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Internet activity has caused me to fail at my post-every-day-of-August challenge. So we are now changing it to post-as-much-as-possible-during-the-month-of-August challenge. My birthday was this past Monday and it was super perfect. I spent the afternoon eating at Andre's Confiserie Suisse and birthday shopping with my Gma. And then later that evening I had several family members over for a summery birthday dinner (bratwurst, potato salad, watermelon,  spicy spinach madeline, etc.) and had a homemade gradient cake with almond extract icing...mmmmm. I basically have this week split up in two categories... 1.) birthday extraveganzas 2.) work related ventures. Since Monday I have been doing tours of different print shops and factories for my business (that I co-own) and getting inspired by the endless possibilities there are in printing materials and die-cut machines. More on that later! This evening I was treated to Oklahoma Joes (the original location that is connected to a...

I think I was six years old the last time I went to John's Space Age Donut Shop. My Gpa Marrineau used to take me there when I was little and we would listen to jazz music the whole way there. This morning Autumn treated me to the sprinkled delicacy that you see above. I love birthweeks. (I actually went to the gym immediately after eating my donut, so I don't feel guilty at all.) This afternoon Gma and I went on our traditional Andre's visit. She got the seafood risotto, with the beets, carrot side salad and capped it off with the Napolean. Everyday Andre's offers two specials in addition to their quiche lorraine. I can't help my "creature of habit" tendencies. At least I tried a new dessert... instead of the rum cake, I had this coco, espresso, white cake and marzipan deliciousness. Gma and I also went birthweek shopping, this is the jacket and shoes she bought me today. After taking the pictures of my jacket and shoes, Autumn wante...