birth month, I mean week, I mean day.

So my birthday was fabulous, although I was a sickie (see previous post). For those who know me, I like to make a big deal about my birthday. And I also like all those around me to make a big deal about it as well. I trained Joey early on in our relationship about this birthday thing...he thinks its over-the-top, but HELLO??? Let's be honest, I am over-the-top and I don't think I'm fooling anyone if I try to pretend I'm not. Back to the birth week, I went out to dinner 6 out of the 7 nights that week. And I took some pictures to document these fun times:

Monday night. P.F. Changs. We went out for our neighbor Brian's birth. It was hard for me to let it be his birthday, but I did it. haha! I still pretended it was mine, only secretly though.

Tuesday night. Sushi. Dinner with Joey. I love him.

Wednesday night. Bonefish. With my parents. Love them too.

Thursday night. Pan Asia. Half price martinis. Dinner with my Phi Mu ladies. We like to get together as much as possible, and a birthday is a great excuse! I really do love this group of women and when we get together, it is like we are back in college. And we looooove to tell story about our glory days. That's right, we are officially Phi Mu has-beens.

Friday night. (The actual day of birth). The Bulldog. Lots and Lots of full priced drinks. Bourbon and diet. With Joey,Tyler, Carly, Jay and Brian. I was determined to go out even though I really didn't feel good.

Saturday night. Booger and Johnny's wedding in Mccomb. Beautiful wedding and beautiful couple. Open Bar at reception always equals fun times. (I kinda sound like I have an alcohol problem, but I really don't). Even Edward Cullen wanted to wish my a happy birthday. It even had a song from Twilight when you opened it. Thanks Alyssa for the great card!! Disregard the chubby face.

So, needless to say, I had a great week...and I am blessed to have so many amazing people in my life to share my festivities with.

So I also thought I would share some of my presents. Since we just moved into a new house, I thought it would be good opportunity to get some of the higher priced items we needed (or wanted) as gifts. That's right, I think on my feet.

Joey got me these lovely accent chairs...

And I got myself (with Joey's permission) this AMAZING painting and lamps for the foyer from my new favorite store, IO Metro. The painting is HUGE, even though it doesn't look like it in this picture. love it!

Also, this accent chair for our master bedroom...love it too!

And I ordered silk drapes for the dining room today..but those take 4-6 weeks to come in because they are custom. Happy birthday to me!

In conclusion, thank you everyone that made my birthday special. Because it really was the best 2nd 25th birthday ever! And I will leave you with a recent portrait of my children.

sniffles

So when you work in a hospital, you tend to get come in contact with alot of sickies. Some sickies are sick and they know it, and some sickies are secret sickies and have no idea. And by sickies I mean giving anyone they come into contact with some sort of bacteria that can turn into cough, sneezes, sore throat, runny nose, and sniffles. Well since I haven't been working that long, my immune system isn't used to fighting these sickies. And this means I get sick (hence the title, sniffles). I was sick on my day of birth, and my weekend of birth for that matter. It was amazing but I was still fighting the sickness (I will post pictures of the weekend soon). Moral of story is sickies treating sickies is no fun.

ps: how many times can I say sickies in one post?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend!

This is my friend Alicia. Today is her day of birth. She is a doctor in training and it takes up all her time. She was my roommate in the Phi Mu house. She is OCD, loves to color coordinate her calender with different color highlighters, and she talks really high pitched when she gets nervous. She made fun of me when we first met, and we turned into best friends. I love her. Happy birthday leash! and I am still mad that you are a whole year younger than me :(

(doesn't she look like a model in this picture? I am at work and I don't have any pics of us on my work computer)

found one! oldie, but goodie

PRAISE THE LORD

I AM A LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST...YEH!!!!!
No more studying for the rest of my life!

encouragement

Two things that I keep repeating to myself here lately:

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
-Philippians 4:13

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. Swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming..."
-Dory, Finding Nemo




UPDATE: Twilight won 12 awards at the TCA!!! Go Twilight! And Go Robert Pattinson because he is HOT!