..."re-calculating!"

...sometimes

~ life ~

sneaks up on you

and just when you have settled into a comfy groove

and think you have it all figured out

those north winds seem to blow out of nowhere...

you never know what those winds will bring,

you just know everything is about to change

let's be honest.

change is not always easy

BUT

i have found that it is a smoother transition

if you welcome change as opposed to running from it...

go with the flow, so to speak

and let it wash over you

it has been said that everything has a season 

and that ~ life ~ is not a dress rehearsal

and should be lived to it's fullest

no. holding. back.

no. do. overs.

good. is. now.

it has also been said that there is a reason for everything

and that GOD's timing is not OUR timing.

(can i get an amen?!)

so although it may seem random to us at the time,

it will be the very best for us, in the end

a door has opened in a different direction

and the time has come

for my family and i

to move back East where our families live

we have enjoyed our 7 year adventure here in the West,

and have become more of our true, authentic selves because of it

in all honesty,

it is personally bittersweet for me.

and yes,

i do have reservations.

 dare i whisper,

dear readers,

that there is a piece of me that will stay behind

and that piece of me, will remain at the sea

waiting for my return someday...

while the rest of me gets busy and

"re-calculates"!!

(i am currently seeking a most magical top hat ~ i'm going to need one to pull this off is 12 weeks!!)

((any leads for me??!))

i am not worried

quite the opposite

i am at peace,

and i will rise to the challenge

 of continuing on this wonderful journey

 we all call

 ~ life ~

i'm going home

and oh! what an adventure it is going to be!

sharing this with

Faded Charm's: White Wednesday

here's to those north winds!

...neptune's gift...seaset...and chocolate cake!

...a Joyful Sunday my dears!!

(look~a sea horse rock!)

I thought today

I'd share just a few pictures from my

"celebrate day"!!

I like to call it a celebrate day instead of a birthday.

birthday just seems sooooo

like I'm counting down a clock

a life clock...

ticktockticktock

x 10

 it's not that I'm trying to run away from time

(NO ONE gets out alive, I tell ya`!)

It's just that I find it's much less

depressing pressure

to simply have a happy day

of full on celebrating

where everything is about

ME!!!!!

without thinking about a timeline

One thing you probably don't know about me is:

I adore mer's...

as in mermaids!!

I'm talkin` I may have a very distant relative

that IS a MER I tell ya`!!!!

but strangest thing is

I HATE swimming...

in water...

...that I can't SEE through!!

I'm convinced that This is why I am not swimming

with Ariel today!!!

I was stripped of my beautiful tail and got thrown back up on land!!!

(via Moby!)

anywho...

 I am always on the lookout for

authentic evidence that I didn't just dream the whole thing up!!!!

HA!!

(someday I will do a post on the proof of mer's that surround me in my house!)

So

of course you understand

that when I saw this...

it was a sign!!

and

I just haaadddd to get a shot...

(I was thinking ~ "Dude, you're so much smaller than I remebered you!")

 Neptune was always one of my fav's!!!!

He just got me!!

fastforward to later that day,

while I was taking an afternoon walk on the beach

these washed up at my feet!

with a note

written on seaweed

that simply said...

"Happiest Celebrated day! love, Neptune"

(I told you he got me!!)

...can you imagine my utter delight???

I think he liked his dr. pepper lipbalm kiss,

don't you????!!!!

well!

it gets even better!

as the day was winding down, 

we hopped in the car and headed to my most favorite beach...

~ Carmel by the sea ~

every chance we get,

we visit!

I have been coming since I was 16!

(hhhmmmm.....maybe this is the portal to my way back

and that's why it calls to me!!!)

It was getting near sunset

and as we drove closer...

there were MANY cars...

and MANY, MANY people!

We thought some special event was going on...

turns out,

there was a special event ~

it was the:

SEASET!!!

(sunset at the sea!!)

  

and we were absolutely delighted to find

that we also had front row seating

(it's the dr. pepper lipbalm, I tell ya`!!!!)

I looked all around us,

and it was like a scene from the movie

~City of Angels~

and all the Angels were here!

so we plunked our happy selve's down

and got ready for THE show of a lifetime!!

oohhhhhhhh

aaahhhhhhhhhh

wow~

~we~

~wow~

~Wow~

WOW!!!!!

and after the last little bit of sun had set,

   we realized that we had just seen a magnificent gift before our very eyes

and an ethereal energy rushed through us

like a refreshing breeze on a hot summer day

and without being aware of it,

we rose to our feet in AWE

and every other soul on that beach that evening

also rose to their feet

in AWE

and then

e

v

e

r

y

o

n

e

CLAPPED!!!!

it

was

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!! 

and truely something I will Never forget!

 another wonderous gift!

We drove back to our beach room with rubbery dubbery smiles from the day 

and

had a piece of the most yummiest

chocolate cake

ever!!

If you read this particular post

then you'd understand ~ this gift.

My dearest, most beautiful 13 year old daughter was having NO part

of me making my own celebrate cake

no-sir-reeeee!

So she

single handedly

completely from scratch

made

this

cake!!

and getting this chocolately goodness

 to it's final destination was no easy feat!

but she babied it

and many miles later

their it sits

in all it's deep dark chocolate glory

with

a

single candle

(I said I like to celebrate...not burn my eyebrows off from the candle glow!)

 

another thing about a celebrate day

EVERYONE

gets to make a wish!!!

but mine had already come true

I had the

BESTEST

birthday

EVER!!!!!!

...thank you my love

you  are the only mere~man

that can sweep me off my feet!!!!!

here's to days to celebrate!!

...there are still time to put your name in the hat for

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