My Birthday Dinner

This was absolutely delicious! We usually have a similar dish but with breaded chicken but this was so much better with grilled chicken.

This is what I used plus Olive Oil, broccoli, Garlic Bread Sticks and Parmesean Cheese

FREE BluRay Movie on your Birthday

I thought this was pretty cool. If you are a member of Disney Movie Rewards they will send you an email on your birthday with a code for a FREE BluRay Movie. You only have to pay shipping which was $2.95. I was able to choose from 5 different movies and they were all pretty decent. I chose High School Musical 2 because we don't have that yet and my daughter loved it.

Also a great perk from joining DMR you can upgrade your current DVD for a BluRay. You have to put in the movies UPC and then you are able to print a $10 off coupon. This made for really cheap Toy Story and Toy Story 2 BluRays this week!

*shipping will be 8-10 weeks for the BluRay

Another year closer to 30

Today I turn 29, blah! The past week I have been reflecting on who I use to be before I had kids and when it was just my oldest daughter and I. I have changed so much. My personality, goals, looks and much more has changes significantly. I have become more of a homebody and rarely care what I look like. Could it be because I have 4 kids now? Could it be pure laziness? Could it be that my husband says he doesn't care what I look like? Hmmm...I think it could be a bit of all of those questions.

After thinking of this I started changing some things. I don't want to be that frumpy mom that is picking up her kids from school that their kids are embarressed of. So I started with my appearance. I am going to start looking more put together although I may miss my sweatpants I can't continue to wear them. I have also been trying to be more upbeat and have been getting out of the house more. This is the reason for my posting absence.

Speaking of my past, when my oldest daughter was maybe 2 or so my mother and I built this house in a span of 2 weekends.



We got the plans from a book my father had and purchased all the materials for under $250 and we are shocked it is still standing! The roof doesnt' even leak! It needs alittle maintenence this year but very minor stuff and it looks like Macy and my neice Arden will be able to enjoy it when they started walking.

Thinking that far back, man I had alot of energy! Even the thought of building something like that makes me tired.

Here are just some random pictures from this past week




Made this dress for my neice and the cake just because




My mother made this cute ruffle hat