As you all know (or should) today is my birthday...an unofficial holiday at the Halterhome. I took a vacation day from work. If I were boss of the world, no one would ever have to work on their birthday.
My lovely little family treated me like a queen all day.
Here is the "before" picture of Grace and Tom's snazzy wrapping job:
And here's what was inside...
Yea! They must've been reading to know I wanted that fancy camera. Tom said no, I dropped enough hints (and requests not even disguised as hints) that he knew without reading the last post.
And if you can't tell from the pre-birthday camera photo, the other gift is a 1500 piece puzzle with a black lab in it.
And some of my oh, so wonderful neighbors/friends dropped of these treats... cupcakes from Sprinkles. Don't you wish you lived on my street?
Everyone asked what I did all day...I spent my birthday vacation day at the school book fair.
Yes. That was a F-U-N, fun day for me.
I got to pretend I had my two dream jobs: stay-at-home-mom and professional organizer.
We turned this jumble into a cafeteria full of neatly catagorized used books. (Sorry I forgot an after photo...I was tired).
My favorite thing about working the used book fair is the pre-shopping perk (that and the organizing high I get). This year I bought about a couple DOZEN books (so far) . My favorite purchase is this big boy:
A dictionary? How boring, you say?
But just look at how FAT it is!
The pages are yellowing and it will make for some great crafts.
And my bookish (aka nerdy) family has already been quizzing each other on words in it, so I may just leave it open on the coffee table for spontaneous word games. We love those word games. All that for $2!Thanks to all for the calls, texts, emails, gifts, goodies, cards, and even the Birthday Song at the book fair.
I am blessed with the best friends and family ever.
Karen
1 comment:
So happy you had a great birthday! We will celebrate at the end of the month. Miss ya, MH
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