Another year rolling around. Now not just turning 50, but really in the 50s. I got a new haircut and my new teeth. My hair was getting so long:
Not a great picture, and I think there is a filter on it because no wrinkles, but oh well. I was always pinning my hair up and it was just getting in the way a lot. Plus, I don’t know as it really did much for my face. So, I had a shorter layered cut done:
No filter on this pic. 🙂 My hair dries so much faster and doesn’t get in my face now. Now I look funny – straight teeth and short hair LOL!
We had people over for cake on Sunday since that worked out better to get everyone together. John again made a wonderful brown butter caramel cake:
A little later, this caramel had dripped over the sides of the stand LOL. So good.
I took most of the day off on my birthday (Wednesday). Last year I biked 50 miles for 50 years, but that was probably the end of actual miles for years. This year I did bike in the morning, but right now biking isn’t really comfortable for me. I have fibroids and will soon be having surgery for them in July as it’s really affecting my quality of life. I’ll talk about that another time, though.
I received some gift certificates to garden centers, along with a bee house, gardening gloves, hose wands and such. Think people know I love gardening? I went out plant shopping as a treat on my birthday.
My happy place. I brought home this, plus an orchid.
Then I got them in the ground before the rain came. John and I went out to dinner in Saratoga at an Indian restaurant. I love Indian food, but there isn’t an Indian restaurant in our town, so we have to drive for it.
Pappadum – like the equivalent of a bread basket:
An appetizer of nut and raisin naan bread:
I could eat naan all day, especially the stuffed naan. Yum!
Our meals:
John had a tofu masala. Unusual to find tofu at an Indian restaurant, but this was a special vegan section of their menu, so could be why. I had a paneer korma, which is cubed cheese in a cashew sauce. So good! It’s probably a good thing that we don’t have this in our town as I would want to go there a lot 😀
John’s gift was a stained glass piece. We do have a lot of stained glass in the house by virtue of his finished pieces, but they sell and go away. Now this is for me!
We have had a running joke for years with me wanting a pink flamingo for the yard and John saying we would get a divorce if I got one. We are staying together, though, despite the flamingo!
First of all, you make 51 look terrific. I really love your haircut! Sounds to me like you had a perfect day with that delicious cake, garden shopping and actually taking the day off lol. John must really like you to do that pink flamingo for you. Will you put it in a garden?
Sorry to hear about your fibroids but thank goodness those are fixable. You will definitely feel like a new woman once you have that taken care of.
Thank you! The flamingo is in the garden right now. I’m trying to decide which area will be its home so that I see it the most. The surgery is going to suck. It’s a hysterectomy so no biking or lifting more than 10 pounds for 6 weeks! I’ve kind of been putting it off, but finally want to just get it done.
Lori, I had one done in 2009 I had fibroids and bad ovaries. The recovery really wasn’t all that bad. The first three days were the worst, and the first week I felt really tired by week three I was bored! I begged my doctor to at least let me take walks and he did so long as I did them with no pace. After 6 weeks I was cleared to be able to start officially exercising again and I did.
I’m just sorry that I suffered with the problem as long as I did. I hope your recovery goes as well as mine did. You sure won’t miss having periods not even for a second.
Thank you for sharing your story. I know I’m going to have trouble with the 6 week guidelines. My doctor said I will be at half speed for 2 weeks and then will feel much better. My ovaries are staying, so at least I won’t need HRT or anything like that.
Happy Birthday, Lori! Love the fresh new haircut – it looks great. And, I have to say, if one indulges one’s desire for a yard flamingo, John’s version is just the classiest! After browsing his shop, though, looks like you got a custom order, there. Bespoke flamingos, a great gift!
I told him he needed to start selling these LOL. The pink glass is kind of expensive, though.
Somehow I got sooo behind on your blog, but now I’m back. I’m wondering if I used to get an email when you had a new post and now I don’t. Anyway, FLOWERS, Pixie, that flooring, your teeth look awesome. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope your fibroid issue gets resolved. You are inspiring me to make a year where I take care of all those health things I should be doing now (colonoscopy).
Try resubscribing to my feed here https://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=findingradiance/llQy I think there was some sort of issue with a wordpress update. I haven’t done the colonoscopy yet because I was taking care of my shoulder and now the surgery for the fibroids coming up. It’s everything all at once.
I should clarify what link I’m talking about. The feed burner link worked like a champ and I think I’m back in the loop now. The link you posted with ** A little housekeeping: I’ve gotten some people saying they aren’t getting my posts to email anymore. It must be from a wordpress update or just whatever. Gotta love tech. You can resubscribe to new posts by clicking here if you want. **
did not work. Moot point for me, but it may impact others. Also, I had to remember to go back and check if there was a response to my comment. It used to be you could check the box if you wanted to be notified of comments. I’m so happy I’ll get the emails again.
Well, it wasn’t you having an issue, there was a problem with the link code. That should be fixed for other people, hopefully 😀
Happy Birthday, Lori!!
Happy Birthday – your haircut looks really great!