Today is my birthday. We don’t get too carried away with birthdays around here. The birthday girl or boy gets to choose their meal of choice whether that is out or “mom-made”. I decided on sushi, of course. I love sushi!!! We actually had it yesterday since our favorite sushi restaurant doesn’t open until 4:30pm on Sunday’s. I just didn’t want to wait that long.

A couple other gifts came my way for my birthday, the first was a handmade gift from my dear friend Elizabeth. 

We really are terrible at getting gifts to each other…it’s become a big joke between us about how bad we are at it.

But just look at the lovely handmade book she created. I love the real bird feathers. The texture of the fabric paper is awesome.

Thank you Elizabeth!!

I gifted myself with something I stumbled upon as well.

This lovely ring made from reclaimed glass. So cool. When I read the story behind it I knew I had to have a piece of her jewelry.

It’s so pretty! It is made from a pink depression glass plate rescued from a glass dump site. I love it!!

Speaking of not getting too carried away with celebrations…a couple weeks ago we quietly celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We went out to eat and reminisced about our elopement to Las Vegas. Towards the end of our meal we noticed carrot cake on the dessert menu. We knew we had to buy a piece to have later that even just like we did on our wedding night. The fancy restaurant we ate at that night gave us a complementary piece of carrot cake as our wedding cake.  Sweet memories.