happy birthday to me!

yay, me.  i love birthdays. they're my favorite holidays mainly because, as one greeting i received said: "there's never been a single one like you, nor is there ever ANY possibility that another will come again...someone whose eyes see what no others will EVER see, whose ears hear what no others will EVER hear, and whose perspective and feelings will NEVER, ever be duplicated."

with that in mind, i firmly believe that birthdays should be a long as possible so i started mine yesterday thanks to a pedicure and lunch with my austin gal pals then a little reiki before the day ended with a massage. oh! and i even received a 100% no cussin' version of boom boom pow from a friend.  he didn't know it was my birthday but the timing was perfect.

let's see, what else?  a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a mini-shopping spree on etsy thanks to the hubs. lots of good wishes from friends and family both near and far.  a scrumptious birthday dessert from sugarmamas.  a picture book of cars from the kiddo and the best compliment of the day from him:

you're not old, mama, you're beautiful


the only thing missing was a tattoo.  it's been exactly 365 days since my last one (sniff).  but that's okay because i don't even know what i want to get next.  all i know is that it's going to be a soul keeper.  and i think i want to get another pair of converse mary janes.  37 here i come  am!

ya long haired hippie

he's getting his haircut this afternoon.  big whoop, right? he hasn't wanted it cut for months then a few days ago he declared "i think i need to get a haircut."  okay. you don't have to tell me twice.  at least now he won't be sporting those Elton John Philadelphia Freedom sides anymore.

 

by the way, does the guy under elton's left hand look p-i-s-s-e-d or what???  maybe he's jealous because he's not sitting at the right hand of the Father Elton.

for the record, if e grows up and wants to dye his hair purple or green (or purple and green), that's cool with me.  heck, if i didn't have to look somewhat conservative on camera at work, i'd have something besides brown (and gray) in my hair, too!

the Energy Never Dies (alternate title: watch out Solid Gold dancers)

good lawd, ain't that the truth.  not only is the E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) the title of e's fave album but it's the child's motto.  he. just. doesn't. stop.  maybe will.i.am will send me a clean version of boom boom pow before my kid starts reciting "y'all n*ggas wanna talk shit." by the way, e totally dug the robots at their grammy performance (see 2m53s into the video).  anywho, here's what i mean about his energy never dies as he performs for the intro to boom boom pow and later in the same song (i swear none of this was staged...it was all his own doing).