Birthdays

Most people know that today, July 31st, is Harry Potter's birthday. But there are two birthdays that are much more important to me that happen on this day.

My wonderful husband was born on this day back in 1975. He doesn't really care about his birthday or care about celebrating but I always make a semi-big deal about it. This year, we are going out for Chinese and Emily colored him a birthday card.

The reason I make such a big deal out of Todd's birthday is because he shares his birthday with my mom. She passed away 9 years ago this August 8th, and I still miss her terribly.

This week is one of the hardest of the year because my mom's birthday and death day are so close together. So focusing on Todd makes this day easier for me, though it does tend to be bittersweet.

So Happy Birthday to my beloved husband and my dearly departed mom. And happy birthday to Harry Potter and anyone else who was born on this day.

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CM Punk's New Shirt

Hubby with CM Punk at WrestleMania

I enjoy watching wrestling, both WWE and TNA. And my dear husband loves it, and watches it about every week. One of our favorite wrestles, CM Punk, has been in the midst of a bit of drama. It wasn't sure if he was still going to be with the WWE.

I hadn't seen Raw from this week, but it replays on Saturday nights, so we were just watching it. CM Punk showed up at the end of Raw, and he had a new shirt.

The thing with WWE shirts is that they are usually available for fans to buy. When you are going to a live WWE show, it makes it so much more fun to be wearing your favorite wrestler's shirts. When we were getting ready for WrestleMania, we ordered a bunch of different shirts so we could have them to wear to the actual WrestleMania show along with the days we went to Axxess.

Back to CM Punk's new shirt, it is AWESOME, so I went onto WWE's website to see if they had it in women's style. Their women's shirts fit so much better than the men's so I always get the women's style. And they didn't have Punk's new shirt in women's style. They had men's and kid's, but no women's. I'm pretty bummed out because it's great and I want it, but I don't want it in the men's style.

Not that I need anymore shirts, but we are discussing going to WrestleMania again in the next few years, so I'll need new shirts!
 
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Lazy Saturday

It's been a very stressful week at my house, so I've been trying to take it a little easy today. I have been trying to write paid work, but since it is the weekend there isn't a lot of articles to write.

Todd had to work today, so I napped with Emily. We are now waiting for him to get home so we can go out to dinner.

It has been too hot to go outside because we are still in the midst of this horrible, heat wave-filled summer. I cannot wait until it is Autumn. So Emily has been playing with stickers today while I type, type, type away.

I'm hoping to get more accomplished tomorrow. But sometimes it's good to take a day just to be lazy!

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Book Review - "Clearing the Aisle" by Karen Schwartz

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Clearing the Aisle by Karen Schwartz is the story of Rachel Silverstein and Dan Gershon as they plan their wedding.

I adore this book, it is one of my favorites. I found it in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble when I was planning my own wedding. I immediately fell in love with the book and the characters.

After my wedding, I got the urge to read this book again. But I thought I had gotten rid of it for some reason. I was so happy when I found it again, and I've read it several times since then.

It's a pretty standard tale of wedding planning with parent drama throughout, but the characters just seemed so real. Even though I'm not Jewish, I've always found the Jewish culture really interesting, which makes this book all that much more interesting to me. The only downside is that the author only has written this one book. I'd love to read any more stories she'd write.

If you are planning a wedding or feeling nostalgic for your wedding, this is a great book. The characters are believable and the situations are too for the most part. I give this book 5 stars out of 5!

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Talking "Toddler"

Emily and I drove to visit my best friend and her daughter, Kaylee (who is about 13 months younger than Emily). We used to spend a lot of time together when we only lived 5 minutes apart, but the girls haven't seen each other in 2 months, which is a long time when you are toddler.

They did remember each other, and it was like there was no time apart. We went to lunch at McDonald's, and we put their highchairs next to each other. They chatted the whole time we were eating, but they weren't talking in a language the adults could understand. They were speaking "Toddler".

Now both of these girls can and do talk in English, even using sentences. But I guess when you are with another toddler it is easier to speak in your own language. It was super cute!

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Taking the Day Off

Being a Stay at Home and Work at Home mom, I don't often get to take a day off. I even work on the weekends because I can usually get more done since Emily hangs out with her dad and isn't on top of me.

But today I'm taking the day off. Emily and I are heading to the Charlotte area in about a 1/2 hour to spend some time with my best friend. I'm really looking forward to it and hoping that it will be a great day!

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Spoiler Free Review - Captain America: The First Avenger

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I got a chance to go see Captain America: The First Avenger over the weekend and it was an excellent movie.

I didn't know a lot about Captain America before I went into the movie, and I think they did an excellent job of introducing the character. The supporting characters added heart and fun to the movie, though Tommy Lee Jones stole the show. His character was a hoot adding a bit of humor into the movie.

As much as I loved this movie, the best part of it was after the credits. Instead of an extra scene, there was a teaser trailer for The Avengers which looks awesome! It is going to be hard to wait until next summer to see this movie that has been being built up since the first Iron Man came out.

As much as I liked Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger  was my favorite superhero movie of the summer!

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