Random Friday on Monday =) ~~ Birthday Edition ~~

OH MY STARS ~~ It is SO good to be back!!!

I have been having trouble with blogger.again.

But now I'm back. 

So in honor of me being back.....

let's Random Friday post on this Labor Day Monday.....

Is it me, or has this weekend gone REALLY FAST?!!

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anyway.....

So my birthday was on August 26th, so last Friday, and I had such a wonderful day.

I am a Well Blessed Woman!!!

First, G took me and Sir Cuteness to Lola's for lunch.

Now let me just say, if y'all live in the area and have never been.....shame on you and GO.

And if you don't live in the area, when you come to visit your blog buddy in MO, because I know you want to RJ, Jacquie, Stephanie, Meredith..... =)  I will take you to lunch at Lola's and we will bask in the blueberry poppy seed dressing and coconut cake, among other things =)

anyway.....I digress.....

Here is Sir Cuteness, doing what he does best, being cute =)

I'm pretty sure it's his love language.....I KNOW it's mine =)

Oh.my.stars. he is the cutest thing in an "I Love Grandma" t-shirt going.....

Just stayin'  ~~

 Do my hands look older, or is it just me?

Yep, they are another year older too....

When I told Leggs my hands looked older,

she said they just looked used.

Yep made me feel NO better =)

And here is G and I.....

Ya know hanging out on my birthday.....

Me smiling, her smirking.....

Yep, it's the way we roll =)

By-the-way, she looked so pretty that day and I looked so sloppy,

but in my defense it was Friday which is Bear Wear day (every Friday if you are an MSU'er or have a kiddo at MSU, Friday's are Bear Wear Day, so my birthday was on a Friday, so I donned my Bear Wear), that and it was my birthday after all =) 

So thanks for looking so pretty G, and so sorry I was, well dressed down at best =)

Oh I wish I'd taken a picture of Sir Cuteness's food.....

It was a muffin tin and each section had a different food..... like,

one section had turkey, another cheese, another carrots, another a dish of ranch dressing, and so on.....

It was SO cute!!!!  And he LOVED it!!!!!

And then for dessert it came with a cookie that he got to pick out.

So he picked out the apple sugar cookie of course and I put whipped cream on it from my Homemade Angel Food Cake.  It was SO good!!!!!

And I might have put a little on his nose =)

Bliss.

Sheer. Total. Bliss.

I love this mouth!!!!!

OH my stars ~~  He is THE sweetest thing!!!

And then that afternoon Dak, Legs, K and 2 Suite Mates made their way home.

Dak came running in before everyone else.....

Bounding into the house and hugged me SO TIGHT!!!!!

This was the hug!!!!!

Oh.my.stars.

Bliss.

Do I look short?

Why yes, yes I do =)

K coming in to hug me.....

And Leggs.....

 

The Group.....

I LOVE these three so!!!!!

Ahhh.....it is good to be loved!!!

The gang....that is E, the girl's suite mate and S, Dak's suite mate.

So glad they came to see me too =)

So cute.....

I'm not the only one who has really missed Dak.....

So sweet.....

I'm trying to show him how to accept his award letter stuff.....

Yeah, does he look like he's paying attention?

No.  No he's not.

So there you have it ~~ it was a Beautiful Birthday.

That evening when everyone had gone, Mr. Winslow and I ate pizza and watched Soul Surfer, which is a GREAT movie, by the way, and then on Saturday he took me to town and bought me a tool bag.  I have been wanting one for a really long time.  I need a central place for my screwdriver's and such and needed some new ones, so he fixed me up and took me to lunch at Zio's.  SO YUMMY!!!!!

And then this past Saturday (day before yesterday) Leggs took me to my favorite coffee shop and out to lunch at Zio's again.  SO good!!!!!  She bought me a mug from my favorite coffee shop and we had THE best time.  Then she came back to the house and helped me cook a lovely supper of fried fish, mashed potatoes, corn and cornbread.  We thought we were well in the south for a minute instead of just kinda =) 

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I'm so happy to be back with y'all ~~ hope you are having a beautiful Labor Day ~~

Love you,

4th of July Frolics....

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Yep those are my toes in my very special, had forever, can't remember for sure where I got them, way too wide for my skinny feet, shoes that I wear, yes EVERY 4th of July. I keep them for this occasion only and enjoy wearing them and flipping in them and nearly walking right on out of them every year. Yep, tradition!!

Yep and that is red plaid that I'm donning to go with my flag shoes. I know, you wish you had a pair. Got mine at a garage sale. What can I say, I'm frugal, and stylish =)


















Dak went and got his g-ma (my mom), while I started a late lunch, really early kind of supper thing. I started our favorite baked potatoes in the oven and was starting to get the grill all fired up, when our electricity went out. Yep, annoying. Do you realize how much you use it until you don't have it? Hmmmm.....there's some food for thought. Your welcome =)

anyway...

Dak came back with mom and we talked and laughed and enjoyed our time on the 4th together. My mom is a hoot. She cracks me up!!!

Here is Dak and his g-ma.



These two are very close.

Are they not adorable?!! Just adorable!!

Me and my mama.

Okay so I have NO idea what is going on with my booty. I mean seriously!!! My mom got a real kick out of this picture. Apparently, when you have a knee like mine you compensate in ways that are, well, unusual =) nice.

Me and my boy....

He is so cute!!! I love him so!!

Me and my man!!! He makes my heart go pitter-patter!!

I love you babe!!

And yes, my toes say Happy 4th to you!!!

Well tomorrow is Summer Bible Study Tuesday. Hope you all have been able to keep up. I actually did get a little behind, but I am right back on track. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep right on track the rest of the study.

Love you all ~~ have a Blessed and Beautiful day,