Happy Birthday to ME!

Hooray! It's my birthday!! :) Today is my golden birthday--I'm turning 30 on the 30th. The image above is a fab vintage birthday card from my collection--you know I love anything with a vintage space theme! It is a fun card because when you open it up there is a hat that you can cut out and tape together. Looks like one heck of a goofy hat, but whatever. Love the light bulb sticking out of the little astronaut's forehead!

No big plans for the day. Maren and I went to the swimming pool this morning for a while, and now I'm off to clean up the kitchen so I can bake my birthday cake. I'm making Texas Sheet Cake, which is my most favorite cake of all time--and that's saying a lot, because I'm a cake fiend. The Mister and I had hoped to go out tonight for dinner and a movie but we called three different babysitters with no luck, so it looks like we'll have to do something else and see if we can postpone until Friday night instead. Maybe we'll get takeout and go to the park so Maren can run.

Thanks for all of your comments about my sweet ilttle girl yesterday. :) The preschool is held at the local elementary school which is on a year-round schedule, hence the early start date. Maren will go Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:10 to 10:45 a.m. which is really just a bit longer than she goes to the church nursery on Sundays. I've heard nothing but rave reviews for her teacher and I think Maren is just going to thrive! I'm so happy for her. I used to think it was crazy to send a three-year-old to preschool, but now that I have one who is MORE than ready to go, I understand! I'm obviously looking forward to a few hours alone each week, although 2.5 hours isn't much, especially when many stores don't open until 10:00. Yesterday I did some computer stuff and ran to JoAnn's. Tomorrow I'm going to go workout and then go grocery shopping--BY MYSELF! Yippee!

And now, my KitchenAid is calling...