[Birthday Week]

Tuesday was my birthday,alas! I had such a wonderful birthday week, and it is still continuing! Even though this past weekend was my weekend to work, somehow I was not scheduled to work on Saturday...yahtzee! Sunday morning at 5: 30 am as I was half asleep trying to put contacts in,supervisor called to tell me to stay home and be on call, double yahtzee! The bonus of all this was- I was scheduled off Mon,Tues, and Wed...which meant 5 day vacay for my birthday week! I was able to catch up on some monogramming, bake, shop, and lay on the couch to watch NCIS marathon all day. Pure bliss! Tuesday I took my first gamble at couponing at CVS.  Ryan and I are trying to knock out our student loan debt and I figured we could cut our grocery bill by couponing. I did better than I thought I would, but still not as good as I would like to be. Any tips? For those of you who don't coupon or have never couponed you may not understand-but couponing is such an adrenaline rush! Crazy, I know! Checking out at the register with 4-5 different purchases, hoping everything equals what it's suppose to is pure adrenaline. My total before coupons was $43.56(pre tax)....total paid after coupons: $8.82(pre tax)!! I was super pumped!

Tuesday evening Ryan's parents, my sister and brother in law, and Ryan and I went to Rosie's for dinner for my birthday. I could eat mexican everyday, and Rosie's is delish! After dinner, we went to my sister-in-law's parents house for cake and ice cream and presents. I know I am way too old for birthday parties, but I loaded up on gifts! The only thing missing from my birthday were my parents! This was my first birthday without them-such a bummer...



Cindy & I @ Rosies



one of my presents from Ryan-my bucket stand

Willow House Savannah Bevarage Server from my Parents..looove!

I ended my 5 days off by going on a very hilly 1 hour bike ride today with Ryan, Casey, and Cindy. Boy-I am out of shape!! I absolutely love riding my bike, but I am use to riding on flat ground of the coast, and not the hills of North Alabama! I have had such a wonderful 5 days off and a great birthday. Now, back to the reality of work tomorrow. ehh.....

And of course because I can't leave out Jacks & Ridge...We took them swimming for the first time this past week, and I wasn't sure how we were going to get them out they loved it so much.

Jacks & Ridge