it's my birthday so you had all better show up with some good cake. presents are good, too.

Today I am 32.

I will cuddle in bed with my boys and nurse my littlest one 9,325 times, or all day, whichever comes first.  I will probably wash my face, most definitely put my contacts on my eyeballs, wake up my daughter and get her ready for school.  I will watch the boys not eat breakfast yet again, and I will drink coffee until I feel like stopping.

I will eat lunch with friends and we will squee over pregnant bellies and watch our short people run around my back yard and throw sand at each other.  I will yell at any person, short or tall, who walks on my vegetable garden.

I will nap with my boys, and if the weather cooperates, we will take a walk to the school to fetch my girl at the end of the school day.  And we will eat popscicles and go to the playground.

We will eat dinner with my mother and The Mister's parents, maybe his brother... homemade pasta and sauce, salad, and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.  And maybe, just maybe, there will be presents.

We will put the short people to bed, and maybe they will stay there.

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The first blog I ever read was written by Catherine Newman, an author from New England. She blogged at BabyCenter, and then at Wondertime, and now you can find her here.  I loved her blog so much, The Mister bought me a copy of her book Waiting for Birdy for Christmas or our anniversary, or because it was Tuesday or something.

All that to tell you that the SECOND blog I ever read was Breed 'Em And Weep.   And there is no other bit of writing I look forward to more, other than the 10 day forecast on The Weather Channel, but that's for an entirely different reason.  Jenn Mattern is an amazing writer, and I just can't even tell you how much amazing she has going on because she is just that awesome.

She's been having a wicked time of things lately, mothering her beautiful daughters while battling the polar bear disease and unemployment and dealing with an enormous loss... and her roof sucks.

Anyway.  See all those ads I have rocking over there?  On the right?  And at the bottom of the page?  And at the ends of posts?  Give 'em a little click.  We'll call it Operation Sucky Roofs Suck.  I will send all of my ad money for the first half of the year to Jenn.  That sounds really exciting, but anybody with ads knows that is not huge.  So, to up the ante a little, I will PayPal Jenn one dollar for every comment you leave between now and Friday (05/15, at 11:59 p.m.), up to $125, because that is what we can afford this month.  And she can put it toward her roof fund. 

Because it's MY birthday, and I get to do what I want, that's why.  

So if you are checking me out in a reader, click through and then click an ad or two, and be sure to leave a comment!

(I should mention that I am totally stealing this idea from Ree at The Hotfessional.  It was her birthday last week, and she's donating her ad money, too.)