Sometime in the early 90s, I realized that my birthday would eventually fall on December 12th, 2012 (12-12-12)... and I waited...
Finally, that day has come and gone. John and I had a very nice time celebrating what would ordinarily be an un-monumental birthday made special by a trifecta of twelves. I told John about 12-12-12 back when we were dating, and I think he took it as a personal challenge to make the day great... he spent all day calling it "The Birthday of a Life Time". (I guess he thinks the odds of my living to be 127 aren't that good... not sure why)
Here are 12 ways we celebrated:
- I took the day off of work and John didn't schedule any work. It was a Wednesday, so that made 2, 2-day weeks on either side of my birthday.
- We slept in... for a little bit at least.
- John gave me a headset to use when I work from home, the honor of throwing away a shirt of his that I hate, and a bucket of Andes mints.
- We drove to Glen Rose and ate lunch at a sweet little shop called Storybook Cafe.
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| Storybook Cafe is a bookshop and cafe in one. It was charming and particularly cute with all its Christmas decor. |
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| They had neat little table decorations and games... this one is holiday dominoes. |
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| And there was a snowman! |
- After lunch, we went to Dinosaur Valley State Park.
- We saw fossils and dinosaur models.
- We took a hike.
- We expressed our inner children on the swing-set.
- Then we took a break to enjoy the nice weather at the park. I read a book and John decided to take a nap.
- After the park, we returned to Glen Rose for a nice dinner at The Riverhouse Grill, which is an old mansion converted into a restaurant.
- We had chocolate cake for dessert.
- We drove home and enjoyed a movie on our early Christmas present to our-selves (a TV and DVD player in the master bedroom)
In my opinion, 12-12-12 was a great success... well worth the wait... not sure what we'll do to top it on the next 12-12-12 for my 127th birthday. :)
