Birthday Bonanza!

You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too--yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time

I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you

Raine attempting to ignore the paparazzi

If you haven't guessed already today is Raine's 23rd birthday! We decided to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, since I had my sewing class on Monday. I made him special WV sugar cookies.

I didn't have any yellow sprinkles...

I had some reject cookies that were missing the Northern/Eastern Panhandle

I also made little hearts too (not pictured)

And I took him out to dinner at Uno's Chicago Grill and Bar. I told our waitress that we were out celebrating Ryan's birthday, which he feverishly denied. Surprisingly, she demanded to see his license. After she was able to read his license, she made the entire staff sing to him (Ryan hates this, but it makes me happy)

On Sunday, Ryan and I celebrated J.T's birthday. It was a nice family get together. Jeannine made the best homemade macaroni and cheese I have ever had! I wish I had asked to take some home. We sang "Happy Birthday" to J.T., Uncle Cleve, and Raine (sweetest thing that they had included Ryan) Then J.T. opened all of his gifts. Raine and I had a $5 limit. We only spent $4.98 on Uno Tippo! The game was adult tested of course by Ryan and me.

Christmas in July...

 Santa brought me my Christmas present early.

I received a Brother's sewing machine! I recently developed the passion to sew. I have learned how to make a pillow case, a pillow, and on Monday, I will be learning how to make a tunic. Can't wait!

In other news, Rain and I went to go see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 Friday night. I wanted to see it at the midnight showing, (since I have never done that before) but we had to work the next day. So the 10:30 Friday night showing was almost the same... almost.


The movie was indescribable. It mirrored the book perfectly. I got a little teary eyed a couple of times.

My favorite parts were:

• Ron and Hermione's kiss
• Snape's revelation to Harry
• The epilogue
• And of course "You Know Who" dying

Recently, when I was at the bookstore, I overheard a mother asking her child if she wanted to read the Harry Potter series. The young girl just glanced at the books and stated "no." If only she had known they don't make books like Harry Potter anymore. Twilight is nothing compared to Harry Potter. I almost wanted to step up and defend Harry Potter, telling her all the highlights of the books. But I didn't. Soon enough, she will learn what she is missing.


It may have ended....

but Harry  Potter will remain in my heart!

Life as a TEMP...

I always tell one of my co-workers at the company that shall not be named that we should write a book about being temps. Don't get me wrong, I am very thankful that I am employed during this economic recession, gaining experience, oh yeah and getting paid. But lately, life as a temp is frustrating me...

I have been employed at the company that shall not be named for the past 9 mos, but I do not get paid vacations. So, I will not get paid for taking off Friday nor will I get paid for Monday. Two days without pay... Two small paychecks...

Additionally, I don't have dental or eye insurance, which is scary considering I think I found a cavity. Dental work is expensive, very expensive. I am going to have to look into paying for dental work out of pocket (OOP) or purchasing dental insurance through my bank. Oh the joys of getting older...

So, for next 30 days, I am going to try to apply for a job everyday. Wish me luck!

XOXO,

Sunshine