Right Around the Corner...

I wanted to mention a little something to those of you who haven't known me for an entire year yet...

I LOVE my birthday!

I'll bet right around now, you're thinking...
"OK... so she loves her birthday!... and she's telling me this... WHY?!"

I'm sharing this intimate detail about myself with all of you because I just don't want anyone to feel blindsided when September 1st rolls around and my Birthday month commences complete with the Deep End banner all tricked out for the occasion!

I have forever loved my birthday...
I think my family always held out hope assumed that once I was a grown up, my enthusiasm would settle down a bit...
They were wrong...

It used to be about the presents when I was a kid...
Although I do still LOVE presents, it's now more about the celebrating...
About being Queen for the Day Month...
About gathering friends together and going dancing (which is something else that I LOVE to do)

Over the last 8 or 9 years, I have had BFF Les make a fuss over my birthday...
It's because she's such a nice person her birthday is the day before mine...
And as fate would have it, we embrace our birthdays with the same level of exuberance!
How cool is that?!


Okay....she IS actually a really nice person too...

So enjoy the last days of August and get plenty of rest...
Because September,
a.k.a.

• 'Birthday Month'
• 'Jackie & Leslie's September Fest' (BIGGER than Oktoberfest around these parts... that is, if WE have anything to say about it!!)
• 'Move-Over-Labor-Day-Because-the-New-September-Holiday-Is-Here'

is just around the corner!

Let's remember people, that we all need to pace ourselves and keep our eyes on the prize so that we can fully enjoy the month without fizzling out too early...

204 Months... and counting...

Son # 4 had a birthday today!

He's now 17...
in people years...

(which is 204 months in young perky mom talk... because they can't let go of their babies!)

I'm feeling a bit nostalgic...

I've kept humming the 'Sunrise, Sunset' tune from Fiddler on the Roof over and over in my head all day....
and now so will you...

For that you can thank me...

You're welcome!

Time does have its way of whizzing by...
even faster than Old #4 can on his new longboard!

I've made of list of reasons it's great to be 204 months old (a.k.a. 17!)

1. Hellooooo!!
R-Rated movie admittance without a parent or guardian!

2. 16 is like, SO last year!

3. Shaving is no longer optional

And the FINAL reason that 17 is awesome...

4. Chicks dig 'older guys'