Friday, April 4, 2014

Celebration!

Some of you might have noticed a lack of post from me last week. Well....I was on vacation to celebrate my birthday. It was the official end of my 20's this year and my 30th birthday literally came in with a bit of a jolt! For those of you who haven't been watching the news, Southern California was rocked with a pretty good sized earthquake followed by another day and a half of pretty sizable aftershocks.  Having lived in So-Cal my entire life, earthquakes don't really phase me too much, but The boyfriend and I were having my birthday dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in La Habra (the epicenter for the quakes) with my best friend and her husband when the first "fore shock" happened.  It felt like someone had run into the building or something but it was not super huge. It did, however, spark a conversation about earthquakes since neither my best friend, nor her husband are California natives.  But, we all survived relatively unscathed. Luckily, I had a fantastic week off prior to dinner as well to add to the fun!

It was a week chalked full of celebrations, starting Monday when I woke up to an email from Etsy informing me that a bag from my Etsy shop had been featured on Etsy!! So exciting! I watched excitedly the rest of the day ,while sewing, as more and more people checked out my shop and various listings.  I even got super excited ,towards the end of the day, when I saw that I had views from literally every continent! (please excuse the terrible snapshot of my computer screen)


That was a super awesome feeling, and even more-so by the fact that I also got  my very first international sale to my shop! It was quite the exciting week for the shop. I also got a handful of my new mini tote bags ready. Coming soon, enjoy the sneak peak! :)


Tuesday, we did an early birthday dinner celebration with my family at a restaurant called Stacked. Its pretty cool!  They serve all kinds of American food from Hamburgers to Mac and Cheese and you order it all yourself from Ipads at your table.  Basically they only have servers and bus boys at this place. You are your own "waiter". But you pick whatever item you want on the ipad and then you "stack" it with whatever you want. They have everything you can imagine in the way of toppings/sides. For example, you can order a burger and choose the bun type, and add everything from blue cheese to avocados and pastrami. The combinations are endless! For dessert, you get to "stack" many items including ice cream sandwiches where you pick you own top and bottom cookies of choice as well as your ice cream. YUM! I chose double chocolate chip cookies with mint chip ice cream for my dessert.


It was so much fun and we all had a great time! Even my Grandparents enjoyed their "high tech-do it yourself" dinner. :)



 
 
 
On Wednesday, The boyfriend took me to IKEA with his truck.  Since moving in my fabric storage hutch required getting rid of my dilapidated DVD shelf that used to live in its place, my DVDs have lived in disorganized stacks in my closet.  One by one, as I have watched some of them, they have meandered into even uglier stacks around my TV....
 
 
Talk about UGH! I finally had enough of the stacks everywhere and I have several other organization projects at a stand-still until the DVDs find a new home. So, it was off to IKEA for some new shelves.  We got the ones I wanted and brought  them back to my place just in time before the rain arrived.  By then, we were beat! So, they shelves lived on my living room floor for a few days....much to my cat's displeasure.
 
 
Thursday, I went over to The boyfriend's Mom's house for a "sewing lesson" on a new reversible apron pattern she had mastered.  She walked me through making myself a lovely reversible Star Wars apron.
 


After that, I headed out to watch my niece at her last soccer practice.  Usually I work when she has soccer, so I took advantage of being away from work to stop by.  Even her little sister got into it a bit on the sidelines. It was really fun to watch them!




And finally came Friday, the big day! I said farewell to my twenties without sadness and some excitement for what the future will bring.  30 doesn't feel different really, so far haha.  At his request, I met The boyfriend at his parents' house, where he surprised me with flowers from his great Aunt and some ammo for us to go clay shooting with.  A hobby we have really been enjoying lately.
 

 
Then, he further surprised me with my very own shotgun for our adventures! I was so surprised and excited and could not wait to go try out my new toy! After the presentation of my awesome gifts, we headed off to our lovely dinner. (and unknown to us, earthquakes...) It was certainly a memorable week of fun!
 
Due to the timing of my vacation, I ended up having a short week and then was quickly back to my regular days off.  On my first day off, I assembled my shelves and finally got my DVDs and books out of hiding in my closet.
 

 
There is still some cleaning ad rearranging to be done, but its getting closer to being done! :) On my next day off, I had lunch with The boyfriend and then ,a little later, we headed over to our good friends' house for a belated birthday dinner. It was delicious and we had a really nice visit!
 
And finally, on my last day off, The boyfriend and I headed out to the range to test out my birthday present!
 

 

What a blast!! (no pun intended) It was certainly a wonderful and special birthday and I am so blessed to have such fantastic family and friends who make me feel so special and loved, always! Here's to plenty more fun and adventures in my next 30 years!

4 comments:

  1. What a great week of celebrating!!! So happy to see that you had a fun birthday... Apparently you should have bought a lotto ticket ,, since you picked the one city that turned out to be the epicenter for your special dinner... Stacked looks amazing, definitely wanna try in the future.. Great pics of you and Steve,, he did good on your gifts, he is a keeper... Your nieces are cute as ever ... The living room is looking awesome ... Congrats on the Etsy news!! But the real question is did you get your Aebleskiver pan?

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    1. Thanks Marcy! It was a very nice week off and a super fun birthday celebrating! I think my Grandma forgot about our deal because I did not get my Aebleskiver pan :( I am gonna have to ask her about that. ;)

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  2. Cheers to being 30!!! :) It's really not that bad...I promise. ;)
    Sounds like you had a fabulous birthday WEEK celebrating..besides the earthquakes..I would have messed myself. YIKES!! And a wonderful gift from your BF! Sounds like a keeper! ;)

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    1. Thanks Dawn! It really was a nice week off. Earthquakes aren't that bad in California, but I think its probably what you are used to. Like I would be afraid of blizzards and you probably don't find them to be a big deal. :) The boyfriend really outdid himself with my birthday gift! :) I was so excited!! He is the best! For a LOT of reasons. :) I think I will keep him ;)

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Celebration!

Some of you might have noticed a lack of post from me last week. Well....I was on vacation to celebrate my birthday. It was the official end of my 20's this year and my 30th birthday literally came in with a bit of a jolt! For those of you who haven't been watching the news, Southern California was rocked with a pretty good sized earthquake followed by another day and a half of pretty sizable aftershocks.  Having lived in So-Cal my entire life, earthquakes don't really phase me too much, but The boyfriend and I were having my birthday dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in La Habra (the epicenter for the quakes) with my best friend and her husband when the first "fore shock" happened.  It felt like someone had run into the building or something but it was not super huge. It did, however, spark a conversation about earthquakes since neither my best friend, nor her husband are California natives.  But, we all survived relatively unscathed. Luckily, I had a fantastic week off prior to dinner as well to add to the fun!

It was a week chalked full of celebrations, starting Monday when I woke up to an email from Etsy informing me that a bag from my Etsy shop had been featured on Etsy!! So exciting! I watched excitedly the rest of the day ,while sewing, as more and more people checked out my shop and various listings.  I even got super excited ,towards the end of the day, when I saw that I had views from literally every continent! (please excuse the terrible snapshot of my computer screen)


That was a super awesome feeling, and even more-so by the fact that I also got  my very first international sale to my shop! It was quite the exciting week for the shop. I also got a handful of my new mini tote bags ready. Coming soon, enjoy the sneak peak! :)


Tuesday, we did an early birthday dinner celebration with my family at a restaurant called Stacked. Its pretty cool!  They serve all kinds of American food from Hamburgers to Mac and Cheese and you order it all yourself from Ipads at your table.  Basically they only have servers and bus boys at this place. You are your own "waiter". But you pick whatever item you want on the ipad and then you "stack" it with whatever you want. They have everything you can imagine in the way of toppings/sides. For example, you can order a burger and choose the bun type, and add everything from blue cheese to avocados and pastrami. The combinations are endless! For dessert, you get to "stack" many items including ice cream sandwiches where you pick you own top and bottom cookies of choice as well as your ice cream. YUM! I chose double chocolate chip cookies with mint chip ice cream for my dessert.


It was so much fun and we all had a great time! Even my Grandparents enjoyed their "high tech-do it yourself" dinner. :)



 
 
 
On Wednesday, The boyfriend took me to IKEA with his truck.  Since moving in my fabric storage hutch required getting rid of my dilapidated DVD shelf that used to live in its place, my DVDs have lived in disorganized stacks in my closet.  One by one, as I have watched some of them, they have meandered into even uglier stacks around my TV....
 
 
Talk about UGH! I finally had enough of the stacks everywhere and I have several other organization projects at a stand-still until the DVDs find a new home. So, it was off to IKEA for some new shelves.  We got the ones I wanted and brought  them back to my place just in time before the rain arrived.  By then, we were beat! So, they shelves lived on my living room floor for a few days....much to my cat's displeasure.
 
 
Thursday, I went over to The boyfriend's Mom's house for a "sewing lesson" on a new reversible apron pattern she had mastered.  She walked me through making myself a lovely reversible Star Wars apron.
 


After that, I headed out to watch my niece at her last soccer practice.  Usually I work when she has soccer, so I took advantage of being away from work to stop by.  Even her little sister got into it a bit on the sidelines. It was really fun to watch them!




And finally came Friday, the big day! I said farewell to my twenties without sadness and some excitement for what the future will bring.  30 doesn't feel different really, so far haha.  At his request, I met The boyfriend at his parents' house, where he surprised me with flowers from his great Aunt and some ammo for us to go clay shooting with.  A hobby we have really been enjoying lately.
 

 
Then, he further surprised me with my very own shotgun for our adventures! I was so surprised and excited and could not wait to go try out my new toy! After the presentation of my awesome gifts, we headed off to our lovely dinner. (and unknown to us, earthquakes...) It was certainly a memorable week of fun!
 
Due to the timing of my vacation, I ended up having a short week and then was quickly back to my regular days off.  On my first day off, I assembled my shelves and finally got my DVDs and books out of hiding in my closet.
 

 
There is still some cleaning ad rearranging to be done, but its getting closer to being done! :) On my next day off, I had lunch with The boyfriend and then ,a little later, we headed over to our good friends' house for a belated birthday dinner. It was delicious and we had a really nice visit!
 
And finally, on my last day off, The boyfriend and I headed out to the range to test out my birthday present!
 

 

What a blast!! (no pun intended) It was certainly a wonderful and special birthday and I am so blessed to have such fantastic family and friends who make me feel so special and loved, always! Here's to plenty more fun and adventures in my next 30 years!

4 comments:

  1. What a great week of celebrating!!! So happy to see that you had a fun birthday... Apparently you should have bought a lotto ticket ,, since you picked the one city that turned out to be the epicenter for your special dinner... Stacked looks amazing, definitely wanna try in the future.. Great pics of you and Steve,, he did good on your gifts, he is a keeper... Your nieces are cute as ever ... The living room is looking awesome ... Congrats on the Etsy news!! But the real question is did you get your Aebleskiver pan?

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    1. Thanks Marcy! It was a very nice week off and a super fun birthday celebrating! I think my Grandma forgot about our deal because I did not get my Aebleskiver pan :( I am gonna have to ask her about that. ;)

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  2. Cheers to being 30!!! :) It's really not that bad...I promise. ;)
    Sounds like you had a fabulous birthday WEEK celebrating..besides the earthquakes..I would have messed myself. YIKES!! And a wonderful gift from your BF! Sounds like a keeper! ;)

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    1. Thanks Dawn! It really was a nice week off. Earthquakes aren't that bad in California, but I think its probably what you are used to. Like I would be afraid of blizzards and you probably don't find them to be a big deal. :) The boyfriend really outdid himself with my birthday gift! :) I was so excited!! He is the best! For a LOT of reasons. :) I think I will keep him ;)

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