...7.28...Over the Weekend...

...we celebrated my birthday...

...Sissie's gift arrived...

...the traveling card is with her gift...I thought we'd see each other before my birthday...but we did not...

...her homemade blueberry jam...YUM!

...so of course we had that for breakfast...the Man's bagel...

...and my vegan biscuits...

...the state of this jar after one breakfast...I don't think this jam will last very long around here...thanks Sissie!...

...then we headed over to the botanical gardens...

...it was so very HOT...and it looks like the river was the place to be...

...and we went to the restaurant there...it used to be a Burger King when Our Airman was little and we used to come here...but now it's slightly fancier but still basically fast food...the Man had researched their menu and they have a few vegan options...

...I got the veggie wrap with Impossible Chick'n...it was a fun lunch...

...just wandering around the gardens...

...pretty arrangements...

...but we were trying to stay in the shade as much as possible...

...it was not crowded...

...and you are NOT GOING TO BELIEVE what's in this package...

...the Man found a NEW-IN-THE-BOX Emmie...

...how crazy is that...

...price tags intact...

...and when I say new-in-the-box...I mean it...

...never even unboxed...

...everything still wrapped in the original plastic...

...Made in America...Buy American stickers still in place...it must have been forgotten in someone's attic all these years...

...the blade is a little bit different from my old Emmie...and the plastic is clear not the smoked version of mine...but otherwise...exactly the same...I am so happy with it...

...and then Sunday afternoon we went out for another birthday dinner...our favorite Mexican restaurant this time...and the Man told them it was my birthday...so of course I got the hat...and the song...haha...it was fun though...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!