FIFTY WAYS TO DO FIFTY

FIFTY ways to do FIFTY

1.  hit the snooze at least three times...maybe four

2.  put a screen shield on your brand spanking nifty FIFTY i phone 5s

3.  take my morning “walk”and feast upon the word of christ

    (the one thing I missed 11 years ago...exercise on the stationary bike)

 4.  sing happy birthday to noah and record it on the old cam...

5.  make noah a birthday breakfast of french toast and stick a candle in it

6.  pass on the black and white granny sweater for a more hip purple one

7.  don the princess sparkle crown earrings...treat me like royalty, 

why? i am ½ century young

8.  blast it ! remember i forgot to charge and activate the phone

    (say out loud “get out of your head and into your heart...no raptors allowed”

    make sure noah’s favorite pants are washed and what only semi dry???)

9.  take a birthday photo of the birthday boy as he hurries out the door in his semi dry pants

    with his little debbie birthday treats (also celebrating FIFTY years) and

    be thrilled the house is a mess...it is actively lived in

10. bask in the fact that last year’s snow has melted into a balmy 45 degrees at 8:55 a.m.

11. make plans for a “triple double” birthday party at grandma garffs

grandma hart-double digit birthday (3/4 century plus one)

moi double-digit birthday (1/2 century)

noah double-digit birthday (1/10 century plus one)

12. thank the ela angels for acknowledging my special day,

     put on the birthday crown and try not blush as the birthday song is sung

     and have someone take a picture.

 13. accept the uncompliment with a smile from my new besty “i love to poke your arms

     because they are so jiggly”

14. take my calcium, my vitamins, my probiotic

15. break time...check out all the FIFTY nifty FIFTY plus FIFTY more

iphone cases

16. disrupt Mrs. O’s class...nice deflection “let’s all sing to Mrs. G !”

17. sit in a corner with multiple students writing essays on the movie verses book “the outsiders”

    (perfect, a chance to reconnect with the crushes of my younger years...matt dillon,

     ralph maccio, patrick swayze... and tom cruise???? who knew?)

18. hang out in the pride class and discover what  “a BEAUTIFUL Person is!!!!!”

19. attend a department meeting sweetened with deliciously delectable homemade

     chocolate cupcakes

20. receive and open a gift of sunshine--”PRICE”less...especially the wound bandages

     (savor a sunshiney card from little miss sunshine)

21. relish in a sweet email and birthday wish from a childhood friend

22. delve into "ersperanza rising" accompanied with a documentary on “surviving the dust

     bowl” someone knew I am an active wannabe storm chaser.

23. a birthday wish from kjar plastic surgery...am i the new target audience FIFTY and

older? are they trying to recruit me?

24. hear about the short awaited proposal...congratulations friend

25. hit the floor for a code black with 8 students

26. review area and perimeter and then apply it to a dining table...what do i know about that?

     very little.

27. google 11  11’s to commemorate noah’s special day

28. activate my nifty FIFTY iphone with the tutelage of the techno savvy

29. remind students of the appropriate use for a measuring stick

30. quality time with noah during traffic over memories of his birth

31. pause a moment to capture a beautiful sky and sunset on film

32. battery exhausted...no not now...we’ve just arrived

33. remember the nifty FIFTY gifty i received has a camera...i am safe

34. oops i guess i only set up the iphone (  allow rick the grand opportunity of activating mine)

35. celebrate the news of nathaniel’s acceptance to BYU as well as the eagle scout   

     announcement that arrived, andrew’s win of the pinewood derby and all the cars bryan helped

     with... placed, and a week of birthday bashes (grams, paul, peter, stephen, noah, mallory and

     moi)

36. lovely ladies present a little compact mirror with words reminding me

    i was born to be queen

37. show and tell my new crown of candles and sing a little ditty

38. let noah have a chance to look like lady liberty

39. have the traditionally annual mother son birthday photo

40. now the grandparents birthday person photo

41. visit with grandma garff

42. hug and kiss grandma garff

43. tell her things we used to do together...remember to read “a place far away”

44. climb up in her bed and massage her head and listen to her breathe

45. dine on moochies and meatballs thanks to my handsome hubby

46. sing happy birthday to the “triple double”

47. open cards from mom and dad… "MMMooommm DDDaaaddd...the computer is my gift”

48. one last memorable moment as a family with grandma garff

49. open presents from chelle…”WICKED !” Are you kidding me?

 50. be grateful for a happy day