You may remember this special cake that Josh made me for my twenty-third birthday last year:
It is the state of Iowa, with the route that I rode on Ragbrai last summer. It may come as a shock, but it has been a year since he made me that cake. I'm another year older and, though I'm not riding Ragbrai, I am still living the "i love lucy" lifestyle. And many of the generous presents and goodies I received for my birthday are proof of that fact.
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| Hadley's cake of my future book and bookmark (even though it'll be so good you'll never stop reading) |
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| Sarah's beautiful balloon pic of me biking in heels. |
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| Running shirt from Josh so I can bleed even more blue and orange. |
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| Running water bottle from Josh. |
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| Athlete's Cookbook (and farmer's market veggies) from Nikki |
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| And new copper and stainless steel cookware from Josh to make my super athlete meals! |
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Similar cake to last year's... but Iowa has become THE USA! Made specially by Nikki and Joshua!
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I am so grateful for great friends and family who make such a big deal about celebrating my birth, even though it seems a sillier and sillier phenomenon the older I get. Even though these material things are very exciting, delicious, and useful, it is the quality time with loved ones that i appreciate the most and I'm very lucky to have gotten lots of it over the past four days. I will let you know how it feels to run with a water bottle, to bike in heels (maybe...), and how delicious and energizing the athlete's omelet burrito and chocolate fig and almond bites are.
I am working on my list of 25 things to do before 25 and will post it this week!
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