Birthday girl

In honor of my birthday, a meme of course. :)[and I'm basing my answers on June of each of the years]

20 years ago today [1984] I was 11. I lived in Natchez, Mississippi and my life consisted of hanging out with my best friend Chris and either riding his 4 wheeler all day or exploring the bayou's on our property. We did move that summer from MS to AL

10 years ago today [1994] I was 21. I lived in Columbus GA. Home to Fort Benning. I was celebrating my birthday in a way unlike many 21 year olds ;) I had a US Army Ranger making me funnel cakes. :) That birthday still stands out as a wonderful time in my life. I was surrounded by great friends, enjoyed my job and just generally loved life. :) I started dating Donald in August of 1994 too :)

5 years ago today [1999] I was 26. I was the mother of a 9 month old. We had just bought our first home.

3 years ago today [2001] I was 28. I was the mom of a 2.5 year old and a 10 month old. Donald was working fulltime at Pepsi and going to school fulltime to boot. I remember I got flowers from both my MIL and my step MIL that year for my bday.

2 years ago today [2002] I was 29. Nathan was soon to be 4. Daniel was soon to be 2. I was 5 months pregnant with Elijah.

1 year ago today [2001] I was 30. Donald called me on my birthday (from work) to ask me if I wanted to live in Laredo or Brownsville, Texas. That was the BEST bday present, finally getting called after being in process with the federal rigmarole for a year. My mom got me one of those cookie 'cakes'. We had an impromptu party with my parents neighbors. My step MIL sent me a box full of stuff. She had hated turning 30 and wanted to try to make my day not so bad. :)

Yesterday At this time I was feeling really sad about the loss of President Reagan.

Today I had received 3 phone calls before 9:30 sending me birthday wishes. I came downstairs to even more from my email buddies. :) I made homemade refried beans (and no,that's not some great feat...but they were tasty), I also made cilantro lime rice and all the fixings to go with fijitas. We had quite the Mexican spread for my Feliz Cumpleanos fiesta. Followed by tasty chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. The boys and I had a pajama day and Donald came home bearing gifts (2 new Willow Tree angels).

Tomorrow At this time I hope to be sporting a new haircut. I plan to go after Donald gets home from work.


Donald's guys got a $223,720 (street value)load of marijuana today. That's 280.65 lbs. He came home with a Polaroid photo (is that redundant?) that's the biggest bust they made since he started working. (Donald actually had nothing to do with the apprehension at all. He is working in processing right now...but I suppose when they apprehend that much everyone gets to celebrate...lol)


I just typed a big paragraph about politics and political blogs...but you know what it's not worth it. LOL Not tonight. :)

Happy Evening