Happy Birthday to Me!

      

Today is my birthday! 

I am 43 years old today! A lot has happened in the last 43 years. 

I will spare you most of those details! You are welcome! 

To treat myself (other than the piece of cake I just had @ 2 am!)
 I made myself a birthday montage of some of my life. 

I thought I would share it with you! Not all of my family made the final cut, 

it would have to be a full length feature film to achieve that, 

but some key players are in there! 

In doing this I have done something that proves I am 

growing up, maturing, learning to accept myself, etc... 

Just a very short time ago I would NEVER have put a video of myself up anywhere, 

not facebook, youtube, anywhere for anyone else to see. 

I have always hated getting my picture taken. 

I have had it taken plenty, good thing or there would be very little footage to use. 

But I hated every picture and wish I wouldn't have stood there and posed. 

In choosing pics for this endeavor I took a good look at myself in them 

and I think, finally, that I don't look half bad in most of them. 

It doesn't bother me that this will be out there for all to see. 

I am definitely not an attention seeker but I'm ok with sharing my life now, 

even if that includes pictures. :)  

Christmas Elves

I hate winter! Hate the cold, the snow, the shorter days, no sun, I could go on and on. Christmas doesn't even cheer me up enough to appreciate the yucky conditions. But I am too connected and attached to my hometown in Indiana to move. Most, not all of my family is here. (Most, not all of my siblings are in warm, lovely Texas! A place that I like to visit but would not want to move to.) 
There is one thing though that I do kinda like about this time of year and it is really silly but it is the Elf Yourself videos from Jib Jab. (Remember, I love to laugh!) They aren't out yet this year but I am looking for them. I subject my son and his family, and my step-sons to them every year. I even shelled out the yearly membership fee to get access to member only videos! I am including a Jib Jab video, although it is not the Elf Yourself of my son, his family or my step-sons, sadly, because those are hilarious. But I do need to keep some measure of peace in the family and I do want to see my granddaughter again.  So I am posting one I made a couple of years ago of the members of my brothers band, Abandon, because they love the publicity and won't be mad :) Enjoy! 

Knock, knock!

I love corny jokes! Puns, the occasional knock-knock, 
sometimes a little dirty is ok, if it's really funny, I just love funny jokes! 

You know what's better than a joke that makes you laugh so hard you cry? 

Sharing that laughter and the tears with someone that gets it too!

My husband, for the most part, DOES NOT get it. Every once in a while he will humor me. (ha ha "humor" me) But if he has his choice he would rather watch the news or sports than sit and have me read jokes from twitter or facebook. 
Maybe he feels the same way about sharing news and sports with me? 
I don't know because he doesn't communicate things like that well, so?  

So when I had the opportunity to visit my sister this past weekend I knew I would get to laugh and share funny things with someone who gets it and I was so excited! 

I showed her a youtube site that I follow and love. Seriously they are hilarious! 

(Check them out: Kid History) My sister agrees! "FACT!" 

And we sat late into the night and I read twitter jokes and facebook jokes and even looked at my pinterest board where I have pinned things I find funny. 

I think the later in the night, the funnier the jokes are! 

Yet another thing my husband, who goes to bed before 10, DOES NOT get. 

The party, or joke telling with inevitable laughter, does not start until after 10 pm! 

So I am very thankful that I have a sister that is in visiting proximity now 

and will hopefully be able to go visit her more often! 

Look I'm putting the gratitude lesson into practice there! :)