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Birthday Flowers

September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

My coworker Ryan stopped by my desk this morning to wish me happy birthday and ask if I had lunch plans. I didn’t so at noon he and I went to Halsted Street Deli (222 N. LaSalle location is right by our office) and got some sandwiches. When I got back from lunch I had flowers on my desk from my mom and dad. Wow. This is the 9th year in a row that my parents have sent me birthday flowers! Awesome. At this point I feel like there’d be something wrong if they didn’t send them! Not that I don’t appreciate it. My birthday is probably the one time all year that I get fresh flowers.

I like the bouquet this year. Lots of purples and pink. There are several purple and yellow irises, which I love. We used to have a lot of them growing in our yard growing up, so they remind me of those.

So, I was writing an email to thank my mom for the flowers and snapping a few photos of them when my coworker Kelly walked up with another bouquet of flowers! What the?

Dallas doesn’t get me flowers for my birthday because he knows my parents do every year. Who could they be from? I opened the card: My Friends at Nintendo! They are too kind!

This bouquet is so totally different from the bouquet from my parents. Both are beautiful. The Nintendo one is more like fall colors.

Thanks to everyone who got me flowers for my birthday. Now my desk is the envy of all the girls in the office!

Birthday flowers from previous years:

- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002

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Birthday Flowers

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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I wasn’t sure if I’d be getting birthday flowers delivered this year because my dad is coming down for a visit today, but here they are, just like clockwork. Score. This is the 8th year in a row my parents have sent me flowers on my birthday. I love them. Usually they’re the only flowers I get all year!

This year’s bouquet has a very purplish theme. I love the rectangle vase!

I was looking through all of the photos of my flowers on previous years and it’s funny to see my different desks and things that were on my desks so I decided to take a photo of my whole desk this year too.
birthday_flowers_desk

And here are flowers from the previous years:

- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002

Finally, my coworker Dan insisted on taking this photo of me. Cute, huh?

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Birthday Flowers

September 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

This is the 7th year in a row that my parents have gotten me flowers on my birthday. They’re always much appreciated. I was wondering about this year since I’ve only been in the Roundarch office for a few days, but my mom must have just gotten on the internet and found the address. Good sleuth work!

I was glad this year to see a bunch of gerbera daisies in the bouquet since I haven’t been able to grow any this year because of our crazy neighborhood squirrels. At least I get to enjoy daisies somehow this year! I was also glad to just have the nice bouquet and not the balloon too. I know my parents like those, but I get a little embarrassed by how much attention it draws, especially at a new place where I don’t know many people. I don’t know where they got the flowers this year, but they seemed especially nice (make a note for next year, mom!).

Also, here’s a photo of my set up at work. I’m not sure if I’ll be sitting here permanently, but I’m here for now. It’s not a 30-inch flat screen monitor and an Aeron chair, but I think I can manage! :) And yes, I’m still struggling with the PC and Vista. My deskmate, the guy that sits next to me, flies into Chicago from Hoboken/New York every week from Monday to Thursday. On Friday a guy who works at a local client site all week took his place at that desk. Besides the reception and bathroom traffic, it’s not a bad place to sit.


Roundarch, River North, Chicago

Thanks to everyone for all of the birthday greetings today. I got a lot of email ones, like always, but also, so many on Facebook! That was kind of nice.

Here are my past flowers. It’s kind of interesting to go through them and see all the places I’ve gotten flowers delivered: Google, FeedBurner, Monster, Chicago, New York, etc..
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002

Update: Two days later I got the second part of my gift from my parents – chocolates from Chicago Chocolate Company!

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Daisy-Eating Squirrels

July 30th, 2008 · 13 Comments


Eaten Daisies, Roscoe Village, Chicago

Last year I had gorgeous Gerbera Daisies planted on our deck so this year I planted more of the same. This year, for some reason, the squirrels have been eating every bud that grows. At first they would let the flower go into full bloom and then make off with it, but leave a bunch of petals as a kind of “F.U.” But now they’re eating the buds before they can even grow into anything. I haven’t had a daisy on the deck for many weeks. Thoughts? Also, I’m almost positive it’s the squirrels doing this, but I haven’t actually seen them.

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Orange Gerbera Daisy on a Snow-Promised Day

December 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Last weekend we had an all-day ice storm and a lot of rain. Today and tomorrow it’s supposed to snow, so I thought that this photo of one of the flowers in my deck flower boxes over the summer would help us all make it through the cold days!

Gerbera Daisy
Roscoe Village, Chicago

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