Birthday Fun

Ian and I have both just turned 1 year older, it wasnt much of a celebration but we did at least do a few fun things.

Ian's Bday
- His birthday happened to fall on a Saturday this year and I had it scheduled off and promised I would work. Well, a wedding of mine purchased plane tickets to come down for their tasting without talking to me first, so I ended up working, but got off by 4pm so it wasnt too bad. We went out to dinner at NXNW with Marty & Mason (I think that is his name) and then went to Dave & Busters for some gaming fun. I did beat Ian at air hockey, so that was pretty excited (especially since he was trying to cheat). Still havent had any cake or dessert to celebrate, so we are planning that this weekend to celebrate both our days. Ian did buy himself a Kindle for his birthday, so now he can read his star trek books without bending the covers (if you can not sense my extreme sarcasm picture it in your head).

Oh my goodness - I almost forgot to mention poor Ian's crappy bday gift from mother nature, just a few days before his bday his car was attacked by baseball size hail. I'll make a whole other post on that with some pictures for you guys to see.

My Bday
- Well, I was supposed to have the day off (and Ian was going to stay home too), but since I started a new job just a few days before I had to work. So I did have to work (and Ian stayed home because his windshield was getting replaced), but we had a team building field trip, so it was a fun day. We went to a summer camp for outdoor team building, it ended up being hotter & sunnier than we all thought, and so I did get a sunburn and was exhausted by the end of the day, but it was a good time. So, I got home from work and went upstairs to see my super cool gift from Ian, he finally got us 2 robo hamsters!!!! One is fatter and one is little, so we decided to name them Phebs and Daisy. Phebs is the fat one, because Ian likes to call Annie Phebs, and Daisy is the little dainty one. They are still getting used to each other, and I find they are kinda having little "fights" but hopefully they will become great friends in the future. We dont have a permanent home for them yet, so they are on my desk table thing, and Jaska just cant figure it out. She knows they are in the tank, and she sees them moving & digging and running in the wheel, but she thinks they should be under the table somehow too! So she keeps looking at the tank, then looking under the table, and then looking up again, so funny!!

Anyway, here are a few pictures of them, Im gonna try and get some better ones this weekend when I dont have to mess with the flash!!


This is the tank, isnt the purple bedding so pretty!! The log & the Tiki Hut are edible, I think it might take them a few years to eat through those :) You can see one of them hiding in the hut.


This is Daisy hanging out in her log.


This is Daisy eating in her little log.


This is Phebs trying to sleep. They like to curl up in balls and hide under the bedding.