I had a great birthday with Jeremy, Scarlet, and my mom today. First off all, I had an awful nights sleep.
....Happy birthday to me.
Scarlet didn't get the whole "fall back" concept of daylight savings time. (Seriously--let's just get rid of that system. Arizona and Hawaii haven't fallen off the face of the United States and they don't have it. Follow suit.) So, after not being able to fall asleep until 3 a.m. pre-Daylight Savings Time time (as in, my phone turned from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. while I was playing Solitaire in the dark in bed and just full-on confused me for almost a whole minute until I remembered DST and then I was up another hour), Scarlet woke up at 4:45 pre-Daylight Savings Time.
1 hour and 45 minutes after I fell asleep. Got back to bed around 6 a.m. pre-Daylight Savings Time. Then got up at 9:30 Daylight Savings Time (10:30 pre-Daylight Savings Time). So I slept...who knows. Daylight Savings Time math is ridiculous. Somewhere around 7 hours total probably, but when that 7 hours total is broken up into 1-3 hour intervals, that 7 hours is not the same 7 hours as 7 hours straight.
But after we all got up, my mom and I made some more grape jelly (this batch worked out). I'm keeping the last three jars of un-set grape jelly to use as grape syrup. I can mix it with powdered sugar or something to use as a glaze, I can use it as a syrup on ice cream or pancakes or mixed with club soda. The possibilities of the mistakenly made grape syrup are endless. It's nice to have both--I really do love my grape-flavored anything. And now that I know jelly is so easy and cheap to make, I really never need to buy it again. Next up: Apple Cinnamon Jelly! Yum. Great for Christmas presents for acquaintances and stuff, too.
Then Jeremy gave me three of my presents (the ones he bought in New York and a picture of the one that is still coming in the mail). The first was a Gonorrhea stuffed animal because I love the little virus and bacteria and medicinal dudes that you find at science stores and at the Medical College where he works. He said he picked the cutest one he could find. I've gotta admit, the little Gonorrhea dude is pretty endearing. Glad it's just a stuffed animal, though!
Scarlet got me a ladybug necklace. It's so cute! We're going to add the ladybug charm to the charm necklace I bought at Anthropologie yesterday!
Jeremy also got me a large Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree print! I haven't decided whether to put it in Scarlet's room or my room. I do love my Winnie the Pooh. After we made the grape jelly and I got these presents, my mom left to go back home to Minnesota.
Later this evening I got my other presents from Jeremy that he got using all my "Happy Birthday from (insert store here)!" store gifts. Ann Taylor Loft, Express, Victoria's Secret. He got me a gorgeous scarf from Ann Taylor Loft (in metallic silver), two pairs of earrings from Express, and a take-along purse eyeshadow and eyeliner from Victoria's Secret (if you haven't tried their make-up, do it!) Then he made me ham and cheese quesadillas for dinner--they were tasty. And we're having Cinnabons for dessert. We also had Milwaukee Cupcake Company cupcakes for our birthday party last night. We've decided it's time to give up on the Milwaukee Cupcake Company. They're nice people, but their cakes are too dense, the cake flavors are too subtle, and their frosting is too sweet. "You say it's raspberry white chocolate, but all I taste is sugar on top of a hearty cake that tastes a lot like bread..." Cupcakes are supposed to be fun and fantastic and frilly and fluffy. Not dense and crumbly. I'll just have to hold out for The Sweet Tooth Fairy when we go back to Utah--or perfect my own cupcakes, which is probably what I'll do. I'll let you know how it goes.
Since Harry Potter is not going to be sold in stores anymore (the movies) after December 29th, I pre-ordered the blu-ray set of all seven years this evening (the set comes out on November 11th). Woohoo! Happy birthday to me!
Also, I got a $5 check yesterday from Advantage Research here in Wisconsin for participating in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation travel study for a day. I logged in and told them where I drove for one assigned day (no where, but Jeremy went to work). So I got $5. Adding that to the fund! Saved so far: $1121.74.
Here's some other pictures from this weekend! Have a great Monday everyone!
Me and Scarlet, modeling her new Hello Kitty sunglasses; Scarlet with her new pal, Sheckey the Frog
One of Scarlet's many faces; Scarlet and Daddy playing
Birthday cupcakes from Milwaukee Cupcake Company--my mom kind of forgot she had them on her lap so they all smashed into each other; Grandma and Scarlet
Me, Scarlet, and Sheckey the Frog
Also, here's a gratuitous video of Scarlet (if you can't see it because you're receiving this by email, click HERE):
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