birthday ::part one::

yesterrrrday....
ryan turned the big 2-4! !!!
so. we celebrated.
lunch.
trip to the mall (where we bought lots of goodies!!)
watched old school dana carvey (Ry's favorite!)
ate at outback!
had some cake... a cookie cake... i homemade. it is RIDICULOUSLY GOOD.
Ohhh my. mmmm.
ill posts pics later.
bc yes... it looks awesome too. well sorta. haha...
opened presents (which was not that exciting bc ry's big present is coming at thanksgiving. ry's parentals are bringing it to gma snider's. :)
then went out... with lots of friends.
had SOOOO much fun. just sat out by a fire type heater thing...
and hung out and talked and just had a good time!!

today the birthday fun continues...
duke basketball game!
(sadly, walk up line. ...but im sure we will get in and have fun)
tonight watching twilight (if we can find it in a redbox... since ive NEVER seen it. and apparently its changing america or whatever)
and then tomorrow... the fun CONTINUES!

i did get tickets to ryans fav band... yes. one of those "harder" bands.
it will still be loads of fun.
and in downtown raleigh... which will be fun im sure.

anyway. thats all for now!

love & peace
bort

all smiles

its been a nice day off...
enjoyed a LOT of sleep! ;)
hung out with my skyzer...
hung with the hubs...
and then went to some duke basketball... which was super fun.
tonight... for some reason... was even more intense than other early season games. i think because the other team was actually "home" (it was a tournament). since the team was from charlotte- and they were the "home team" i think they actually thought they were at home. their cheerleaders paraded around with flags and tried to lead cheers... and their band played music (that was def not as good as ours) they just got booed. well duke's version of boo's which consists of yelling "uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" over and over and overrrrrr. while waving your hand. weird. i know. its duke. anyway. the fans were fiesty. the game was on espn. ryan made an appearance on espn. and we killlled the other team. all in all it was a FUN night. :)

only two more days of work before the birthday weekend extravaganza!! yeahHHH! :)

love & peace
bort

monday thanks

gratitude monday....
a glimpse at the past weekend:

112. spending a rainy cold day inside a cozy coffee shop

(this is a coffee shop in japan :) )

114. duke basketball fun
115. cookout for dinner
120. finishing up grad school essay
121. THREE MONTHS of marriage!





122. a new bike
123. bike riding with ryan
127. enjoying quality time with the bro in law and MK

my sweet new ride (:

check out the link at the bottom of the page for more on gratitude mondays...

what a great weekend...
4 days until someone's birthday!!
we have a fun weekend ahead of us... then thanksgiving!

love & peace to you all!
bort

mmm

the hubby & i ventured to one of my fav spots today
a great local coffee shop.
it was so cozy inside.
we had our delicous drinks.
and sat and worked... for a few hours.

mmm. heaven in a cup.
(this pic is via cell phone- thus the bad quality)

**************

::mere::

today is this lovely ladies birthday!
mk is a great friend of mine who ive been blessed to know through the brother in law.
she and he are an item. :)

mere is my dearest durham friend.
she is an excellent listener. gives great hugs. has such a bright smile. and is just a joy to be around! today is meres big day! and im hoping its a great one for her!!

happy birthday mk!!

:) love & peace to you all...
and warm sunny wishes! (i know we are all quite wet!)
bort

the multitudes keep a coming...

Notes: grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause

a few of the things i am grateful for this week:

66. needing my jacket

71. warm fresh baked cookies & a big glass of milk

72. a friend ::sara:: who encourages me and lifts me up

82-84. free pizza, doughnuts & candy

91. my comfy worn out jeans

92. the 'cinamon bark' candle burning in the den

93. the open back door

103- driving with the windows down

109- wedding pictures (and framing them & hanging them on the wall)



happy monday to everyone.
blessings are everywhere.
be blessed this week

love & peace
bort

eve of gre

well the time has come.
its GRE time baby.

luckily i dont take it until 1200 tomorrow.
say a lil prayer for me.

im not worried... not that im about to bust out a 1600- but i know i can take it again.
its not the end of the world.
and i have done a good job of studying.
i suppose one could always study more, but lets just say the last "prep quiz" i did- i did well on it. so im going out on a bang. :)

tonight the hubby and i watched an excellent movie.
changeling.

LOVED it.
it was so great... suspense. drama. murder. great GREAT story. and it was set in the 20's which is just so cool. i love the 20's. well i love the dress of the 20's. SO CLASSY. anyway. i highly HIGHLY recommend watching it. DEF a long one- but there are a LOT of dynamics to it which made it very enjoyable, and it flew by. anyway. rent it. redbox it. netflix it. do what you do. and hopefully you will enjoy it!


off to bed soon.
love & peace
rdms