Yes. I know. It's awful. The last time I blogged was October 9th. It is now October 25th. I am so sorry! There is SO much to blog about, though, that I'm only going to talk about my birthday today...and then tomorrow (or Monday) I'll do the next big event, and so on, until I catch up. It'll only take a few days. :)

So on October 10th, 1990, a wonderful thing happened. I was born. LOL! JK - I'm not really that arrogant...but I was born October 10, 1990. :) So this October 10th I turned 18. Yep. Wow.

Wonder of wonders, I couldn't seem to sleep in... I woke up early. Unlike me. But of course, it was my birthday, so I was anxious :) Finally Mamma came in, told me to get ready to go. Told me to wear a skirt or else short pants that could be rolled up to my knees. And I'm like, huh?

But I got ready and we left and then she told me we were going to get manicure/pedicures. Which we had never gotten before. I told her she'd probably laugh a lot during the pedicure - she's very ticklish. And so we got there and sat down and I got "worked on" first... Mamma's lady was running a little late. It was fun! I got french on fingers and toes. When they were scraping the dry skin off the feet (gross, I know - I could never have that girl's job) I was giggling a little - cuz it DID tickle! And I knew Mom was in for it...and sure enough she just couldn't stop laughing..it was sooo funny. She kept twisting in her seat and everything. :)

Manicures were next. I felt like it was taking foreverrrr. Mom's took so much longer than mine. In fact, while I was waiting for her, I called my aunt, who had left me a message while I was getting all this work done, and then I checked my email with my phone, went to a blog on my phone, then got in the car and drove down the block to the Christian bookstore, browsed, bought 4 books, came back and she STILL wasn't finished! But it wasn't long after that, at least.

After that, we went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch (yum) and then went to the church so I could do a little work. When I got there, I saw....

The flowers were from my dad, and then the blue card & gift from Melissa & Collin. The other card was from a guy at VH/church. I also got a card from Nancy & Paul that had the Newsboys song "Shine" in it. Very cool! BTW, the gift was a pair of cute earrings.

When I first walked up, Collin jumped out and sang to me. Here's a re-inactment.

I did a little bit of work before going home, where I took a nap. Then we met dad back at church and then went together to go see "City of Ember" -it was cool. I liked it. Then we went home. I had cookie cake..simply the best. :) Half choc. chip cookie, half p.butter cup cookie. Awesome. :)

 Here are my gifts.

After eating (did I mention mint fudge ice cream?) I sat down to open them presents. First, I played with Buddy.

From my grandparents on my Mamma's side I got...

I collect long-legged ornaments for my Christmas tree in my room.... that's the most AMAZING camel one! I LOVE IT!!!

From my parents I got...

DVD box set of the show "Due South" - all seasons. I love it. It's an old show from the 90s about a Canadian mountie. Fun. :)

The new True Images Bible..it's awesome! I had the old one, but it kinda fell apart. This one is leather-bound and beautiful. I'm so excited!

A beautiful Opal ring (my birthstone) - it's so beautiful.

It's sort of irridescent.

I love all of my gifts so much. :) I better run though - got lots to do for Church tomorrow! Looking foward to hearing from ya'll...tata!