Time is going by so fast

February has come and gone. Wow that was quick. Recently on Facebook I posted this lovely little picture...

And this is so how I feel. Back in 2013 when they scoped my right knee they told me I had arthritis in it but until recently I hadn't had any problem but the past 3 1/2 weeks have been rather miserable.  The knee throbs and aches and then it doesn't. About 2 weeks earlier I decided to up my game and be more active. Fitbit is holding me more accountable. I was tired of accepting my friend Sheryl's work week hustle and always coming in last. I had worked my steps up to 7000. My goal of course is the recommended 10,000 plus but I have to work up to that and then my knee slowed me down. Not fair.  Went to see the Orthopedic and hopefully the Meds will work their magic before their gone gone in 30 days or otherwise I get the pleasure of steroid shot.  Come on Meds you better START working! It's crazy but today I am actually kinda feeling some relief.

On a happier note I got to go to lunch with my long time friend Joanie. We've know each other since before kids. It's hard to believe our kids are all grown up. We hadn't seen each other in a few months again so we had a lot of catching up to do.  
I keep trying to get her to a quilt retreat since I know she's been doing some quilting now herself but the timing hasn't been right for her or I haven't had any openings. One day the threads will align so to speak.


Cassie, the youngest of my co-workers had a birthday on the 24th of February and none of us remembered to decorate her office or pass on the crown for the birthday girl. We were so bad! I really felt bad because they always do so much for my special day.

So with the help of her boss we got in and decorated her office first thing Monday after she left to go to a campus so she'd be surprised when she came back in Tuesday morning. She got extra special decorations. Her boss got plenty of balloons and started blowing them up two at a time.
He wasn't prepared for me to be taking pictures but he should have know better. And there's the Man JJ Watt in the background cheering him on sorta. LOL!
 
Leonard did a great job. Cassie was surprised.  We might have half redeemed ourselves in her eyes.

And since I was going to be gone several days around and on my birthday they just moved the balloons and decor to my office. LOL Let the celebrations begin.

It was a great day. For lunch I had tortilla soup that my daughter made and shared with me. All I had to add was some avocado and a dollup of sour cream.  It was really yummy and them my Boss Kim made this totally awesome ice cream cake. 

Are you drooling yet?

I went to get my hair trimmed and colored on March 1st by my favorite hairstylist Brittany @ Trendsetters in Tomball and she surprised me with a birthday cupcake. She's so sweet and so was the cupcake... mmmm.

Check out the clouds for my drive home that evening. They were so lumpy and fluffy.  I was surprised the picture even came out since all I did was reach up and tap the camera button on my phone. It's in a holder mounted on my window.

Well my celebration will now blend into Pamela's celebration since her birthday was March 2nd and I always seem to start early.  She came home so we could celebrate together. So She came home on her birthday and went to see her favorite hairstylist "Brittany" and I went to College Station to an appointment with David to see a builder.  LOL. We basically passed each other on the highway.  After our appointment David went to the farm and I went back home to Cypress. Pamela were left on our own until Sunday. That's when David came home to take us out to eat at The Taste of Texas. OMG it was so yummy good.

Our sweet bundle of joy. This picture doesn't show her pretty blues but our cutie pa tootie.

Anyway Pamela and I went out to eat on her birthday that Friday night the 2nd at the Yard House located in CityCentre but for us old timers in Houston it's Town & Country. LOL

The food was really good and they brought us each out a bread pudding birthday dessert. OMG so good. We were stuffed. Our plates said  "Happy Birthday". Pretty cool.             

After dinner we walked across the way to Kendra Scott Jewelry Store to pick out our piece of jewelry for 50% off. In case you don'y already know Kendra Scott let's you pick out a piece of jewelry and take 50% off for your birthday. I had been wanting a purple stone so I found what I wanted in a necklace for my birthday and then bought a pair of matching earrings with my birthday money from David and my boss Kim. Love my new jewelry pieces. What'cha think?

I got this awesome handmade card from my very talented creative friend and Retreat owner Margie Lawrence of Hilltop House by Margie in LaGrange, Texas. 

On Saturday March 3rd we had a joint Painting with a Twist Gathering to celebrate both our birthdays with friends.  More on that in my next post. 

Oh Oh and the big News is...... We have a builder... Yep we finally did it. We started with like 5 or 6, narrowed it down to 3, then we got it down to 2, then a one builder showed up at the farm that we had talked with last year but never received a bid from and asked to give us a bid so we said okay. Got that bid and went back to down to 2 builders. Each builder had a different floor plan. Each builder and plan had their good  and their strong points. It was hard narrowing down the possibilities. All of the builders we were looking at were awesome in their on way and were very personable.

But When it came down to it we/I really liked the first floor plan David and I had found and with the help of Bubba of JDB Contracting (Bryan, Texas) together we tweaked that plan to be what we wanted our forever home to be. YAY! 

Oh Crap now the hard part is how to pay for what we want. So the process of getting a construction loan is next.....

So Until next Post...Never do anything that you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics. ~Author Unknown