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Sunday Reflections {8/30/15}

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Happy Birthday

This is a new weekly series that I thought and hoped you all would enjoy. It is just a way for me to catch you all up with some of the things that are going on in my life during the past week. Share a favorite post or two or pretty much whatever. It is just a way to reflect on the past week. There is so much that goes on in my life as well as in the blogging world that I don’t want you all to miss anything. Hope you enjoy……

Today I am offline 100% (shh….I pre-wrote this article and scheduled) because it is my birthday. I am one year away from the big 40 and to be honest I don’t feel that bad about it. I have more gray hair now and feel way more like 100 some days but the truth is I don’t feel like I have turned 39. My poor sister in-law turned 29 and cried so I feel like maybe I should react more to it but I haven’t. I am spending the day with my family, my uncle is grilling me the biggest steak ever and I have a small pound cake to celebrate. It is nothing fancy but it is what I wanted. Something nice and quiet.

 

Looking Back This Past Week

Well the biggest thing this week was the blog had sorts of issues which I finally managed to straighten out and then to redesign got finished. That pretty much took up most all of my week. We do currently have an iPad Mini Giveaway running which you will find if you look in my sidebar under Current Giveaways. I have spent most of the week playing catch up.

 

Looking Ahead

Monday I have a large giveaway running and I know that my friend over at Blushing Reads is going to have a couple of great giveaways as well. I think she is also doing an iPad giveaway and also a Kindle. If it is not there yet it will be. She always has book giveaways however and I know there is at lest one Sephora giveaway. Next week is going to be hopping around here so make sure you check back daily so you don’t miss a thing. 🙂

 

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  1. I hope you are having a wonderful Birthday and enjoy your steak! It is good to take time off for yourself and thanks for the IPAD giveaway. It is amazing.

  2. Hi Rita, I haven’t visited in a while but I love the new design. And I think the Sunday Reflections is a great idea. Happy Birthday!

  4. Happy Birthday! I hope that steak was cooked just perfect for you and you had a great day with family!

  7. Hi Rita,
    Happy Belated Birthday!! I hope you had the best birthday ever and that your uncle grilled you the best steak ever!! I celebrated ( or cried ) the big 50 a few months ago. So, I don’t even want to talk about grey hairs!! UGH!

    • Thank you so much and the steaks were perfect! Girl my hair turned grey when I turned 25 so now I have stock in hair dye 😉

  8. Well, happy birthday! I turn 40 this year. I don’t know about you, but I really do feel like life gets better- or at least I’m more satisfied- every year. I really am thankful I’m not in my teens or twenties any more. Life was such a roller coaster and I like simple now.

    • You know I agree with you. I think that once you hit your late thirties you really start to live more. You finally know what you want out of life and have pretty much settled down.

  10. What a great theme for posts. This inspires me to reflect in my own life on how things are going in my life, and where I want to be.

  11. Happy Belated Birthday. I am catching up on your posts after a busy week. I enjoy the reflections theme. Thanks for the Ipad giveaway!

  12. I like the reflections post. It is nice to read a post that helps us connect with who you are. I hope you had a nice birthday. 🙂 I look forward to seeing how your following weeks pan out 🙂

  13. Happy belated birthday..I’ve been busy with my daughter’s wedding..it’s over now and I can get back to reading all my favourite blogs..glad to be back!

  14. So hope you had a fantastic Birthday!
    I never ever react badly to birthdays. For some reason they just have never bothered me. I like to celebrate in small ways too.

    thanks for all your hard work on the blog and the giveaways. Am trying to keep up again. I cant imagine the time and effort a blog must take, so I so appreciate getting to READ them.