{"id":11362,"date":"2013-11-12T19:57:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=11362"},"modified":"2013-11-12T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T01:15:16","slug":"11362","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=11362","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a busy day, just like all the other days. I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit that I was up and showered and dressed and checking Facebook before I remembered it was my birthday. That&#8217;s just how old I am! Good thing FB reminded people to wish me a happy birthday, otherwise I might have forgotten completely! Kidding, of course, Alan and the kids had sweet birthday wishes for me when they got up.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the day at UVEI, running errands on lunch break and afterwards, picking up the kids from daycare along the way. I got a little carrot cake from the grocery store, so we had a little birthday dessert. Alan was at a meeting late tonight, so no birthday dinner out. Instead he brought me home wine and delicious take out! So I had cake first, and dinner is ready as soon as Lex is in bed. :)<\/p>\n<p>I got home to wonderful birthday cards and a present from a mother who can read my mind! She asked last week what I wanted and I said nothing (I&#8217;m never any help!). Today at UVEI I was admiring other people&#8217;s oversized bags and thinking that I really should put something like that on my Chirstmas list. I&#8217;m always lugging around books and notebooks and the ipad and lunch and and and&#8230; Guess what one of my presents was?! A beautiful, over-sized Vera Bradley tote!! Thanks Mom! I was admiring it aloud and Lex added sweetly, &#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s every woman&#8217;s dream.&#8221; His words and his tone and the comment in general made me laugh so hard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131112_181929.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMG_20131112_181929.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131112_181929.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHappy Birthday to Me!  (photo by Lex)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131112_182451.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMG_20131112_182451.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131112_182451.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEve made me several beautiful cards today, but she got my age wrong on every one.  She wrote 30 on her card this morning and I told her I was 37 now.  She made two more cards, one at school and one at daycare, and put 38 on both of them!  I think I&#8217;ll take the 30 back! :)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131111_171020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"IMG_20131111_171020.jpg\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/wpid-IMG_20131111_171020.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBirthday nails.  Thanks Rosy!  (photo by Lex)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a busy day, just like all the other days. I&#8217;m embarrassed to admit that I was up and showered and dressed and checking Facebook before I remembered it was my birthday. That&#8217;s just how old I am! 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