Monday, April 02, 2012

closing time.

In thirteen minutes, the door will close on 35 and 36 will begin.

The celebration began Saturday evening and included: dinner with Kathy, dancing, and quite possibly, my best plank thus far.
Festivities continued today with Barb and a trip to Ikea involving both tears and laughter.
The latter may or may not have been precipitated by Ellen's Dance Dare in aisle 2.  And in the As-Is section.  And in the checkout lane.

My weekend concluded with some solitude accompanied by Swedish coffee, lemony gingersnaps, and a movie, Away We Go.


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Fun was had.
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God Bless the Swedes.
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I have great friends.
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Plank.

Thirteen minutes have now passed.

Time to go out to the places I will be from.

I am now,

36.

(if you thought my plank was impressive, check this out...my new role model.)

18 comments:

Marian Hazel said...

Here's to a fantastic year! Sounds like you celebrated the changeover very well indeed. Your plank is a perfect 10!

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday Carin! Wishing you an amazing day.

and I must say...that plank is one of the best I've seen!
Cheers

Evelyn Louise said...

EXCELLENT PLANK! I only wish I could do that!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

Kristen Maddux said...

Aw! Happy Birthday! 36 is gonna be great.
But seriously. No video of the dance challenge?

Unknown said...

Happy birthday! Sounds like quite a perfect way to usher in the new number!

Angie said...

Happy Birthday!!! Hope your day was great :)

XOXO,
Angie from Ohio

Shelley said...

Happy 36!! You wear it beautifully. Also, how awesome is Away We Go? Loved that movie.

mumofsix said...

Happy Birthday to you!
What are you doing on that bench? It looks like a trick. Pretty impressive. You are in good shape, mrs. X Sarah

Roksalanna said...

Happy Birthday Carin!
Hope you have a wonderful year.

Happy Mama (Lisa Gonzalez) said...

Holy Amazing Planker! Another attribute to add to your list :)

Happy birthday, Carin!

Becky at lifeoutoffocus said...

Happy 36th!!!! Hope you had a great day!!

Jamie said...

Happy (slightly belated) Birthday, cheers!

Janita said...

Happy birthday! that plank is the serious shit...I stared at that photo for a few minutes and still don't know how you did that without crushing your face. Or are you levitating?

"Time to go out to the places I will be from..." LOVE that. It's your time, babe...take what's yours and shine.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure that plank puts your chronological age at like...26. Happy Birthday Carin, hope 36 brings you more good stuff.

Elliot.

Carin said...

Thank you, Jamie :)

Anonymous said...

Happy, happy day! Seriously??! That is the best 36 year old plank I have seen. I'm 35 so I better start working on mine for next year!

Jill B (Overland Park, KS)

Annie said...

Happy Birthday! Best wishes for a fantastic year. Gotta be with Ellen's Dance challenge in the mix!

Anonymous said...

c
so sorry i suck
as a friend
no excuses
friends remind them
how special they r
how often u wish they were there
to experience things together
and friends remember
things like birthdays
i know it was great
as u r
sorry friend
love u
miss u
xoxo rosa