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Tomorrow is my birthday! Yep, Easter. This is the only year in my entire lifetime that my birthday will be on Easter. The last time Easter was on March 23rd was in 1913 and the next time Easter will be on March 23rd is in 2160.

The method of determining when Easter will be is kinda strange. Simplified it is: Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox. So, this year it all happens really early. Spring Equinox was on the 20th (a Thursday), we had a full moon last night on the 21st (a Friday), and the first Sunday following is tomorrow - the 23rd.

I'm not really all that jazzed to share my birthday with Easter this year. Mostly because Easter is all about families doing things like church or egg hunts or Easter bunnies. Plus a lot of places are closed on Easter - it just complicates things. So, I decided to have a big celebration yesterday!

We had a short work day, got to leave at 3pm - being Good Friday and all - so I headed over to a place called Gloria's (Mexican Food, yum!) for a Happy Birthday to Me happy hour with a bunch of friends. There were about 15 or so people there off and on, and I had a blast! I had 1 or 2 (ok, more like 6) Mango Margaritas - wow they were good - and laughed A LOT. I have really great friends :) After it died down a little, 6 of us went to eat at Kincaid's, a famous local burger joint. They have the BEST fried okra ever! Of course I had some ...

After the drinking and the eating, hubby and I went home for a sec to check on the kitties and then we went to a shop near our house and I got my nose pierced! I'd been wanting to for a while, pondering and researching. I finally decided to go for it. It hurt for a second or two, my eyes watered (even though I had them closed like I was supposed to), and unlike your ears - it bleeds a bit when you get your nose pierced. Not horrible or anything, I'd just never thought about that. The lady doing the piercing did warn me though, so I didn't freak out. It's a little tender now and it looks like my nose is a tad swollen but not freakish or anything :).

All of this and its not even my birthday yet! Today I'm going with my friend Debora to a sewing shop to look at sewing machines. That will be my birthday present to myself. I'm quite excited about it. I have lots of ideas of things I would like to make. After that I'll head over to my local yarn shop to hang out and knit. I'm already working on my next pair of socks of course! And I'm also using the left over yarn from the 2 pairs of socks that I've finished to make some socks for my iPod, ha! I'm taking all of next week off for vacation, lots of relaxing and hanging out with a little bit of household chores thrown in.

That's about all for now .... stay tuned for more updates as they happen :)

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Posted by scriggle at 7:34 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

It's been a while huh? Sorry bout that ...

I've had quite the crazy past 2 weeks. I am not typically an overly busy person. So last week when I had 2 doctor's appointments, a nail appointment, people coming to switch us from dsl/satellite to cable - and of course brought the wrong equipment so they had to come back another day, a whole lot of work because of a big site update, my regular sit & knit and then a vacation day on friday I thought I was doing pretty good since I hadn't had a complete breakdown by the end of it all.

That's what I get for trying to be a busy person.

I was gone all weekend with my friends on a knitting retreat. It was a blast, but not a lot of sleep was had :). Monday morning I had to be at work by 6:45 for said site update. I got there and everything went fine ... until about 10am when I started falling asleep at my desk. I was going to be leaving at noon anyway because of a dentist appointment, so I left early and went home to nap for a bit before getting my teeth cleaned. Then Tuesday was voting day here in Texas, so after work I headed over to vote - which took an hour! There were so many people there ... after that I went out to dinner with the hubby to celebrate his accomplishment of getting A+ certified. I woke up at 2am on Wednesday with the most horrible sore throat ever. So I stayed home from work and rested. Yesterday I got up and went to work ... a little kooky from Sudafed, but alright. THEN IT STARTED SNOWING. Actual snow. Huge flakes. So we left work at 3:30pm.

Now it is Friday and there is still snow on the ground, but the roads don't seem to be too bad. I'm about to head in for hopefully (well not really) a full day of work. On the opposite end of the spectrum, it is supposed to hit almost 70 this weekend. No wonder I've been feeling sick.

I think I've learned my lesson about trying to do too much. I'm going back to my quiet life now.

p.s. 15 days til my birthday!

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Posted by scriggle at 7:51 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Yesterday was my friend Mark's birthday (Happy Birthday 3!!!!), we went to Baylor together and during our senior year there we literally went to see the movie Aladdin in the theater over 15 times. It was some of the best fun I'd ever had! He'd call me up and say "Aladdin at 3:10" to which I'd answer "I'll be outside" and he'd come by and pick me up and we'd go watch it again. Every time it was incredible. So, here is one of our favorite songs for you to enjoy .... take it away Genie!

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Posted by scriggle at 1:36 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Yesterday was my car's birthday ... yes, I named my car. His name is Gus. After my grandfather who passed away March 22, 2003. His name was also Gus, August Gustav Christian Becker Jr. If that's not a German name, I don't know what is. That's why I named the car after him - he was a German guy, my car is a German car!

My little Gus was 2 years old yesterday, he came home with me on May 13, 2005 and I just love him. I'd wanted a Beetle for a while, and come to find out many people in my family had once owned Beetles, although I'm the only one so far with the new body style. The others were way back in the 50's, 60's and 70's.

Anyhoo ... Happy Birthday Gus, I hope there are many more to come. And, I miss you Daddybear.

Update: 2 days after Gus' birthday he passed a milestone :)

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Posted by scriggle at 4:44 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Well, another birthday has come and gone. And this year was a good year. On my actual birthday I slept in as much as I could and was as lazy as possible. I worked on crocheting my cactus (shown below), watched some TV and snoozed on the couch. Then for dinner, hubby and I went with some friends to The Melting Pot for dinner. It was AMAZING. Great food and great company, we laughed and had a fabulous time.

Saturday my Mom came over and we hung out for the afternoon, we had lunch at Chili's and mostly just visited, it was great. Sunday, hubby and I went to the Fort Worth Zoo to spy on the animals and that was a lot of fun. It was a pretty nice day, very cloudy and a little muggy but the rain held off so that was good. We took a lot of pictures (which you can see on my flickr site if you are interested) and had a good time. Then Monday - which I also took as a vacation day - it rained allllllllll day which is just fine with me, I love the rain. We ran a few errands and again I was as lazy as possible.

I'm back at work now, which is alright. And it was a fabulous birthday, so I'm happy and all's right with the world :)

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Posted by scriggle at 9:41 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Today is my birthday :) Yipppeeeeee!!! So far I have slept late, opened a couple of birthday cards - paper ones & online ones, had a couple of birthday phone calls, emails and even a text message!

I don't have much planned for today, just a lot of nothing which is what I like to do on my birthday. Then later tonight we are going out to eat. Yummmmm. That's all for now, I just wanted to say IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! :)

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Posted by scriggle at 10:36 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

My birthday is tomorrow!!!!! Yay!!!

I wish I could say that this has been a leisurely and pleasant birthday week but that is untrue. Things at work and at home are starting to overwhelm me and this makes me a bit nervous.

Work is crazy, we have a new CEO so everyone is on edge wondering what changes he will make and when they will happen. Plus it is review time and the way reviews are being conducted this year is different than in years past so its sort of like learning how to do them all over again. Not to mention that there's a huge launch of some new stuff on the website next week so getting prepared for that as well as the changing of promotions twice in the next several days which is always pretty involved. I think just about everyone I work with right now feels the same way I do, like we are all running around blindfolded bumping into each other trying to figure out which way to go.

The home situation isn't anything bad, just a little hectic. I'm so beat when I get home from work that I don't have the umph to do what needs to be done. I'm trying to get the taxes done, and need to make some phone calls about that, which as everyone knows is quite stressful. Plus the hubby and I are planning a trip to Germany this fall and neither one of us has a passport at the moment so we've got to get that going. I've had one in the past, its just been expired for a long time but he's never had one before so we had to get his birth certificate and all that jazz. Then there is the figuring out when we will leave and return and where to stay and all that. Which is really exciting but also confusing since I'm not too familiar with places over there. Then there is the fiasco that is the yard. Ugh. It needs some desperate attention but truth be told, although I want a pretty lawn and a nice flower bed ... I despise gardening and yard work. I should just bite the bullet and get a service. Sigh. Another thing to put on the to-do list.

Anyway, I guess I just needed to vent a little. Life's not bad, just a bit kooky at the moment. But that's all OK because tomorrow is my birthday and I've got a 4 day weekend to relax and do nothing but sleep, watch TV, crochet and hang out with my hubby and kitties. Plus my Mom's coming to visit on Saturday so that'll be fun! If I can just remember to breathe between now and then I think it'll all be fine ........

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Posted by scriggle at 6:58 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

FIVE DAYS TIL MY BIRTHDAY!!! YAY! WOOO HOOOOOO!!!!

For those of you who might have never met me, here's some Debi info: I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY!!! It is my favorite day of the year, and I never let anyone forget it. I celebrate at least all week and I also celebrate my half-birthday when it rolls around. Most people think I'm crazy and that after the age of about 14 or so you shouldn't be so excited about your birthday like I am. But who cares what they think!

Last year on my birthday I had a big party with a bunch of friends at my house because I was turning 35 .... this year, at 36 there will be no big party - which is fine - but a few celebrations are already planned. Tuesday I'm having a lunch with several friends from work, we are going to have BBQ at Railhead which is soooooooooooooooo good. Then Friday, my actual birthday, a few friends are joining us for a fondue dinner at The Melting Pot. I've never been but have been wanting to go for a while and so many people say its fabulous so of course, I know it'll be great.

I got my birthday present today from the hubby since we were both off from work and out and about. I got this: LaCie 250GB mini Hard Drive & Hub from the Apple Store to go with my Mac Mini. I'd been wanting one for a while because as much as I love my Mac Mini, I've pretty much used up all the hard drive it came with just with my iTunes library!! So, now with this new external hard drive I can do more graphics and other hoo-ha on the Mac without space issues, yay!

I'll check back in as the big day approaches :)

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