For as long as I can remember, I had daffodils and/or jonquils blooming on my birthday–at least in those years that there was a garden available. There have been the odd years when due to circumstances and on account of because there were no blooms. This is one of those years. No blooms yesterday. Ah, well. Mother Nature’s bender messed with the weather which messed with the green growing things. It’s okay. There’s always next year. This is a picure from a few years ago.
In other news, Stormy had a soccer tournament. His team did awesome! As of this typing, they’d won 3 games and were headed to the championship match. I’ll up date this at some point with that game.
Some writing took place. Better than nothing, right?
To celebrate my trip around the sun, LG played Door Dasher and went to grab BBQ from our favorite local chain. I had ribs and curly fries. The meal was all kinds of yummy. I haven’t had ribs in ages! We sat on the comfy furniture in the family room, watched ON PATROL LIVE, and chowed on excellent BBQ. A perfect evening.
The present I didn’t “gift” to myself but I sort of did, finally arrived. I had funds left on my Christmas GC from Shoe Carnival. I found a pair of Sketcher boots on sale and ordered them last Sunday. They were supposed to arrive Wednesday–operative word being “Wednsday.” Below is the wending-windy path the box took to get to me. Don’t read it unless you’re interested. The good news is, the boots arrived, they fit, and they are extra comfy! I highly recommend them. No plans for the week. What’s up with y’all?
Shipping History
Today (2/28/260
7:10 AM | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
7:06 AM | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Arrived at FedEx location
7:04 AM | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
At local FedEx facility – Delivery scheduled via FedEx Ground, not US Postal Service
7:04 AM | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
At local FedEx facility
2:35 AM | DALLAS, TX
Departed FedEx location
Friday, February 27
9:01 PM | DALLAS, TX
Arrived at FedEx location
Thursday, February 26
7:16 PM | HUTCHINS, TX
On the way
5:58 AM | OLATHE, KS
Departed FedEx location
Wednesday, February 25
2:43 PM | OLATHE, KS
Arrived at FedEx location
1:25 AM | LENEXA, KS
Departed FedEx location
Tuesday, February 24
8:31 PM | LENEXA, KS
Arrived at FedEx location
8:10 AM | SAINT PAUL, MN
Departed FedEx location
1:55 AM | SAINT PAUL, MN
Arrived at FedEx location
Monday, February 23
9:50 PM | MOSINEE, WI
Left FedEx origin facility
9:06 PM | MOSINEE, WI
Arrived at FedEx location
6:27 PM | MOSINEE, WI
Picked up
Silver James 
My daffodils aren’t blooming either, but the vacant house around the corner has scads of blooms. Derp. Pretty pic! Yay for Stormy! Yay for writing! Yay for birthdays and yummy dinners. Yay for cute boots! Boo for the meandering trip the boots took to get to you, though. Turds.
No cute boots here, but my wood carving tools arrived, so yay. I’ve read the books and I feel like I’m ready to start teaching myself to carve and make pretty things. To that end, I ordered up a bunch of supplies – sanding sponges (yeah, I’d never heard of them either, but wow, way cooler than paper), carbon paper, tracing paper, charcoal for drawing. Woot. And I’m starting to think about gardening, so I have that going for me.