11/03/2011

Hello,

Hmmmmm day # 3. Still too early to make a formal announcement, but I think I may be participating in NOJOMO.

Can you believe I pretty much devoted an entire entry to my hair?? And even worse, I did it on day # 2!  If that’s the best I can do on day # 2, I may have you all dropping me off your lists long before the month is over lol.

So for today, and maybe every day this month, I am going to go to the NOJOMO diary and steal an idea for an entry. One of today’s suggestions is to write an entry about your favorite birthday.

One of the reasons I like doing NOJOMO is because it gives me a written record of my birthdays. With the exception of last year and the year before, I couldn’t tell you what I did for any of my birthdays. My birthdays don’t usually stand out. They are normally low key, maybe a family dinner or dinner out with a friend(s). I’m not big on birthday celebrations for myself, I never have been. I’m just happy to have another year to celebrate!

Last year was an exception. I wanted to do it big. I wanted to really celebrate and I welcomed all gifts, cards, dinners, etc lol. There were 2 reasons for this; 1 was because I was turning 50 which I think is a pretty big deal for anyone. and 2 was because my 49th birthday had been so absolutely awful. That was the year we had no where to live, and I had to go stay in the country with my family and Aimee and Makayla stayed here with Bonnie. They actually took me down there on my birthday and I had to say good-bye to Makayla and it was heartbreaking. Oh and Aimee too lol.

So last year I asked a bunch of my friends if they would join me in a birthday dinner. It wasn’t a big party, about 20 people total, but we had a great time. I got wonderful gifts, the food was good and the company was the best. I smile every time I think about it. This year will be another low key birthday and I am perfectly content with that. Makayla will be off school that day for teacher workshops, so I may drive Aimee to work so we can have the car. We can have lunch and go to the park if it’s a nice day.