Chocolate martinis for the win!

Chocolate martinis for the win!
There are a few faves in this photo:
What you can’t see?
Would this make it on your favorites?
Most times that we turn the fire on it’s for the dog.
Drinking wine and reading by the fire… Finished my glass and sent this text to Tom.
Yayyyyy!
As you just saw, my birthday started with an amazing rainbow eye look to match my tie dye outfit. Plus the crown of course.
But the actual adventures actually started with heading with my bestie to pick up my other bestie and then head to Kenosha!
Trying to find catchers equipment for Owen and backup mitts for Evan at Play It Again Sports. What you do when it’s your birthday and wearing a crown and a mask.
Next birthday adventure stop: lunch at Frank’s Diner! It’s been two long years since we’ve been here and it was as delicious as we remembered!
Next? Crumbl—this will be birthday desserts for us with the kids instead of cake. They didn’t have my fave cornbread ones this week, though. And yes, we ate a few bites straight from the trunk!
I caught Anna sneaking some bites in the car!
Now birthday adventures are on a hiatus but I’m cuddling with my doggo so all is well.
Birthday adventures, mom style: taking Katie to physical therapy! Ha.
Birthday adventures, kid style: watching a movie!
The last birthday adventure! A margarita by the fire…with Tom and Anna and David. With an Ozzy Man Reviews topper. It was chilly so I had my sweatshirt on and they thought it looked like a queen’s cape!
All in all, a great 48th birthday!
Tom was getting rid of some random wood pieces…and it got a little crazy.
And while we were out here, her son (same grade as Owen but they never met before) was in playing with the kids!
All of us moms have been fully vaccinated so decided a Cinco de Mayo get together was called for!
It was SOOOOOO great to feel somewhat back to normal!
When your neighbor friends are having a small bonfire and joke that you should come over? Off we go, drinks in hand, to walk five houses away!
Enjoying the Yukon for the first burn of the season… Before it gets too chilly tonight and then snows later this week.
Tom said he wanted to cut some branches or trees down so imagine my surprise when I look out and see the entire back yard covered!
Needless to say we have firewood again! (Both of these bins were empty.)
Burning some of it, even though it wasn’t warm enough to sit out and enjoy it.
1. Drinking outside in 50° weather with our neighbors so we can stay socially distanced.
2. Washing my face even though I had way too much to drink. But…I realized the next morning that I had forgotten to take out my contacts!
So I’ve been chatting with the ladies I met from my “ad” for friends and tonight we had a meet and greet at a house down the street—so I walked there with my bag of margaritas! We all sat around the fire socially-distanced style and visited for hours! Everyone was great and I am totally excited about being friends with them! It went so well that I was there until almost 2am! (Yes I was the last one there but not by much!)
Solo stove fire going. I’m drinking. Tom is cutting wood from our trees with a chainsaw. Katie just put on an Elena princess dress. Owen is talking about mages and normal knight boots?!
I also threw out a random invitation to a bunch of my new friends that if they wanted to come over they were welcome… No one could make it, but then one couple was out on a walk and saw my message and stopped by to meet us! This is definitely the kind of neighborhood I want to live in.
So she got this all ready herself!
Our first fire casualty of the season…
So it’s time to go work by the fire. And the kids are out riding bikes so it’s quiet…..
It’s a 24oz. tumbler but Tom keeps refilling somewhat randomly. /hiccup
The snow is long gone but we are just now getting around to starting the fire.