Well gosh, golly, gee. My birthday is just around the corner and I haven’t even told you what I want yet! SO RUDE! I am so sorry. Please forgive. Hopefully you still have time to shop online or run out to your my favorite store.  After all, the big day isn’t until Monday. That’s right, my birthday is on Labor Day this year. And since I’m giving you a day off, the *least* you could do is pick me up one of the following items, right!?  Once again this year, I don’t want you to have to guess what I want, so I’mmajustgonna tell you. K? Here goes!

1) Lands’ End Long Sleeve Cotton Modal Crew Neck tee.

Emily claims these are the best tees EVER, and she has, like, TEN of them, but she won’t give me one, so YOU can give me one. Surprise me with the color! Thanks in advance!

2) Lands’ End Chalet Midshaft Boots. I NEEEEEEEEEED these, ok?  Please, make my dreams come true! Functional and gorgeous, I know it’s gonna snow a crapload again this winter and I neeeeeeeeeed these.  Size 7.5, Light Bark.

3) Lands’ End Cotton Cashmere Drape Cardigan sweater. I promise Lands’ End is not sponsoring this post, I just looove clothes and LE is pretty much all I wear. And I have a drape cardigan *obsession*.   And look at this one!! I want more than one.  Umm…Pewter Heather and Bright Teal Heather would work. Size small. Make it happen!

4) Dunkin’ Donuts -

We used to have a store near my house, but it was turned into a Cashland (how JANKY is that???) several years ago. Now Dunkin’ Donuts are my absolute FAVE, and I MISS them. There is a store near my OB-GYN so I treat myself to a Dunkin’ whenever I have an appointment, which is now just yearly since I got the ol’ tubes tied, so I really, really, really need someone to purchase and run a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise for me, and put it REAL near my house. PLEASE. You only turn 34 once.

5) A new living room furniture set.

Yo, my 11-year-old couch and love seat are worn out and SAD.  I got holes in my upholstery!  We took the matching chair to the dumpster last week!  So, it would make my birthday REALLY SPECIAL if you would buy me the EKTORP leather sofa, love seat, and chair from IKEA. Again, you only turn 34 once!!! And I needs somewheres to SIT!

So, today is Wednesday, and my birthday is Monday, September 5th. You got five days, my peeps!  And I’ve given you five fabulous ideas. (You’re welcome!) Let’s all work together to make the big 3-4 the best EVAH!

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Oh by the way, no one sponsored this post and I’m totally kidding!  Um, and I also want one of EVERYTHING from Lands’ End Canvas! SO there’s another option….

Remember when I told you about the direct correlation between my appointment schedule and the crap-ton of bad weather we’ve been having?

Well.  Apparently I was correct.

Because I had two very important doctor’s appointments yesterday, one for me and one for Sophie (what is it with our school district wanting yearly physicals done on the DOT? GEEZ!), so of course, sheets and sheets and sheets of ice began raining down from the heavens in the early morning.

School was cancelled, my appointments were cancelled, lots of businesses closed, and the ice kept a-comin’.

In the evening, a power transformer blew up in the suburb where Cortney lives.  Sorry, Kettering.  I didn’t mean to.  I just wanted to go to the doctor!  For my 6-week check-up!  (Because I may or may not need a little repair work on my incision, but that’s a whole other post [that you probably don't want to read]).

This morning our local newspaper says 55,000 of our local power company’s customers are without power.  Our lights flickered last night about 9 pm and I freaked.  I ran for the matches and the candles and fretted that Sophie was really not wearing very warm PJs.  I could not fall asleep because I was so worried about the power.  My friend Shannon was texting me about trees falling down at her neighbor’s, perilously close to her own house.  My mom called to say that BOTH my elderly grandmother’s homes were without power.

Now we are on day 2 of no school (and we were pretty stir crazy by noon yesterday so I’m really looking forward to this!) and my yard looks like a skating rink (I should put my iPod on the front porch and charge $2 for admission) so I guess we’re in for the duration.

I’m hoping to get out tomorrow, because I’ve rescheduled my doctor appointment for then.  And Sophie’s for Friday.  Which probably means we’ll have 10 inches of snow by noon tomorrow.  But you know, I had to try.

I’m SORRY, Miami Valley!  In advance.

Seriously, my fellow Ohioans, I must apologize. I fear I am to blame for all this bad weather.  I didn’t mean to do it, because honestly, I detest snow.  But it must be MY fault.

Because every time I freaking have somewhere to GO, it flippin’ dumps snow all over the place up in here!

Today, I had Jonah’s 4-week check up appointment AND Sophie’s first-ever dentist appointment, so I was out on these hazardous roads because neither was something I could really re-schedule (Sophie had to have  a dental exam within 60 days of enrolling in preschool. It’s like day 51.  Thankyouverymuch.)

A couple of weeks ago when I pulled a muscle in my incision area and thought I was going to die, I had to drive to the doctor in a snowstorm because I was in so much pain I was not gonna cancel that appointment.

And a month ago, the day before Jonah was born, I also had to drive to the  doctor for myself in the worst snowstorm thus far, so that they could tell me my blood pressure was too high (because I almost DIED 50 times on the way there!) and that I needed to have the baby the next day.

So clearly, every time I have an appointment, it is going to be like the Arctic in my ‘hood.

So please watch out next Tuesday (hair and brows),  Feb 10th (Sophie’s actual dental cleaning), and Feb. 17th (Jonah’s  8 week check-up.)  Those days are gonna SUCK.

You’ve been warned!