Jen's Birthday

Happy Birthday, Jen!

All day long I've been doing a scavenger hunt of sorts for the birthday girl. I have found 30 ways to wish her a happy birthday. Some she found right away (like Facebook), and some were obvious because I text them to her. Here is a complete list in case she missed any.

1. Facebook
2. Instagram
3. Twitter
4. Pinterest
5. Email
6. Email to her other account
7. Hangout (our text/chat app)
8. United States Postal Service mail
9. A note on her car window
10. Written on a smoothie

(I was technically driving, but I was rolling up to a red light, so it wasn't as dangerous as it may appear for me to have taken this picture.)

11. MyFitnessPal app
12. Fitbit
13. Text
14. YouTube video (penjuins are her jam, but I think they are despicable creatures!)

15. UPS package
16. FedEx package
17. DHL package
18. Heiroglyphics (pre-drawn because I am not an artist!)

19. Bible verse (Psalm 22:10)
20. In Person
21. Over the phone
22. Instagram direct message
23. Facebook chat
24. A comment on her blog
25. MySpace (hahahahahahaha)
26. Twitter direct message
27. Someecard
28. "On the radio" - Technically it was a tweet from the radio station we both listen to, which is based out of California.
29. A video
30. This blog

Have a great birthday, Jen! I love you even more than making lists!!

Oh Winter, you silly girl!

I love seasonal weather. I want it to be warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and temperate in the spring and fall. I hate it when it's unnaturally warm in January. To everything there is a time, and mosquitos in the middle of winter ain't the time. The ONLY exception to this rule is when you leave your regular climate for one that is tropical on purpose. Otherwise known as a vacation! Fortunately (well, if you are an optimist) we haven't had to break out the shorts in Tennessee yet this winter. It has been freezing cold. I need to say the words POLAR VORTEX because I just can't say them enough. Polar Vortexes bring negative temperature wind chills and buckets of snow.

Which brings me to my next point...I love snow! As long as I don't have to be out driving around in it, I say let it snow! We had a little unexpected snowstorm this week, and I've been trapped in the house since Tuesday. I've read, cleaned out my closet, done some laundry, cooked, and generally just hung out. It feels wonderful. I ventured out briefly today, and my road was still totally covered. The snow plow come by this morning at 7AM, it took the top layer of snow off and left the ice underneath. FAIL!

At some point today I was headed home, and I looked down. I had on a puffy vest, a furry hat, big sunglasses, and I was holding a Starbucks cup. I looked like an extra from some movie about skiing. It was fairly hilarious. No matter how hoity-toity my snow bunny outfit made me feel, walking back in the door at home brought me right back down to Earth. My kitty, who had assumed after 3 days at home that I had become a stay at home cat mother, pinned me down and made me pet him for an hour. Nothing like my cat to remind me what my true purpose of life is.


(This picture does not have a filter. It was just very sunny in a specific spot in my car.)