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06/01/2005 Archived Entry: "birthday and hula"

I had a pretty good birthday. When I awoke the birthday banner was waiting for me. I had a few e-cards and birthday wishes in my email and Tabitha made me a card. We headed out of the house around 10, our first stop was the Disney outlet store. Didn't really find anything there of interest. Next we went to lunch, my choice. I chose ColdStone Creamery :) I had Cake Mix with Twix mixed-in served in a chocolate dipped waffle bowl. I think that's a good birthday lunch, lol. Next we went on to Disneyland. The lines were longer than I liked so we didn't actually go on any rides. We wandered, shopped, snacked and people watched. I had some birthday money so I bought myself a purse that I've been eyeing for awhile. It's a brown bowler bag with pink stripes and three patches; Mickey Mouse Club logo, Tinkerbell, and the old Disneyland sign. It's part of their new retro line which I love. I also purchased a license plate frame and a new charm for my bracelet.

After we left Disney, we took the kids to my in-laws' and stopped at home to change, then went to Outback Steakhouse. You may be asking yourself what vegetarians eat at Outback? We split their cheese fries, Chris had the jacket potato, I had a fabulous chopped bleu cheese salad with the fantabulous spiced pecans and Chris also had their sauteed 'shrooms, but I stole quite a bit. Then we went over the mall and bought me a new mouse for my computer. Next stop was Tilt where we played pinball, something I haven't done in years and decided needed to be done yesterday. Sadly we got a horrible machine where the balls kept getting stuck and then it would say it was multiball and spit out 3 balls but after you lost one the machine would shut down saying there were too many balls. Just not good. More frustrating than fun, but I would like to get back to playing. It's something my dad and I used to do together all the time and I always loved the game.

After we left the mall, we went to Mervyn's for a bit of window shopping (mainly because it's open until 10:00pm and I didn't feel like going to Target or going home yet). We ended up getting two things for Tabitha and making fun of lots of the women's and men's clothing. After that we went home where I got super comfy and watched TV while Chris went to pick up the kids.

And now I'm 31 :)

Completely unrelated to that, we're taking a break from lessons right now as the amount of practice Tabitha has for hula is insane. She has her standard hour tonight, 3 hours Saturday morning, 2 hours Saturday afternoon, 3 hours next Thursday, 5 hours next Friday and finally Saturday will be the ho'ike. Once that is done, the Kumu's focus will probably be on his competition dancers so it should ease up a bit for everyone else and just be the regular 2 hours a week plus little performances here and there. At that point we can put lessons back into Tabitha's routine. I'd rather not overload her right now, gotta love the freedom and flexibility of homeschooling!

Posted by Suzanne @ 06/01/2005 12:57 PM PST