miome liked her birthday present this morning, which is always good. I got her four containers of herbal tea from Adagio Teas. She's turning the same age I did last month meaning I'm no longer the "older woman" in our relationship.

Otherwise, life continues. I swear getting this thesis done is going to turn me gray. ARGH.

Obviously, today is an awesome day because two awesome people were born on it.

Happy Birthday rykaine and skylark97!

I had several packages at the office today including books! Thank you itlandm. I'm really looking forward to being able to read everything you sent me when my thesis is over. ^^

I am back in Indianapolis! My birthday was awesome (especially the cake). I have a bunch of new clothes. The only bad part of the trip was that the hot water heater at my mom's died. Seriously, what is it with me, visiting, and hot water heaters dying? I took one icy cold shower, then decided to wait till I got home before I took another shower. Ugh. My hair was nasty.

But now I am clean, my cats are crashed out beside me, I have birthday wishes (thank you!) and I have internet access. Life is good.

now to just get through my friend's list...

Off to the airport. See you guys on Monday. Happy early birthday to me!

I have to admit, I kind of want one of these mugs for my birthday. It definitely fits with my sense of humor. XD

Okay we had two days of nice sunny weather in the 70's and now we're back in the 50's and going to hit the 40 for a high on Tuesday. WTF? It's April. WHERE IS MY SPRING?!?!

Next weekend I will be in Atlanta and at the mercy of my family for my birthday. My mom is going to take me shopping. I would say something about black skirts, except I actually need to buy a black skirt since I got rid of the last two that sat on hangers and were never worn because they no longer fit. My sister called me yesterday and wants to know what kind cake I wanted. I love my family, when I don't want to strangle them.

I have started a new crochet project, this one in filet crochet. Filet crochet should be easy to do. It is in some respects because you only need to know how to chain and how to do double crochet. The thing that trips me up is that you are making a grid with hole filled in to make the pattern and you make both the grid and the pattern at the same time. For some reason this breaks my brain. But after my successful bunny square (which I took pictures of and need to find the cable for my camera), I decided to do a centerpiece for when we get a table. We don't have one now (we eat at the counter), but I get the feeling we'll need one after we move. I like this centerpiece because once you get down with the filet crochet, you have four open space you can fill with embroidery or cloth in different colors. It's a large piece (thank goodness I used the smaller thread or I'd have a bedspread instead of a centerpiece!), but it looks like it will be gorgeous when I'm done.

Other than crochet, I've spent the weekend watching miome play video games. It has been nice and relaxing. Good weekend has been good.

Dear miome,

It's 20 days till my birthday.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN MY PRESENT YET? XD XD XD

Hugs and kisses,
Tsaiko

Less than one month to my birthday. XD

Oh hey, the clocks rolled back an hour.

The surprise party went very well. My mom didn't suspect anything. It was great. Food was delicious and everyone liked the decorations I put together after 45 minutes in Target (it was kind of a rush thing).

Today is family reunion. Wish me luck.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY maderr!

May the cabana boys of your dreams visit you today!

1) Went to an art fair on Saturday. Miome and I wandered for two hours and still did not see all the booths. It was huge and awesome. And sometimes expensive. There was one lady selling simple knitted hats for $65 and people were buying them. The only thing special about them was that they were felted. Well hell, I can churn out one of those suckers using my round loom in an afternoon. If I'd known all I needed to do was felt the damn thing, I could have practically paid for my books this year. What a deal!

2) I bought a ceramic fish. I know this sounds crazy, but my grandfather was an avid fisherman. I can remember summers with him spent fishing. When he moved to GA from NC, he had to leave behind the large bass he had mounted on his wall. My mom said no way. He really wanted a fish to hang on his door, but my mom wanted something non-tacky. While at the art fair, I found one modeled from a real small-mouth bass. I bought it and am going to mount it on a nice board with my grandfather's last name beneath it. It'll be classy and a fish. My mom will not be able to complain.

3) Realized that I somehow lost a week. All the stuff for my internship isn't due until the week after next, meaning I could spend this weekend relaxing and not stressing. Awesome.

4) Turned the entire windowsill full of roma tomatoes from my plant into vegetable broth and pizza sauce. Next time I have got to remember to remove the skins before I boil them. I didn't think it would matted once they were blended up, but it does.

5) Called my sister so we could continue our plans for my mom's 60th birthday party. It's a secret. She doesn't know we're trying to get most of the family to come to a big party for lunch. She just thinks we're going to go out to eat with her. Heh. We are so devious.

Now to go to bed. If I can pull Miome away from the fanfic she's currently reading.