It's My Birthday and I'll post if I want to, post if I want to, post if I want to!

....you would post too if you turned 31 on Friday the 13th, too! Dah!dadada-dah! (I love that song.) Maybe I'll incorporate it into the rest of the year as well. Example: It is Fri-day, I'll drink boxed-wine if I want to! Such a versatile song.

Thank you ALL for your kind thoughts and words. Your comments really and truly did make me feel better. There's something about a female online community of friends that just works. I'm very thankful for your comments--so a heartfelt thank you to you all. I really think I love you guys :) In a non-lesbian sort of way. Not that there's a damn thing wrong with that. Just sayin'.... :o) May happiness prevail...

Okay then. Onto the usual snark.

Yours truly turned 31 today---on Friday the 13th, no less. I'm visiting my parents so I am away from C on this auspicious occasion. As per usual, he still made it special. If there's one thing that C does in a perfect way, it's gift-giving, special occasion recognizing and all-around romantic gestureness (totally a word). I guess that's three things. One thing I don't do perfectly is math.

What did he do? Firstly, he mailed my birthday gift to my parents and called my mom to make sure that I didn't lay a finger on the package until my birthday. He knows me.
He asked me to call him at midnight on the 13th so I could open everything with him on the phone. And oh my gosh OHMIGOSH!!!!!!!! He gave me four things: all numbered in the order in which I was to unwrap them.

Do you see that CD? Serj Tankian is so dang talented, I can't get over it. And he speaks/sings his mind on all things political--I truly admire him. He opened up for the Foo Fighters at the concert C & I went to this past winter and he blew my mind.

I still can't believe it...

Nigella Lawson is hands-down, my most favorite cook. Her personality, sense of kitchen-adventureness, cookbooks, writing talent and absolute humbleness make her someone to admire. Just a warning, I'm about to name-drop....C happens to know Kevin Smith's wife, Jen and asked her if she knew who represented Nigella, stateside, to see if she could "pull-some-strings" and get a signed cookbook. Alas, it didn't seem meant-to-be to get it through her agent as Jen couldn't get in contact with them. (So I guess I didn't really need to tell you that part of the story, but I think it's so cool that C knows her, so please forgive my terribly obvious/unnecessary brush-with-celebrity story.) C ended up getting in contact with some lovely folks who were able to get a book to Nigella to sign (she was on Holiday---I LOVE that word---so much nicer than the ugly, Va-cay). And she did! And she also tossed in a signed photo! That baby's getting framed and put on the wall in my kitchen.

And what else did he do???????????????????????

He Purchased:
http://www.theartofoverthinking.com/

He said, "Because I believe in you." He's a graphic designer and said he will work with me to completely design the site/content---everything. The whole she-bang. He put up a lovely splash page to hold it until we get everything together.

It's going to take a bit, but I'm going to put my all into it. And I've talked him into blogging off of it, too. He's such a fabulous writer that this just makes it even more perfect. We can do this together.

Stay tuned for more on this. I'm sure I'll do a totally subtle post when I move over there. Ya know, really low key and totally not UPPER-CASED at all :) Don't worry, even when I go non-blog spot, I'll stay as self-deprecating and sarcastic as always. I just cannot wait!!

So again, thank you MUCHLY for all of your kind words left yesterday--they really helped me get through it all.