Julie's Birthday Card

Spinning: There are these 3 new people that have been coming to spin class lately, 2 guys and a girl.  OMG, they talk incessantly throughout class.  It's so annoying.  Hello, if you want to socialize, go somewhere else.  Clearly, if you're talking through class, you're not working hard enough.  Move along.  I was torn between saying something and just glaring at them several times.  I wonder if I'm the only one annoyed by it.  BLAH.

Card: Here's the birthday card that I made for Julie.  She already opened it last weekend, so it's not like this post will ruin a surprise or something.  

Card Specs:
Ink: Colorbox chalk ink in Yellow Citrus, Ocean, Dark Peony, Chestnut Roan, Charcoal
Stamp: Stampin' Up- Forest Friends, TPC Studio- Cupcakes
Paper: American Crafts- Abode, Die Cuts With a View- Bright and Basic
Die: QuicKutz- Nesting Lace Doilies
Punch:  We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper

Happy Birthday to Me, Part 2

Today, I celebrated my 30th birthday by sleeping in, shopping, and then going out to dinner with my family.  I also had the day off from work, which was an extra bonus.

I came back from the mall with two work shirts, one workout shirt, one neon shirt for the upcoming cruise, two pairs of flip flops for the cruise, and two pairs of earrings.  :D  For dinner, my uncle, 2 aunts, parents, and cousin and I went to Founding Farmers, where I got their crab cakes.  For dessert, we ordered red velvet cake, carrot cake, and vanilla bean cheesecake (1 slice each).  It was amazing food.  I got a fruity drink, but its name escapes me.  It was really good though...I drank the whole thing!  My last birthday celebration will be on Saturday when Meg and Robyn come over for dinner.  Gotta stretch the festivities out!

Last Day of My Twenties

 ...was spent mostly in the car.  This morning, Julie opened the birthday gift that I got her (a set of coasters, badges, and mug from the Simon's Cat store) and I opened the card that Julie drew for me.  After breakfast, we packed up the car with a bunch of Julie's things and then it was back on the road.  I stopped by my parents' house to switch cars (I drove my dad's car down), but noticed that my car was missing.  I wasn't worried though because I was pretty sure that they were at my house, taking care of RJ and trying to replace my peephole.  Background story: the peephole on my front door was not functional because the glass has been scratched so you can't really see who's on the other side very clearly.  I've been fussing with it the past few days and couldn't remove it from the door because it was painted over.  Since my parents had to check on RJ this weekend anyway, I asked them to give it a try.

About 15 minutes later, they showed up and reported that they didn't have any luck with the peephole.  UGH!  I drove to the hardware store on the way home and they suggested that I take a razor blade and try scraping the paint off the edges to see if that would help.  I tried it when I got home, but still no luck.  I decided to make another trip to the hardware store (this time I got a crowbar thing that would go across the two dents) in conjunction with going grocery shopping.  When I got home the second time, I took the crowbar, stuck it into the two dents, and turned counter clockwise.  It started to move!  Slowly but surely, I was able to unscrew and remove the old peephole and install a new one.  My door is a little scratched up from all the work from me and my parents, but at least I feel safer now that I know the peephole is functional.  Go me!

Clearly, Ginger is not as excited as I am about my homeownership accomplishment.

Happy Birthday to Me, Part 1

On Friday, I headed to Charlottesville, VA to visit my sister.  Since our birthdays are close together and she wasn't going to be at home for her birthday, I decided to make the drive down there to celebrate with her and also help her start moving stuff back home.

Julie made some red velvet cupcakes for me, complete with some cream cheese frosting.  Good stuff.  Once I had a sampling, it was off to lunch, where we went to Mellow Mushroom.  I got a small house special pizza.  Look at all the toppings!  I could only eat 1.5 slices and had to pack the rest up. 

For dinner tonight, we got carry out from Milan (an Indian restaurant): butter chicken and chick peas and naan.  This was pretty much a repeat from last year's visit to Charlottesville.  Because I forgot to bring movies and the local Redbox didn't have anything interesting, we spent this evening organizing and figuring out what items would come back to Maryland with me.  Yeah, a wild and crazy Saturday night for us!

New Nails

At the office: My office mate Sadira gave me a new bottle of nail polish for my birthday.  It's Nicole by OPI in the color What's the Mitch-uation?.  The label had Modern Family on it, so Mitch must be a character on the show.  I don't watch the show, but the color is pretty.  It's like a dark blue, but I guess it could be almost purple.  (3 coats)

Spin class: I wasn't expecting many people to be at class today, but I was pleasantly surprised that the class was almost full.  Nancy the instructor pulled out a platter of strawberries and chocolate at the end of class in honor of Valentine's Day, which was so nice of her.

A Crafty Balance

I participated in a Valentine's Day theme craft fair on Sunday, but unfortunately, it didn't get very much traffic in terms of customers.  I wasn't sure if it was because this was the first time the event was held or there was a lot of advertising or what, but I only sold 4 cards.  It wasn't even enough to cover my $20 table fee.  Of course, I was disheartened, but at least I got my name out there with the vendors that were there. 

While Sunday wasn't a profitable event, I got an Etsy sale yesterday.  This woman bought 20 cards in one order!  I was so happy.  I think that might have set a personal record. 

My PayPal account is back to being happy again. :)

T-minus 1 month until the Bahamas cruise!!

Happy Lunar New Year

Happy Lunar New Year!  It's the year of the snake.

I dunno.  Snakes kinda freak me out.

Is this supposed to be ominous?

Maybe I shouldn't think about it too much.

At least it's not like the year of the spider.  The ancestors knew what they were doing when they left those guys out of the zodiac.

Anyway, I went to my uncle's house for dinner last night for the big feast (noodles, duck stuffed with sticky rice, broccoli with shrimp, beef, marinated eggs, fish, chicken...and then a chocolate cake and a pudding/mousse pie for desserts.  This was the same day as Jessie's baby shower.  Lots of eating on Saturday!

My uncle, handing out the red envelopes to the kids.  Does one ever get too old for these?