Administrative Professionals Day

AKA.....Secretary's Day!

Every year, I forget about it. And then mysterious things show up on my desk and confuse me.
Today, I looked at my calendar and all it said was "Earth Day."

Well, that's weird I think.

And then I look at Bob's calendar....."Secretary's Day.....Take Tami to lunch."

It all makes sense now.

The cards, the flowers...






And the free lunch at my favorite lunch place....




This was so kind, more things to be thankful for because I work for Bob....at least for a few more weeks until he is called to re-retirement.

Getting Closer! Happy Birthday: Day 2

April 21....
2 days before D's birthday......
and a fun night for:

A BANANA SPLIT PARTY!

I secretly invited D's friends over and we watched the Blazer game and had banana splits and wished D a very happy birthday!

All the yummy toppings to make the perfect banana split
(this picture is missing the ice cream and bananas.....but you get the point!)

It was a fun night to see everyone and remind D how special he is.


After all, life with him.......




Is a bowl of cherries!

Change of Plans

I was so excited for last night. D and I had planned on going out to the tulip fields. (going on a weekday is only $5) Anyway, we jumped in the car after work, stopped by Subway for a bite to eat and headed to the tulip fields, where we could hold hands and stroll through the flowers, take pictures and just talk and be together.....at least this is how I pictured the evening in my head.

We pulled up to the fields at 6:26 and then saw the sign.
Open 9 am - 6 pm. What the heck? I thought they would stay open until it was dark, but I was wrong. Oh well.

So we just drove past the tulip field and were able to see what has bloomed from the road.
As it turns out, I am glad that we didn't give them our $5 quite yet...because the weather has been weird and cold....the fields haven't fully bloomed yet.....so I am happy we didn't try to skip together through the flowers only for there to be no flowers.

So we took a VERY scenic route home, we just kept driving past the tulip field with no real idea where we would end up. On our impromptu road trip we saw beautiful views of Mt. Hood almost the whole way, we saw beautiful old farm houses one after the other, we saw old men on their tractors, we saw the CUTEST little old white church with a little reader board that said "welcome our new pastor and family." How adorable is that? I want to go to church there. We saw lots of old churches and old school buildings. I told D that I would love to buy a really old farm house and fix it up all cute and nice. Then he said, "Well babe, you know would have to live in the country to do that, right?" LOL, whatever.

We ended up in Oregon City somehow and then west linn on hwy 43 and made our way home at 8:30. So for 2 hours, I sat in the car (really car sick at some points) next to the one I love and soaked up God's beautiful creation and all of D's attention. It was wonderful, relaxing and unexpectedly romantic.

Once home, D went for a run.....and I went for an ice cream.

Blessed

Sometimes I get frustrated with where I am in life. I thought I would be somewhere different by this time. Not, to say my life is bad. It definitely is not. But you know what I mean, occasionally when I am reflecting, I think..."Really?....this is where I'm at?"

But I love moments like this morning, when you are reminded, where you are at is still YOUR LIFE and your life is blessed!

Today there was a handsome man walking around the HCS district office, and he was looking for me! And with him, were presents.

for me.

When he found me he told me how lucky he was to have me, how much he appreciated his birthday events and how they made him feel special.

I cried.

And remembered what a blessed life that I actually do lead.

And in case I happen to forget again today, these are on my desk to remind me once again.

Coffee and flowers...two of my very favorite things!

Weekend Birthday Pictures

Alright, so Sunday after church we headed up to the Gorge and went hiking around at Bridal Veil Falls State Park. The weather was beautiful, absolutely perfect. It was so much fun! I think D really enjoyed it too....at least he acted like he did.

Here are our hiking shoes



Here's what we saw:

I really HATE this picture! I look like a really fat "special" person. But whatever, it was part of the experience.

On Friday, we went to Stanford's for happy hour! It was so fun and relaxing, and we were able to get there before the crowds, that that was awesome! We both got sodas, we got spinach dip, mac and cheese, a southwest salad and a cesear salad all for $18. That's a good deal!




Oh and this is just random, but on of the days last week, I gave D this frame with some fun pictures in it. He loved it!

Weekend Birthday Plans

Day 21 (today): In honor of how happy he makes me and celebrating a happy birthday we are going to happy hour tonight at Stanford's. Cheesy, I know! But cheesy is how I roll. :)

Day 20 (Saturday): I wrapped up 2 diet Dr. Pepper's, some SF licorice, popcorn and a movie he wanted to see and we are having an at-home movie night.

Day 19 (Sunday): I am going to take advantage of the sun that is suppose to be coming, and we're putting on our tennis shoes and grabbing a bottle of water and headed out on a hike to a waterfall at some state park (that I can't remember the name of right now). He loves hiking and being outside, so it should be a great day!

This isn't the weekend, but I will let you know about Day 18 (Monday) too! His new house backs up to the MS and a basketball court. D doesn't have a basketball.....which is weird to me since he LOVES basketball. Anyway, I got him a nice ball and in honor or the NCAA championship game on Monday, I am giving him his new ball and challenging him to a game of HORSE!

Really banking on him not reading this.....I don't think he does since I changed blogs. Anyway, I am pretty excited for his birthday plans as we count down to the real day on the 23rd. Fun times for sure!

Happy Birthday Celebration: Days 28 & 27

Well the 34 days of birthday celebration is coming along well and has been a lot of fun so far. Although, I will admit that I am not as creative as I thought I was and this is going to be a lot harder than I thought! But here was day 28....D opened a cute box with a yellow UofO bow right on top and this is what was inside...

A new baseball shirt and hat
Which came in handy for Day 27
Which was tickets the the civil war baseball game!




And if just being at the game wasn't fun enough....
the Ducks WON in the bottom of the 10th!



Here is a pic of a happy D with the celebrating team in the back



BUT

That's not all!
The game was SUPER fun because I got to get my picture taken with the DUCK! (who is my favorite!)

I heart the duck!
If you know me, you know that I love all mascots.
I'm not sure why.