60 is the new 27.

Happy Birthday Hot Mama!

I enjoy ice cold cokes in a tall glass. I’d prefer not to share a sip, but I will.  I love a good list. I love to cross things off that list even more. I like to dance…and sing. Even if I don’t know all of the words. I am creative. I can paint with the best of them. I should have made it a career, but instead I chose something different. Something I knew would support my family and get the job done. Or at least hope it would. I have 3 siblings. My 2 sisters and brother make me laugh. They sometimes make me frustrated, but that’s what makes us family. Though we’re all spread out along the East Coast I sure do enjoy our summer vacation in the Outer Banks. I love a good beach day, a yellow and/or black lab, and the sound of Billy Hennessey cackling at the television.  I’d drive a Volvo till the day I die, even if it only has one working speaker. Throw a Clemson sticker on the back and I’m as happy as a clam. Clemson football. Get me to a game…and fast. One of my favorite spots on earth is Death Valley. I wish I could visit more. I laugh at my own jokes. I think I am so funny sometimes. I am very sentimental. I keep everything, though I am getting better at letting go. Relationships are important to me. People are important to me.  Saying “goodbye” is not one of my favorite things. I will talk to a stranger…find out I know one of their best friends…exchange contact information with them…and then become their new best friend. It’s what I like to do. I was born for sales. I don’t want to do sales. I do like to travel. I love to snuggle in with a bowl of chocolate ice cream. I use, what most people would call, an excessive amount of bedding for any normal night. Sheet, comforter, down comforter folded down over top, and multiple pillows. I put on the TV to fall asleep every night. Don’t worry, I set the timer. 90 minutes. Just in case. When I wake up, I make my bed immediately. Everyday. I am a creature of habit. I leave singing voicemails for people on their birthdays. I am a terrible singer. I occasionally snore. I pretend I don’t. I take way too many pictures. You can’t wait to look at all of them. I tell myself I am a great storyteller. I love giving every little detail. I am animated. I use my hands to talk. I wish I was a writer. Maybe I’ll become a professional blogger…or just start my own store….filled with all of my own creations and I’ll sew, too. I make a killer Shepherds Pie. Me and my family could and will eat it for days. I can French braid hair like nobody’s business. I eat my corn on the cob typewriter style and I enjoy a good bowl of cereal. I’m as independent as they come, but love to be surrounded by a group of good people.

I am Lacey – the daughter of Carol. If you know Carol you could read the above statement again, read it as her, and not a thing would change. We are one in the same. I am a product of my mother and I am both proud and grateful of that. Today is her 60th birthday. She keeps Hennessey Hits "in business" and she is one hot mama! With my 27th birthday right around the corner, I thought I'd reminder her that age is just a number.

Mom - from the cinnamon muffins you would bring me on my birthday at Montessori School to the up-do you would give me every prom night, you have always played the role of Mother of the Year. I can't wait to send your picture into the Today Show in 40 years and put you on the Smucker's jar for the big 100! You are one "Spring Chicken"! xoxo