October 7th… the 280th day of the year… and…

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I would like to dedicate this post to my mom… have I mentioned I have an uber cool mom? Actually, I’m very fortunate that both of my parents are really happening… they’re actually FUN to be around.

Well, today is my mom’s birthday!

H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y   M O M ! ! !

Now that the weather is getting cooler in your neck of the woods, you need to come back to visit for some of this…

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and this…

Poe's Tavern!

and this!

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Wishing you the best birthday EVER!! Love you so much! xxoo, me!

F L A S H B A C K

O N E   Y E A R   A G O…     How did I get so lucky? (Mom’s birthday from a year ago)

T W O   Y E A R S   A G O… Happy Birthday Mom!

New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall – Times Square, NY! Make your wish now!

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From TIMESSQUARENYC.ORG – they are doing this again this year… the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall. You can submit your wishes (write them on paper) if you’re in NYC, or you can submit them using the link below and your wishes will be dropped at midnight in Times Square on New Year’s Eve! It only takes a second… and it certainly can’t hurt! Good luck with those wishes!

From TIMESSQUARENYC.ORG

Your wishes for 2013 will be added to the confetti that flutters down in the heart of Times Square on New Year’s Eve!

Each year people from around the globe write their wishes for the New Year on pieces of official Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti. Whether it’s a personal goal, a dream for the future or doing something for the very first time, these wishes will be posted on the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall located in the Times Square Museum & Visitor Center(7th Ave between 46th & 47th Streets, open 7 Days a Week, 8AM – 8PM).

The wishes are collected at the end of the year, and added to the one ton of confetti that flutters down at midnight onto the crowd gathered in Times Square in celebration of the New Year.

 BUT WAIT… still good news if you’re not going to be in NYC! I did this last year… and mentioned it on my blog… how cool is this?? 

Virtual Wishing Wall

Can’t make it to Times Square? No worries, your wishes can still fall from the sky this New Year’s. Just submit your wish, your dream, your first, online. We will print it onto a piece of confetti for you, so that no matter where you are on New Year’s Eve, your wish will be part of the Times Square celebration. Happy New Year

Catch you back here tomorrow!

What a cutie!! Happy day!

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Happy day! Let me just say, it’s my birthday… it is what it is… i’m not sad that i’m another year older, good grief… rather thankful would be more like it! I think every day that you wake up should be a good day, right?! Thank you to all of you who have sent me happy birthday wishes, you’re all too kind!

I wish you all a very happy day. We plan to sit back and chill and have a fabulous day, I wish the same for you!

Catch you back here tomorrow!

Many happy wishes!

 Lots of wishes for the next two days… let me start with my sister… It’s Bridget’s birthday today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! You’re a great sister, we have a blast and I miss you TONS… Hope this is a wonderful birthday for you!! You certainly deserve it! You’re a great mom, wife, daughter AND sister. You certainly keep busy making everyone’s world a nicer and more happy place. God is smiling down upon you… let your pleasures be many and your worries be few, that is my birthday wish for you… (i’m a poet and don’t know it?)!

Happy Anniversary to my mom and dad! I guess it’s 53 years now?? Whoa! Congratulations to you both for doing something that is almost unheard of in this day and age! You are an inspiration! Fred and I are so fortunate that our parents are still married. You guys are the best!

 
My wish for you is continued happiness together! I pray for your health, and cannot wait until I see you guys again. Darn this living far away from each other is torture! Come to your senses and move to SC, hee hee… that will be about the time we can’t take the heat anymore and move to Maine, ha ha… but wherever we all end up it doesn’t matter as long as we’re together or at least within reasonable driving distance… Have PTSD from the last car ride… 17.5 hours in a day is about 13.5 more than I can handle. Strap me in the backseat with a DVD player, some movies, treats and if all else fails some chewable Benadryl next time… Charlie can have the front seat! Hee hee… (nothing against your driving Fred, really! Awesome job, I just have the attention span of a gnat and 17.5 hours rattled my brain beyond what is comprehensible!)… ok, I’m a drama queen…
 
Happy Birthday William!

And finally… tomorrow is Bill’s birthday… HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! Hope you have a wonderful, relaxing birthday maybe with something tossed on the grill, some cake (real cake, please ask Bridget to make you a REAL cake) and a float down the river! ENJOY YOURSELF!!!

 
Ok y’all, I appreciate you sticking around for all my wishes this week! I wish all of YOU the happiest week ever! Catch you back here tomorrow!