Date Night

Yesterday was so much fun! Rob and I went downtown for his first tattoo appointment. That's right, tattoo! He designed a really cool one. I didn't think to take any pictures at the studio, so I'll have to post a pic later. He just got the outline yesterday. He goes back for the fill in a month.

Then we went to the Japanese place at Rohtebuhlplatz (Marienstr) that does the all you can eat sushi bar. Oh man that place is good. We paid the weekend price for the buffet and ate every penny's worth.

Then it was back to Vaihingen for "Iron Man." Have you seen this movie yet? It was SO good! If you haven't seen it, or you don't know the comic book, click here for the IMDB description. Robert Downey, Jr. was SO good! It was a little stressful when they dealt with the serious war parts (nothing graphic, just stressful giving the times we live in), but I thought they did a really good job of telling the story.

So, tattoo + sushi + iron man = really fun day with my husband!

We're going to be parents!

Ok, don't get excited, I'm not pregnant. Whew! Our angel fish laid eggs! Well, the first order of business was figuring out WHAT laid the eggs. They match the description of angel fish eggs. So now we get to spend the day preparing for a billion baby angel fish. :)

Digi Scrapbooking

My new computer arrived today! (I ordered it while I was in the US and had it shipped home.) So it got here today and it is SWEET! It came with Adobe Photoshop Elements, which is a watered down version of Adobe Photoshop. Elements is what they recommend for the Digital scrapbookers. We also run it on the computers at the store (along with the FULL Adobe CS3 suite). So I made a scrapbook page tonight! Thanks Lizy for showing me how to run the software. Maybe I'll take your class! I used a page map from this website and the digital scrapbooking disk we sell in the store.

A Good Reason to Blog

It's so funny... everytime I say I'm not going to blog I end up obsessing over the blog and posting like three things! Well today I got a conversation from my Etsy shop saying one of my pieces was featured in a treasury. Yeah! Click here to see the treasury.

Then Ethan was playing outside tonight and found the BIGGEST snail I've ever seen! I'm sure they get bigger, but this is the biggest one that's ever been on MY back porch!

Oh, AND the Thomas Kinkade puzzle from you-know-where is finally finished! You know what Haven wants? Another one. You know he signs his work with a fish? This is the symbol for Christians. I believe he is one because my prayer life increased while working on this puzzle. Oh Lord, we're not done yet. Praise God I found a piece! Good Heavens, we lost one! Halleluja, it's finished! It was fun when we all worked on it together. A little family bonding there... :)

The Birthday that Never Got Blogged

*Update: My dad sent me pictures from Joe's Crab Shack. Click here to see me as an irritated seagull. :)

I worked really hard today and almost finished the Recreation Program Awards packet. Whew! Just a few numbers to look up and a synopsis to write and it will be done! So I thought I would blog about my b-day that was on 20 May. Sadly, it was my last birthday ever. That's right, I turned the big 2-9.

We were down on the Island with my family on the day of my birthday. Since it was my last birthday, and I am officially an adult now, I did what any reasonable minded adult would do. I blew some money on an expensive name-brand purse! Check it out here. It makes me giddy! I ordered it online and had it delivered to the condo. Then we went to Corpus Christi for the day. Daddy bought me a new "grown-up" MP3 player and then we had lunch at Joe's Crab Shack. They made me act like a seagull. I think my mom has pics. I didn't even get free desert! But it was still awesome seafood! Yes, even being on the island, Joe's is still an excellent choice. That's saying a lot for a franchise. Then it was a trip to JoAnn's fabric and a stop over at Krispy Kreme donuts! The last fling of the night was a midnight run to WalMart to pick up the Wii Fit. (They went on sale at 12:01 May 21st.)

Celebrating with my family was way cool. I think the last time I celebrated my birthday with them was in 2004. But I totally missed Rob. :( That's why getting his poem was so awesome!

When I got back to Germany I had a little box waiting for me on my desk. Adie gave me one of her special jewelry creations! This one is gorgeous! I want to wear green every day so I can wear it! It's green pearls, green bicone Swarovski crystals and little gold spacer beads. It's SO pretty! So here's a picture. You should be able to click to enlarge it. Thanks everyone for a fun b-day! Next year (29 part II) we'll all go out for Greek. Yum!

Why I can't blog, part II

I should admit that I fudged a bit on #5 below. The life outside of blogging that I mentioned actually just means that we bought a Wii Fit and I'm totally addicted to it.

Also, I want to offer a public apology to Adie for posting a negative comment about the new Indiana Jones movie. While I stand by my dislike for the script, the actors were good. In fact, Harrison Ford was way hot and Cate Blanchett rocked!

And yes, in fact I blogged twice today. But tomorrow I have to work and I mean it!

Why I can't blog

1. Budgets are due on Friday and I'm still not finished.
2. Our submission for the recreation program awards is due on Friday and I'm still not finished.
3. My marketing plan for the whole program is due on Friday and I'm still not finished.
4. My husband is back home from the hospital and I want to spend every flippin minute I can with him.
5. I have a life outside of blogging. It may be hard to believe, and I have to keep repeating it to myself over and over... but if I say it enough times it will become true.