33 things I've learned in 33 years.

In honor of turning 34(big sigh) where has the time gone?! This was my 30th birthday present.

It seems like the birthdays since then have come and gone in the blink if an eye. I sure hope time slows down..like WAY down before she turns 34 and I turn 64! YIKES!

My 33rd year was interesting, happy, fulfilling, perplexing, funny, sorrowful and just plain crazy all rolled into one. I think I learned a few things...

1) The best things in life are found when you are not even looking for them!!!
2) Sometimes it's perfectly OK to let the house get a little messy...life is too short to always worry about everything being just "perfect"
3)My friends and family are pretty amazing. I could never repay them for all the things they have done for me in this ONE year alone!
4)I am just as head over heals in love with my daughter this year as I was the day she was born.
5)I still must have ONE diet dr pepper every day!
6)I don't always love my job but I work for good people and they are good to me and for that I am grateful.
7)Motherhood is by far the most challenging job I have ever had.
5)I still love to exercise.
6)Summer is and always will be my favorite season...I'm a sun worshipper:)
7)"Stuff" does not make me happy. In fact I have lived with very little this year.
8)My daughter becomes more of a girly girl every day and I love it even though I was never a girly girl growing up.
9)I have never been a napper but have come to enjoy a Saturday or Sunday afternoon nap.
10)I love, love, love to run! 
11)I still love to cook and bake although I don't do either that often anymore.
12)I have stopped looking back because I am focused on moving forward.
13)I really really like cherry sours!  Reese does not like them.
14)Grey's Anatomy is still my fav tv show.
15)I can run 20+miles and live to tell about it!
16)I prefer to stick with what I know...I eat the same thing for lunch almost every single day.
17)I've learned you can't change other people and it's a waste of time to try.
18)I do not like snakes, rats, bugs or raccoon's.. Yuck Yuck Yuck!
19)I know that God has a plan for me..can't wait for him to enlighten me:)
20) You can never have enough fresh flowers in the house:)

21) I am perplexed by the fact that every kid I know pronounces crayon as "crown".  Who changed the pronunciation??
22) I LOVE the sunshine!
23) I wish I was better at taking pictures. I am HORRIBLE!
24) Over the counter cough and cold medicine does not work.
25) I can't wait until I can start reading chapter books to Reese.
26) Worry will not solve problems so I don't (or try really hard not too)!
27) I always wanted an EZ bake oven when I was a kid. Reese got one for her birthday. How convenient!
28) I have learned to only surround myself with people who make me happy.
29) No matter how old you get your never to old to need your mom.
30) Take every opportunity to snuggle your babies as they will be grown in the blink of an eye:(
31) Even at age 34 the best birthday cake is homemade by momma..

32)More then ever I am thankful for the start of a new year and anxious to see whats in store for us:)
33)I celebrated my birthday with some pretty special people but this one is by far my FAVORITE...

Why yes we had been playing with my new lipstick moments before the pictures was taken:)

Thank you to everyone who helped make my birthday special!  I love you all dearly.