I SLEPT IN A TIPI

I slept in a Tipi!

It was like going home.

In case you forgot I am part Indian

So this is how "The BIG One" (aka turning 30) went down.

Ready?

I refused to go to work on my birthday.  Why mix and/or confuse celebration with Hell?  Clayton kept asking me what I was going to do?  Soak in the tub and read a good book of course.  Oh and I might clean out that war zone mess of an office that hasn't been touched in more months than I care to divulge because it's embarrassing.

MONDAY: Clayton informed me that he was doing something special each day of the week for my birthday.  In addition to the daily back rubs I was promised?  Yep.  I'm a lucky gal.  So after dinner on Monday we were cleaning up the kitchen and as I got ready to go upstairs to get ready for bed I grabbed a stack of bills and tax documents that needed to be filed in the aforementioned nuclear war zone of an office.    I opened the office door fully prepared to see our old dvd player occupying the chair where I would sit to file the documents and it wasn't there.  It took me a full 4.5 seconds to realize that the office was restored to its former state of cleanliness that we saw when we moved in.  I let out a big "What the...!" and Clayton came running and yelling, "No, no, no!  You weren't supposed to go in there.  That was Friday's surprise!"  In my defense he DID see me grab the stuff to file and he KNOWS that the office is where the filing is done.  Guess it just didn't click.  I didn't care if it was Monday's surprise or Friday's surprise.  I was just happy to see it clean!  Anyway I proceeded to get ready for bed and opened up one of our drawers and discovered Monday's planned surprise.  New Tweezers!  This is probably not exciting to anyone but me.  I have wanted some new ones for quite a while and these suckers really know how to pull out hair.

TUESDAY: Remember how I said all I wanted to do was read a good book and soak in the tub for my birthday?  Well Tuesday's surprise was these two books.  Apparently my husband does pay attention to all my rambling about stuff.  I have been talking for quite awhile now about reading The Hunger Games.   

WEDNESDAY: I was in the bathroom washing my hands when Clayton came home this day.  He made me shut the door, placed something down on the floor and then told me that I could come out.  I came out to this...

ps. Am I the only one who has too look at a calendar every time I have to spell Wednesday?  Speling is Hard!


THURSDAY: Clayton and I always have lunch at my office on Wednesday's.  However, he had appointments on Wednesday this week and couldn't make it, so we moved our lunch date to Thursday.  When he came to lunch he asked me if I would promise to use and take full advantage of Thursday's gift.  Ummm...ok.  He opened his bowl of cereal (yes...cereal...) and there was a key to the Tipi Room at Anniversary Inn.  After I squealed with excitement I informed him that it was pretty sick that he put that key on the food he was about to eat because we all know what the people who handle these keys go to Bed & Breakfast places for.  Anyway I was very excited.  Please know that I always get weirded out when people post pictures Bed & Breakfast rooms they have stayed in.   Makes the word "gross" slip off of my lips a lot.  HOWEVER, it is only appropriate that I post pictures because I. Am. Indian.  In case you forgot. 

FRIDAY(the actual b-day): Friday the alarm went off at 5am and that was when we really decided to celebrate my birthday by not getting up to run.  Happy Birthday to ME!  Clayton still had to work for part of the day so while he was at work I did exactly what I wanted...Read and Soak in the tub.  Not going to lie...it was very nice.  Except for when the maid came in the room at 11am because she thought I was already checked out.  awkward. 

Later in the day I got this...

Very excited for our forthcoming Ukulele jam sessions

That night we went to Takara for some B-Day sushi and mochi ice cream.

SATURDAY: I honestly can't remember what we did.  I know that we mooched off of the sample people at Sam's Club, ran a bunch of errands and swam laps at the pool.  Oh yeah Clayton also got a hair cut and doubted my ability to stay awake during the movie Star Trek.  I think that his actual comment was, "I think it is so cute that you think you can stay awake during this movie." Guess who stayed awake and who didn't.  Heidi = 1, Clayton = 0.  Nice.

SUNDAY:  The family herded themselves to Trenton to celebrate the January birthday's of Me, Clayton, and Tydon. 

For some reason Kace got the months mixed up and thought that this was his birthday month too.  We spent the rest of the day watching football, playing Loaded Question and telling Cort that we had no interest in buying a size 18 wedding dress or "fine" china (I tried to tell him that just because it said 'Made in China' didn't mean it was 'Fine China'). 

Thanks to everyone for their birthday calls, texts, cards, wishes, etc.  Special thanks to my husband who put forth mucho effort in making not just my birthday, but the whole week special.  Love you!

ps.  The back rubs lasted 4 days and then he decided to buy me a back massager!