Today is my birthday. I keep getting the song “You say it’s your birthday” in my head. I am planning a very mellow day, doing exactly everything I want to do. A lot of times I get a great idea for my birthday and the everyone runs away with it and it becomes a lot of work. I am spending today reflecting on my commitment to be healthy. At 35, I know that it is time to start taking care of myself so that I can age gracefully. I got up and went for a bike ride this morning, which was a lot of fun and plan on eating lot’s of healthy food today. Health is not just when things are convenient, it is a way of life.

I am excited about the fact that my mom is making vegan chocolate cupcakes. We found a recipe for chocolate cake and are modifying it some. I will (hopefully) write about the cupcakes tomorrow and post (?) pictures. I know last time it took me a week. I will bug my husband about getting the pictures downloaded for tomorrow. I hope everyone has a great weekend and look forward to being fully back online monday to read what everyone has been up to on their blogs.