Ten things Thursday-- birthday edition

1) last night's birthday dinner with a friend went well.  310 calories of onion soup and lemon orzo soup. 64 oz of unsweetened herbal tea. You know your friends are awesome when they don't bat an eyelash when you order 2 cup of soups.  

2) birthday lunch with my parents was fabulous.  Rainbow trout with green beans and mustard greens.  

3) they gave me a kitchen aid mixer. Woohoo. I love it and all its steel chromed loveliness. It's my precious 

4) and I made orange cupcakes with it. It mixed that batter smooth and silky.  Tonight's "choir practice" (euphemism for when a group of us get together and drink coffee) will be a birthday edition and I baked. I love to cook, but in my current state I need someone to push the food on.  There will be better than sex brownies.  

5) lava lamp and I planned pasta dinner is a no go. I don't want to screw up progress right now. I'd rather him buy me the stuff to make turkey meatballs with sauce :/)

6) I won't get my birthday present from him til Friday.  I can't wait to see what he bought me.  He always comes up with the best presents!!!

7) then Saturday I will be 31.  

8) I love getting older.  I'm secure in my career. I'm a home owner. And I don't much care about what other people think.  I have true friends that love me and an awesome relationship with lava lamp.I don't miss the finding myself portion of my 20's at all.  

9) project birthday cake is going nicely. We ended up getting a sampler from cold stone and I've been eating a piece a night.  So far so good.  But I will be relieved when it leaves my house. 

10) bob Harper was a no go yesterday.  Bob hurt my back. So I did wii Zumba. According to the program, I burned 386 calories and 0 style points and 0% technique.  Clearly I will be working on shaking my booty.  I need practice!!!!