TOTALLY, COMPLETELY, ENTIRELY...

an awesome day!

If this is what being 41 means - then bring it on!

• cookies at the front door this morning, from my neighbor. Attached to a lime green card! Delish and adorable at the same time!

• a two-hour pedicure that was heaven on earth. Blissful, relaxing, pampering...and I left with cute toes!

• lunchtime text messages from each of the teen's lunch pals. Gotta love the "Mrs. Keuter..." greetings!

• phone calls, phone calls, phone calls and tons of emails...from all over the country. It's a good thing to have friends, and a great feeling to feel loved!

• a lime green ambush after school today, which can only be summarized in pictures...


a gi-normous cookie-cake, and the greatest lime-green-tie-dyed balloons...


do my girlfriends know me or what? bags, bags, and tissue in appropriate colors...

green necklace, green bracelets, green margarita pitcher, green tote and this...


a green passport cover for my newly applied for passport! LOVE IT!

Funny cards, funny stories, hugs and laughter. So blessed to have a day full of friends, making my day special.

The day wrapped up with some of the best news I've heard in quite a while...I'll consider it a birthday gift on a national level!!

Thanks everyone! From the bottom of my heart.

Dear husband returns home, from the snow, tomorrow night! Which means the celebration will naturally extend through the weekend. Dinner, movie and two days of relaxing. I can't wait. He can't wait. The boy and the teen...well, I think they could wait, but they don't get to!

Happy Friday...happy weekend...

until then - - -