a fun little break....

inspired by emily

The questions & answers that generated my photos:
1. What is your first name? Nadia
2. What is your favorite food? blueberries
3. What high school did you attend? Louis St. Laurent
4. What is your favorite color? purple
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Jon Bon Jovi
6. Favorite drink? iced coffee
7. Dream vacation? turks & caicos
8. Favorite dessert? cupcake
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? artist
10.What do you love most in life? my son
11. One word to describe you? different
12. Your Flickr name? paper accidents




1. NADIA/AIDAN AMBIGRAM, 2. Blueberries, 3. Louis St-Laurent, 4. Just an Orchid, 5. Jon Bon Jovi, 6. Venti Iced Coffee, 7. massage room, 8. SWEETIE PIE, 9. Artists Field Bag, 10. Mother and Son, 11. united in different colors, 12. A Repose

fun! pics from birthday week to come and day five will have us pampering our toes!

happy birthday dolly!

it's her special day today! happy birthday to my awesome partner. sista from another mista laurie! so lucky that I get to share birthday week with you and all of our special friends.

last night we...



played at crankpots. fun! we were stalked by the paparazzi so look for shots in people, us and ok magazine next week. sheesh! you would think they would cut birthday girls some slack!

thank you to diane, shelly, angie, francie and trinity. I can't wait to see how all of our picks turn out!

now where is that coffee?



treasured memories tonight as birthday week continues!

day TWO!

wowzer! what a busy week we have ahead of us. last night was family dinner night where dan works and he somehow managed to skip out of work and join us. YAY!

I love being able to go to a restaurant and without too much trouble ordering a meal that I know is going to be okay for me to eat. I love that he thought of bringing a cake for dessert so that I could enjoy sweets as well! it is the little things that make it so special.



I was looking around at the table last night and seeing all the faces of my favorite people and how we were talking, laughing, joking around with each other. relaxed and just having fun over good food and celebrating. the celebration for me was so much more than it being my birthday or hers.



it is about celebrating moments and really being in the moment. I am so blessed to have them in my life! thank you all for an amazing evening and wonderful company. for awesome prezzies and such a beautiful card sarah!

as far as being older I have been thinking about doing a list of things as long as my age to do before my next birthday. I have seen other people do it and think it would be a great challenge. have to work on that! maybe while I am on the plane to chicago next week? still can't believe I am going to chicago! and for no particular reason other than to get away! kewl!

birthday week begins!

LIFE IS NOT A MATTER OF COUNTING YEARS, IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING YEARS COUNT.

happy birthday to me! and so far my day has been fabulous and let me count down:

10. slept in!

9. bright and early phone call from my favorite niece

8. phone call from ma and pa with birthday greetings

7. cutest puppy birthday card ever!

6. SA-WEEE-T puppy birthday present - Wii Fit!

5. homemade gluten free/dairy free blueberry pancakes and fruit salad courtesy of the MAN! YUM!

4. birthday phone call from the girlfriend!

3. surprise visit from dan who gave me the best mom birthday card ever!

2. sun is shining which is "perfect" for the beach bum in me!

and the number one thrill of the day so far (drum roll please)

1. an airline ticket to chicago next week as part of my birthday present...just sayin'!

woo hoo! off to shop, grab a java and then dinner with my favorite people!

ciao!

TGIF and football?

lucky me got to be a seat filler at last nights game. not "LUCKY ME" in the way that a child would react when they just got a new puppy. more like "lucky me" in the way that a child would react to being told that they had to spend the week with aunt mavis with a mustache. ya, that kind of lucky.

oh sure there were footballs being tossed at my face at every touch down. I was almost taken out by the man beside us as he tried to grab the ball sitting at my feet. I was focused on not getting hit in the face! my friend who was sitting in front of me turned around and grabbed it. woo hoo! a mini football! throw some art supplies and then we're talking!

there was also the added feature of pyrotechnics after each touchdown with a sprinkling of streamers. had I know this I would have had the camera ready...



that is one shot...here is another of the streamers...



there were the cheerleaders who were fun to watch and the mascots. a whole bunch of running around, smacking into each other all to get the ball across the line and do a little dance. kewl....

now if only we could get grown men to do this everytime they completed a task. say the underwear hits the hamper...do a little dance! garbage makes it to the back lane....dance baby! obviously we would skip the tights....so overdone!

my highlight of the night was finding cotton candy! woo hoo! the one and only thing besides water that was available for safe consumption. and the bus ride? not so much.

off to book my trip to ny to see my bon bon. thanks linda!

have a great weekend and hey! birthday week begins!