My Birthday!

So between yesterday and today, I've unwrapped most of my presents (I believe). So, for everyone who's been dying of curiosity--along with me--on what is hidden in all those packages sitting in the living room, here are a few pictures:

Alissa's gift to me:

Yes, I collect Nancy Drew!

Dad's gift to me:

now I can hear my favorite music the loudest possible!

Becky's gift to me:
The best Bollywood-English movie ever!
Perhaps the best movie ever?!

Marie-Louise's gift to me:

Including two cards that equal 26!

Oh no! MORE!

Yes, more packages. The taunting will never end!

Monday a gift from Becky came, and with it came the realization that maybe I could open the earlier present from Alissa, since it had been Becky that e-mailed that I should wait. But why open it now? I'm so close, I might as well wait on both gifts!

Then Tuesday, Marie-Louise decided to bring a bright shiny blue bag to waive in front of my face. She let me know it was for my birthday and had to wait till then, and then she added it to the growing pile in the corner in the living room.

Well, if I didn't have to preach tonight, and be so caught up in trying to not think about it too much so I won't be too nervous, maybe I'd think of something more to write. But instead I've got to think of something besides preaching; while coming up with something to preach! LOL!

PACKAGES!

So, my Dad decided to stop by quick and drop off my birthday present in case we can't get together between now and my birthday. Soooo, according to his orders, now I'm staring at ANOTHER present that has to wait till my birthday. Will the torture never end?!

But to get even with at least one of my sisters, I've taken a picture of the gift Dad is sending her (it will be sent jointly with my gift to her, once I get it wrapped; yes, she's one of the 5 people who I think I'm done birthday/Christmas shopping for) and I've posted below so she can be staring at in pure curiosity EVEN BEFORE it gets to her place to privately torture her until her birthday. Muahahahahahah! LOL!

On another note, for those who want a play-by-play on the other things mentioned in my last post, I'm sitting here sipping on one of my favorite late-night "meals", looking at the postcards still sitting on my computer, at this point, done, just not printed and labeled yet. And my mouse/touch pad is being random, annoying, and sometimes clicking at it's pleasure! Thankfully, though, the pictures have been uploaded to Deb's site; at least one thing is off my list!

The Card

The card didn't make it. By the time I carried the gift and card upstairs to my bedroom and tucked in for the night, I couldn't stand it. So I opened the card. Otherwise, I'm still just struggling to read through the lime-green wrapping paper to figure out what the gift is. Feels like books, cute little hardback books. But I haven't made anything more discernible out then that. Oi! Hopefully now that it has a special spot on my desk, I won't be "bothered" by it for now...

In other news, I got back from a Beth Moore bible study this morning only to find out there's a Beth Moore simulcast tomorrow, that I'd like to go to, but it means my list of things to do this weekend now need to get done TODAY!

1) Lets see, make & print & label postcards to let everyone know of the change to our annual Salamanca Women's Conference (It's only a one day event now, do to schedule conflicts as well as the lack--as in NO--of help in the kitchen, and other such various reasons that have suddenly arisen this month!) to go in the mail by Monday.

2) Add more pictures to Debby's Jewelry site.

3) On a personal note, I have to re-organize a few scrapbook items. The file-folder I was keeping my punch-out & non-sticker items in explodes when opened so I got a bigger file-folder to transfer them all to.

4) Lastly, get the Birthday & Christmas bin from the attic and go through, organize, and hopefully start wrapping gifts as I believe I've got at least 5 people done for the birthday/holiday season already, but I need to double check (maybe I've got even more?!)

Lets see how much I get done today, eh?

I hope your day is better!

Christ's blessings to y'all,

<>< HJ

Packages

So we did a quick run to Walmart & Joann's and on the way, we stopped by the post office. My package, which my sister had e-mailed me about, was finally here! So as we were driving to Walmart, I'm sitting there struggling with the package; someone is taking after Aunt Theresa with the tape! I could not rip the tape off, or cut it; some places it was about three stripes of masking tape thick, and without scissors, in the end I just had to find the ends and keep unraveling! I was going to send an e-mail out when I got home and rag about the use of tape, when it suddenly occurred to me that the same e-mail letting me know my gift was in the mail had also stated that I wasn't supposed to open it till my birthday. But by then the tape was half-hanging of the package, who can leave something half-way?! So between Walmart and Joann's I finished opening it, deciding I was going to still rag my sister about the tape and joke that I didn't really know what I was talking about since I was still sitting here looking at a brown package-box. Sadly, when I opened the package, I found the gift inside wrapped in lime green wrapping paper, rolled in bubble-wrap. So while I'm not sitting here staring at a brown package, I am sitting here staring at a lime-green present and trying to decide if I should open it and just not tell till my birthday? Or maybe, at the least, I could sneak a peak at the card?

8 DAYS AND COUNTING till my birthday. We shall see how long the package and/or card makes it!

Love ya, girls!

<>< HJ