Hi. Hello! My Birthday Happened. Yeah. May 13th is THE day...
I was actually born on a Friday the 13th which I'm very proud of! My Mother almost had two Friday the 13th babies- my sister Erin, who is a little over 2 years younger than I, missed Friday the 13th by two hours- She was born in the early morning of Saturday, September 14th! That would have been cool though!
So here's the recap on things this past week or so...
Oh! Before I start- I need some opinions:
I am saving for a new Nikon DSLR camera. I have to say that the focus is going on mine and it's about 7-8 years old. I would love to switch to a Canon BUT I have a lot invested in my lenses with Nikon... so I think I'm stuck. I can tell my photos just aren't as sharp anymore! I want to pay for it up front- it's so easy to just stick things on credit cards- I find that working to save up and pay for it not only helps me not build debt but makes me realize what I really want to put my money into! Do you guys have any thoughts on some Nikons? I'm looking at this one: D7200. I'm not shooting weddings anymore - it's more for me and my artwork and taking photos of family and what not - opinions????
Ok- next:
Brian and I joined a 5k on June 17th called Restore the Shore - I will keep you posted with how training goes. I'm determined to be healthier and do some 5k's this summer!
Now on with the blog post:
My Parents took me out Saturday May 6th for an early Birthday dinner and then headed back to their house for cake! They had raspberry sparkletini waiting to celebrate- which I love!
I have a thing for unicorns and they know it...
Meems even put one on my cake- she is adorable and I just love it!
Thanks Mom and Dad! <3
On Sunday, May 7th, my Mom and Erin took me out to breakfast. We did it a week early because my little sister was going to be graduating college on the 13th!
CONGRATULATIONS SEESTER!
I am so proud of her!
They took me out to breakfast and invited a surprise guest! My dear friend Nikki came along! I was so excited to see her and have her join us, it was so thoughtful of my Sister to invite her along!
We ate at a small diner near the Airport called Eggs N'at (it's a Pittsburgh thing). It was so good but very busy there.
Nikki got me the most beautiful print and frame from Etsy! I have a thing for lavender if you didn't know already- I mean, I have it tattooed on me ;)
Nikki, Me and My Seester!
Mom aka: Meems
After Breakfast we stopped at my Sisters house to change into comfy clothes and she took us to hike along the Panhandle Trail which was really cool! It actually was where an old railroad was and they put down a stone path. The entire trail is 29 miles - we only hiked about 2.5 of that!
Look at all the nature! It's so refreshing!
Side Note: I can't tell you how much my life has changed with my new job. I have time to do these things that I didn't before. The medical field was so difficult to work in- unless you want to do it and have no free time. Here's to new chapters and taking chances!
Okay - onward...
We stopped by this small town on our way back to her house that seemed like it was out of a story book! It only had a little corner store where you could get bread, milk, ice cream or pizza! The homes were so old and had so much character- they were all so well maintained!
I had to try their Strawberry Banana Smoothie and it was SO GOOD!
We stopped back to her house before we left back home (she lives about 30 mins from the area where I live) and got to visit with her adorable puppy, Rocky!
He's such a good boy! He doesn't tear up his toys like our dogs do!
So on my Birthday, Brian asked me what I wanted to do for the day and then we planned to go to dinner in the evening. We ended up staying home since Chance hasn't been feeling too good and we were gone a lot of the day and didn't want to leave him again. I am okay with doggy snuggles and kisses instead of dinner anyways! :)
My request for the day was to go hiking at North Park and then for him to take me to get a new record! Sounds like a perfect day to me! We found some pretty awesome trails at the Park and hiked for about 2 hours!
I really like being in the woods
Here's Chance and Bear as we hung out that evening:
I feel so bad- Chance must have jumped on the bed and hurt himself and he's been acting a little sore lately so we are keeping an eye on him and if things don't improve soon, we are off to the vet.
That face though... 
Brian then gave some gifts - he's so thoughtful- and sang Happy Birthday to me! :)
I had a great Birthday this year- even thought I think it's the first year I wasn't counting down or even relatively excited about turning a year older... ;) Thank you to everyone who made it so very special!
I have to also include that I help plan our yearly retreat at work and I get to view the hotels- well I found one that we HAD to go and see to take a site tour! I want to stay there on my own sometime even though we live right outside of Pittsburgh- I'd have to spend one night downtown with Brian there- it was incredible and so unique! Here are a few of the 100 photos I took to give you an idea of how neat it really was:
I feel like these photos don't do it justice. It was that amazing and unique!
Another Side Note/Random Thought:
I have been trying my best to keep up with blog posts- I tried doing it twice a week and then once per week but I think it's going to be pretty sparatic. I am still working on the constellation prints and some monsters when I have the time (and if my plate wasn't full enough, I am trying to write a book too! That will take a lot of time though and I only write when I'm in the mood so that I don't stress myself out over it)- I really hope to get an online store going ASAP! NO EXCUSES!
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