A Quarter Century of Me!!!

25 years previous to this upcoming Saturday, I was born in the front bedroom of my childhood home in the San Fernando Valley.  I wasn't cogniscent at the time, and there weren't any pictures of me actually coming out of the womb (thank goodness), but from what I've been told, my 5 older siblings were there and a midwife delivered me--since after 5 other deliveries, my mom was such a pro not to need a doctor any more.  The constructed memory is somewhat graphic, and I think I'd rather euphamize what we're celebrating into a "Birthday" rather than detailing the day of my birth.

After 25 years of life, I feel like I'm OFFICIALLY cresting into what the professional world considers adulthood.  Since I got hired I've been telling everyone I'm 25.  When you're working with 40 and 50 year olds, it makes me seem like less of an upstart usurper.  I think I might be "25" for the next  7 years or so.  Then I might upgrade to 29...

So, my husband had a stroke of luck that he turned into a stroke of genius.  Many of  you may have already experienced the Winco free hotdogs/hotdog buns/soda/chips coupon that came in the mail last Thursday... Well, it turns out that no one in our complex did, because overflowing the trashcan near the mailbox was a dozen discarded coupons!  Dale collected them, got our friend Sean, and visited every checkout station in the Orem Winco, taking a set of party food with him each time! HAHA!  When I got home and saw the tower of weenie roast products sitting on the counter, I had little idea of what to do.  We decided to have a freaking sweet party, and with planning it JUST coincided with my birthday!  So, happy day to me, I get to have my first birthday party in 5 years!  

I'm excited and nervous, but Dale is VERY good at party throwing, and we're going to use the pool/barbecque area in our complex to set the scene.  I'm so grateful to my sweetheart who takes care of me so well and wants me to be so happy.  His birthday is in less than a month and we're going to Montana for that weekend.  Any ideas from the crowd as to what I could do for him that would be as good?