Birthday Time!

So it seemed like this year I had two weeks devoted to me, and if you know me this meant I was in Heaven! I hate to admit it, but I love attention- it's that simple! My birthday celebration started off with a delightful evening of five of my very favorite people-- Tim, Taylor, BreAnn, Aleta, and Lyndsey. This night would be fantastic if it were just us four girls sitting around doing nothing, however we (I) decided to go ice skating! I hadn't been in YEARS. I'm proud to admit that I only fell once! It happened with me wanting to "show off"-- I guess I'm just not as good as I thought! Tim and Taylor watched the show in the stands, and were very good guardians of our shoes (Thanks Tim!!!) After ice skating, we made our way back to my house. Tim had made my very favorite cake (funfettie cake, with funfettie frosting-- YUM). He even got icing to decorate the cake. Aleta and Lynds helped Tim out with the decorations. My cake ended up saying "I heart b-days, and U". It also had stitches on it where the frosting wouldn't stick. The cake was BEAUTIFUL. Thanks so much to my bestest friends for coming up and putting up with me!
The next day (Sunday) was my birthday dinner at my parents. My mom made me cheesy potatoes (YUMMM) and my dad made BBQ chicken. It was quite tasty, and the cinnamon rolls for dessert were just awesome! Thanks ma and pa for that!
Three days later (Wednesday) was my REAL birthday. My co-workers got me a super cute balloon and birthday card, along with krispy kream doughnuts for breakfast! They TRIED to get me a cake, but I left work a little too early for that! I decided that it was time for a change... and I chopped my hair off! About 14 inches total I think. I donated it to locks of love, and said a fond farewell to my hairstyle of the past eight years! Of course I had to go down to SunKissed to get my hair done which meant I got to spend the rest of the day in Riverton! Tim was able to get out of work early too, so he came with me. After my new do, we went to see Avatar in 3-D! Man that was a great show, but it ended up eating the rest of the day! We stopped at my mom's to say hello and then made our way to Golden Tree for my traditional Birthday Feast. We eventually ended up home around 8pm with Bella quite upset with us for leaving her alone for 12 hours (oh she got over it).
Tim was waiting to do presents until we got Taylor on Saturday. But when Saturday came it was well worth the wait! Tim got me a wok!!! (YES), towels that match my bathroom decor, high thread count sheets, and a few of my favorite treats. He definitely spoils me! That night we went to his parents to have dinner and just spend time with his Mom and Jim (his step dad) before they go to Thailand.
On the Thailand note, Tim's mom is from Thailand and tries to go back often. She has just recently became a full American Citizen, so she had to get her passport to go back (ironic?). Jim and Tim's mom leave this Friday for 6 weeks. They'll be going all over Thailand, and I'm very envious because they're ending their trip on a beach in a bungalow. While they're gone, Tim and I get to house sit. Tim's mom has about 9 cats (we think, she takes care of strays around the neighborhood) so she wants Tim to live there for the whole six weeks! I'll be going back and forth between my house and Tim's mom's. But I do have plans to re-crate train Bella. She's been spoiled and has been sleeping on my bed but I don't want that to continue-- it's just that every time I try to re-crate train her she makes the loudest most horrible noises and I can't have that in my townhouse, or with my roommate. So I'll be re-crate training her during the day at Tim's mom's house which has NO close neighbors... just cats.
This is a good summary of my life recently. I can not WAIT for warm weather and sunshine, I've got the winter blues!