Yahoo for Me!

It's my birthday tomorrow. I'm hoping to break the streak of bad birthdays this year. Previous birthdays have included such fun events as deaths in the family and open heart surgery, plus multiple other problems. Seriously I think my b-day is cursed. So......I'm planning a low-key birthday this year. A big fat cheeseburger and a night at the bowling alley. We're classing it up this year, fellas.
The thing that really excites me about the bowling alley? You guessed it, tiny bottles of wine. My unexplainable love for all things tiny leads to great excitement at the bowling alley bar. And of course bowling alley wine is of the utmost quality (hear that? That's called sarcasm). Unlike the other beauty that I will be opening early tomorrow, which I have saved since December just for this occasion:

Aaahhh, a beautiful white merlot. Who wants to take bets on my bowling ability after drinking this in conjunction with bowling alley wine?

My Mom Rocks Harder Than Your Mom...

...well maybe not, but my mom still rocks pretty hard. I recently got married, and my mom gave me and my new husband the most beautiful and thoughtful present. I know she's been collecting fabric for years to make a crazy quilt for me, but I had no idea she was going to produce this quilt, which could easily be considered a work of art.

Look at all those details! This thing is ridiculous...it must have taken forever. Each square has a small embroidered detail, like this:

Or this little gem of a dragonfly:

Or all of these:


Last but not least, she embroidered our wedding date in the middle.

I have no clue where she found the time to do all this, but consider me impressed. If I end up with half the talent she has, I'll consider myself lucky!