Merry Christmas…oh, and Happy Birthday!

As you can probably guess from the title, I was born in December.  December 26 to be exact.  So, my birthday was never really that special.  The whole month of December is full of anticipation and joy as everyone looks forward to Christmas.  The big day comes and then…the day after.  The 26th, the day everyone returns all the junk they got and didn’t want.  The day everyone starts dreading having to go back to work.  Yep, that’s the day I get to celebrate my birth!

Ok, enough venting…I’m 28 years old…I’m over this!  I’m not even supposed to be blogging about my feelings about birthdays but about birthday parties.  And being a mother of two small children, I can focus on celebrating their special days!

I love birthday parties!  I love the presents, the games, the food, almost everything.  The only thing I don’t like about birthday parties is…the cake.  I’m not a cake person which is weird because my mom lives for cake; seriously!  I really love throwing birthday parties for my girls.  What could be more special than sharing the joy of one of the most beautiful days of my life (the day my girls were born) with close family and friends?

I know not everything is fun and games (haha) with throwing a birthday party though.  Heck, I was so wiped out from having Adison’s 3rd birthday party in June 2010 that I didn’t even throw Hayden a 2nd birthday party in October!  The worst part of birthday party planning is the cleaning, by far!  I would much rather spend a lot of money on food, candy, and prizes then spend the whole week before the party trying to get my house clean (and hey, I have to do both!)  And what about after the party??  Who gets stuck with all that cleanup?  Lucky for me, it’s my mom, which is probably one of the main reasons I do really love throwing birthday parties!

I have one goal, as far as birthday parties go, and that’s this: I want to throw a huge surprise party for my husband!!  I want all of his favorite people to be there, all his favorite music to be played, and all of his favorite games to be played!  Maybe when he turns 28.

Let’s try something new.

Here it is…my first blog post!  I have wanted to have a blog for some time now but I never really thought anyone would be interested in reading what I would write.  Thanks to my new friend Shara, now I have someone who IS willing to read what I write!!  I am going to be a part of a blogging group (which is so fun!) but I wonder what my other posts will consist of…Will I mostly complain?  will I recount my horrible day?  or will I find myself rejoicing in the blessings God has poured out on me?  I guess I am going to learn a lot about myself through this new process of blogging.

I wanted to come up with a goal for myself in blogging, just like I try to set up goals in every area of my life.  You see, I have no problem setting goals…it’s the following through that I struggle with.  I’m sure this is true of everyone, but trust me, I’m an extreme case!  Of any given 10 goals, I have probably stuck with and completed 1.  Seriously, I’m the kind of person who has a hard time finishing what I sta

Maybe getting thoughts and feelings out into the open will help me to start achieving some of my well-meant goals.  Maybe having friends who see what I’m going through will help me feel a little silly when I don’t do what I say I’m going to do.  We shall see!  So, with that said, I think my “blogging goal” is going to be 2 posts a week.  1 post for my blogging group and 1 personal post to keep me on my toes.  Not too lofty…perhaps I will succeed!  My personal goal, which has nothing to do with blogging, is this: to realize, accept, and live in the fact that God did not create me to just exist.  He has a unique and awesome plan and purpose for my life AND it’s not too late to realize what it is!

“For in him we live and move and have our being” Acts 17:28