26 years and none the wiser

Today’s my 26th Birthday!

Here are the birth announcements that my Mama made by hand and sent out from our home in Alaska 26 years ago.


My daddy was an Air Force pilot flying A-10s (as pictured) and Mama was a teacher.

A lot has changed since then, but a lot has stayed the same: love, family, hope, joy, and faith.

Royal Wedding!

Kate’s dress was certainly beautiful with classic lines framing her petite figure perfectly. She wowed and waved to the masses of people as they welcomed their new princess with cheers and celebration.

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Royal Wedding: Lords and Ladies

Hello all! I’m not as obsessed as some people about the Royal Wedding this Friday… but, ok, I am a little excited. This doesn’t happen every day; it’s making history!

Mama sent told me about you have to have a Lord/ Lady name to attend as Gentry, so here’s the formula:

Lord/ Lady
+ {a name of a grandparent}
+ {the name of your first pet}
+ hyphen
+ {the name of your first street address}

Mine could be one of the following:

Lady Lucille Lexi-Caplewood

Lady Mary Lexi-Caplewood

Stahler’s could be one of the following:

Lord Herman Sasha-Greenwyche

Lord William Ledbetter Sasha-Greenwyche

Mama’s would be:

Lady Beulah Fiddles-Madison

Pretty fun! What’s yours??

Maybe you can relate…

7:25 – alarm goes off. Cuss – it’s Monday.

7:45 – get up and look for toiletries

8:10 – four boxes later… no shampoo

8:13 – get in the shower… ice cold – look forward to warmth of hair drier

8:19 – shiver out of the shower… no hair drier to be found

8:47 – take care of Georgia. Look for keys

8:52 – no keys… call Grant (they’re in his car – where else?) He’ll come back home to lock new apartment while I use spare car key to drive to work

9:02 – take wrong turn out of new neighborhood. Realize I am going to be excessively late

9:12-9:37 – hit every.single.stoplight.

9:42 – stop to get ink – big print job at work today

9:59 – get to work. Discover I’ve left my computer somewhere between the two apartments – probably with my shampoo and hair drier

10:13 – meet Grant to get keys

10:37 – back at apartment. Find computer (and one great dane on our bed… bad girl)

11:09 – back at work

Item – Cost
Stress of moving – 1.5 grey hairs
2 hours in the car – 0.6 tank of gas
Embracing Monday morning with arms wide open – Priceless