Tuesday, March 22, 2011

since you asked

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. They were much appreciated. Since some of you asked how I spent the day I thought I would tell you.
First off for those that wanted to know how you missed that post, there is a simple explanation. I wrote it on Sunday and it said it was scheduled. My posts are always scheduled for 7 p.m. (have no idea why I picked that time) Any way, around 8:00 last night for some reason I went in and checked and it had changed to a draft. Needless to say it went up late. Oh well.
Well, how I spent my day. I had to work so that's how most of it was spent. My son came to see me at work and brought me a rose.

Wade asked me what I wanted and I had absolutely no idea. I remembered some time ago I had put a few small items on my amazon wish list. I sent him the wish list and he bought me all 5 things that were on there. It included a game for the wii, a quilling kit and 3 different camera accessories. Now I'm just waiting for those to arrive.
On Sunday Wade had asked me what I wanted for dinner on my birthday. I told him I didn't care, whatever he wanted to cook was fine. It was my birthday and I wasn't going to cook. I decided on chicken stir fry but then we didn't have all the ingredients so my birthday dinner ended up being a fried ham sandwich. Worked for me so long as I didn't have to cook.
And that sums up the exciting day. Yeah I know not very exciting but it was a good day any way.
This last picture is one I took of my rose sitting in front of the sliding glass door in my dining room. There was already a ton of light behind the rose so I adjusted the levels around it so that you couldn't see any of the door. I upped the contrast on the rose a bit and I have to say I think it looks pretty good.

OK this is two days in a row now. This was scheduled to go up at 7:00. Now at 8:00 it's listed as a draft. Is anyone else having this problem?

34 comments:

Sandee said...

I think you had a great day. I'm sure one of those five things you wanted from Amazon is from Duke. I'm sure of it.

I love the rose. How very thoughtful of your son.

I'm not having a problem with things saving to draft. I hope this doesn't last long for you.

Have a terrific day. My best to Duke. :)

Erika said...

Happy birthday--it sounds like a nice day. How sweet of your son to take you a flower:)

I did have the draft problem the other day. It was the first time for that to happen for me.

Unknown said...

so glad you had a great day. these picture are amazing!!!!

BeadedTail said...

It sounds like a wonderful birthday and the rose is beautiful! Maybe the draft thing is what happened to my post last night but it didn't hit at midnight last night. I'll have to check to make sure tomorrow's post is okay. Anyway, glad you had a nice birthday!

Catherine said...

It sounds like you had a perfect birthday to me Ann! And a rose from your son ~ how sweet! Hopefully your Amazon purchases will arrive soon.

I haven't had that problem with blogger before but lately I've had where you click on the 'comment' and a blogger page comes up as 'unavailable' so you click out and back on and it works. it just did it a moment ago when I wanted to put a comment here.

Oh those blogger bugs.... :(

xo Catherine

Sharkbytes said...

Sounds like a great day to me! How nice that your son remembered.

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

A gorgeous rose from from your son ~ precious! Sounds like you had a very happy day!

ps what did Duke give you :) I know, lots of puppy dog love!

Anonymous said...

The photo came out a "Wow".

I don't schedule posts any more so can't say much about your glitch...

booahboo said...

We are sorry we missed your post on your birthday... but Happy Belated Birthday Ann... even though it might not be exciting, it was a good day when everything went well :) and you didn't have to cook... and you got a beautiful rose! That would have been a perfect day in my eyes.

Unknown said...

A beautiful rose for a beautiful lady .... it sounds as though you had a lovely day. :)

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi Ann, Looks like you had a great birthday... Getting that rose from your son had to be very very special....

AND the Amazon gifts are going to be wonderful.... AND--you didn't have to cook.. Yeah Rah!!!!!

If you make changes to your post, be sure to republish it. I have had things left in draft also--and it is always because I had made corrections and forgot to re-publish.....

Mine publishes every morning at 4 a.m. I always check it right before I go to bed to make sure it is published..

Hugs,
Betsy

Ginny Hartzler said...

Your pictures are breathtaking, a symbol of your son's love for you. Your day rocked!!!! You got a rose from your son, you got everything on your wish list, not just one, and you had someone cook for you! A year or so ago, I pre-scheduled some posts. And this is what they started doing. I could never count on them. So now even if I have to stay up half the night, I write and post them all at once, no more pre-scheduling.

allotments4you said...

Well I think it sounds like you had a wonderful day Ann...I'm not big on plans and going out and stuff so your birthday is pretty much reminiscent of mine each year!!

June Zach (Fledgling Blogger) said...

Belated Happy Birthday Ann! :)
I just had my chance to stop by today. Wishing you more blessings for the years to come. Cheers! :D

Marg said...

That sounds like a great birthday. Glad you got all your Amazon goodies on the way. That will be fun. Your birthday all over again. Love the rose. Roses are my favorite.
Have a great day.

MadSnapper said...

well i feel a little better since it posted after my bed time. love the rose, both photos. that is really nice with the white light in front of the door. did you do the adjustments in your camera? or with software. sounds like you had a great birthday to me. what kind of accessory's did you get and what kind of camera do you have? i like the white like you did with duke in the header.

Philippa said...

What a gorgeous rose! I look forward to reading about your quilling kit when it comes. I'm glad you got everything you wanted.

Lin said...

Well, that sounds like a nice enough birthday. Any day that your family is nice to you and you don't have to cook is just fine with me. :)

Not having probs with Blogger--sorry you are. :(

Tanyia said...

As long as you had a day you enjoy that is a good birthday in my opinion. It is not like we are little anymore and need balloons and a cake ... well at least I could care less anymore lol. I love the rose Brad brought you, that was sweet of him!

Russ aka Grampy said...

Sounded like a good day to me. No cooking,a wonderful Rose and some goodies coming in the mail. Can't get much better. Except maybe some chocolate cake.

Donna said...

Well, glad you figured that post problem out! I have no idea why Blogger is doing that...
That rose is GORGEOUS ANN!!!!
Love the lighting!! What a SWEET Son!
hughugs

Duni said...

Your birthday sounds wonderful to me. No cooking! And the rose is beautiful :)

Doris Sturm said...

I'm glad you had a nice Birthday, Ann - it doesn't always have to be fireworks and a big hoop-la. Anymore, any day that I wake up pain free not in imminent danger or fear of losing my life, it's a good day and a perfect gift...My motto is:

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may find that those were the big things"

Also, you won a door prize during my Oz Celebration and since it's a surprise I can't tell you what it is, but if you leave me your address on my e-mail, I'd be happy to send it to you:

honeybeecrochet@live.com

Congratulations!

Daisy said...

Oh I missed your birthday. Happy belated birthday to you! You are the same age as my Mommeh!

Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...

Woof! Woof! LOVE the rose photos. What a wonderful birthday ... for sure you'll continue to celebrate this weekend. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

Ann said...

sandee I did I really did

Erika I hope the scheduling thing works today, I'm keeping an eye on it

roschelle thanks

beaded tail I bet that was it.

catherine I sure did, almost got all of the gifts, still waiting on the last one

sharkbytes it sure was :)

ldh I did. duke gave me puppy kisses

grace thank you, I really liked it

anny no biggy but thanks

kloggers well other than going to work, it wasn't bad

betsy I'll keep that in mind about republishing, I don't think I made any changes after I scheduled them though

ginny thank you very much

allotments4you we never make a huge fuss of birthdays so it worked perfect for me

june thank you

marg it was. it's like a gift a day with the amazon gifts :)

sandra I'm really liking the white myself

philippa just got the quilling kit today. I'll post about it soon

Lin it was, it worked for me

tanyia I don't need the balloons but if the cake is chocolate I could still use that...lol

russ nope you sure can't, and yes chocolate cake would have been nice...lol

donna thanks , I liked the way it looked

duni just about a perfect day,

doris I couldn't agree with you more

daisy thank you very much. your mommeh and i are still quite young aren't we :)

sugar thanks, may as well celebrate all year long. :)

Donna said...

Glad you had a special day! Love those pictures!!!

jeanlivingsimple said...

Happy Belated Birthday,Ann! Dang it...I missed it.:( Your photo of the Rose is perfect-o! How cool that Wade purchased ALL 5 items on your Wish List plus cooked dinner. Hope he did the dishes also.:)
PS...I love fried Ham sandwiches.

tahtimbo said...

Happy belated birthday!!! I am so sorry that I missed it. I've been so busy, I have been out of touch with everyone.
I'm glad you had a great day! Wade and your son are so thoughtful to do what they did.
Now, I'm hungry for a fried ham sandwich...YUM!

Happy birthday, again!

Unknown said...

I still think I have missed a day or two in there somewhere. Anyway, I'm glad you had a good birthday.

Ann said...

donna thanks,

jean thank you. ya know, now that I think of it the dishes sat until the next day and I had to do them...lol

tahtimbo thank you and it's quite alright. Yes they were both quite good to me

fishhawk, I often feel the same way

Miawa said...

I missed your birthday, sorry, that's what I get for not keeping up. Sorry Annie, (mine is today) hey, we're like twins almost!

Tammy said...

Sounds like a wonderful birthday. You with people you love and you didn't have to cook. Your picture of your rose is very nice. I wish I knew more about my camera and could do fun things like you. You have a very arty eye for pictures and crafts.

Ann said...

Miawa, no problem it appears I missed yours as well :) So happy birthday to both of us

Tammy it was very nice. I don't know that much about my camera believe me I have a LOT to learn but I have fun

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