28th Birthday, 28 Random Things

Today I'm posting 28 random facts about myself to celebrate my 28th birthday which was a few days ago.

I celebrated my 28th Birthday on August 5th. It was the first time in the past 3 years I have been able to celebrate with my husband and it was nice. We went to a fun local crepe restaurant for lunch and then went swimming in the afternoon. For dinner we got dressed up and went out to Bonefish Grill. I got some lovely presents from my family and it was a nice day with all of them.

My favorite gift was the beautiful diamond earrings from my husband!

Here is a list of 28 random things you might not know about me.

1. I don't tan, I freckle. 
2. I have a thing for frogs, I always look for them. I love to hold them.
3. I used to be obsessed with TY Beanie Babies and collected about 50 of them.
4. My favorite magazine to read is Food Network Magazine and I almost always read it cover to cover.
5. I only get my hair cut about every 6 months or so instead of the 8 weeks I used to get it cut.
6. I have a certificate in dog grooming. I don't miss it.
7. I used to work in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I do miss it...
8. I love boiled peanuts and sweet tea.
9. One of my absolute favorite books is Tuck Everlasting. Read it when I was in maybe 7th grade and fell in love.
10. Target is my Disneyland.
11. I use a french press for my coffee at home.
12. My favorite thing to treat myself is a facial and I've only had 2.
13. I love key lime pie ice cream.
14. I shared my first kiss with a boy when I was 14.
15. I once decided to become vegetarian right before Thanksgiving and didn't make turkey.
16. It's a pet peeve of mine when people text on the phone when you are talking to them or have limited time with them.
17. I hate it when commercials make me want to buy a product I know I don't need.
18. I think Escargot is actually delicious despite the fact that I used to have pet snails.
19. Paris is my favorite city. It's magic
20. I miss having dogs but sometimes I miss having cats more.
21. I hate going bra shopping and going to the dentist about the same.
22. I love sending and receiving Christmas/Holiday cards.
23. I don't see how people drink Mountain Dew, it's like neon green?!
24. I got married when I was 19, and I'm still married to the same wonderful guy!
25. Twirling my hair is still my bad habit. Especially when I'm nervous or anxious.
26. I'm a planner and like to make lists, especially to-do lists.
27. I love exploring old castles and imagining what life was life for the people who used to live in them.
28. Sometimes I still feel 19 around my husband. I think that's a good thing.

My Birthday

I spent my 27th birthday with my family. Well, most of my family. My sister and mother had to work, Ariana had preschool that morning, and Richard was already back in Germany for pre-deployment preparation. Deployments have to ruin everything. 

Basically I spent the morning, running to preschool, back home because I had forgotten her book-bag, back to preschool, to the post office to mail my friend a package, back to preschool and back home again. After lunch I tried to get Ariana to nap (without success) and finally gave up and decided to spend the afternoon in the pool. 

A family friend was visiting but she left to pick my mom up from work since I'd had her car and since it was Friday and she was suppose to get off work at 3. At 3:15 I was soaking up some sunshine in the pool with Ariana. We swam for an hour or so, then came inside to take showers and get ready for dinner out. 

Once everyone was ready to go, we enjoyed a nice dinner at Bonefish Grill. I myself enjoyed TWO black-cherry-agave-mojitos and reveled in the fact that it was my special night and I wasn't driving!

Dinner over, it was bath and bedtime for Ariana. Of course even though she could have had Grammy or Aunt Sarah or even Nancy, nope she wanted me.  Then it was cupcake time. We opened to cupcakes only to find they had been attacked by ants. Boo! Because everyone had worked early that morning they all ended up going to bed fairly early and I stayed up and watched Romeo and Juliet on DVD alone.

Birthday's aren't as much fun when you're a grown up. A 27 year old grown up to be exact.

I think the highlight of my day was the fact that Ariana sang the Happy Birthday song to me no less than 27 times. I loved it! That girl already gets that birthdays are a big deal!

But all the end of the day, I did get a new rocking outfit, new nail polish, a gift card and some fun accessories from everyone. And of course you saw what my husband got me, even though that was almost 2 weeks late!

Birthdays. Everyone has one.