ok, people. if you live in the birmingham-area and have never been to the garage, you must go. during the day, they serve the best sandwiches ever {complete with the best pickle spears around}. & at night, the place is actually quite magical. it's an old antique mall that's been converted to a bar & sandwich joint. all the stalls that used to house different sellers are now filled with piles upon piles of, well, stuff. and they're glassed in so you can see everything while you're in the open courtyard {from old porcelain sinks to super-creepy porcelain dolls}. there's usually a cat {or two} wandering around. and you can't help but relax & enjoy the atmosphere ... ... which was exactly what jeremy & i needed during lunch today. cause, you see, our house closing got pushed. again. & after a mini-meltdown this morning, we both needed to just see each other and chill out. the garage was the perfect choice...
so far? best birthday ever. seriously. jeremy {and cayden} brought me breakfast & presents in bed this morning. cayden even handed me his card & then grabbed jeremy's out of the bag and handed me that one too. sweet kid... {ok, fine, he wanted to just chew on both of them, but it was kind of like he was handing them to me.}
jeremy got me several great gifts: this book
, some great chap sticks {i'm always complaining about my lips!}, sour candies {love them}, and this eyelash curler
that i've been wanting, um, forever?
i can't wait to go out at lunch and spend my birthday money {thanks momma and becky}. and then, once the weather warms up, i can't wait to wear what my sister bought me.
oh, and my nephew wins for best card. it sang. & it was a bratz card. i mean, how could it get any better?
i thought i'd try a new thing on here. some of you may love it, some of you may hate it. but whatever. you're getting it. & who knows? perhaps you'll find something you like?
i love reading; always have, most likely always will. i just got finished reading the girl with the dragon tattoo
. & i highly recommend. seriously, it's compared to silence of the lambs. it takes some time building up these great main characters and then BAM! you're in the middle of this mystery with so much going on all at once. i didn't want to put the book down... but, with a nine month old at home, my attention was fleeting at best.
so, if you're at all interested in drama/mystery/slight romance {very slight}, then pick it up. as always, amazon has a great price on it.
up next? quite possibly the sequel, or i may start into a series borrowed from a friend at work {that revolves around vampires... i know, i know. oh, and it's not twilight. i've already been there, done that – a couple of times. ::blushes::}.
