marching

I just read some of my posts from last year and they filled me with hope and happiness. At this time last year I was looking forward to starting the job that I now have (and love); we were three weeks and three days away from finding our lovely apartment of which I probably post too many photos; and we weren't even married yet! Strange. I feel like my life has been like this forever, but a lot can happen in just one year.

Levy is turning 34 on Saturday. I think I may have outdone myself. Not to reveal too much, but let's just say that his two main interests should be satiated come tomorrow. I also just got back from picking up his ceremonial lemon-with-strawberry-filling cake at the bakery. I have to say, the script on the cake is much better this year than it was last year. Cake pictures to come.

In the mean time (and speaking of posting too many photos of our apartment), check out the incredibly radical rug that we just got! Those are lions!

this weekend

So much happened this weekend. So much! It was my 32nd birthday--I can no longer die young, but I am OK with that--and Lev found for me a vegan birthday cake! Which was delicious. And I watched an enlightening documentary about the toxicity levels of plastic, which caused me to have a complete panic attack. After I calmed down, I did some research on bisphenol-A (BPA) and subsequently threw away all of our plastic food storage containers in favor of BPA-free glass containers. But that is all that I am going to write on the subject because this isn't "that" kind of blog. However, I strongly encourage you to do some research into the toxicity of plastic and BPA in particular.

So now I'm 32. I'm 32! What is going to happen this year? Thirty-one was a great year and I really hope that I can top it. xoxo.

11:11

I try to make a wish at 11:11 every day. All this wish stuff is relatively new--I didn't know anything about wishing at 11:11 every day until high school, when an older girl I admired looked at the clock in her car and informed me that it was 11:11! Make a wish!

Yesterday was a whole day of Lev Birthday. He had his first professional massage and enjoyed it more than my amateur massages I give him, as he should. Per his wishes, I got him a lemon cake with strawberry filling. For our wedding Lev's only request was that the wedding cake have strawberry filling. He doesn't like chocolate (but does like Snickers bars--figure that one out) but I love chocolate! That was one of the first "big" words I learned how to spell! I think we are going to compromise on a multi-tiered cake with strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, whatever. Yesterday he was like, "Our wedding cake should be an ICE-CREAM CAKE!" which is a hilariously terrible idea. August+Ice Cream+waiting for the ceremony to end=Ice Cream Soup! I also thought about how there is a piece of Queen Victoria's wedding cake preserved at the royal palace, and what if it had been an ice cream cake? Freezer burn city!

Lev's Birthday!

Today is Lev's birthday! We are celebrating by each spending the day on our respective computers. Just kidding! I made a big birthday breakfast consisting of aebleskiver pancakes (sweet pancake balls with sour cream in the middle), coffee and a Perfect Omelette that I didn't even screw up.

This is our 2nd round of birthdays together. I love keeping track of stuff like that. Life is sweeter and less stressed now; I think we are both happier than we were at this time last year.

On the menu for today: 2:30 massage at Lincoln Square Massage and dinner with friends later on. Happy birthday Levy!

...and beyond!

I'm getting totally anxious and worked up about the potential new job. Right this minute they are checking my references and background. I am who I say I am, so I shouldn't be worried, but that doesn't stop me from having a total 100% FREAK OUT every twenty minutes or so. Oh, I'm calm and confident? Wait four minutes. Ding! Time to envision not getting the job, or there being a mix-up at the company that is in charge of the reference check, or there being a mix-up at the courthouse (or where ever they go to do a criminal background check) and suddenly it looks like I've done something terribly wrong...In the words of Cathy, "ACK!"

Right now I'm riding a wave of calm that I hope will last. I'm just trying to envision kinds of dogs I like (lately these have been very appealing, probably due to our friend's awesome puppy) and perhaps some things that would look nice in my apartment. Is this how positive visualization works? Like, (male announcer's voice) "Picture everything you feel positively about," but then (my voice), "AAAAAAAACK!" (Sorry, I had to.)

Lev's birthday is next week and it means favorite cake and favorite things! I hope he is beyond happy on Thursday. Big 33!