Happy Birthday to My Sister Friend!

For many years throughout our childhood, I always felt like my sister stole my spotlight. It makes me laugh to think about it now. Her birthday is two days before mine and she always turned a "better" age than me (in my eyes, of course!) She is three lovely years older than me.

When I turned 10, she became a teenager. When I became a teenager, she had her sweet sixteen. When I turned 18, she was drinking herself to oblivion at the ripe age of 21!

When she got her first car, I got a saddle. This right here is a memory that will always remain in my mind. It makes me snicker. Her first car was kind of a shit mobile and when I was handed my first  riding saddle, the thought that went through my head...."what is this? This isn't pretty!" What a rotten little girl I was!

Sharing birthday parties with her didn't really become enjoyable until my 21st birthday. We took a bus to the city and rocked that shit. It was a fabulous time.

As the years go on, I've enjoyed having a birthday close to my sister. It's our own little special time every year to celebrate. As we get older, I appreciate my sister more and more.

So today, I wish my sister friend the best birthday ever.... and I'm sure with this little man, she'll have a great one! Me love you lots and lots!

CraZy Time

Time has slipped away from me this past month. I have not been able to write, nor read everyone's fabulous posts. While I do miss knowing what is going on in all the blogs that I follow, your wonderful lives and delicious eats, I have been quite the busy & happy girl over here.

So what has happened since I last posted? I turned the ripe old age of 28! My birthday, April 26th was spent getting our engagement photos taken in the morning and then I got to spend a wonderful day with my favorite person, my very soon to be hubby! It was a great day, filled with love and happiness, all I could ask for.

Although,  I believe that my wonderful other half likes the attention of Mr. Police Officer. He has a habit of getting stopped A LOT!! His explanation, "I have bad luck" My interpretation, he has a problem with following the law. It stems back to his corrado days, when he use to be a bad boy. Then he met me and again as he explains, "I have taken away all his fun." Hrm, if fun is getting pulled over by policemen, I'd rather be lame. Except for the fact that most women are turned on by police uniforms. I guess it depends on if the body under the uniform hasn't been consumed by donuts!

Anyways, the man ran through a NO TURN ON RED right in front of a state trooper. Our only saving grace as to not getting a ticket, it was this lady's birthday. The po-po felt nice and told the man he better treat me right and take me out. He did.

Since we had given up sweets for Lent, we had yet to enjoy our favorite dessert, cheesecake. So my birthday dinner was spent at the Cheesecake Factory.

It was a delicious meal, and the cheesecake was well worth the wait!

Fuzzy picture of my fruity b-day cocktail

Shrimp appetizer served with an asian aioli....YUM

For dinner I enjoyed the BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad, which is one of my favorites. Sadly, I can't get my picture to upload, but just imagine grilled corn, black beans, fresh avocado, chicken & cucumbers all atop a bed of lettuce drizzled in a barbecue ranch dressing.

The rest of our fun filled days have been spent at work and many, MANY appointments. We also had a blast at our Jack & Jill, which I will recap in another post. Hope everyone is enjoying the mostly warm weather, and I'm excited to show you the awesome pictures of my family & friends, who have started celebrating this wonderful time with us!