Monday, July 13, 2009

Today is a Special Day!

I might be a little biased about it being a special day, but it's my birthday! More specifically it's my 26th birthday!



Sean and I are going out to dinner tonight, but I already have my presents. He got me a much needed external hard drive to store all my pictures on and the 2nd and 3rd season of Big Love. The third season isn't released yet, but I can't wait to watch the 2nd.

Do you guys have any birthday traditions? Growing up my Mom always made me my cake. I always chose strawberry cake as the base of it though. She also always let me plan my birthday dinner. I loved being able to choose what I wanted to eat for my birthday. That's probably a tradition I'll continue with my own children one of these days.

Oh and FYI, I'm planning a giveaway in honor of my birthday, BUT I need to get a few more things for it, so look for that within the week.

37 comments:

Jon and Steph said...

Happy Birthday!! I hope you have a great one ;)

Enjoy your birthday dinner tonight!

Rebecca said...

Happy birthday!

tootie said...

Happy Birthday! Hope you have an awesome day!!

MTM said...

Today is MY 26th birthday, too! Happy Birthday!

d.a.r. said...

Happy birthday!!!!!

ae said...

Happy Birthday!

SarahEileen said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Jessica Lynn said...

YEA!!! Happy birthday :)

Magdalena said...

Happy Birthday! I hope you are having a great day!

The Rest is Still Unwritten said...

Happy Birthday! I hope it's wonderful!

Our bday tradition was we would get a homemade cake -- like you, mine was always strawberry with strawberry icing -- and pick a place for dinner. i loved it! Still do actually...

Meg said...

Happy Birthday! :)

Sara said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY pretty lady!!!! Wish we could celebrate togther. Just picture us, back in podunk again, going to new orleans ladies and tipping the strippers with our last one's.

Or taking boomer and jagger out in the middle of the night, looking for fish heads and then getting so tangled up in dog leashes that all we can do is fall down laughing our asses off.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!! Have a fabulous day and year!
My 26th b-day is coming up in 2 weeks itself (ack!)

My Mom also made a cake for our birthdays as well. Plus we got to choose our dinner--be it homemade or going out.

Stephanie said...

Happy birthday, love!

BSS said...

Happy Birthday! My mom would always let us pick our cake/ birthday dinner too. I hope you have a wonderful day! Lo)

JG said...

Haaaapy Birthday! :) The only tradition for my birthday is that, in the month of October, when my, my sister's and her boyfriend's birthdays are, my parents take us all to a hibachi restaurant. Now that I'm married, I ALSO have a husband to who takes me to cheesecake factory :)

Mary Teresa said...

Happy birthday!!

We always got to plan our birthday cake and dinner too! It was something that made us feel loved without spending too much money since we often didn't have much for presents.

Have a wonderful night with the husband!

Angie said...

Happy birthday girl! Our tradition was to go out to dinner and I always got to pick the place. I always chose red lobster. I got class see.

SS said...

Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birhtday to you!

As I got older, picking where to go for dinner was the tradition. When I was elementary school age I got to wake up with waffles for breakfast and orange juice out of a champagne glass.

Random Musings said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Anonymous said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! 8-)

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday!! Hope its wonderful :-)

Gleatie said...

Happy Berfday!!!!

Yes, I know I said Berfday but it makes me laugh everytime I type it that way!

Thanks for the Cinque Terre recommendations!

jlc said...

Ahhhh Happy BIRTHDAYYYYY!!!

lola said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

Sounds like a fun evening. I don't have any birthday traditions that I can think of, aside from loving cake/icing!

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!

Becca said...

Happy Birthday!! I hope it was a great day for you and I'm envious of your BL S3 DVDs. Enjoy!

Unknown said...

Happy birthday!!! and our tradition was spegetti dinners because we could make dinner and eat within an hour then onto presents!

Abbie said...

Happy Birthday!!!!

For my birthday every year when I was little, our family would go to northern Wisconsin to my aunt and uncle's house and since my birthday is the day after the 4th of July we'd always have fireworks!

I hope you had a great day!

Jane said...

Happy birthday!

Strawberry cake is my favorite too! I wonder if its the same recipe?

Jessica said...

Haapppyyy Birthday!!!!
We have the same tradition in my family. We pick out whatever we want for dinner. I've always loved it.. still do! I hope you had a great great day!

Shoshanah said...

Hope you had a very happy birthday!

And birthday traditions, we didn't have a lot. Mainly that you got to pick what you wanted for dinner. I did have a few pretty elaborate parties growing up though.

Seashells&Sunshine said...

Haaappy Birthday!! Hope you had a GREAT day!! :)

Kebi Cedawna said...

Happy Birthday, Love!!!!!!
My mom lets me pick out whatever I want for my Bday dinner, I love traditions.
You two have fun tonight!

Lisa said...

Happy birthday! Hope it was wonderful! :)

Tasha said...

Happy belated birthday!!!

Sassy Engineer said...

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I love strawberry cake too :)