Day 1 of my Birthday

If you've known our family for very long, you know about our 3-day birthday rule.  If you have a job, and contribute to the household, you get a three day birthday.  It has to be three consecutive days, and one of them has to be the actual day of your birth.  My birthday is Monday, so I chose to take Saturday thru Monday. 

Yesterday didn't turn out at ALL like I had planned, so I was a bit pissy.  Turns out, the car is fine, so things were looking up.  Then, today happened.  It got better and better as time marched on.  Kevin patched walls, I hung pictures, Kevin sanded, I cleaned up.  Kevin did dishes, I...well, I showered.  That's something, right?

I had some errands to run, so I took off.  I dropped my clothes off at the cleaners (convention next week, you know.) and went to WalMart.  I had to have a pair of black pants, since mine no longer fit.  I found some that will do, but I'm not in love with them.  I found some shoes on clearance for the trade show, and bought many groceries.  I had to think "easy and quick" since I'll be out of town.  I don't want Kevin having to cook big meals.  This way, Brett can help out and get things started in the evenings. 

Then, I paid a bill and went to the bank to make a deposit.  Wow, it's nice to make a deposit instead of a withdrawl.  After that,  I headed home.  I wanted to put the top down, but didn't have a spot to pull over.  I got home, and found Kevin hard at work on the back porch.  He is doing such a great job. 

The kids and I headed out to start weeding and planting and watering.  The girls put on "getting wet" clothes, but the water was too cold to suit them.  I sprayed them anyway.  Did I EVER claim to be mother of the year?  Nope.

Mom made gumbo for me, things got done, the house got aired out, and life is good.  I still have two days of birthday left, and I don't think we can top today.  I'm OK if we don't.  It was an awesome day.  Birthdays rock.