Mom's 65th Birthday

This weekend we celebrated my mom's 65th with a few surprises! She thought she and Sharon were going to meet me for a movie after I got off work at 3. Surprise #1 - Sharon had a few friends meet up at Kendall-Jackson for the wine and food pairing they have there. Mom was sure surprised! She even stole some of Sharon's home made caramel corn. It was her birthday after all!

Then they came home and waited for me. I got a call from mom about 6:15 asking what I was doing. I said, "Oh, I was just out doing some errands after work - you know shopping and stuff." She asked if I wanted to meet up at El Azteca for dinner. I told her I could meet there about 7 p.m. She checked with Sharon, who I heard in the background saying "Why doesn't she meet us around 7?" Good one.

Little did she know that at that very moment, I was at my brother's girlfriend's house getting the surprise dinner ready! Everything came together and the Lady of Honor showed up at 7 p.m. to Surprise #2! We had all her favorite appetizers and beer, grilled sausage sandwiches, fresh fruit and ice cream cake for dessert. She was amazed that it was all her favorites, including black licorice and her own box of Good-N-Plenty. I said "Mom, of course it's all your favorites. It's your day!"

So, happy birthday mom! I hope you had fun on your day of surprises! I love you!

Here are pics from the evening:

J & B

 C & K

Mom Arrives

Surprise!

B's Mom and Sharon Warm Up

Birthday Girl

The Bros

Um... Those bros are silly...

Mom's Faves

Had to have the shrimp and G&P's

Me and Mom

Time For Presents

Sibs - where's K?   :(

Mom and Sharon

Well, hello... 

C, K, Me, L, B and Mom

Mom's haul for the weekend!

One and only FB survey - Things about me...

Here's one of those silly surveys that people do on networking sites - completed exactly a year ago tomorrow. It's interesting how most of the answers are still the case. The phlebotomy pursuit is not happening so much but I still can get into the cause and effect side of medicine.

I'll even include the random picture I put in at the end. I like it because it was from the Slice and Dice hall at the 2009 SoCo Fair. I love the expressions on the people in the crowd.

Feel free to copy the questions and fill in your own answers on your chosen method of communication via the internets. Be sure to include your own random snap shot at the end. That's kind of the fun part.




1. What time did you get up this morning? - 7:30 am
2. How do you like your steak? – grilled and naked
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? - Star Trek. Thanks, Hammerhead.
4. What is your favorite TV show? – Little House
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? - down a county lane, on a mountain by a lake
6. What did you have for breakfast? – Coke Zero, Ry-Krisp, 1/2 candy bar, turkey slices
7. What is your favorite cuisine? - Mexicano
8. What foods do you dislike? – things with fur, except I can tolerate kiwis
9. Favorite Place to Eat? - outside
10. Favorite dressing? – blue cheese
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? – a jellybean
12. What are your favorite clothes? – clean ones
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? –Hawaii, Australia, Costa Rica, the desert
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? – depends what's in it
15. Where would you want to retire? – lake oroville
16. Favorite time of day? – before sunset
17. Where were you born? – castro valley
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? – giants baseball
22. Bird watcher? - only if they are far away
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? - depends how sleepy I am and how many other people are around
24. Do you have any pets? – not now. I borrow my mom's dog.
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? – I like to draw blood - medical things appeal to me - I may get over my aversion to vomit yet.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? - astronut/cartographer - AN ASTROGRAPHER
27. What is your best childhood memory? – listening to my mom read little house books to me, playing outside and on the lake, going on adventures, church
29. Are you married? - not at the moment
30. Always wear your seat belt? - YES, YES, YES!!!!
31. Been in a car accident? - YES, YES, YES!!!
32. Any pet peeves? - the mail-in subscription cards in magazines
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? - sausage, onion, pineapple
34. Favorite Flower? – iris, gerbers
35. Favorite ice cream? – Dublin Mudslide, baby!
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? - jack in the crack
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? – zero
38. From whom did you get your last email? - publisher's clearing house
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? – Amazon.com
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? – washed dishes
41. Like your job? - no, but I still do it to the best of my ability - and that's why I am taking phlebotomy
42. Broccoli? - que bueno
43. What was your favorite vacation? - Pajaro Dunes, 1990 - Costa Rica, 1994?
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? - my mom
45. What are you listening to right now? - Rosanne on tv
46. What is your favorite color? - trees
47. How many tattoos do you have? - 3, it's one too many - naw, I'm just kidding
48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? - just following directions, ma'am
49. What time did you finish this quiz? – 10:10 pm
50. Coffee Drinker? - oui, si'l vous plait

The Beautiful Mind

7/30/10

The Beautiful Mind

Some say the Bible has too many rules

Some say the Bible has too many fools

Some say it lies 

     And pounce on it like vultures

But you do some checkin' 

    On its words and its cultures

You'll see why it's written each certain way

And each little piece He's put there to stay

A beautiful mind God gave you for sure

But He does not want robots - 

   The choice is all yours

What ever you think of this or of that 

Let the Bible be your thinking cap

Whenever you think you can't figure it out

God gives you his Word to put away doubt

© 2010 Amy White