Baby Poll

I added a poll in the right menu bar - we're getting close to our mid-point ultrasound, got any guesses?

Gummy Cast Offs

I discriminate against the green ones. I think they taste like soap. Am I crazy?

Like it's 1999 again...

My parent's named me "Heather Eve" because I had the poor sense to be born on New Year's Eve. I won't whine too terribly long about how annoying it is to try and get a restaurant reservation or how everyone has a holiday hangover this time of year, but since I'm hitting the big 3-0 tomorrow, what better time to reflect on what the past decade has brought me than the eve of the eve?

This is actually kind of fun, going back through my photos and major events. Ten years ago this week I was in Disneyworld with my family. We spent Y2K at Disney's MGM Studios watching Cheap Trick and O-Town, drinking champagne and swing dancing at the Copa Cabana. Some people thought the world would end that night. You could still bring toothpaste, lighters, and pocket knives on an airplane.



The rest of my 20's brought:

- Meeting & marrying my husband


- Renting my first apartment, second apartment, moving away, moving back, renting a duplex, renting a house, finally purchasing a home of our own.


- Changing majors, changing schools, taking some time off, and eventually going back to the first school. Finishing a BA.


- NORM!


- Travelling to Ft. Lauderdale, Washington DC (twice), New York (3X), and back to Disney


- Waitressing, catering, and retail work, finally getting a "real" job, seeing the aftermath when the 35W Bridge fell down outside my office window


- Making new friends, losing old friends, re-connecting with lost friends...starting the Halloween Party tradition.


- Walking 60 miles to fight breast cancer. Then 60 more. Ending up with skin cancer. D'oh. Getting it chopped out. Getting bangs to cover the scar. Hating them. Growing the bangs out.


- Getting a little color. Getting a little ink.


- Starting a blog. Starting a bucket list. Crossing things off of the bucket list.


Hellos, goodbyes, sickness and health - all this, and so much more, in just 10 years. I'm heading out soon for my free birthday meal at Noodles & Co. (they have the best B-day deal, though I also have coupons from Melting Pot, Timberlodge, Campus Pizza, and Famous Daves. Could be a tasty week!). Tomorrow I'm ringing in the new year (and the 3-0) with an AMAZING dinner (details forthcoming) and a cocktail party with friends. Not a bad way to end 29. Or 2009. What did the past decade bring you? What will the next one hold? If you post a similar list on your blog, leave the link in my comments.

Riddle me this...

I start thinking about Halloween pretty early. Sometimes before the current year's festivities are over, I have a million "must do" items for the next year all lined up. This year, since Halloween is actually on a Saturday, meaning our annual party will be on actual Halloween, I sent out some preliminary facebook "save the dates" already in the spring :) Hey, it never hurts to get the word out early, right? I'm not demanding RSVP's or anything, I'd just like to spread the word that the shindig will be happening, so as other offers come up, weigh them carefully :)

Right now I'm torn on a theme. I wasn't rushing it, but I have enjoyed coming up with ideas. I've been kicking some stuff around, but then this past weekend a couple friends pressed me for details - apparently people LIKE having the guidelines of a theme to help develop costume ideas. I can see that - though we don't REQUIRE you dress in correlation to the theme, we "encourage" it (though I'm just happy if you put in ANY effort - COSTUMES ARE REQUIRED!!! This year, no costume = NO ENTRANCE! THIS MEANS YOU, HUBBY's FRIENDS! Not that I'm bitter...)

So anyways, part of my dillemma is this: This year (NYE to be exact) I turn 30. That seems like reason for a party. However, after the Halloween party and Christmas expenses, I'm usually feeling pretty broke and tired out. We never end up doing anything awesome for NYE, despite a few attempts. Last year was okay - despite pressure to host a party, I decided I wanted to be a GUEST at something, so hubs and I got a deluxe room on Lake Superior and went to a multi course wine paring dinner. The food was excellent, and he enjoyed the wine (why don't I like wine?!?! I keep thinking I should, but I never do.), but it was still a little anti-climactic. So do I bite the bullet (and the bill) and have a NYE B-day?

Another ripple - the NEXT year, 2010 is then my GOLDEN birthday...is that bigger than a 30th birthday? Hmmm, I'm not sure. If I have a 30th, am I committing to a golden? Can I afford any of them? Will I even want to?

This weighs into Halloween theme as well, because I've always wanted to have a certain theme party, but I can't decide whether to do it for Halloween or a birthday. It could work for either, but I definitely want to have it at some point...