It's My Birthday!

Another Trip Around The Sun

I love this song and I make sure I listen to it every morning during  Timi week.  

“ one more candle and another trip around the sun”

With having a birthday right after Christmas and New Years you kind of end up doing a lot more reflecting on the past year and what you would like to do in the upcoming year… rather than celebrating your birthday.

I made a new years resolution years ago that I would NEVER make another resolution. My new way of doing the dreaded resolution would be to just think about what didn’t work out so well for me last year and maybe try to accomplish something productive to change it in the coming year.   Writing down resolutions was just setting myself up for failure.

Besides that my mom told me to NEVER make a list of what I was  gunna do because if someone finds them then they will be purvey to the fact that you accomplished NOTHING. 

So I’m not a list maker. I just try to remember. Which doesn't work out so well but hey! 

Friends and family who have to deal with me on a regular basis know this isn’t really such a hot idea either and are fully aware that me doing what I say I’m gunna do is a crap shoot.  50/50 chance that I’ll remember where I’m suppose to be, when I’m suppose to be there, or what I was suppose to do for you.

What I do like to do that makes me look like I have my shit somewhat together, is to make a list of what I have already done and leave it laying around. I usually add a couple things at the end of that list that I was hoping  The Hubs would do.  That way when he comes home and sees how busy I’ve been he feels a little guilty and jumps right in and helps.  

Yes! Please feel free to go ahead and use that helpful tip I’ve given you ladies. 

It works!

So no resolutions here, just trying something different and hoping it is time well spent.

WHOOOOAAAA!!!   BACK UP DA BUS!!  It was her birthday you ask?

Yes it was!

As most of you know Timi Week starts the week before my actual birthday. This year I snuck in a few more days but we aren’t talking about those. I’m thinkin, if I slowly add them in, pretty soon The Hubs won’t know that we are celebrating Timi Month!

In case this is your first time reading my blog this is how it works. I highly suggest you adopt this way of thinking because it’s really a concept.

Pick the week before or after your birthday for your week.  Your choice.

Then you let your friends and family know that you’re taking reservations for doing only FUN things. Going where you want to go, doing what you want to do, buying what you want to buy. 

Remember this is a guilt free week for you so don’t be shy!

Then you inform your friends and family that if you have to do ANYTHING that YOU don’t want to do……….it tacks another day on to your week.

I have found that people usually start catching on after my week has gone on for about 2 or 3 weeks.  Then, the next time your birthday comes around they start doing what you want, when you want, where you want…. just to wrap it up!

Well this last week  was Timi Week and it was BUSY BUSY BUSY!

It started out with a trip to Bravern in Bellevue.  Now they don’t call this a shopping mall but……IT IS!  A high priced mall at that.

Michele (The Worlds Best Nurse) took a day off from helping those in need to help her good friend Timi out with a little celebrating.

We went to the new Niemen Marcus, walked through and touched things, gasped at prices, left finger prints on all the cases, talked to all the sales associates, and left.

Then we were off to grace some more of the over-priced- boutiques with out presence.

We did hit Anthropolgie where we enjoyed ourselves very much, and Michele purchased this very cute little tea towel for me for my birthday.

How darn cute is that?

I love love love it!

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After drooling over fabulousness in Anthropologie we stopped in at

Trophy Cupcakes

Yes!

I indulged in 4 of their fancy cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut butter

Triple Chocolate

Vanilla Chocolate

and

Red Velvet

Ooooh yes, you guessed correctly

I do love me some chocolate!

Then Michele and I were off to Molbak’s  Home and Garden for a little more shopping and some lunch with………………

Dum dum dum………….drum roll please……….

Miss Charity and Miss Amber

Loves these creative ladies.

Then I came home and The Hubs took me out to dinner and presented  me with……………….

A new pair of shinny red patient leather Dansko clogs!

I love them!

That was a good day!

The very next day I met my

Therapy Group

at

Frost

 

Anne, Jennifer, me, Laura

Now I know your wondering “what therapy group?”  What problem does she have now?

Well actually it’s laughter therapy.  When the 4 of us get together we start laughing so hard that people stare.

After a little session with this group anything that was ail’n ya is gone!

So the girls met me for a little doughnut and Diet Coke

and then much to my surprise…….

Anne had contacted the creative folks at Frost and let them know it was my birthday.

Them kids down there at Frost done out did themselves!

I also got all kinds of gifts from my friends that were just lovely!

Look at those lovelies!

I love all the pinks. It was so spring like, I was wishing the rain would stop for just a little while.

Then it was off for a little more shopping

Another good day!

The next day………………

I went to lunch with Donna at

Wendy’s Country Cafe in Everett.

This is a tiny little place that I love love love.

The flowers in the spring and summer are beautiful

This is Wendy

She does everything.  People think she is short answered, abrasive, and sometimes down right rude. She’s not……………she’s stinkin busy!

Stop in and see her one day. Tell her Timi sent you. You won’t get a discount but I bet you get a smile out of her.

This is the man that makes the magic happen on the plate

Sorry I was thinking about my Swiss Dip with homemade fries I had there. 

Sorry…….back to the update.

After lunch with Donna I had to rush home and get ready for

 

Meeting with our attorney and our neighbor’s attorney.
During the holidays we got slapped with a letter from our neighbor’s attorney that we were encroaching on his property.

Well you know we are lazy around here so there hasn’t been any encroaching going on with us. We haven’t done a thing to the property line since we moved in. 

So………we had to get an attorney.

That’s all I can tell you until it’s settled but BELIEVE ME, I will have a lot to say when this is settled!

Right now it’s totally cutting in to my fun money!

Timi Week was wrapped up with

nails getting done

Toes getting done

Brunch with the family

and………………….

Some camping reservations made with friends.

The Gotthiershittogether’s hosted the “Make the Reservations Party.”
What a fine job they did!!

Because they have their shit together we let them host whatever they want!

Lots of really nummy food and drink

A place for us all to spread out with lap tops and calendars

What more could you want?

The Camping Divas will be sporting velour sweat suites with a lot of bling on them this year.

As well as some cute aprons.

What a great Timi Week!

Upon reflection of this years somewhat land mark birthday, I do believe I’m going to need to get some more friends so I can have lunch out EVERYDAY! 

Have a great day!