McDonald's...basically anywhere where they take your money and give you food through a window. 

She had the coolest taco spread...sort of like a taco buffet!

Salsa, sour cream, tomatoes, cabbage, green onions, lettuce, CHEESE, refried beans, soft shells, crunchy shells, jalapenos...did I mention CHEESE?

I LOVE tacos...and low and behold...I wasn't the only one who woofed down 3 tacos. Thad had TWO plates full and his mother ate pretty good too. So much for all that healthy food! haha We had a wonderful lunch and I rested on the couch with Scotty by my side giving me some sweet loving little licks on my cheek. {sigh} This was just what I needed.

So with that said, let me go back for a second here to the 1st day in October, which is my REAL BIRTH DATE ~ October 1st. (Lee, I hope you are reading this...October 1st is my real birth date! Now I've told you more than once! ha ha)

Belinda gave me this present for my birthday...

It's a sweet little accordion folder box. At first I was going to store some of my ephemera and special papers in it...but after opening ALL of my birthday presents from my sister Karen, I realized that I needed something to hold all of my recycled tissues.

Each present must have had 10 tissues in each and I wanted to save them for other gifts. {Do ya'll do this too or am I the only cheapo in the world?}

So...I decided to color code the tissues and store them for safe keeping in my new accordion folder box from Belinda!

Now I have all of my colored tissues at my finger tips...ready for wrapping!!!! I just LOVE it! My very own tissue carrying case! ;)

Oh, my Birthday MONTH has been sooooo fun, even through the trials along the way. Thank you for the sweetest of comments everyday!!!! You've made my month so special!!!! Only two more days to go after today, then a new month arrives. Who knows what November brings but I think I'm ready for it. Thanks to you!

Did you know that Linda will be celebrating her Birthday MONTH during November? Yay!!!! She is a wonderful writer/journalist and life with her daughter is such a treat to read. She was one of my first blog friends to be inducted into my blog family!!!

Also, yesterday was a trying day and I didn't mention a friend's birthday. NOT that I forgot because I sent her a special Happy Birthday email, but my post just wasn't too positive yesterday and I feel bad about that. I want to wish a "day after" Happy Birthday to Sandi, the Impatient Cajun.

And today I'd like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Stan, The Elegant Thrifter. He's a published author of his very own book and a wonderful blogger too! I always love to visit him...he's so full of thrifty surprises!

And last but not least, I'd like to hope that YOU are having a wonderful day today too. Even though it may not be your birthday, know that I'm thinking of you anyway!!!!!

You know what to do with these lemons right?

Let's make some lemonade! ;)