We’ve been having some unusually cloudless, warm days here.

It’s so nice to have the windows open.

The cats are sprawled out in pools of sunshine on the floor.

Life is good.

Thanks again for all of your birthday wishes.

I walked over to Ballard and treated myself to a lemon drop cupcake from

Cupcake Royale (one of their slogans is “Legalize Frostitution”.… ha!)

* Delicious. *

In my mailbox were two packages from friends:

Lots of wonderful little goodies from Christina,

including this little dish, and a pair of earrings that she made!

I wore them to my birthday dinner with Josh. Thank you Christina! : )

And I got a cute little paper suitcase, ribbons and this, from Ginny:

Hilarious! Can’t wait to try these recipes! : )

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Around this time, eight years ago, Josh and I were incredibly busy.

We were planning and organizing our wedding (all by ourselves), Josh was working 40+ hours a week, interviewing for a job in another state, working tirelessly on his portfolio, AND he was freelancing on a big project: as one of the artists working on a computer game called “Cro-Mag Rally”.

Being involved with Cro-Mag Rally was alot of fun, especially since our good friend Marcus Conge was also one of the talented artists involved with the project.

I don’t know about Josh, but when I think back to all of the things we had going on at that time, I can’t believe everything came together without a hitch. The wedding. Josh interviewing. Working on the game.

(My man is pretty darn amazing!)

We are so excited that Cro-Mag has recently been released for the iPhone!

If you have iTunes installed,

you can purchase the game at the iTunes Game Store.

Whenever I see Cro-Mag I can’t help but think of our home in Indiana, our friends there, our friends Marcus and Tammy and how young and busy we were!

A screenshot of a Cro-Mag guy and girl racing.

She has red hair.

Coincidence?

I think not!

; )

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Over in my Etsy shop, I am nearing a milestone.

I’m three away from my 300th sale! Yay!

I’ve already started putting together a special goody bag

to include with my 300th item sold.

: )

Hope you have a GREAT day!

Have you reached a milestone lately?

Getting close to one?

Leave a comment and we’ll share the celebration!

Jenn : )

I’m not on my usual computer for doing blog posts today. I don’t have my Ecto program on this computer, so there’s a good chance that any layout work I do on this post will be for nothing - as Blogger has been mashing my posts into one big messy paragraph lately.

That should be taken care of tonight and I’ll be back on track!

Thank you all for your wonderful comments on my birthday post!
I loved them all!

I printed them out, cut them into strips and had Josh pick one out of a basket at random.

The winner of my birthday goody giveaway is:

Roger & Anne Marie! Yay!

I’ll be posting again soon - with more details and maybe another giveaway!
(I’ve got an Etsy milestone coming up!)

What did I do to celebrate? I relaxed! I even enjoyed a mid-afternoon nap! (bliss)

Last night Josh and I met up with friends for dinner at one of my favorite Fremont restaurants (the 35th Street Bistro). We indulged in plenty of great food, tasty wine and lots and lots of laughing together.
Three hours later we drifted home, tummies full and heads slightly spinning. : )
A happy birthday, indeed.

This morning I am slightly groggy and in need of some of Cafe Bambino’s caffeinated goodness (with chocolate star!), so Josh and I did a coffee walk together.

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Even though my birthday was yesterday - would you still like to celebrate with me?

I’m going to put together a package of fabric and notion happiness to share!

Just leave me a comment.
You can even let me know your favorite color and I’ll try to customize your goodies : )
Don’t need fabric and notions? That’s ok - I’ll find something fun to send you!
I’ll ship anywhere in the world - so don’t hesitate to join in!

I’ll have a random drawing Wednesday morning.
One person will be the lucky winner!

Hope you all have a GREAT Monday!

I’m off to sip my cappuccino with hazelnut (my fav!)