Old Soul, Young Heart

It pays to sign up for e-newsletters from companies. You get all sorts of free stuff at your birthday! (Thanks to Hannah for the idea to get all of these emails. Worth it!) Free bowl of noodles from Noodles & Co. Free double steakburger and fries from Steak N Shake Free 10" pizza or half chicken from Tobin's Free entree from Moe's Southwest Grill Free sandwich or 8" pizza from Schlotzsky's Free scoop from Baskin Robbins Free sundae from Culver's Other deals: BOGO Blizzard from Dairy Queen BOGO creation from Cold Stone $5 off at McAllister's

I'm making myself this cake for my birthday. It's called Better Than Sex Cake and I had it for the first time when I was like 12 and it was my favorite homemade cake ever since then. It is chocolate cake, with holes punched in it with a fork. And then you pour chocolate and caramel sauce in the holes. And then you put whipped topping on top of it and then you crush Heath bars and sprinkle it on top with more chocolate and caramel sauce. It blows your mind. I haven't had it for like 10 years or something, so I'm super excited for it. Maybe Philip will even like it because of the whipped topping. I might let my dad have some too. I mean, I probably don't need a whole cake for myself...

Today's List (Day 7): Blog Goals Hmm... I'm not sure if I have any blog goals. I sometimes say that I'm going to write in it more or make it more interesting (part of the reason I'm doing this list thing), but really I blog just because it's fun for me and I know there are a few people who like to read up on what I'm doing. Other than that, I just do whatever. -------------------- Today is my golden birthday. The day started off as it should, with a thunderstorm at midnight. Philip and I sat on the porch and watched it roll in! I had lots of nice "happy birthday"s at work and the student workers made me cute little Disney-inspired and crayon-colored birthday signs for my office. Philip and I went to dinner at Fiesta and then just hung out at home. It was nice. I can't believe that I'm 27. I never thought that I would get old, but it's happening... slowly, it's happening. I had a hard time when I turned 25, but I was tol...

The best month to be birthed has arrived!!!

I just love that my Grandma Scheffert wrote journal entries for years. When I first moved up here I had intentions of reading them. At first I was a little reserved about doing it, because I was afraid it would be too personal and I felt as though I might be invading her privacy. But then I realized that if she didn't want someone to read them that she probably wouldn't have written them in the first place, so I decided that she'd probably be okay with it. Some of what I've read already is so fascinating. I've learned a lot about her through her entries. Sometimes I've found myself laughing out loud at some of the things she's written. So tonight I decided to bust out her journal from 1984 because tomorrow we're having my birthday celebration at work and there are three questions we get asked on our birthday. Well, four, I guess: 1) How old are you turning? 2) What's the story of your birth? 3) What was the best thing that happened in the past ye...

I'm feeling rather unspecial lately and it makes me sad. I realize that I'm not the center of the universe, but my birthday is the one time of the year that I like to feel at least a little more special than usual. Maybe I put too much emphasis on other people's birthdays and then when it isn't reciprocated for my birthday, I'm disappointed. My uncle and I have always shared our birthday celebration because his is the 22nd of June and mine is the 27th. This means that we celebrate early, usually the weekend before my birthday. Doing this makes my actual birthday so anti-climatic because all of the celebration has happened already. I'd almost rather have the celebration after my actual birthday, that way I at least have something to look forward to. No one seems to get that having my celebration that far away from my actual birthday is kind of depressing for me. So, with all of that being said, scheduling the celebration this year has been frustrating for a n...

I totally forgot until right now that today is my mom's birthday. It wouldn't have even occurred to me either had my aunt not mentioned it a minute ago. Usually I'm pretty good at remembering dates like this, though they don't bear as much importance to me as they do to my dad or the rest of my family. I feel really bad about it though because the day is over and I never even thought about her. She would've been 57 today. How different life would be if she were here... Happy birthday, Momma. I miss you lots.