My Birthday Flowers/Show and Tell

Happy Show and Tell! This really is fun, maybe I should let my first graders do it this year... I always ban it until the week after Christmas break and then it is banned again... I really hate it because things get lost/stolen/broken etc.

Anyway, sorry about getting off topic, this week for show and tell I give you my birthday flowers that my husband brought home the day BEFORE my birthday! Not only are they my favorite flowers, but they made it to me before my birthday so that was even more special! It made 26 a little easier to handle... I don't know why it's so hard this year, but I FEEL SO OLD!

So, on to prettier things, Gerber Daisies!

This one's my favorite!

Now go check out what everyone else is showing for Show and Tell!

Happy ICLW!

It has become my favorite time of the month! ICLW is a time where I get out, "meet" new people, and find new blogs to follow. SO here's a little intro to me and things you may not know.

Top Ten Things I love to Eat

1. Chile Rellanos
2. Ice Cream
3. Potatoes
4. Cheese
5. Pizza
6. Flour Tortillas with butter and salt
7. John's homemade salsa (TO DIE FOR, and no I'm not just saying that he won a local contest last year!)
8. Carnitas either John's or Old Town Mexican Cafe in San Diego... Anyone live there and want me to come visit? I'll buy dinner! lol
9. Yo + yogurt
10. Fruit (strabewrries, pineapple, grapes, apples, oranges, kiwi, blackberries, raspberries, etc)

Top Ten Things I Don't Eat

1. Seafood of any kind
2. Mushrooms (why would you eat a fungus? Sorry I know it's my personal opinion but there it is)
3. Eggs
4. Milk (I've never drank milk for as long as I can remember!)
5. Raw anything
6. Odd parts like liver/eyeballs/ etc I know some people eat weird stuff but not I
7. bugs (never tried them, never will sorry!)
8. Im sure there's more but I can't think of anything else right now so moving on...

Top Ten things I Love about my Hubby

1. His Patience
2. loving
3. generally kind and nice, where I'm not so much...
4. excellent cook
5. determined
6. great with ALL kids (even the ones that annoy me)
7. Especially great with special needs kids
8. wants our own kids as much as I do
9. makes me laugh ALL THE TIME!
10. Works his butt off and ALWAYS tries his best

Anyway there are some things you probably didn't know about me before that you do now. Happy ICLW, Everybody!

Missing

Justin Hughes, John's (my husband) cousin's son has been missing since last Monday from Reno NV visit http://justinhughes.blogspot.com/ for more info and spread the word please!

Happy Birthday to Me :) Keep Moving Forward

Well tomorrow is my 26th birthday.

Tomorrow will mark the 1st day of the year in my life that I always imagined I'd have children by. Or at least that was the goal I had written on my exit exam from one of my High School classes.

I still have that paper. You know, the life plan you have when you're naive and young... The life plan before IF. Why did I put a year, a number, on this goal? Why 26? Maybe I thought that because that's when my mom had me, I don't know. But life isn't ever how you plan it.

I really doubt (unless there is a miracle out there for us which would be amazing btw) that there will be any children of our own in our lives this year. There will be plenty of first graders, primary kids, friends, niece, and nephews which we will love and spoil like we always do :) However, I must say, it is a tad bit on the sad side for me to know that my goal age for me having children will come and go, and not be reached. But I move forward. I love Disney's Meet the Robinsons for this message it shares about moving forward and not getting stuck in the past. It is so true. So tomorrow as I celebrate my birthday my wish will be that John and I can keep moving forward, and not get stuck in the past. Maybe I'll download the Rob Thomas song from the movie to play all day tomorrow too!

As a side note, my wonderful husband brought me a bouquet of Gerber Daisies home today (my favorite flower). I'll take pictures and share them for show and tell soon. They're GORGEOUS! :)