I'm older than the internet

It's my 29th birthday today.  Isn't that crazy?!  No?  Well, it sure is crazy to me.  It's the age that my mom would tell people she was for about 15 years or so.  And now that's where I am in life!

I wrote and erased a long schpeel on my feelings about getting older, but the short of it is this: I love my past, but am more excited about where I am going.  Let's do this 29-year-old-me!

Things I want to do while I'm 29?

//\\// be crafty \\//\\

//\\// have a great time with friends \\//\\

//\\// dedicate lots of time to family \\//\\

//\\// take lots of pictures \\//\\

//\\// be a fantastic wife-daughter-friend-sister-employee-PT-christian-example \\//\\

Interesting things about the best (I may be biased) birthday month...

//\\ there's father’s day, and sometimes I share my birthday with this holiday //\\

//\\ the birthstone is the pearl, more specifically the moonstone pearl //\\

//\\ june flowers are the honeysuckle and the rose //\\

//\\ the 20th is the summer solstice, the happiest day, American Eagle day and World Refugee day //\\

//\\ I share my birthday with John Goodman, Lionel Richie, Nicole Kidman and of course, Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco //\\

April Somethings (new and improved with some instagram photos)

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from this past month, here is something I...

...loved: 

Our anniversary.  We stayed at The Foshay, and they upgraded us to an incredibly large room on the 26th floor, overlooking Minneapolis.  We walked around the city during the day, eating yummy food and people watching.  And we walked over to the Orpheum to watch Mamma Mia.  It was a great anniversary.  Even in spite of Malachi unfortunately was sick and I unfortunately could not get much time off of work for it.  We still had a wonderful time!

...listened to:

...watched:

Season 2!  I liked season 1 a little better, but only because season 2 had so many things going on that the show couldn't keep up with itself.  They should have tried to spread those stories out a little more.  However, I'm definitely excited for season 3!

...read: 

A little of Walking the Twin Cities.  While on our anniversary trip we did a couple of the walks in this book, it led me right into Cocoa & Fig for my first macaron!

...learned:

I've recently watched Forks over Knives, FoodMatters, and Food, Inc.  One of the things that stuck with me was that 51% of each meal should be uncooked to keep the body from having an immune response.  I don't know how true that is, but it seems like a good idea.  That would mean more salads, and that would definitely be a good thing.

Malachi's 29 :)

We went out to Pazza Luna for dinner.  And I ate a lot.

We went to A Prairie Home Companion

When we were walking to our car, we passed by the Church of Scientology.  The creepiest part were the V for Vendetta masked anti-scientology picketers.  

My handsome husband

The Lion King

Last week my parents, Malachi and I went to see Broadway's The Lion King.  It was pretty fantastic.  I searched online for some photos to share some of my favorite parts with you!

The opening song (The Circle of Life, for the few souls who have never seen The Lion King cartoon..ahem...Dad!) was amazing, and beautiful and just so cool.  Those giraffes above were quite possibly my favorite costume.

This elephant walked down the aisle right beside us (sorry for the poor photo)

Rafiki was so good.

Zazzu was one of my very favorites.

Mufasa!

Scar and Mufasa

The Lionesses were my favorite dancers.  They were so pretty.

The kids (Nahla and Simba) were absolutely incredible.

"Can You Feel The Love Tonight..."

Here is a short preview for it:

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All in all, the set changes were very impressive, the dancing was amazing, the voices were beautiful, and the costumes were so pretty and impressive.  I agree with Malachi that it was the most artistically done show that we have ever seen.

Cupcake

Over the weekend, Malachi and I snuggled up next to each other with our "slaptops" (a phrase we coined  during this outing) and our lunch at Cupcake.  We had a mission as well.  See, we will be moving come March/April.  To where?  We have not yet figured that out.  The plan is to buy a place somewhere in the cities or in WI.  That's plan A and also "plan ultimate", because ultimately, we will be buying unless something crazy happens.  Plan B is to move into these cheaper townhomes in WI until we find a place to buy.  Plan C, which has come up because those town homes do not appear to have vacancy at the moment,  is to move back in with the parents until we find a place to buy.

No matter the result, we are definitely moving.  For two reasons: 1, our rent will be going up approximately $400.00 and that is not something we are going to take lying down.  And 2, I'm allergic to our home.

So back to Cupcake, we sat down and shared our finds for houses with each other. We probably have 20-30 choices, not all are in our price range.  Not all are in an ideal location, but we figure it's a start.  If you don't mind, we sure would appreciate any and all prayers to help us in this big decision that we are jumping into!

Oh ya, I also got myself some cupcakes to go.  This one is called the "I Love Lucy" :) 

Daily Photos

So I will try, every Sunday, to post the past week's daily photos.  Because the last time I did this photo challenge, it was a mess posting them all at the very end!

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1. Yes, you already saw this photo in an earlier blog post.  This was the first snow fall for 2012.

2. Playing ball with Dylan.

3. The sunset on the way to my parents house.

4. A date with the hubby to Pazzaluna. Mmmm.

5. Daisy in the AM.

6. Our White Elephant winnings from my work's Christmas party

7. Ticket stub from seeing Mission Impossible with the husband.  Oh, and Daisy was sweetly holding it for me, while looking somewhat awkward.

Also, I forgot to mention before, I'm trying to take a daily photo and help my creativity and what not, but I'm also documenting events as well.  So some of the days will be more of a creative shot (refer to #1, 2, 3, and 5), when other are simply just what I did that day (refer to #4, 6 and 7).

One week down!  I'm very impressed that I didn't forget to take a picture on of those days!

some shots from september

MN State Fair

AKC Kennel Club Dog Show

September Somethings

from this past month, here is something I:

loved:

Picture by Stephen :)

My 10 year high school reunion!  Reminiscing about ridiculous things we used to do and say.  Laughing at embarrassing films and pictures.  Feeling a little stunted in our progress to be adults, but also feeling pretty okay with that.  And realizing again how thankful I am to have been and still get to be a part of such a great group of people.

listened to:

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, from NPR.  I listen to it via podcast, and Peter Sagal never fails to amaze me with his wit.  And the whole show never fails to make me laugh.

watched:

A whole ton of series premieres.  But probably my most favorite thing that I watched this month was Downton Abbey during a TV series marathon with Taumi on a lazy monday.  It's incredibly well done with how it intertwines history with in-depth characters of a likeable family, in addition to the in-depth likeable characters of their staff.  There's a lot going on, and the writers work it out so well.  (Thanks V for suggesting it)

read: 

Created to be His Help Meet - I'm still reading this one.  But I know enough to say that I wouldn't really recommend it.  I get her point, and I think it is a valid one for the most part.  But I find her a little annoying.  And I also think that her point would still be pretty clear with a lot fewer pages than the book has.

learned:

I guess this links up with the last one.  I take everything I read in the book (mentioned above), with a grain of salt.  But it has made me a bit more aware of my actions and words.

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And a couple more pictures from Alumni just cause...

Last week was a 12 day week.  Then was the blessing of a 3 day weekend (thank you Labor Day!).  And then I started back at work...and I only have 1 day that I am not working between last Tuesday and Alumni weekend Sabbath.  Yes, that is 17 out of 18 consecutive days.

And you better believe I am doing it again in October.

(I am not happy about this)