Birthdays

Excited in a small way thanks to some new craft goodies that came in for some new ideas for my Etsy shop. I'll post pics once I get the new things done. I'm always so excited with new materials. On to more important happenings:


So today is the birthday of the Queen Bee of the kid army in our house. She's 18! It's so unbelievable that you spend so much time thinking and planning what those 18 years are going to be like and what you are going to do. Life has a funny way of playing with all of those plans and keeping you thinking on your feet.

I remember being scared to death thinking there was NO way they were going to let me be 100% responsible for making sure she makes it through ok. I'm happy to report she made it here mostly intact but for a few self imposed holes, questionable hair cuts and flirtations with the arts.

Happy Birthday Kiddo!

I'm trying to think back to my favorite birthday gift ever. Hm..there were some albums I'm probably pretty embarassed about at this point {Bay City Rollers anyone?

wow, there's a set of faces only a mother could love!}

a tape recorder and later a boom box. Not surprising that my most memorable gifts all involved music. I would have made a heck of a rock star. I figure I just needed a prescription drug habit and a little luck right?! Unfortunately, I fear I have become The Man. {{sigh}}

in the words of the great Dewey Finn: Give up, just quit, because in this life, you can't win. Yeah, you can try, but in the end you're just gonna lose, big time, because the world is run by the Man. The Man, oh, you don't know the Man. He's everywhere. In the White House... down the hall... Ms. Mullins, she's the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, he's burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank! And there used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock 'n roll, but guess what, oh no, the Man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don't waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome 'cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just GIVE UP!

hm, maybe it's good that I gave up on that inspirational speaking thing too.