Hey amazing friends,
Trust your July is kicking off with a bang! Hope you enjoy the audio blog.
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Live Inspired,
I tend to tote around a LOT of stuff – my sweet better half calls all of my prized belongings doodads and my Mom calls it loot.
I’ve got better about using bags to carry around everything, instead of balancing individual prized possessions in my arms. I’m well known in my family for randomly tossing multiple pairs of shoes in my car – just in case OR hauling around a pile of papers loosely OR I may even be caught throwing a bunch of things into plastic bags (I’ve dramatically reduced how many I use nowadays). Last year I got some fantastic tips from my followers about being “greener” after posting my entry -
Nowadays, I carry more reusable bags around. This morning I laughed out loud at what I looked like. I was carrying 4 bags to my car!
They all had very important roles in upcoming day.
My purse – my first designer bag that my husband gave me for Valentines Day!
In January, I told my frugal hubby that I needed to get a new purse, as my current one was on its last thread. He informed me that I needed an upgrade when getting my next handbag! The exact words out of his mouth were “like Coach or something”. I was SO excited to get this gorgeous new Guess handbag from John!
My favorite – everyday bag that carries anything and everything!!
My Tante (French for Aunt!) Louise & Uncle Marlin gave it to me when I graduated from University. It’s an ESPE (espe.ca) bag and I love it. I also love their wallets and have wore through a couple of them.
My staple – this amazing bag was our swag bag at an Arbonne conference – it is seen stuffed full (as usual).
This particular day it was carrying clothes to the seamstress (note – I’m a domestic goddess in training & delegate jobs I don’t prefer), however it often carries my laptop. I’ve been looking for a beautiful RED laptop bag (for my 17inch laptop) for awhile…if you see one…please let me know. Thanks!
My lunch bag!
This is a BRAND new bag that I got from my Mother-in-love & Father-in-love for my Birthday. It is even personalized with my name!
It’s an insulated lunch bag, that was mailed to me full of treats! Robin Eggs & cookies – so much fun.
Are you a bag lady/man? Do you have a favorite? Do you trade purses often OR use the same one for months/years? I’d love to hear about your collection.
Live Inspired,
Robyn
UPDATE – check out these Facebook commments/discussion that started as a result of my Facebook status about bags!! LOVE IT ;)
Thank you for all of your AMAZING Birthday wishes today. I’m completely OVERWHELMED. The flowery, kind comments on my Facebook wall, private messages, text messages, emails, and the number of phone calls I’ve received in a short few hours are SO appreciated.
I’m SOOOOOOO blessed to have the most AMAZING friends. Thanks for making my day absolutely phenomenal – I’m so lucky to have the most fabulous network.
A few of you are really curious to know the “secret” I’ve been keeping from you, about the surprise John left me for my Birthday – after my post Shhh… last week! Here it is:
Recall I discovered the secret downstairs in our basement!!
It was hiding in the freezer!
AHHHH!!! I LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE DQ Ice Cream Cake!! Hidden with a card with John’s signature monogram address.
I devoured a piece of my Birthday DQ Chocolate Extreme Blizzard Ice Cream cake last night!
One of my favorite parts of DQ Ice Cream Cake is the chocolate crunch/fudge surprise that’s in the middle. I guessed that this “Blizzard” edition cake wouldn’t have this part – BUT it did!! It was SOOOOOO amazing.
Mmm…I’ll “try” and save you a piece John! AND…local friends if you’re in the area this week (don’t wait too long…) – give me a shout and we can have a cake date!
Live Inspired,
Robyn
SO…I have a “special” day next week and John is away working. I’m ok with that, absolutely fine; I have spent it the past few years as an independent woman. I always find something to do with someone! (Last year was my Double Star Birthday). 
On Good Friday, my man took me on a date to a local Greek restaurant for supper, that we’ve been wanting to try. I “may” have said something like,
“You should sing Happy Birthday to me today, since you’re going to be gone!”
My sneaky hubby informed me that he had everything planned. I questioned him because how was he going to execute it – when he’s gone?
I LOVE surprises, so I was VERY excited to discover something this morning…by complete surprise!
I went to the basement in our house to look for something and discovered…
…you’ll have to wait for it. I just needed to tell someone that I have a secret – so we need to keep it a secret until next week! Shhh…John doesn’t know, that I know. He’s away, so I highly doubt he’ll be checking up on me here!!
Live Inspired,
Robyn
P.S. It was a good place to hide it John. You knew that since I’ve been a gimp with my whacked knee the past 4 weeks, I haven’t ventured down the stairs much! Well, I showed you ;) It was a fantastic surprise – now…to stay away from it for a few more days…good thing I’m going to the ranch this weekend.
My marvelous husband’s birthday is today! We celebrated last night and had his favorite – Angel Food Cake with fresh fruit and whip cream.
Happy Birthday John!
P.S. I caught him Singing Out Loud to one of his gifts and had a blast going to the George Strait concert with my hubby.
Hope you’ve had an amazing weekend!
My marvelous husband’s Star Birthday is tomorrow and I gave him his gift early ;)
(Thank goodness for our Costco rebate check – I could treat him!)
John has been talking about an iPod for a while. He LOVES music (and thinks I should be able to identify the artist and name of song on que – however that is part of the “opposite” skills that brought our relationship together!). My auctioneer hubby also wanted to upload clips from sales he’d done to learn from and improve. Always learning…that’s what life is all about.
Thanks to my beautiful friends Tam & Nolan – I was surprised with an iPod Shuffle a few weeks ago!
Our friends Johnny and Jen kindly shared their playlists with us while they were here. So John had a HUGE head start to his library of music. He has honestly been so addicted to iTunes for the past 1 1/2 days. I love it – he’s so excited to learn everything. John was busy compiling music for his work trip tomorrow with his new toy. I wanted to spend time with him – so I made myself at home next time surfing the net.
I had no idea John was going to get so many hours of entertainment out of this present! Out of nowhere John informs me he’s going to mow the lawn. When I turned to look at him – he was so cute!!
I was doing some things inside when I hear this loud voice singing away. I thought it was the computer still playing iTunes but no – it was John! He was outside mowing and just givener!!
Ha ha – I’m laughing WITH! It was amazing to hear my hubby’s voice singing out loud with the music on his new iPod.
That’s what life is all about. Sing like no one is listening ;)
My 26th Birthday was fabulous!
I coined this particular celebration as my Double Star Birthday! I’ve heard that when you turn the year of the date of your Birthday – it is your Star Birthday. For example, I was born on April 13th, so when I turned 13, I celebrated my Star Birthday. I really don’t recall my 13th Birthday and decided that I was having my own party and called it my Double Star Birthday. I was also a bit envious that John’s going to celebrate his “Star Birthday” in July of this year and I am always looking for a theme for his parties, so I wanted to recreate mine!!
Monday morning started off with a bang! I woke up just before 5am, I had a big day ahead! I packed, got myself ready for the day and then my husband and I left my parents. I headed south, he headed north – absence makes the heart grow fonder in our relationship! I made the 3 hour drive south and even got to watch the sunrise!
I had an interview in Lethbridge on Monday morning that I came back for! It went fabulous and I’m starting a new contract this morning – very excited! More details to come soon…
I enjoyed Edo Japan for lunch – mmm…one of my favorite Fast Food joints! Then I stopped at Starbucks, because I deserved it!! he he…it was my Birthday I told myself!! I randomly picked up two drinks at Starbucks, I love being spontaneous! I told the diva that I wanted two different iced drinks - I came out with an Iced Carmel Frappuccino and an Iced Passion Tea Lemonade!
With Starbucks in hand, I headed to get a pedicure with my fabulous friend, Jodie! I got the one with all the whip cream and calories!! We enjoyed gossiping and catching up. I just love what an amazing job the Vietnamese divas do to my feet! If you aren’t addicted to getting pedicures – you’re missing out!
It all starts with the famous line “Pick a Color” (if you’re an addict like me - you can hear the Vietnamese voice spouting that off!! )
Its a combination of Christmas and Spring! I get all excited like its Christmas morning and I get to open up my gifts and on the other hand get so pumped about sandal wearing weather – the big decision – what color this time??
Normally I get my toenails painted one solid color, however the divas told us that it was in style to do a colored french with design instead! SO voila…we had to do what was cool!
Jodie picked blue!
I picked pink!
Then my friends Amberley and Sean made me supper! Fabulous salmon, a really thoughtful, useful gift, and amazing fellowship!!
I had SUCH an amazing Birthday, I’m SO lucky to be surrounded by such a beautiful network of friends and family!
I was overwhelmed by the phone calls, emails, and Facebook posts with amazing wishes and energy! Each comment made me smile, as I reflected on my relationship with the person that wrote them. I realize that everyone makes a choice whether or not to take action to each Birthday announcement/reminder on the side of the Facebook page. Shockingly enough there are some days that I don’t sign in or may really quickly and don’t make it a priority to share my positive spirit with each person that is celebrating a special day.
I did notice something very interesting while enjoying my Birthday wishes. I observed that a large percentage of the messages used the word “great”!! Personally, I use very flowery adjectives to describe my mood and emotions! There is nothing wrong with this word, I am not judging; it just isn’t an adjective I use very much! I think I am going to compile all of my Birthday wishes and report back with a synopsis from my research, I’m curious to know the actual percentage of people used “great” – stay tuned!
Thanks for helping make my Double Star Birthday amazing!!
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