Pardon me while I dust off the blog. I’m sure y’all noticed that I’ve been in absentia lately.

Or maybe you didn’t. Which clearly means my ego is too big for my britches.

(Or I’ve been writing  to myself … which is strangely ok with me. Not that I want any of y’all to go away. PLEASE DON’T! (see aforementioned big britches ego.))

Anyway, I’ve mostly stayed away because well I’ve been so busy that I have no blog fodder. Turns out bloggers can get writers block and writer burn-out just like REAL WRITERS! Who knew? Plus, while I have photos…I’ve not had time to get them off the camera, let alone actually do something with them. Like…post them. Or (ha!) edit them.

Still while I’m a week late, and several dollars short, I’m gonna talk about my birthday weekend. Saturday Alex and I joined several friends to celebrate actual birthday gal Kat’s birthday and my pseudo-not-quite-arrived yet birthday. We went to fancy pants restaurants where I realized how much of a hick I am, then we went to an Irish Pub. Oh the pub – It was fun! I had Jarrett spell out for me the fancy beers (he knows his stuff…) and eventually I was served a delicious cider.

In a tea-cup. A large tea-cup. (Which I have a photo of on the Facebook page and have trouble getting on to here…) I felt so dignified drinking this while the rest of the gang had pilsners and glasses. Presents were gifted and Jarrett and his lurvely not-quite-yet Wife (3 months y’all!) were extremely generous in gifting me with the camera I’ve been borrowing from them for oh…a year now. Tehehhe.

On my actual birthday I lazed around in the morning before getting up and lazing around some more. That evening all the family gathered at my parents house where my Mom and Alex were in charge of the camera. (What it was my birthday I have other things …. Like cake to eat) Following my birthday tradition of burgers, brats, beer, and cookie cake more presents were presented. YAY!

Now I’m not kidding when I say I’m a redneck, and to prove it check out these totally awesome gifts!

It’s a sugar bowl and creamer y’all! Aren’t they freaking adorable?! I love it!

Lastly in the evening we headed out to do fireworks. Only it was pouring rain. Luckily the rest of my family, like me, are in to things that go BOOM! So Alex and I made each other laugh with talks of explosives and actually you know…exploding things. It began to rain harder so finally we had to set off the big one – which amusingly enough, received claps from our neighbors. Clearly we’re the only fool-hardy pyromaniac ones determined enough to go hog-wild in the rain. And with one last big ol’ boom my 27^th birthday came to a close.

I’d ask what y’all did for the fourth, but handily enough for the most part I know! Mostly because y’all are a thousand percent more on top of things than I am. So instead I’ll ask – what’s your favorite birthday gift of all time?