definitely not super woman. definitely.

oh yes, Zach turned the big 33 yesterday!

truly, it was a fun day for all.  i had to laugh at a lot of my efforts.  

i declared it yesterday, i am absolutely not super woman.

as for the food he requested for his birthday...

french toast?  how about cereal?

yellow cake?  how about peach cobbler in the crock pot?

quiet evening at home?  how about a bunch of friends over?

and how about you make the cakes and hang your own sign?  

by the way, happy birthday.

honestly, we laughed a lot.  it was such a joke.

we went to our family cabin last week.  we got back saturday, which was Sarah's birthday.

we celebrated her birthday, swam in the backyard, watched a movie with treats, (while i was at the store...), had spaghetti late, opened gifts, had cake...fun day.

i went to bed so tired.

i had such ambitious plans for Zach's birthday.

come 5:30 yesterday, i was nursing Reddick and whining to Zach about how I would have liked to do this and that and the other...

he simply asked me to stop pitying myself.

that caught me off guard.

so i did.  i just laughed the rest of the day.

i laughed when i saw his cake with old candles and four different colors.

i laughed when i noticed he'd hung his own sign.

i laughed a lot.  mostly, i enjoyed the company and had a great time watching Zach.

i have realized a lot lately that i am not physically able to do everything i want to do or intend to do. 

i'm not super woman.  all i can do is do my best.

this weekend sums up life and marriage.

we can only do the best we can.  to expect more than that of ourselves and our spouse is unfair.

my efforts were still apples because i did something.

did i do everything i wanted to? nope.

did i do some things that i didn't plan on? yep.

he had a great day and appreciated what i did do.

that was an apple for me.

apples for this week:

*let them help you

*concern yourself with what you can control & don't whine. :)

*say thank you in a variety of ways. -smiles, notes, kisses, words

*call em at work/school/when they're away & you know they aren't able to answer.  leave a sweet msg.

*invite them to a date in advance.  how did you do that when you were dating?  do it again!

(call just for the purpose of asking them out, no other "business")

*sing to them.  don't make up songs?  turn on one and sing to it while you dance

*ask them if they'd like a back, neck or foot rub.

Have a great week!