July 15 - Heard from G that he didn't get the box seats for Friday night at the Bowl to see Julie Andrews (she's not singing but she is hosting a Rodgers & Hammerstein night). I was SO disappointed!! I went to the Bowl website, saw that tickets were still available and a few clicks later we had two tickets to the bench seats next to the last section of boxes. Basically, we are right behind his company's box! Excellent!
July 16 - Finally found a hotel in Barcelona that is the right combo of price, location, and amenities. The exchange rate is killing me on this vacation!! T still has to buy her plane ticket too!
July 17 - Finally got my new timeshare points added to my account and am now only missing the bonus international week. Called Handicap Girl and told her to plan on spending her birthday in Cabo!! Told the Thursday Night girls that we should combine the next Brother show with a stay in Dana Point too.
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
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18 July 2008
21 May 2008
May 21, 2008
Today's best thing has to be the fact that even though I have been eating everything horrible this week while celebrating my birthday, and this includes the all-the-meat-I-could-eat Brazilian BBQ Dinner, I have actually lost weight this week!
Definitely today's best thing!
Definitely today's best thing!
19 May 2008
Best Thing - May 19, 2008
Today was my birthday and there were a lot of really great things that happened today. I got a birthday song on my voicemail from my auntie. My boss took me out to lunch. I got to leave work spot on time. There was no traffic on the way home. The weather was cool enough to enjoy the walk to my birthday dinner. We got seated right away at the restaurant. I got really cool cards from my friends. The waiter gave me a dessert and had the piano player play Happy Birthday.
But the neatest thing of all was re-connecting with someone from High School via Facebook. They sent me a video message which was really cool. That was completely unexpected and so I think I am going to choose that as today's best thing.
But the neatest thing of all was re-connecting with someone from High School via Facebook. They sent me a video message which was really cool. That was completely unexpected and so I think I am going to choose that as today's best thing.
Today In History
Today, as if not noteworthy enough for being MY birthday, also is a pretty historic day in history so here are some tidbits thanks to todayinhistory.com:
1536 - Anne Boleyn beheaded
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots arrested by Elizabeth I
1848 - Mexico gives Texas to the United States
1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
1864 - Death of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1865 - Capture of Jefferson Davis
1884 - First performance of Ringling Brothers Circus
1890 - Birth of Ho Chi Minh
1892 - Founding of Colonial Dames Society of America (which I am eligible to join!)
1910 - Cy Young's 500th win
1915 - Birth of Pol Pot
1921 - Congress establishes National Immigration Quota system
1925 - Birth of Malcom X
1928 - 1st Annual Frog Jumping Jubilee in Angel's Camp, CA
1930 - Women win the right to vote in South Africa
1935 - NFL adopts the college draft; also death of T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
1941 - Birth Of Nora Ephron
1943 - Churchill pledges full support of Britain to the United States against Japan
1945 - Birth of Pete Townshend
1952 - Birth of Joey Ramone
1958 - US & Canada form NORAD
1964 - US Embassy in Moscow discovers it is bugged (also my birthday!)
1967 - US bombing of Hanoi (1967 is the only year at the Vietnam Memorial to cover multiple panels)
1971 - Death of Ogden Nash
1973 - Secretariat wins Preakness
1975 - 1st woman climbs Mt Everest
1994 - Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
So there you have it. The famous, the infamous, the noteworthy.
To my fellow Taureminis - and you know who you are - Happy Birthday!
1536 - Anne Boleyn beheaded
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots arrested by Elizabeth I
1848 - Mexico gives Texas to the United States
1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
1864 - Death of Nathaniel Hawthorne
1865 - Capture of Jefferson Davis
1884 - First performance of Ringling Brothers Circus
1890 - Birth of Ho Chi Minh
1892 - Founding of Colonial Dames Society of America (which I am eligible to join!)
1910 - Cy Young's 500th win
1915 - Birth of Pol Pot
1921 - Congress establishes National Immigration Quota system
1925 - Birth of Malcom X
1928 - 1st Annual Frog Jumping Jubilee in Angel's Camp, CA
1930 - Women win the right to vote in South Africa
1935 - NFL adopts the college draft; also death of T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
1941 - Birth Of Nora Ephron
1943 - Churchill pledges full support of Britain to the United States against Japan
1945 - Birth of Pete Townshend
1952 - Birth of Joey Ramone
1958 - US & Canada form NORAD
1964 - US Embassy in Moscow discovers it is bugged (also my birthday!)
1967 - US bombing of Hanoi (1967 is the only year at the Vietnam Memorial to cover multiple panels)
1971 - Death of Ogden Nash
1973 - Secretariat wins Preakness
1975 - 1st woman climbs Mt Everest
1994 - Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
So there you have it. The famous, the infamous, the noteworthy.
To my fellow Taureminis - and you know who you are - Happy Birthday!
20 May 2007
A really fabulous birthday
Yesterday was my birthday. I had a really fabulous day (as you could probably tell by the title of this post).
So here's my recipe for the perfect birthday day:
Sleep late (or later than usual)
Watch movie -pausing to answer the phone and chat with faraway friends who remembered your birthday
go to Starbucks and try a coffee you have never tried before (hopefully paying for it with a Starbucks card you got as a gift)
go shopping for books & dvds
have a lite lunch
get a manicure & pedicure
maybe a bit more shopping
go out for a great fondue dinner with good friends, don't drive yourself (you'll be drinking), and bring your own wine (so you can drink as much as you want and you know it will be good)
Be sure and end the day with a long chat on the phone with a faraway family member.
Repeat as often as necessary. Birthday not required.
Today is my father's birthday. He would have been 80 years old today. He passed away 20 years ago, just before his 60th birthday, while I was still in college. I think he would have enjoyed my birthday recipe as well.
Tonight I am having dinner with an old friend from High School who is in town on business.
Yay!
So here's my recipe for the perfect birthday day:
Sleep late (or later than usual)
Watch movie -pausing to answer the phone and chat with faraway friends who remembered your birthday
go to Starbucks and try a coffee you have never tried before (hopefully paying for it with a Starbucks card you got as a gift)
go shopping for books & dvds
have a lite lunch
get a manicure & pedicure
maybe a bit more shopping
go out for a great fondue dinner with good friends, don't drive yourself (you'll be drinking), and bring your own wine (so you can drink as much as you want and you know it will be good)
Be sure and end the day with a long chat on the phone with a faraway family member.
Repeat as often as necessary. Birthday not required.
Today is my father's birthday. He would have been 80 years old today. He passed away 20 years ago, just before his 60th birthday, while I was still in college. I think he would have enjoyed my birthday recipe as well.
Tonight I am having dinner with an old friend from High School who is in town on business.
Yay!
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