Birthday Betty

I am another year older. Yes, my 27th birthday just passed on January 9th. It was a great birthday! 

I had to work that day, and afterward my family came up that weekend to meet me for birthday dinner. I got to see my family, and they spoiled me with great gifts. Dad bought me canvases and an art easel to go with the art supplies he bought me at Christmas. Mom got me some Jack Skellington Slippers, a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt, bath and body works goodies, and candy. 

Jesse gave me the creme de la creme, which was a much needed prenatal wellness massage. It was relaxing and felt amazing! I think Skully liked it too! She started kicking and moving around during the massage. I've had some pretty kickin' back pain, so I was happy to get it worked out. Although, the day after, I think I was more sore than when I went in! I still have some back pain, but hopefully the muscles will relax and give me some ease. 

While I was getting massaged, Jes went to pick up groceries to cook me dinner and some redbox movies. He is such a thoughtful and sweet husband! I am so lucky to have in my life. He also picked up one of my favorite desserts: a variety cheesecake! So, I spent the rest of the afternoon lounging in jammies and new slippers, watching a movie, eating the steak dinner he cooked for me and binging on cheesecake. The steak was much bigger than in the picture, but I cut it in half, so I could enjoy it for two days! haha Can't ask for a better day/ weekend than that! 

I think Winnie agrees as she got some left over gristle/fat chunks off my steak in her doggie bowl. She then passed out on the couch, as usual. I think she look comfy in all that fluff! 

Dad gave me some art supplies for Christmas. I had a chance to dig those out this past weekend and have much needed PLAY TIME! I'm slowly changing the decor in my apartment to a combination of earthy/zen/alice in wonderland/ 70's type vibes. I saw this print on Pinterest and wanted to duplicate it for practice. Watercolor is a very difficult style for me to learn. This copy doesn't look quite like the original, but I still like it and it looks great in the kitchen. 

This is a piece from someone I miss mucho. Jessica, who I used to work with at the radio station, bought me this. It's nice of her to buy this for me...AND she gets my style, which is thrift store. haha I really love it. It has actually been envied by a few of my friends when they came over. 

This picture is from when I hung up Christmas decorations, but it shows where I hung the ballin' mushroom piece. ( And the most recent mushroom art from above is where that over- easy egg collage was.)  

Here is another collage I did for the living room.  

and my mushroom/ cupcake painted flower pots. 

Another thrift store find for the mushroom theme. It was only $1.00! 

And I found some throw pillows online.  I need to invest in these. 

Friends and family are hooking me up with mushroom love too. 

Megan and Dustin got me these adorable measuring spoons from World Market! I love that place. 

Slowly but surely my living room will have the earthy vibe I want. It's teaching me patience to only buy little pieces at a time. 

We desperately need a new couch. Our current one is a hand-me-down from a hand-me-down. It's got some rips and holes. I've been looking for a new couch, but can't find one I like. Other mothers have given me some good advice though. They say, "Wait on the new couch," since I am having a new baby, "it will be shit stained." lol 

It surprises me how much good eating we do on the weekends. haha Jes has been talking about wanting Wiener Schnitzel. I couldn't afford veal, like some schnitzel, so we did pork instead. Add a little sauerkraut on top of this, and pretty damn good. 

Here's a picture of Winnie again to sum up how my weekend was...RELAXING!