A Sleepover, A Cold And A Wish

Tonight on the eve of her fourteenth birthday , Olivia will be having  a sleepover. I reluctantly gave in to her whimpers and said yes. I don't know the actual  count of teens that will be over taking my small home tonight and I don't want to know.  I will instead clean like an idiot all day so in two seconds they (the teens) can completely undo and erase all signs of cleanliness. I will get  a "to die for" chocolate cake and pizza , chips and drinks. And when they start arriving I will gather my children and husband (who are not invited to this Soiree) and hide out downstairs.  I will also do all this heavily medicated as I was blessed with a whopper of a cold for the birthday weekend.


So I've covered the sleepover and the cold , now the wish. Sunday is the eve of my 43rd birthday. If you know me you know I'm not a fan of getting older. I truly wish I were. I have friends that are proud of their age, show it off like a badge of honor. Alas, I DO Not! Instead I cringe at the thought, I look in the mirror and wonder when did all this happen??  Where did my 30's go?? I was just getting used to them and they left, so abruptly, replaced by these forty's! YUK!


And anyone who knows me also knows I don't go around screaming my age. So for me to be posting about it is a big deal. Really laying it on the line here. Not even kidding or being funny, it's tough for me to talk about age. So being on the heels of 43, I have a wish. First I should regress and say that I have not had a birthday party since I was a kid.  I didn't have a sweet sixteen party, I think I worked on my 21st birthday, no big turning thirty bash. When I was turning forty I was as big as a house with Emilia and was in no mood for a party.  So I'm due for a celebration!!! Now, if I could, I would have big old party with all my friends and cake and music and dancing til dawn, but that's not going to happen this year(maybe for Olivia but not for me)

So in lieu of of a party, I'm asking for one thing this year. Please donate to Nellie's FSP. Please make turning 43 sweet this year. If just 43 people donate five dollars I think I'd would just flip for joy!! 




The Cole Family has fallen in love with Nellie and are bringing her home. I say the quicker the better. She has waited almost five years to know love. Now it's just around the corner. Oh if she only new what was waiting for her :)    Please help Nellie get home and me be a happy 43 year old!!